Coyote Hunting in Lower Mainland

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Hi

Anybody has suggestions for hunting coyote with a rifle in the Vancouver Lower Mainland area. I have moved here 4 years ago and hunted once. It appears that you have to go quite far when you live in the Greater Vancouver area. I used to live near Edmonton. I could go hunting 20 minutes from my place. Coyote hunting used to be one of my favorite type of hunting. I am quite missing it.

Thank you in advance

jacpor
 
There is no discharge of single projectiles in the Fraser Valley so for coyotes you have to leave.

The other side of Manning Park, Merritt, Ashcroft are basically your starting points for good #'s so yeah a fair drive is in store for you if you want to legally hunt them.

I am not sure of the legalities but it maybe legal to hunt in the valley with a bow/crossbow/shotgun there are good coyote populations here and due to them not being hunted there are some really big coyotes around.

I'm in Merritt right now and went coyote hunting yesterday, not a dog in sight and I used every trick/call/decoy I have I'm going to give it another try again this morning have a new 223 barrel for my T/C Contender carbine that I want to break in. :)

This winter I am going to try calling coyotes in the Fraser Canyon and Coquihalla areas but thinking that I call in a bobcat or cougar before a coyote will show though.
 
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How far would you say I have to go from Burnaby to be able to find a decent coyote population? Squamish? Meritt? Is it hard to get permission? Can you find open country?(open fields)? I don't know at all where to start. Every little bit of help would be appreciated.

Thanks

jacpor
 
Look to Mission. You can shoot there.

I have heard that Pitt Meadows allows it on private land, and they have hundreds of coyotes there.
 
jacpor said:
Thank you Rutger

Do you know if permission is hard to get?

jacpor
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I would bet its easy if you know the landowner and a) they like you and b) they hate coyotes!

I'd let you shoot on my property, but mine is 75 feet wide and in about 1/16th of a second your bullet will be on my neighbors property, and they likely won't give you permission. Best to talk to someone that owns 50 or 60 acres.

Have fun.
 
Squamish has a fair number of yotes. Plenty of areas out of town down the forest service roads that they can be found in. A few bunnies too here and there.
 
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