OKay so here is the deal...in my woods there are quite a bit of coyotes...over the years i thought the population died of somewhat but last year on my property they made their selves known. 11 o clock at night and heard a pack yelping in my back yard...another pack howling at the end of my drive way...and ANOTHER pack behind my driveway...this is the first time that i have heard them in almost 7 years...but i have also notice since then...i have no seen as much turkeys.(deer population is still the same it seems...less bucks though)
so my question is i dont want to go out there and slaughter them for no reason!! i do have a german shepard that i leave outside during the day in the back yard on a run...but never a problem. BUT sometimes i have to leave outside for a hour or two at night when my parents visit andbring the baby downstairs because the dog is not a big fan of the baby lol. I eat whatever i hunt...but i dont know about coyotes lol. Is it worth it for me to go after these guys for my turkey population? is there any benefit to downing the population? can i do anything with it after the kill? i dont want to kill it and just let it rot in the woods. if its not worth it to do anything or does not help with anything then i dont want to break a cycle of anything...could they be the reason the turkey population has decreased so much? Where i live its hard to find turkey hunting grounds(to get permission from land owners) and the local fishing and hunting club is always packed...what would you do and what is your opinion?