BullOnParade
CGN Regular
- Location
- Eastern Ontario
So, I've been "hunting" a couple of times, but never got anything. As the joke goes, I guess that makes me "vegetarian" ...
One time was deer hunting on a friend's property, where he has been successful once before and once since. We built him a blind, and I used a tree stand. We saw deer, but nothing we could take home.
My wife and I bought a small plot on Manitoulin island last year and our plan is to build a small hunt camp on it, so I'm fairly invested in the idea.
Another friend of mine bought a turnkey hunt camp a bit closer to us, and we've been welcomed to use the space as often as we'd like, but after an unsuccessful coyote hunt, I think it's time to figure out what I'm doing wrong.
Now, I should start off, my biggest pet peeve is waste, especially food, and that translates into the world of hunting. I want to use as much of an animal which I kill as possible. I also have to balance that with the fact that I live in a low rise building in Canada's largest city; I won't be brain tanning any time soon ...
But when it comes to coyote specifically, what all does one do with the carcass? I have a friend from high school on Facebook, and occasionally see pictures of him with a few dogs. One post, someone asked what he does with them and the reply was along the lines of digging a hole with a tractor and putting them in it. He's obviously eliminating predators that are a risk to his business, and the argument is clear that a lower coyote population means a higher deer population, my initial interest in coyote hunting stems from this. But I've also read that a coyote population being hunted tend to breed more heavily. More likely is that more pups survive longer with less adults taking up a portion of the food available.
At which point does pressure on the coyote population result in the population trying to resist the cull?
Besides dropping them in a hole, what do you do with your yotes? I see a couple active threads about skinning and processing hides in other provinces. It seems to be a pretty involved process. Is anyone buying whole coyotes in Ontario as I've seen suggested in Western provinces? How about eating them? Lots of people freak out at the idea of canine meat, but it's meat, and I'd probably try it at least twice ... There's a video around of Steve Rinella eating coyote with a friend for the first time, he says it's not horrible, he liked it with Cajun seasoning ... Anyone eating them (semi) regularly?
A good set of (Alpine) camo is on my short list before I go out again, probably February. A couple of hand calls are already acquired, as well as a heat a seat.
Does anyone use those scent blocking shampoos, body wash or deodorant when coyote hunting? Or is the canine nose too sensitive to fool?
Lots of questions, hope someone wouldn't mind schooling this noob on the lay of the land ...
One time was deer hunting on a friend's property, where he has been successful once before and once since. We built him a blind, and I used a tree stand. We saw deer, but nothing we could take home.
My wife and I bought a small plot on Manitoulin island last year and our plan is to build a small hunt camp on it, so I'm fairly invested in the idea.
Another friend of mine bought a turnkey hunt camp a bit closer to us, and we've been welcomed to use the space as often as we'd like, but after an unsuccessful coyote hunt, I think it's time to figure out what I'm doing wrong.
Now, I should start off, my biggest pet peeve is waste, especially food, and that translates into the world of hunting. I want to use as much of an animal which I kill as possible. I also have to balance that with the fact that I live in a low rise building in Canada's largest city; I won't be brain tanning any time soon ...
But when it comes to coyote specifically, what all does one do with the carcass? I have a friend from high school on Facebook, and occasionally see pictures of him with a few dogs. One post, someone asked what he does with them and the reply was along the lines of digging a hole with a tractor and putting them in it. He's obviously eliminating predators that are a risk to his business, and the argument is clear that a lower coyote population means a higher deer population, my initial interest in coyote hunting stems from this. But I've also read that a coyote population being hunted tend to breed more heavily. More likely is that more pups survive longer with less adults taking up a portion of the food available.
At which point does pressure on the coyote population result in the population trying to resist the cull?
Besides dropping them in a hole, what do you do with your yotes? I see a couple active threads about skinning and processing hides in other provinces. It seems to be a pretty involved process. Is anyone buying whole coyotes in Ontario as I've seen suggested in Western provinces? How about eating them? Lots of people freak out at the idea of canine meat, but it's meat, and I'd probably try it at least twice ... There's a video around of Steve Rinella eating coyote with a friend for the first time, he says it's not horrible, he liked it with Cajun seasoning ... Anyone eating them (semi) regularly?
A good set of (Alpine) camo is on my short list before I go out again, probably February. A couple of hand calls are already acquired, as well as a heat a seat.
Does anyone use those scent blocking shampoos, body wash or deodorant when coyote hunting? Or is the canine nose too sensitive to fool?
Lots of questions, hope someone wouldn't mind schooling this noob on the lay of the land ...
