deer hunting, would you shoot a coyote
01-24-2007, 07:55 PM
#41
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RE: deer hunting, would you shoot a coyote
i would shoot a coyote in a heart beat b/c they eat the fawns in the spring time. Unless it was toward the end of blacktail season i might pass on it.i wish they made killing mountain lions in ca legal ,now those animals really do a toll on the blacktail population in my area.
01-24-2007, 08:25 PM
#42
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RE: deer hunting, would you shoot a coyote
ORIGINAL: Hiawatha
For me it depends on the situation. I would never take one while bowhutning because i would not want to ruin my stand with the blood trail all over the place as well i wouldn't waste an arrow on it. Rifle i have shot some and let others walk. I will not ruin my hunt with a rifle blast over a coyote however if nothing moves at all, or i catch one in the field while i am traveling in the vehicle to my spot he gets the business. Only good coyote is a dead one.
For me it depends on the situation. I would never take one while bowhutning because i would not want to ruin my stand with the blood trail all over the place as well i wouldn't waste an arrow on it. Rifle i have shot some and let others walk. I will not ruin my hunt with a rifle blast over a coyote however if nothing moves at all, or i catch one in the field while i am traveling in the vehicle to my spot he gets the business. Only good coyote is a dead one.
Dead coyotes and coyotes that need to die.
I haven't seen a yote yet while deer hunting, but if I did, I wouldn't hesitate to pop it. Great chance to site in your gun on a live target. Besides, even if you scare off a deer at tha point in time, if you prevent that yote from eating a fawn the next year you're actually increasing the deer population in the long run and decreasing the amount of yotes running around.
For those who say that you wouldn't during deer season because you can shoot them year round, how many of you actually go out at other times just to shoot yotes? I don't know that I would even if I lived closer than an hour from my hunting spot.
01-24-2007, 11:50 PM
#43
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RE: deer hunting, would you shoot a coyote
Yes and No, usually I'll take a coyote anytime, but 4 years ago (my first year deer hunting) I had scouted a rub/scrape line of a buck (s) and hung a ladder stand. Came back two days later real early and about 15 minutes before shooting light 5 coyotes come walking to the right of me 5 yards, right by my stand and stop directly in front of me 10 yards. I thought," man I really want to shoot one" but I had my muzzleloader and I figured if I shot I'd hear deer running away and I'd be SOL. But I will take a coyote during bow season without hesitation.
This is one I took this early archery
This is one I took this early archery
01-25-2007, 06:59 AM
#44
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RE: deer hunting, would you shoot a coyote
Oh yea, I definatly would. My Dad shot two this season already...both with a 30-06 One was 150yds away on the run check out the big hole...this picture doesnt do it alot of justice...
01-25-2007, 07:42 AM
#46
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RE: deer hunting, would you shoot a coyote
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Check out this coyote that snuck through our pet door, but I took care of him!!!
Check out this coyote that snuck through our pet door, but I took care of him!!!
01-25-2007, 09:39 AM
#47
Nontypical Buck
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RE: deer hunting, would you shoot a coyote
ORIGINAL: HulkHunter
In IL you may shoot a coyote during the firearm deer season, but you must put one of your deer tags on it. So therefore I don't think many people do. I know I never have. But this may not mean that guys (or girls) don't shoot them and not tag them cause they don't know the regulation.
In IL you may shoot a coyote during the firearm deer season, but you must put one of your deer tags on it. So therefore I don't think many people do. I know I never have. But this may not mean that guys (or girls) don't shoot them and not tag them cause they don't know the regulation.
01-26-2007, 11:46 AM
#49
Nontypical Buck
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RE: deer hunting, would you shoot a coyote
Dude- that poor dog knows what a gun is from the look on his face.Ever had a gun to your head? I have and i probobly looked like that dog.Be nice to the little guy,unless he chews up your couch,then just smoke him.
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Check out this coyote that snuck through our pet door, but I took care of him!!!
Check out this coyote that snuck through our pet door, but I took care of him!!!