Coyotes, what to do with them?
 

I want to start hunting coyotes to help the deer population and because it looks pretty fun....what do you guys do with the coyotes after you kill them?

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I like to skin, strech, flech, rub down w salt & follow up with rub down w Coppertone:D

Do what ever you want but I am glad to hear you want to keep those dogs in check[8D]

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I have a fur buyer that comes every Thursday and get about $20 for each

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$20.00 each? No way! I can't get over $8.00 each down here. Good deal man.

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Keep in mind that's for a coyote that looks like this



not this

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geez critter what did you shote that guy with a .300, lol.. No but really, what caliber and bullet did that damage?

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.223 50 gr ballistic tip at 50 yards

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Holy hole Batman!

Revised shopping list...50 grain ballistic tips for the .223

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If you want to blow a hole in them, just shoot them from close range in the shoulder. If you really want fireworks shoot prairie dogs from close range. I shot one from 20 yards this summer using 45 grain hollow points and I could only find 3 large remaining chunks scattered in a 10ft circle.

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Crittergiter, Would that blown up shoulder be a surface splash or a exit wound? I am guessing the surface splash.
What bullet/load combo do you prefer for keeping fur?

Hunter app

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crittergiter, when i first looked at the pic i thought for a second you had your scope attached to your gun with none other than camo duck tape, but its just a camo wrap right? how much affect do you guys think taking out a few coyotes has on the deer population? my thoughts were always if you only took out a couple, the ones that were left would have a surplus of food and over-reproduce, having larger and larger litters until they filled the gap made by the hunting, and if you were lucky to get all of them from an area, which would be very difficult to do in the first place, wouldnt they only be replaced by packs and loners from surrounding areas? especially if your area gets to a point where theresa high deer population and low predator population? also, eliminating the yotes from an area might open the floodgates to something even worse, wolves. just a thought, what are your guys opinions? i dont mean to hijack the post, if you want i can start a new one, just tryin to get some feedback.

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Actually it's the exit wound. The dog was quartering too me and I hit it dead center in the chest.

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Schobs, It is a wrap, the stock on that gun is a pretty blond so I cover it when hunting coyotes.

And I wouldn't spend to much thought on killing all the coyotes, It will simply never happen, they are a prolific species, kind of like prairie dogs in the region. you can kill them by the 100's and not even dent the population. Besides in this area the coyote population has decimated the fox population and established a pretty strong foothold as the dominant predator. Besides me of course.

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You're annology is some what accurate in that coyotes will have larger liters if there is a food base to support them. And yes, if you remove a few coyotes, others in surroundings areas will probably fill the gap that you created. BUT if you don't remove any, then they still will continue to breed and populate, only eventually they will run out of food available, in otherwords, once their food source runs out, then they will move on. SO, by killing a few, you're really only helping keep mother nature in balance. Also,coyotes feed on more than just deer. They'll eat about anything from grains such as corn,fruit such as watermelon,insects, reptiles, grass, small rodents, etc. SO, it's not just deer that they feed on.
And maybe I missed your original question as to the effect that coyotes have on deer populations. It will greatly depend a lot on how many other food sources are availble to the coyote. During fawning season, you can bet that a coyote will eat a fawn if givin the chance. And during deep snow periods, once that snow gets crusty, a deer is very vulnerable to coyotes. BUT it comes down to how many other food sources are available to coyote.
If wolves want to move into an area, coyotes aren't going to stop them.

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Here in Ohio, our State Biologist told me that 73% of their diet was "Voles" similar to moles and mice and second was rabbits then House cats. Now I don't put alot of stock in what he says. This is also the same guy who said we don't have any 50lb coyotes. My Dad proved that to be wrong back in 1996 when there were fewer than they are now.