Coyote Problem

Danghog · Post by **Danghog** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 10:21 am

Hey Huntman,
Go check this website about calling 'yotes.
http://www.varmintal.com/

watamach · Post by **watamach** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 9:27 pm

Find a good crew that has good rabbit /coyote dogs in Jan/Feb and let them hunt your properties on Saturdays. You may push some deer while they run it but the deer will return for next season. I have participated in many Saturday hunts and coyotes around Elmira, St Clements and Wellesley have declined dramatically and the deer numbers are way up on the spots we shotgun and bow hunt. Hunting coyotes in winter will not hurt your deer properties if you do it in Jan and Feb. Take up coyote hunting they stink but they do bridge the gap between deer and turkey season!

DanO · Post by **DanO** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 10:09 pm

Are there any bounties on coyotes anymore in Souther ontario? I think the municipalities abolished them around Guelph.

Dan O.

wabi · Post by **wabi** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 10:46 pm

Pics from the trailcam this year:

I plan to do some coyote calling later in the winter when food is scarce!
January/February is usually a good time. I won't try it until then because I don't want to "educate" them. I prefer a snow cover for visibility and all the leaves are off by then.

Grizzly Adam · Post by **Grizzly Adam** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 11:32 pm

huntman wrote: Last night one of our gang members was standing by his truck after a night sit having a smoke while his truck warmed up. Suddenly he heard howling and chirping getting louder and louder much to his suprise he looked up and not 10 yards were at least 8 - 10 yotes.

What a wonderful reason to carry a sweet-shooting revolver handy, like Big Smith, my .44 Magnum sidearm ... think of what a joy it would be to shuck that sixgun and have at 'em! Nothing like being prepared.

Shoot every coyote you see. They'll make more.

Watamach is right ... there is no better way to eradicate coyotes than with a good pack of hounds.

VixChix · Post by **VixChix** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 12:27 am

Grizzly Adam wrote: What a wonderful reason to carry a sweet-shooting revolver handy, like Big Smith, my .44 Magnum sidearm ... think of what a joy it would be to shuck that sixgun and have at 'em! Nothing like being prepared.

Wish we could, but it's not an option up here.

Husband sold his handguns because it was too much hassle to keep them. Good thing that our gun registry is working to keep guns out of the hands of criminals....

yaaaa... right.....

watamach · Post by **watamach** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 1:12 pm

Bounties on Coyotes are done. I have skinned and tanned a few for the heck of it and they take forever to do, the product costs a few bucks and if your tried to sell them to the fur auction it might cost you money in the end. Shoot them, take a pic and go look for the next one. Sorry Pamela "PETA" Anderson we need to protect our deer and turkey!

flbuckmaster · Post by **flbuckmaster** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 1:29 pm

YOU CANNOT EVER SHOOT A DEER HERE AND LEAVE IT IN THE WOODS OVERNIGHT. ALL YOU WILL FIND IN THE MORNING IS HEAD, FEET, AND A CLEAN SPINE AND RIBS. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME A DOZEN TIMES OVER THE YEARS. IF THE YOTES DONT GET THEM THE HOGS WILL.

JAY

bushmaster · Post by **bushmaster** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 4:34 pm

IMO, hunting coyotes is likely not enough...simply because you won't be successful enough to reduce their population enough to make a difference. What you need is a trapper....someone who knows what he's doing will help immensely.

And it'll have to be done on a continuing basis......they'll just repopulate, as long as they have the deer as a food source.

Apple_Orchard · Post by **Apple_Orchard** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 5:13 pm

bushmaster wrote:IMO, hunting coyotes is likely not enough...simply because you won't be successful enough to reduce their population enough to make a difference. What you need is a trapper....someone who knows what he's doing will help immensely.

And it'll have to be done on a continuing basis......they'll just repopulate, as long as they have the deer as a food source.

Yes, I agree. Trapping can be a very effective way to control yote populations, but in my honest opinion they're here to stay until the wolf is restored to its pre-erradication levels. If the wolf is restored they will kill every coyote in your area, but then you'll have a serious top level predator to compete with.
There is no easy fix to deer predation by yotes. Hunting them is a good way to get out in the woods following deer season, but don't expect drastic reductions in their numbers.

Another method that has been helpful in controlling their populations is utilizing the "M-44 Dispenser". You'll have to get the support of you local, and most likely federal gov agencies to go this route though.

We've invited a trapper on to our land post-deer season, and we'll be calling/hunting the dang things as well.

The bottom line is no single control method is best. Several methods should be used simultaneously to help reduce a predation problem.

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