Coyote hunter experts???

[YanmarFever]

Here's how I shot 12 or more in a year. I put out bait, road kill works the best, its gross but they love it!

Buy a long range driveway monitor and place it on a fence post aimed at the bait (roadkill). mine would always go off and it never gave a false alarm.
All I did was grab the rifle and get ready for action when the buzzer sounded. The monitor was good for 100 yds max.
First year I got 9 females and 3 males.
After that, the following year there were a lot more fawns (deer) on the property. My neighbor would hunt yotes them too, between us we kept them somewhat thinned.
After you shoot one, be sure to bury it, for some reason they wouldn't come around if they smelled a dead comrade. (my guess)
Good luck and dont forget, coyotes are hunting machines, they will hear and smell you from a mile or more away.

 

[BoylermanCT]

We have coyotes in the woods behind our house. They usually keep their distance, staying in the woods, but I have seen evidence of them closer to the house than I would like. But in 8 years, we have not lost any dogs, cats, chickens or ducks to them so I leave them alone. I use electric net fence to protect the chickens and ducks, and all animals are kept inside at night.

 

[drssg]

Where I live it's like a war zone at times. People shoot all times day/night. We're used to it (also no robbers!).

The cable guy was doing some repair work at my house once. When we were both outside, one of the neighbors opened up with some sort of heavy caliber rifle in rapid fire.

He ducked down and gave me a fearful WTF look. I told him that’s normal for this area. He asked if there’s a shooting range near by. I said, “No, that’s what people do for entertainment here.”

He looked quite ready to get out of Dodge.

 

[RNeumann]

Where I live it's like a war zone at times. People shoot all times day/night. We're used to it (also no robbers!).
Anything with rabies I kill, and we're had some! Mice, rats, groundhogs, I don't bother until they become a nuisance.

If that’s the case bait and a scope that can see at night will be your best bet from the “crows nest” in your barn. Hang the carcass from your fence or tree at the edge of the property. They are smart enough to stay away from their own kills.......

 

[bcp]

I have many packs/herds/groupings??? of coyotes here. They will howl on clear nights. They mind their own business - I take care of mine. It's just a part of nature and I've learned to live with it.

Besides - take a guess - who was out here first? I think we are lucky that coyotes don't have scoped, high power rifles - right?

Bruce

 

[teejk]

GImmie a break . Ten yrs ago all the game biologists were saying coyotes were not a problem for game species because they mostly lived on small game, Now its the opposite, They are devastating to fawn and poult populations.They are like any wild animal, they have to be controlled.

I recently read an article about predation on collared whitetail fawns. Coyotes were a clear #1. I'll see if I can find it.

 

[Zippo1]

Beautiful picture, BoylermanCT...

 

[deserteagle71]

Where I live it's like a war zone at times. People shoot all times day/night. We're used to it (also no robbers!).
Anything with rabies I kill, and we're had some! Mice, rats, groundhogs, I don't bother until they become a nuisance.

Same where I live. There's a mountain range rising to 9,300+ feet just east of me that works as a nice backstop and sometimes you'd swear there was a major firefight going on with all the people shooting behind my place. Neither I nor my neighbors pay it any mind - just folks exercising their 2nd amendment rights and making sure they are proficient with their weapons.

But Raspy must live in a different part of Northern Nevada than I do. I can hear coyotes singing pretty much every evening - and I have plenty of photos and video of them hunting within a few yards of my house at dawn. But since I no longer have any domestic animals for them to kill and snack on I don't bother them. Been years since I've busted a coyote. They are welcome to whatever mice/rats/ground squirrels they can catch!

 

[jaxs]

I feel safe in saying Texas coyotes do less than 1% harm wild hogs do. Despite the fact more hogs than coyotes are trapped and killed,hog numbers steadly increase while coyote go up and down without growth when averaged over 10 years.

 

[two_bit_score]

I feel safe in saying Texas coyotes do less than 1% harm wild hogs do. Despite the fact more hogs than coyotes are trapped and killed,hog numbers steadly increase while coyote go up and down without growth when averaged over 10 years.

:thumbsup: yep unfortunately

And nobody seems to be saying the hogs are decreasing the coyote population either.