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.

 

[RoyKing]

FLIR scope is the way to go with tripod mount lovely for hogs also. Both are fairly smart after you drop a few they will stay further out. Need a good flash suppressor, the scope can record your hits

 

[MossRoad]

I suggest that any of you that say the coyotes are hard on the deer population check your DNR stats.... you'll probably see that deer populations are steady or up in your state historically. It's generally a myth that coyotes are devastating to deer populations.

 

[ovrszd]

I suggest that any of you that say the coyotes are hard on the deer population check your DNR stats.... you'll probably see that deer populations are steady or up in your state historically. It's generally a myth that coyotes are devastating to deer populations.

I agree.

They will clean up the ill or injured. But they won't have much effect on population.

 

[ArlyA]

We've got plenty of wolves, B bears, M lions and coyotes here. Of these, coyotes make me the least worried but they will snatch your very small dogs or cats. Seems they tend to stay away from people although this might not make the OP feel any better...

 

[RNeumann]

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A little night shooting!

The NIMBYs are great fun- too easy!

 

[jaxs]

I suggest that any of you that say the coyotes are hard on the deer population check your DNR stats.... you'll probably see that deer populations are steady or up in your state historically. It's generally a myth that coyotes are devastating to deer populations.

For a case where someone witness's coyote chasing deer,you hear countless reports of dogs chasing them. The same is true for domestic livestock harassment/damage. There's no denying small pets falling prey but with the ever increasing popularity of Pit Bull Terriers and failure to confine them,I look for dogs to soon kill more pets than coyote.

 

[cqaigy2]

I grew up around coyotes. One night a buddy and i thought we do a little coyote hunting and drove out a bit, parked the pickup and walk a ways to a slumped area where we could lay down below the skyline, but see a good line, up on the crest. Loaded up the 22 and got the tape player out and accidentally hit play. Man oh man, coyotes came running up and over the crest from all over the places. There must have been a whole flock of them in that slump with us. Nobody got hurt, but i almost died laughing. We were hunting for pelts, but didn't really know anything about it, as we found out that winter was the time to do that, and if you put a whole in the pelt it dropped the price by a bit.

That being said, in the areas where i lived, the biggest threat to live stock was dogs, then traffic.

 

[YanmarFever]

I suggest that any of you that say the coyotes are hard on the deer population check your DNR stats.... you'll probably see that deer populations are steady or up in your state historically. It's generally a myth that coyotes are devastating to deer populations.

here ya go, Coyotes Affect Deer Fawns During Spring, Summer

 

[oldballs]

I've never been bothered by coyotes, even though we used to have quite a few. But I or my family have often been annoyed, and occasionally attacked by a loose dog. Don't you love that incessant barking of a neighbor's dog.:devil: The coyotes are mostly gone now, but the dam**** loose dogs are still around. I'd rather shoot certain dogs.

 

[oosik]

Exactly, Moss Road. The WA Fish & Wildlife acknowledges that coyote predation on deer populations is minimal. Black tongue is the big killer around here.

Human interactions with deer populations is FAR more devastating than coyotes. Deer & coyotes have been living together and getting along just fine. A whole lot longer than any of these home grown experts would want us to believe.