Bounty brings in 71,000 coyotes

Remember this guy anyone?

TargetTarget wrote:

All my friends at Canadian Gun Nutz have done a great job of gut shotting most of these poor wild dogs. Why can't we bring in the military to do it right? It's free as we already pay for them!

What a POS
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Arctic Blaser said:
Large healthy crop of pups is better than a large healthy crop of deer killing mangy experienced eating machines. It also means the new ones will be easier to shoot. So more fun to be had.

As for the bounty.... Stay in BC kKilljoy!!!! :)
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Young dumb and healthy. Sounds like good shooting...
 
SaddleTramp said:
There were some Alberta coyotes counted up in that 71000. Some of the local Hutterittes found out they could get paws from sister colonies in Alberta and make lots of beer money. I know its hard to prove but when a "Boss" brings in paws from over 250 coyotes the bells start dinging. Being the fact that I hunt in the same area as well as other trappers and we know these guys aren't that proficient. Even the guys with hounds that go out 4-5 times a week didn't do that well. The Municipal Gov't better tighten things up.
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That's bound to happen. Now if Manitoba and Alberta would get on the band wagon as well things would look a lot better.
 
M12shooter said:
I just love the "green Party's" solution. Most of them likely think Saskatchewan is the size of PEI. Yup lets build coyote proof fences around our livestock in Sask.f:P:2:
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they should give the funds from their own party to put up the $150,000 for a super fence from hell on every farm. i know i'd take one....
 
71000 coyotes does seem a little high at first, but once you crunch the numbers it sounds reasonable.

According to (http://www.environment.gov.sk.ca/adx/aspx/adxGetMedia.aspx?DocID=857,244,94,88,Documents&MediaID=369&Filename=Report+on+Saskatchewan) "more than" 178000 hunting licences were sold in 2004/2005 - this includes those sold to both Sask residents and non-residents. With roughly 400 licenced hunting outfitters in the province, a number of those licences would have been sold to non-residents. But of course the number of all hunters would likely have grown some since 04/05. I think 150000 would be a generous estimate of resident hunters.

So if roughly every other person who had a hunting licence shot just one coyote over the long bounty period, then the numbers sound reasonable. Remember, there are also likely going to be some residents who did not hold a hunting licence who whould hunt coyotes. Of course not every other hunter would shoot a coyote, but there are plenty of guys who skew the data by shooting 20+ themselves. And then, as mentioned, there would surely be plenty snuck over from Alberta.
 
LloydM said:
71000 coyotes does seem a little high at first, but once you crunch the numbers it sounds reasonable.
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And not a big payout in terms of bounties; $1.42 million is not a lot of money if you can achieve that kind of impact on a population.

Yes, the coyotes will rebound. Presently reduced numbers in the ecosystem results in less competition for food, and naturally more pups survive in the process. Research on predator intervention has shown time and time again that you need to do this repeatedly over a number of years to have any kind of long term impact.

But, for the time being, I am sure the ranchers and livestock owners (whom I understand this bounty was specifically intended to assist) are happy with having fewer coyotes around.
 
H4831 said:
This will pretty well guarantee a large, healthy crop of coyote pups this year. Lots of feed, etc, for those left.
And if you miss their singing now, not to worry, they will be in full chorus next winter, and probably more yet, the following winter.
I somehow doubt if your provincial government will continue to pay out such bounties.
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There was a major problem with coyotes in SK before the bounty..so according to your train of thought nothing should have been done cause it will get worse??. I don't think it can get worse then seeing a coyote wait behind a cow to give birth and it grab the fresh born calf as it pops out. This happened in a number of areas.
There are 170 000 less coyotes to have have pups. even if they have a big litter there will still be less dogs for a period of time. I havent seen this as being termed a permanent solution but will give relief to cattle farmers who are dealing with low prices and other stresses.

Cheers!!
 
They will rebound, but then go after them again with a bounty.
They may also face more predation from THEIR preditors due to the decline in yote numbers.
 
That's a lot of singing dogs, Saskatchewan should export some of it's yotes for us to enjoy shooting more... (qc)

I wonder if 71,000 can be harvested in 6 months, what is the approx total population ? million(s) ?
 
strangerqc said:
That's a lot of singing dogs, Saskatchewan should export some of it's yotes for us to enjoy shooting more... (qc)

I wonder if 71,000 can be harvested in 6 months, what is the approx total population ? million(s) ?
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don't know if there would be "millions" of yotes in Sask., but likely more coyotes the people in that province:)
 
Why don't they just keep the bounty going?Hard for the population to rebound if there is a steady pressure on them,eventually the amount of money spent on this program will decrease as coyotes are eliminated.
 
I wonder if that includes the numbers that were harvested in AB then brought into SK for the bounty?? An interesting story a week or 2 back re a large bag of coyote paws being found on the side of the road near MedHat. A bit of a mystery but sounds like somebody's bounty bag fell off the truck....Hundred of paws discovered so I wonder how many actually went into SK for bounty collection from non SK residents..Hmmmmm
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Red foreman said:
Why don't they just keep the bounty going?Hard for the population to rebound if there is a steady pressure on them,eventually the amount of money spent on this program will decrease as coyotes are eliminated.
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I got 17 this year "read poor shot". I got more than average but a fellow down the road has 2 greyhounds he taught to kill yotes. He got 102.
Out here we need some coyotes but not as many as there were. Yotes kill mice, rats and gophers by the ton. Plus they clean up unwanted dead stuff and dead stuffs guts. They have their place, but to many as there was, especially here was getting bad. I know of 5 farmers who lost newborn livestock to yotes. This is in a 40 mile radius.
 
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