hey adrian thanks for the response . are you guys still or will you be doing the turkey shoots at the legion once everything returns to normal
When to hunt coyotes
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hey adrian thanks for the response . are you guys still or will you be doing the turkey shoots at the legion once everything returns to normal
Predator control...There is never a 'shortage" of coyotes.
A few random Coyote facts:
Coyotes’ scientific name Canis latrans translates to barking dog. Adult coyotes have no less than 11 vocal tones for different situations. These can either be for individuals or for a group. For individual coyotes, woofs, huffs, barks, and barking howls either deliver a threat or sound an alarm. Used near their dens, these sounds prompt the pups to retreat inside. Growls can also deliver a threat but are also used by pups playing with each other. Yelping or low-pitched whines communicate submission. A superior coyote responds to submission with high-pitched whines. A lone howl announces a coyote separated from its pack, while group howling marks a reunion. Group howls are also used by coyote packs to announce their presence to other coyotes in an area.
Coyotes are the most common carrier for diseases and parasites of all North American carnivores. Scientists say this is because of their wide range of habitats and diverse diet. Viral diseases known to infect coyotes include rabies, distemper, hepatitis, and even encephalitis. They’re also known to suffer from Tularemia, which is especially fatal for pups. Parasitic infections are also very common, such as mange, ticks, and fleas. Fluke infections are rare but deadly: 90% of fluke-infected coyotes die from the infection. Mites and lice rarely infect coyotes but are less deadly compared to flukes. Now there’s something very useful to know from coyote facts.
Coyotes prey on livestock, costing the owners money and property. Dogs are usually enough to keep coyotes away from livestock, but they don’t always succeed. For this reason, government agents regularly hunt coyotes to control their population. Private individuals also put bounties on coyotes that successfully prey on livestock. In 2017 alone, hunters in Utah killed 11,000 coyotes to collect over $500,000 worth of bounties. A grim, but unfortunate example of coyote facts.
Not all effects of the coyote’s expansion into inhabited areas are bad, though. Rats and other rodents are part of their diet, after all. Coyotes preying on these pests help keep their numbers down and keep them from bothering people.
In the wild, coyotes live on average up to 14 years before dying of old age. In captivity, good care and plentiful food extend this up to 20 years.
Coyotes’ scientific name Canis latrans translates to barking dog. Adult coyotes have no less than 11 vocal tones for different situations. These can either be for individuals or for a group. For individual coyotes, woofs, huffs, barks, and barking howls either deliver a threat or sound an alarm. Used near their dens, these sounds prompt the pups to retreat inside. Growls can also deliver a threat but are also used by pups playing with each other. Yelping or low-pitched whines communicate submission. A superior coyote responds to submission with high-pitched whines. A lone howl announces a coyote separated from its pack, while group howling marks a reunion. Group howls are also used by coyote packs to announce their presence to other coyotes in an area.
Coyotes are the most common carrier for diseases and parasites of all North American carnivores. Scientists say this is because of their wide range of habitats and diverse diet. Viral diseases known to infect coyotes include rabies, distemper, hepatitis, and even encephalitis. They’re also known to suffer from Tularemia, which is especially fatal for pups. Parasitic infections are also very common, such as mange, ticks, and fleas. Fluke infections are rare but deadly: 90% of fluke-infected coyotes die from the infection. Mites and lice rarely infect coyotes but are less deadly compared to flukes. Now there’s something very useful to know from coyote facts.
Coyotes prey on livestock, costing the owners money and property. Dogs are usually enough to keep coyotes away from livestock, but they don’t always succeed. For this reason, government agents regularly hunt coyotes to control their population. Private individuals also put bounties on coyotes that successfully prey on livestock. In 2017 alone, hunters in Utah killed 11,000 coyotes to collect over $500,000 worth of bounties. A grim, but unfortunate example of coyote facts.
Not all effects of the coyote’s expansion into inhabited areas are bad, though. Rats and other rodents are part of their diet, after all. Coyotes preying on these pests help keep their numbers down and keep them from bothering people.
In the wild, coyotes live on average up to 14 years before dying of old age. In captivity, good care and plentiful food extend this up to 20 years.
Rabbit dinner time!
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tore up the neighbors dog in its yard.kill my ducks and cats.killed a twenty year old woman in nova Scotia .followed the neighbours young children down a farm lane to the bus. i am sure there is lots more but i am done .
OK fair enough!
There are lots of coyotes where I live and the over the years the dog (s) has chased them out of sight but dogs always came back.
Lots of deer out here too. Very rare to see any deer carcasses.
Anyway I can accept that they are causing a problem for some people in some areas.
And in those instances there is sufficient justification for predator control.
There are lots of coyotes where I live and the over the years the dog (s) has chased them out of sight but dogs always came back.
Lots of deer out here too. Very rare to see any deer carcasses.
Anyway I can accept that they are causing a problem for some people in some areas.
And in those instances there is sufficient justification for predator control.
canadian hunter312
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You're missing out on a lot of opportunities if you actually believe this. Do you avoid deer and turkey hunting in the afternoon because the animals may hold up outside shooting range until legal shooting time has passed? Of course not.
I like having (both) freedom of thought and freedom of speech, and being free to conduct ourselves in any lawful manner.
He didn't say anything about 'meat' or 'killing for the sake of killing' or killing for 'just fun'.
You are the only one who said anything about 'meat' or 'killing for the sake of killing' or killing for 'just fun'.
He said that the population seemed high, and he asked about (best) timing.
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We're getting them on the trail cams almost every other night, and there is certainly no shortage of them.
1. It's part of land management. Human activities (farming and urbanization, mainly) cause an 'unnatural' imbalance in the coyote population. ie. We drive out the wolves and create environments where coyote populations can explode. IMo, it is our responsibility to work to counter this, by creating an artificial population check.
2. It keeps coyotes afraid of people, which is absolutely in their best interest, as well as ours.
3. I think it's more 'fair' than just poisoning or trapping them, don't you think?
All the one's we have caught on video are around midnight. That being said, I think 9:30am is the absolute best time of day to hunt. 9:30am, hands down.
Adrian J Hare
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We, being myself and a few neighbours, have shot 15 in the last 4 weeks within 2 miles of the house. 3 by 10:30 last Saturday. Do I care for hunting coyotes, I have my reservations, but I do it as a necessity as part of living in a rural area. Got a German Shepherd laying at my feet so it is a little close to home.
When the neighbour's kids chase 4 out of the yard on the 4 wheeler last week the issue needs to be addressed. Five years ago it was live and let live. Now when in the yard at 10pm and I can hear 4-5 different groups about the area that is just to many. Was checking this afternoon and there was 4 new tracks crossing the road within sight of the house last night. Breeding season is right around the corner and it is not uncommon to chase 4-6 out of a block at once. I have read the more you shoot the bigger litters they have but you can see the difference locally a few years unchecked make on the deer and turkey population.
I have to visit a farm this week within sight of a local town that is losing pets right off the porches.
The signs are there and like any species need some management. Make for some damn interesting hunts and shooting with little else to do these days anyways!! If you see them hunt them and do not regret it-- a fawn will thank you.
When the neighbour's kids chase 4 out of the yard on the 4 wheeler last week the issue needs to be addressed. Five years ago it was live and let live. Now when in the yard at 10pm and I can hear 4-5 different groups about the area that is just to many. Was checking this afternoon and there was 4 new tracks crossing the road within sight of the house last night. Breeding season is right around the corner and it is not uncommon to chase 4-6 out of a block at once. I have read the more you shoot the bigger litters they have but you can see the difference locally a few years unchecked make on the deer and turkey population.
I have to visit a farm this week within sight of a local town that is losing pets right off the porches.
The signs are there and like any species need some management. Make for some damn interesting hunts and shooting with little else to do these days anyways!! If you see them hunt them and do not regret it-- a fawn will thank you.
For me it boils down to whenever I can get out there is the best time and that applies to all year round. But I have to say that when it comes to the time of year, even though this is obvious, when there's no leaves on the trees and brush your odds go up dramatically because you can actually see them moving. I know that they'll sit just inside the edge of the bush and just watch for a while and that's when they'll decide what they're going to do. That's also when they'll bust you because you aren't aware that they're there watching because of the leaves and heavy brush. They'll catch your movements or circle you and bust you. You can see them and get clear shots at them deep in the bush when there's no leaves so that's the best "time," to hunt them.
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Yotarunner
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- Eastern Alberta
I wasn't going to butt in but nobody has mentioned it yet. On top of the predator control there is also the benefit of selling the fur. Skinned out coyotes are going for roughly $100 skinned in my neck of the woods.
What I have also noticed is the numbers don't seem to change a lot but the quality and health of coyotes goes up a lot when there is a constant harvest. There is one section of land that I have killed 15+ coyotes out of every year for the past 4 years. When I began almost half of the population had mange or mites and I haven't seen mange on a coyote from there in over a year and mites is down to about 1 in 10.
To the OP. First light is usually the best time but coyotes can be called anytime of the day with evenings being fairly decent as well.
sorry adrian thought you were someone else
don't people understand hunting "for meat" only, is not a well rounded approach to wildlife management. we must also thin out the predator population to maintain a good predator to prey ratio so that ourselves and the coyotes can enjoy a thriving ungulate population. if humans hunt deer and predators are ignored and continue to explode in population eventually nobody (predators included) will have enough deer to go around. if humans are going to participate and regulate animal populations we must regulate all of the animals not just the ones we like to eat.
Also the "i'm a meat hunter, not a trophy hunter" holier than thou crowd are usually the same crowd who shoot the smallest most immature deer i've ever seen every fall and think they are a better person than the trophy hunter who shoots a deer once in a blue moon.
bottom line is don't judge the predator hunters. they are doing the dirty work so there are plenty of spike deer for you in the fall.
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Also the "i'm a meat hunter, not a trophy hunter" holier than thou crowd are usually the same crowd who shoot the smallest most immature deer i've ever seen every fall and think they are a better person than the trophy hunter who shoots a deer once in a blue moon.
bottom line is don't judge the predator hunters. they are doing the dirty work so there are plenty of spike deer for you in the fall.
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thanks for the response yotarunner 100 bucks not to bad does any body know what you get for one in ont
I find the colder the better. I like to go during the cold snaps. Doesn't matter the time of day if you're calling, they come.
I 100% hunt them for the fun of it. Nothing better than going for the day calling dogs
There will never be a shortage of coyotes. Shot 3 this day. -29
I 100% hunt them for the fun of it. Nothing better than going for the day calling dogs
There will never be a shortage of coyotes. Shot 3 this day. -29
I find the colder the better. I like to go during the cold snaps. Doesn't matter the time of day if you're calling, they come.
I 100% hunt them for the fun of it. Nothing better than going for the day calling dogs
Awesome kill solomon! At what distance was this dog nailed?
I find the colder the better. I like to go during the cold snaps. Doesn't matter the time of day if you're calling, they come.
I 100% hunt them for the fun of it. Nothing better than going for the day calling dogs
nice looking dog
