new coyote hunter
06-26-2005 | 08:41 PM
#21
Joined: Dec 2004
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From: Lititz, Pa.
RE: new coyote hunter
ORIGINAL: veener88
We are now worried about when we get the barn done and the horses are back in the property. Right now my lab and them are at a stand off. He will stare them down and they will do the same, but if he is not in the back yard they will try to get closer to the house to get the springers to them.
So I want to get them to come out more by the pond so I can get a clean shot. The problem is that they are not scared of people. Before I bought a shotgun this winter last year a few times I was able to get with in about 10-20' feet of them before they started to walk off.
We are now worried about when we get the barn done and the horses are back in the property. Right now my lab and them are at a stand off. He will stare them down and they will do the same, but if he is not in the back yard they will try to get closer to the house to get the springers to them.
So I want to get them to come out more by the pond so I can get a clean shot. The problem is that they are not scared of people. Before I bought a shotgun this winter last year a few times I was able to get with in about 10-20' feet of them before they started to walk off.
07-08-2005 | 02:45 AM
#22
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RE: new coyote hunter
I am new to this forum so take this for what it's worth. I have killed 'yotes in CA, AZ, OH, MT, and Iraq (yes, they're over there too, or something so similar as might as well be a 'yote). Of these kills only 4 were skinned or used in any way shape or form (one was eaten if that makes you feel any better). The rest were gone in 2 weeks or less. What do you think happenned to them? More scavangers.I pursue coyotes as my favorite game because of the respect I have for them. I know the corpses will be used, if not by me, then by the environment they come from.
In 29 Palms they will come to a whistle, right up to the barracks doors,and people feed them in the parks! They have no fear of anything that isn't a theat to them. Even now, in Ohio,2 of themcome up to my 15yr old shepard/husky, and try to get at her. As soon as I can get them away from the houses behind them (yes, they are inside a neighborhood) I will kill them with one of my bows. They love to eat cats and will even tear up trash cans in this area every once in a while. Would anyone like to try to transplant them? No, becauseothers would just fill the gap. So I will shoot them and any others I see in my yard.
The ballance is such that by killing some the rest become stronger due to less competion for available food sources. When they reach the population that they are harrassing pets and tearing up our stuff, then that killing has not been sufficient. Then they have depleted their normal food sources. They are wild animals, and I should not be seeing them except by chance or when I am pursuing them. So I am more than willing to leave them if for no other purpose than as a warning to others- though they don't seem to get it as they eat their own dead.
I can understand and respect some peoples views on this. I used to feel the same. I will go so far as to say I have refused to kill a 'yote with young still in the den. I would not hunt them to irradicate them in any area, but as long as the numbers are there to support recreational hunting, predators of all kinds will be on the top of my list. Hell, I look foreward (you'll all hate me for this) to the day when I can hunt wolves in the lower 48. Of course, the skin values on them make it worth skinning them.
Now, since you're all probably wondering, I'll find some of my pics of the Iraqi coyotes.
In 29 Palms they will come to a whistle, right up to the barracks doors,and people feed them in the parks! They have no fear of anything that isn't a theat to them. Even now, in Ohio,2 of themcome up to my 15yr old shepard/husky, and try to get at her. As soon as I can get them away from the houses behind them (yes, they are inside a neighborhood) I will kill them with one of my bows. They love to eat cats and will even tear up trash cans in this area every once in a while. Would anyone like to try to transplant them? No, becauseothers would just fill the gap. So I will shoot them and any others I see in my yard.
The ballance is such that by killing some the rest become stronger due to less competion for available food sources. When they reach the population that they are harrassing pets and tearing up our stuff, then that killing has not been sufficient. Then they have depleted their normal food sources. They are wild animals, and I should not be seeing them except by chance or when I am pursuing them. So I am more than willing to leave them if for no other purpose than as a warning to others- though they don't seem to get it as they eat their own dead.
I can understand and respect some peoples views on this. I used to feel the same. I will go so far as to say I have refused to kill a 'yote with young still in the den. I would not hunt them to irradicate them in any area, but as long as the numbers are there to support recreational hunting, predators of all kinds will be on the top of my list. Hell, I look foreward (you'll all hate me for this) to the day when I can hunt wolves in the lower 48. Of course, the skin values on them make it worth skinning them.
Now, since you're all probably wondering, I'll find some of my pics of the Iraqi coyotes.
07-08-2005 | 03:38 AM
#23
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RE: new coyote hunter
Here it is. I had to edit it to get it on. If you want the full version email me. [email protected]. I'm on dial up so it might take some time.
