They are trying to put a bounty on coyotes here in PA. What do you guys think about it?

http://www.abc27.com/story/23961521/...88381481237582

I think it's a good idea.
Coyotes can destroy a deer herd really fast.
They are bad on turkeys also.
Go shoot a lot of them, and get paid to do it.

I wish there was a bounty on them here in N.C.

Considering that the eco nuts have garnered some clout, the likelyhood of any State Fish and Game, oh sorry, that's "State Wildlife and Fisheries" being able to offer any bounty is remote, even if science says it's needed or beneficial, is small. But if your state does offer a bounty, you can bet it's needed and then some. Go For It! You'll have more Bambi to hunt in coming years.

My Pop remembers a bounty on Fox in PA.

I know a couple people who are up in arms about it already and starting to send letters. Not startling, they aren't hunters or avid woodsmen.

I like the idea. It might be some time before I hunt a coyote, but I know a couple people who will definitely be getting paid if this passes.

The bad thing about bounties is that the money needs to come from some place. Who is going to pay for it? If it comes out of the budget of the game dept, than that is money that cannot be spent on things like habitat improvements etc... Somebody needs to budget for it but nobody ever wants to pick up the tab.

A better way to control coyotes is to increase the value of the fur. When fur prices are high, lots of hunters and trappers go for them. When fur prices are low, they don't bother.

Predator bounties have been around for over a hundred years. Maybe PA has never had one before, but it's nothing new to the US.

Most of the time, bounties aren't really big, two years ago one county I hunt in KS was paying $20 a coyote. When I was in high school, we could get "county bounties" of $50 an ear in western KS.

Local farmers used to pay bounties as well, and I'm sure some still do, or would. In the late 1990's, I got paid $100 a coyote by a group of 20 farmers in central KS because livestock depredation was so bad. Bought a new rifle and a used pick up after that winter...

I think we'll see bounties come and go, but more likely stay longer than they used to in the past. With more and more hunters looking for instant gratification jumping on the predator calling bandwagon, we're seeing more and more hunters that don't put up fur, or even sell the green hides. Then it gets expensive, and they stop hunting. Bounties are a way for the county or the state to encourage hunting to control livestock depredation, and it bridges the gap for hunters that don't take the time to earn the income by putting up the fur.

Bounties always come with mixed feelings. It encourages guys that just want to shoot something, cut off an ear, and scrap the rest to buy a rifle and drive around educating coyotes. BUT, for those of us raising livestock, sometimes it's nice to have more guns in the field to deal with an overpopulation of game.

And at the end of the day, always keep in mind that bounties are based on overpopulation. Get them while you can, because once the county or state decides things are back in balance, the bounties dry up. Some of us will keep calling coyotes to prevent population overgrowth again, some will stick the rifle in the closet when the bounty goes away.

Back in the day there was bounties on crows too (feet).

If the $$$ were there, I would "whack-em and stack-em" also !


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