Why No Bounty for Coyote's in Ontario?

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With the declining numbers of whitetails in Ontario and the out of control rise in the Coyote population why isn't Ontario instating a bounty like in other provinces?.....

A recent conversation with a CO revealed the lack of deer sigh on my property this year has more to it then warm weather and my neighbor planting corn. He says there is more then a 35% drop in the eastern Ontario Whitetail population over the last 2yrs and the major contributing factor according to the MNR is a sharp increase in the Coyote population......The question is why are they not doing something about it like the other provinces?.....Hunting success rates are way down and the limited draw areas for anterless are going to get even harder to draw a tag next season...

I guess the province that would rather have Bear's attacking people and becoming a dangerous nuisance in northern Ontario instead of reinstating the spring bear hunt, Would also rather see the whitetail population destroyed by Coyotes all because the latte sipping crowd in Toronto don't like it as it infringes on their Disney programed wildlife expertise....


I think with many people being slow or out of work this would be a great way for down on their luck hunters to make some extra cash while doing a great service for the Whitetail population in Ontario which generates millions in tag revenues each year.

This is just my opinion can we start a petition to get a bounty?
 
I wish I hear the west calling but with my dad sick and my wifes family all in Ontario its a no go for the next few years.......I would love to move to SK or Alberta and the wife likes the idea but she is very close to her aging grandparents and I need to be close to my dad for the time being but one day we will move west!.....until then I want a damn bounty on these vermin!...
 
The bounty is Sask was driven by livestock farmers losing income by coyotes killing their animals. The coyotes in Sask has made it almost impossible to raise sheep here.
 
Declining whitetail populations??...holy frig we are up to our noses in both deer and yotes', and aren't that far from you.
Two biggest reasons for no bounty is: too many tree huggers, and two many idiots around that would eventually ruin it for everyone anyways. Being a rural farm type person (and hopefully none of the above) I personally wouldn't favor a bounty anyways. Me and my buddies (mostly my buddies) hunt them with hounds every weekend from late fall and well into the spring, and can honestly say that they are not that easy to bag!
 
I highly doubt a bounty would do much to decrease their population. At least not in teh hunting world. Trappers could possibly affect their numbers.
Plus if you really wanted to... shoot a hundred yotes and drive to saskatchewan to collect your bounty. Should pay for your gas, lol.
 
The way I understand basic biology, it's basically a pendulum effect and we are entering a high predator, low prey cycle. Eventually there won't be enough deer, hares, rabbits, and other prey critters to go around and the yotes will start starving to death, leading to a bounce back in the deer populations. I doubt that a bounty would have any sort of noticeable effect besides costing taxpayer's money (somebody has to pay the "bounty").

A better idea IMO would be to declare a year-round open season on coyotes for a period of 12 to 18 months. Probably not enough to really put a dent in the overall coyote population but the province could use the economic stimulus from such an extended hunting season.
 
There's coyotes in Ontario?!? hmm.....

FYI, I don't think its the same in Northern Ontario, but around here they are open season year round.
 
From the 2009 Ontario Hunting Regulations Summary


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RobSmith said:
The way I understand basic biology, it's basically a pendulum effect and we are entering a high predator, low prey cycle. Eventually there won't be enough deer, hares, rabbits, and other prey critters to go around and the yotes will start starving to death, leading to a bounce back in the deer populations.
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It works that way in the north because there is no people/towns but it doesnt work that way in S. Ont.

With the large towns and cities providing an ever exploding population of deer the coyotes live in the outskirts and thrive.

The predator prey relationship is not a close one here.
 
There is a biologist working out of Niagara-on-the-Lake who has been the bain of many a would-be coyote hunter. She is the equivalent to Wendy.

Not making it easy for anyone.
 
We are seeing more wolves and some coyotes near town. A few people on the outskirts of town have getting their dog eaten on their chain.

Lots more wolves on western end of the province and there was lots on Manitoulin Island While I was hunting there. I was told that 2010 will be end of the current cycle and then population start increasing again.
 
I was in Meaford the other night and heard a pack of coyotes yapping and howling in the distance. Made me feel like I was back in Alberta again. :)
 
Too many morons running this place to instate a bounty...

I'll do it for free anyway. One local shop here has a contest, whomever weighs in the most coyotes, wins a free rifle...
 
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