Originally Posted by
deernutz
Killing just kill giving us hunters a bad name. I hunt yotes and each one I have killed is tanned. Don't see the point of shooting a yote with a 50 which I dont think it was. Just my thoughts.
Coyotes are a different story though. You can easily justify killing a coyote because they can be very destructive to small game populations even up to deer and turkeys. Grouse are almost non existent now in my part of TN. When I was a kid though there was definately a very huntable number. Hawks, bobcats, and especially coyotes are exploding in population and small game is suffering. I see no problem killing coyotes and not tanning their hide or selling their pelt. Also, it may not have been a 50 cal but I can tell you my 270 doesn't even do close to that kind of destruction to a yote. BB