Nomercy448

They do indeed "bother deer," and dang sure "bother the fawns".

Deer depredation studies conducted in 5 states between 2005 and 2010 showed that on average, it took 21 doe to produce ONE fawn that survived to be 1yr old in areas that did not have an active depredation prevention program in place. In areas that had predator control mechanisms in place (active hunting and trapping at levels that significantly diminished coyote populations), one fawn survived to reach the age of 1 for every TWO does. A 10X improvement in fawn recruitment ratio.

This is just a flat out lie. There is no evidence to support it, not even sound logic, and there IS confirmed evidence that applying hunting pressure DOES reduce predator populations.

This is true. If you're trying to improve your deer herd numbers, then you should kill every coyote that you're able. If they're coming in close contact with your family's livestock, again, a bullet for every trickster...

In realistic terms, as much as I consider myself a coyote hunter, and even though I don't have the time to run a trapline more than a week or two out of the year, it's just plain simple truth that trapping is FAR more effective at reducing coyote population densities than hunting. Hunting is only productive while you're actively doing it, and always runs a lower success rate for calling into the stand compared to trapping, which is doing work for you 24hrs a day, 7 days a week.

Also in realistic terms - coyotes are an incredibly resilient species, and it's INCREDIBLY difficult to actually "eradicate" a coyote population. Even extreme over-hunting and over-trapping usually doesn't 'kill them off' but rather 'runs them off' of an area. Coyotes are like casinos, the house always wins in the long run.