Wolf/Coyote hunting.
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Adrian J Hare
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Frank, that first photo deserves to be on the wall man ! I thought of you when I was asked for these seminars, we could do a all day seminar together !
go to your local meat processing plant, take your own containers, they will fill them with scraps, all for free. We put some out about 200 yards from the house. The pile freezes together and the yotes can't cart everything off in a hurry. They came every day to eat on site for many days until they finally cleaned up the big lump. This was at our old place. We are going to set up in a meadow in the local forest near our new place and start picking them off from a blind. They are eating alive what few deer we have left around here.
Cranky Pants
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Yup on the meat scraps frozen in a bucket for bait with some water to bind it. I place a wire in it before it freezes so I can tie it to a tree or something so they can't drag it into thicker woods.
Question for hunter in Ontario; where do I go and who do I talk to if I want to shoot coyotes? I know a few spots around here where they have been seen quite a bit. And some of those spots are within 500m from town limits. Not sure how that works for hunting.
check with your municipal office for the rules and regulations on discharging firearms.
Adrian J Hare
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the spank
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Pretty strange looking coyote, doesn't even appear to have the characteristic black tail tip. Neighbor's not missing a dog, is he ?
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Ontario coyotes are so far removed from their original ancestry that IMO it is really hard to call them a coyote. They are nothing at all like the true western coyote of the prairies. They have been hybridized with every mutt in the country for so many years that they often look like the family dog. I once pulled into a buddies place in Fort Erie, Ontario after him and his brothers had been out doing a driven hunt. They had 7 dogs down and I have to say that had I not known better I would have sworn most looked like domestic dogs.They had at that time a real problem in their area with what were termed coy-dogs or coy-pups, a coytoe/domestic dog cross. The colours on one he had looked for all the world like The Littlest Hobo!! They are also much larger on average than the western coyote. I have yet to see one out here in SK-AB that looks anything like the coyotes back in my home province of Ontario.
I would love to go dog hunting, but I'm stuck in an ethical quandry. I am not saying this applies to other people, it's just how I feel, so don't interpret it that way, but I have a strong inclination not to shoot anything I am not planning to eat. However, I'm wondering if I can finagle away around this. I think I would be ok with dog hunting if I could find a way that the carcass could be put to use for food... could you turn it into dog or cat food? Are there people that would eat 'yote or wolf? A friend of mine has property where they're allowed to kill 'em 365 days a year, and in about 3 months I am going to be desperate for some hunting action!
Oh, 2nd thought: is it an unacceptable risk to turn animals within the same species or family to food for others, ie, is it a dangerous risk of transmitting potential disease to turn wolfs/yotes into meat for sled dogs, etc?
Oh, 2nd thought: is it an unacceptable risk to turn animals within the same species or family to food for others, ie, is it a dangerous risk of transmitting potential disease to turn wolfs/yotes into meat for sled dogs, etc?
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Is this the workshop being hosted by OFAH?
http://www.ofah.org/news/Coyote-Information-Sessions
http://www.ofah.org/news/Coyote-Information-Sessions
the spank
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I would love to go dog hunting, but I'm stuck in an ethical quandry. I am not saying this applies to other people, it's just how I feel, so don't interpret it that way, but I have a strong inclination not to shoot anything I am not planning to eat. However, I'm wondering if I can finagle away around this. I think I would be ok with dog hunting if I could find a way that the carcass could be put to use for food... could you turn it into dog or cat food? Are there people that would eat 'yote or wolf? A friend of mine has property where they're allowed to kill 'em 365 days a year, and in about 3 months I am going to be desperate for some hunting action!
Oh, 2nd thought: is it an unacceptable risk to turn animals within the same species or family to food for others, ie, is it a dangerous risk of transmitting potential disease to turn wolfs/yotes into meat for sled dogs, etc?
I grew up with that same doctrine where I was taught you should not kill it unless you're going to eat it. The first time I went off that doctrine I felt really strange, very mixed emotions but over time that has completely gone away. I now have no issue whatsoever in taking game be it animals or birds that may be over-populated, nuisances or just plain in need of control to bring back balance. Something will always eat the carcasses of the yotes. Ravens, crows, etc. I cannot imagine eating one myself? I am sure they border on horrific tasting and jsut how safe they would be to feed pets I am unsure of? Good question though.
thepolinator
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I would love to go dog hunting, but I'm stuck in an ethical quandry. I am not saying this applies to other people, it's just how I feel, so don't interpret it that way, but I have a strong inclination not to shoot anything I am not planning to eat. However, I'm wondering if I can finagle away around this. I think I would be ok with dog hunting if I could find a way that the carcass could be put to use for food... could you turn it into dog or cat food? Are there people that would eat 'yote or wolf? A friend of mine has property where they're allowed to kill 'em 365 days a year, and in about 3 months I am going to be desperate for some hunting action!
Oh, 2nd thought: is it an unacceptable risk to turn animals within the same species or family to food for others, ie, is it a dangerous risk of transmitting potential disease to turn wolfs/yotes into meat for sled dogs, etc?
We cannot manage and hunt the prey species such as deer, elk, moose etc, and not manage the predator species as well. Utilize the hides if you can. Nonetheless nothing goes to waste in nature, their carcasses will feed other animals, but hunting wolves and coyotes is not unethical as an imbalance in their numbers (at an all time high right now) is not a good thing either. I will never take the attitude that the only good wolf or coyote is a dead one, nor do I wish to see them exterminated as they have their place in keeping the herds strong and free of weak and diseased animals, but we also have to lower their numbers when needed to keep a reasonable balance. Right now their numbers are very high and could use some culling so you have nothing to feel bad about downing a few dogs to even things out a bit.
