RE: would you shoot a coyote in hunting season ?
 

Just for your curiosity. YES!!!! I stand up and fight every chance I get to defend hunting rights we currently have. Wether it be a phone call , letter , or email to a representative , it might seem insugnificant to some , but I do it.
Exactly why I'm standing up now! All the above have been attacked , and continue to be attacked. We have non hunters on our side now. I dont want to lose that!!!

Nice try!:( All the above animals you've mentioned were always considered a wild animal and a hunted species. Unlike the cat.

I thought I covered that here...
Nobody said to "ignore the feral cat problem". I covered that already also here...
Kind of like the-"Wisconsin hunters are blood thirsty hicks for wanting to shoot cats, that their saying now? And thats by non hunters , not anti hunters.
And you dont honestly believe ANYONE , especially an anti hunter , is going to ask hunters "where were we on the cat issue?" Like they want us to kill more cats to balance the eco system?They dont want us to kill wild animals to balance the system , let alone a domesticated animal.

Your absolutely right , "we dont have the luxury to pick and choose our battles! Because their constantly attacking us from all sides , we have to stand up and fight to keep our rights! Do you understand where I'm coming from? Shooting feral cats is NOT a right we have to stand up and defend.
There's a feral cat problem? Allow each individual landowner to solve the problem how they see fit.

RE: would you shoot a coyote in hunting season ?
 

BOWFANATIC,

Yeah, I understand where you're comming from, and I can see your concern. This may be such a fine line that perhaps most won't see the connection it does have to hunting. I still don't think hunters shoud ignore this completely but this may not be the topic to be in the forefront on. Maybe just to show support for the cause but not take an active role. Fair?

RE: would you shoot a coyote in hunting season ?
 

I would, and have shot coyotes while deer hunting. As long as I don't have a deer insight, I am shooting. I do harvest the hides from the yotes I kill.

RE: would you shoot a coyote in hunting season ?
 

Absolutely fair! If it were done right , and each states dep't of natural resources stepped forward and said... "we're going to give landowners the right to kill or remove feral cats from their property" , then hunters wouldn't be at the forefront of this problem. Would hunters do their part in cooperating with landowners to remove feral cats? More than likely. But the attention would be focused on the issue (feral cats are a problem) , and the course of action (landowners being allowed to kill them) , and not focused on "hunters wanting to kill feral cats".

RE: would you shoot a coyote in hunting season ?
 

I like the way your thinking BOWFANATIC. That is probably the best situation all around and you can bet that I will be writing a letter to the IDNR in the morning asking them to be more proactive in this feral cat problem we have here in Illinois. I don't know how much it will help but I will send it anyway....it's all I can do besides vote.

I guess I agreed with you all along I just didn't know it. I do know that hunters demanding to shoot cats dead on the spot is not the way to win over John Q Public and I would never condone such behavior. So I got to thinking "what would I do" and that is when I wrote my last post. I would hopefully get the states deptartment of natural resources (like you said) or any other department with authority to step up and do something about it by allowing land owners to dispatch feral cats without the threat of legal or civil action taken against them. I would also like to see more animal control officers (if possible) or at least the ones employed now take a more aggressive stance in eliminating this problem especially in areas (city limits) where home owners can't do it themselves.

Then we as hunters should support this 100% and try to educate those who don't know why it needs to be done every chance we get. I think you were trying to say this all along, you just threw me when you said "it should be a land owner issue peroid". and it wasn't until your last post that you said "If it were done right , and each states dep't of natural resources stepped forward and said... "we're going to give landowners the right to kill or remove feral cats from their property" that I understood where you were going with your thought process.

It's a big difference, because most of the farmers and land owners I know kill feral cats now but until a proper authority says it's ok and it needs to be done, the three S method in performed.

In a nut shell you are correct....sorta:Dbut your still wrong about the crossbow thing;)

RE: would you shoot a coyote in hunting season ?
 

Do we ? Is that we trapping is a thing of the past ? Is that why cougar hunting has been severly limited ? Spring black bear gone in some places ? Dove hunting attacked ? Deer hunting with dogs always an issue ?

So, you really think non hunters are on our sides ? Think again. When game management issues go to the public vote, hunters always lose.

RE: would you shoot a coyote in hunting season ?
 

Ooops! Better rephrase that for Datamax...

Currently , non hunters , who think PETA and anti hunters are extremists , are not our enemy! Again , currently!

I'll back away from this post now as I think I've made my point , and I'll let Datamax get the last word , because you know he has to.