Coyote

[Oleozz]

I sent a beautiful three year old English setter to Montana last fall with friends, they are die hard bird hunters and were going to spend two months there and planned to give him lots of wild bird work. After two weeks he was gone, they suspect coyotes. They can be a threat to hunting dogs, for sure.
On my farm we have few coyotes although I know they are in the area. If the opportunity presents itself I would shoot one. My friend on the other hand has a large farm locally and he lets them go. He feels they help keep the deer population down so he has less crop damage.

 

[toppop52]

I'm it sure if I'm dumb or smart, but knowing what eastern coyotes are capable of I will shoot first and ask permission later. I have a 3 year old grandson and one due any day as well as cats and a wife. We ha e a few pairs of cougars here and they are well fed on the deer and have presented no trouble to farmers or families and while seen rarely near a road usually run the light lines far off the beaten path. Coyotes are as likely to be on your porch as in the woods. I'm shooting if I'm seeing.

 

[SandburRanch]

I sent a beautiful three year old English setter to Montana last fall with friends, they are die hard bird hunters and were going to spend two months there and planned to give him lots of wild bird work. After two weeks he was gone, they suspect coyotes. They can be a threat to hunting dogs, for sure.
On my farm we have few coyotes although I know they are in the area. If the opportunity presents itself I would shoot one. My friend on the other hand has a large farm locally and he lets them go. He feels they help keep the deer population down so he has less crop damage.

If I wasn't broke I'd bet that Setter is headed home. Real common in transplant situations.

Here is hoping he appears on your porch some day. Beautiful dog.

 

[wrflt]

That's true for every predator from grizzlies to wolves and weasels, to eagles and owls and hawks, to house cats catching mice.

A coyote is no different than any other carnivore.

Ken

I totally agree, and understand the process. It just showed me that not only small creatures are in harms' way when it comes to coyotes, as I have always thought.

Also, canines have lots of pups. At night, on my property alone, I can hear what sounds like dozens of coyotes. When I see one, it's always one, yet I know their numbers are more than I care for. So I'll continue to do my part in thinning the pack whenever possible, be it right or wrong.

 

[SandburRanch]

I use my resident coyotes for entertainment by trying to out smart them and it's quite a challenge.

Pictured is one trying to drag a deer ribcage/front leg carcass to a dining area he would prefer but I had tied it to the tree with a clove hitch that wouldn't budge so he chews the old rope off and got it right the first time.

 

[deerefan]

I totally agree, and understand the process. It just showed me that not only small creatures are in harms' way when it comes to coyotes, as I have always thought.

Also, canines have lots of pups. At night, on my property alone, I can hear what sounds like dozens of coyotes. When I see one, it's always one, yet I know their numbers are more than I care for. So I'll continue to do my part in thinning the pack whenever possible, be it right or wrong.

Now to expand the thread a little, what caliber do you use? I have found my savage bolt action .17cal is perfect for small to medium game. I have even taken down hogs with it. I've never shot a coyote with it but I am guessing it would easily do the job. Before I bought it, I was using a mini-14 (.223) with a 30 round mag. for pigs.

 

[TripleR]

Now to expand the thread a little, what caliber do you use? I have found my savage bolt action .17cal is perfect for small to medium game. I have even taken down hogs with it. I've never shot a coyote with it but I am guessing it would easily do the job. Before I bought it, I was using a mini-14 (.223) with a 30 round mag. for pigs.

I use 5.56/.223 in my Mini 14 or Sig556 or .243 in my Remington Mode 7 as that is what I have. I have contemplated getting a .17, but would use it so seldom as to make it a waste of money to buy a new gun.

I accept that it is as odd to not want to buy another gun as to not want another tractor, but my next gun will be another handgun.

 

[CowboyRon]

We could have a nuclear holocaust, the rise of the beast, and the next ice age caused by global warming hit us at the same time. After all of this hits us, if there is one animal left alive it will be the coyote. Them SOB's can adapt to anything.

 

[Kaw]

We have a few coyotes around, not like u see them much. Anyway we have no woodchuck at all in our fields, its strange, we have turkeys, deer seem ok, and rabits are good too. Just no woodchucks. We have some bobcats around too, just not sure what put hurten on the chucks.

 

[jinjimbob]

I used to let them walk, but no more.

Last Wednesday, I shot a large male. 10:30 am. Broad daylight, and in the middle of an open pasture. He had one of my nanny goats on the ground. I had also lost three kids in the previous couple of days.

Get a proper fence.

You are feeding the coyotes.

hmmmm