Coyote Alley (My area is infested with them) urban legend

They're are coyotes around my place too. I've never seen one, but my neighbour has shot a few in the area...there's a pig farm they like to hang out at nearby. Last summer I started hearing them at night, and now it's getting louder and more frequent...I think it might be time for a varmint rifle!!!
 
Well I know where I live in this part of Ontario you need to buy Yote tag's now "limited to 2 per year per license I believe" I dont know about your neck of the woods though.

Better check the regs.

Up until last year, a small game license was all you needed.
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From a CO's point of view, if your property ( including pets ) are endangered or damaged by wildlife, you are free to intimidate them with the most effective method. Legally you got to intimidate first and then if they come back, shoot. ( Just yell at one and when you see more : shoot ) This can be done without a license, and at any given time. Also, in some areas, under some circumstances, it is prohibited by law to feed or bait certain species. So checking the regs or giving a call to your closest Wildlife Protection Office, might make your brother's neighbourgh stop feeding them, thus decreasing the population. Please keep in mind what I wrote is valid for Quebec, no idea if it will apply for ontario. Your mileage may vary.
 
Slowbalt said:
From a CO's point of view, if your property ( including pets ) are endangered or damaged by wildlife, you are free to intimidate them with the most effective method. Legally you got to intimidate first and then if they come back, shoot. ( Just yell at one and when you see more : shoot ) This can be done without a license, and at any given time. Also, in some areas, under some circumstances, it is prohibited by law to feed or bait certain species. So checking the regs or giving a call to your closest Wildlife Protection Office, might make your brother's neighbourgh stop feeding them, thus decreasing the population. Please keep in mind what I wrote is valid for Quebec, no idea if it will apply for ontario. Your mileage may vary.
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I would be real careful there.

If you want to go this route, get in touch with the MNR and personally speak to a conservation officer, maybe it would be best to speak to him in person if you want to go this route. Explain your situation etc and see what he/she say's. Try to get something in writing with the CO's name if your going to go that route. Just so that neighbours don't call the cops or MNR on you. Then you have something to back up what your doing in writing.

Because if your caught shooting anything with out the proper seal or license your in deep do-do.

A Yote tag is only 9 dollars and change. Save the hide and you can legally sell em, just have to give a couple bucks for royalties., and you make your seal money back and then some.

Which ever way you decide to dispatch them, do it the right way ;)
 
CKC123 I said to check if legal, it is in Alberta. I cane snare 5 in 1 night where I have a hare time getting off 1 shot. Not a rec. activity a pop. controll. You must kill 75 % of a coyote pop to make a long term effect, shooting will however, teach them to keep away from the area, good enough if they are not taking lifestock.
 
a j cave said:
CKC123 I said to check if legal, it is in Alberta. I cane snare 5 in 1 night where I have a hare time getting off 1 shot. Not a rec. activity a pop. controll. You must kill 75 % of a coyote pop to make a long term effect, shooting will however, teach them to keep away from the area, good enough if they are not taking lifestock.
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The original poster, and replies were based on ONTARIO, giving him advice on what to do if he was in Alberta, is not much good.. Especially if you give him the impression that you CAN do it in ontario, where actually you can't (you need a trappers permit).
 
I live in London, If any of you farmers around here need some coyotes gone my dad and I would be happy to come and remove them for you;) Just send a PM, we are looking for a place to hunt but can't seem to find a place.
 
Just need a small game license for year round coyote hunting in most of Southern Ontario, but there are a few WMU that require tags, farther north.

Landowners can shoot to protect their animals.
 
Keebler750 said:
Landowners can shoot to protect their animals.
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Yeah, but if the MNR shows up, you have to prove the are an actual threat (and not just on the land, and you don't like them). It's 100X easier to just get a license (or someone who does) and get rid of them easily, no questions asked, no hassles from the MNR etc. (You may be in the right, but why go through the hassles of dealing with the MNR, and thier assumption that you are breaking the law)
 
Just remember that in S. Ontario everytime you kill an animal without a tag or license you must report it to the MNR but more importantly you must get permission from the MNR. As an example apple orchards hate deer because they come in and eat their apples. The owner of the orchard can not just shoot the deer. He/She must call the MNR and explain whats going on and be granted permission to kill the deer. The only exception to this rule I believe is if your life is in danger. Example, if a bear came after you and you have no tag you can legally shoot and kill the bear to protect your life. However, you are not entitled to harvest the bear. You have to call the MNR and explain what happened. They may or may not allow you to harvest the bear.

As others have said, do the smart thing and just get a license.
 
To be honest MNR is useless I had bears destroy near $2000 in Hives and they say have you tried bear bangers or a fence... I showed them the bill for the fence and I bangers... They said call Agriculture and ask for reimbursement (they offered $300)
They said I could sit in the field and scare them away but I could not shoot them and I couldn't actually scare them away until they were in the field....
 
http://publicdocs.mnr.gov.on.ca/View.asp?Document_ID=10735&Attachment_ID=20632

Page 75 of the 2007 Hunting Regs have the correct regulations for the various WMU's. Make sure you know what WMU the farm is in, and then make sure it's either Open Season, or the folks hunting on that land have the proper tags. It's also recommended that everyone hunting that land get a Landowner Consent form signed. It's a small detail, but may be an important one if the MNR show up.

If the hunt happens, best let the neighbours know in advance. 1) so they don't think WW3 is starting, and 2) so they are aware in case some Yotes wander their way while escaping the noise.
 
robinhood said:
Useless or not Bear.23 its the legal route to go here in S. Ontario. Shoot a bear or deer on your crop field or farm without involving the MNR will land ya a hefty fine and possibly jail time.

Lots of violations here: http://www.ocoa.ca/Pages_MNRnews/index.htm and sometimes I see farmers convicted of this very same topic.
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No one says that it's illegal to offer a reward to a hunter for taking down a bear (legally) on your property, with the legal permits etc..

I'm sure if you put up a sign asking hunters to help out, you would get lots of calls.. I bet you would not even have to pay them (See this thread as a example).

It's the same old Lanark Land owners situation again.. the farmer has a problem, and refuses to let the hunters help them out (they would rather shoot them illegally themselves, then let a "stranger" on thier land)
 
Well I just looked up my area and it states that it's open game year round the only thing that I question is that the MNR book say that area 101 (for example) is open game but on the map they only have area's 101A 101B 101C (for example) and the regs state only 101 so I guess that's for all 101 areas as in A B C? right?
 
We have a serious yote overpopulation over here too, you hear them howling away once the sun goes down ... Local farmers have reported sporadic losses of livestock to the point where people won't let their dog out after nightfall.
 
Bart212 said:
Well I just looked up my area and it states that it's open game year round the only thing that I question is that the MNR book say that area 101 (for example) is open game but on the map they only have area's 101A 101B 101C (for example) and the regs state only 101 so I guess that's for all 101 areas as in A B C? right?
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you are correct.. this is common for many WMU's that have A's and B's etc.
So in other words you are good year round with no limit. Fire Away!
 
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