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Posted: 11/15/2017 8:30:23 PM EDT

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h8rz gonna h8!

Posted: 11/15/2017 8:37:40 PM EDT

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I’d love to see some coyote rifle setups. I hear a ton of them howling around my neighborhood and would love to see them deaded.

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Haven't shot one with it yet, and too lazy to take a picture of the rifle but imagine early 90's Remington 700 Varmint. Spiderweb HS Precision stock. Leupold Vari-XIII 6.5-20X50 scope in Leupold rings, chambered in .22-250. Got it from my uncle with 450 or 470 rounds of factory ammo from my uncle for $850.

EASY .75" groups at 100 with factory ammo, with my handloads my best is 5 rounds in just under half an inch, with two holes. I was originally going to sell it for him but I shot it first and with little to no interest in the caliber I decided I had to keep it.

Posted: 11/15/2017 8:45:13 PM EDT

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Falls under Rule #2.

Rule #1 - If it can kill you - kill it.
Rule #2 - If it kills what you eat - kill it.
Rule #3 - If it's good to eat - kill it.

Posted: 11/15/2017 8:45:36 PM EDT

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A 70% annual reduction in their population would only maintain a level population.

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Then the obvious answer is to kill >71% a year, I know some people that get quite serious about it. They set up stands on their hog and deer gut piles for night time hunting, in Florida "No permit is required to take wild hog, coyote, armadillo, black or Norway rat, and house mouse, with a gun and light during non-daylight hours."

We used to lease a place with large cow fields and planted pines, I would stick a stuffed rabbit out in the middle of a field with some scent on it while I was deer hunting in stands along the tree lines. I've seen groups of them come barreling out of the woods into the open fields in the late evening, if nothing else it was a fun time to get them "trapped' with 150+ yards of open field in every direction around them and my .22-250 Ruger M77 or an AR handy. It can get crazy, they'll change direction on every shot and run back into the middle of the field sometimes, gives you a chance to reload.

Place we hunt now has some long sections of wide power line right of way that they regularly mow. See and shoot them all the time at random sightings, I see more wild dog packs these days than coyotes in that area though.

Posted: 11/15/2017 8:46:22 PM EDT

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Coyotes, kill or not?

With EXTREME prejudice.

Posted: 11/15/2017 8:46:38 PM EDT

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Any hunt becomes a Coyote hunt if you see one.

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First post and shit.

Posted: 11/15/2017 8:58:01 PM EDT

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This guy has studied coyotes the better part of his life:

Dan Flores - Coyote America

https://www.amazon.com/Coyote-America-Natural-Supernatural-History/dp/0465052991

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He did Joe Rogan's podcast a while back. It was fascinating.

I love killing coyotes and shoot them on site when deer hunting. But the research shows it pretty much has no impact. When you start pressuring them they disperse and their reproductive productivity goes up. In other words killing them spread out and have more and bigger litters.

Posted: 11/15/2017 9:05:14 PM EDT

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Coyotes will lure your dog into the woods, then the pack will kill and eat it. I will kill every one that I can find.
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@itchytrigger

Tell me about this NV setup...

Posted: 11/15/2017 9:10:22 PM EDT

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Falls under Rule #2.

Rule #1 - If it can kill you - kill it.
Rule #2 - If it kills what you eat - kill it.
Rule #3 - If it's good to eat - kill it.

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Need another rule for prairie dogs.

Posted: 11/15/2017 9:11:22 PM EDT

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I would shoot them but there is a strong case that when they howl it’s basically a roll call. Meaning when one is missing more get born.

Read up on Dan Flores. How many books have you written on the subject?

Posted: 11/15/2017 9:11:53 PM EDT

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We've had the mange in coyotes for several years now. Rabbits everywhere and few coyotes. Also better than normal pheasant crop.

Posted: 11/15/2017 9:12:18 PM EDT

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In Cali, it is unlawful to hurt coyotes & mountain lions unless you are LE or fish & game warden; my neighbors have seen packs of coyotes roam the streets in the morning, but I personally have not seen them. I live near the base of the San Gabriel Mts(5 miles east of L.A.) which is about a 15 minute drive to the mountains..

Posted: 11/15/2017 9:13:21 PM EDT

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Kill them all, they're vermin.

Posted: 11/15/2017 9:14:16 PM EDT

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Falls under Rule #2.

Rule #1 - If it can kill you - kill it.
Rule #2 - If it kills what you eat - kill it.
Rule #3 - If it's good to eat - kill it.

Need another rule for prairie dogs.

Prairie dogs are vermin.
Vermin carry and spread disease.
Disease can kill you.

Plus, it's kinda fun!

Posted: 11/15/2017 9:23:20 PM EDT

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I shoot a couple every year, but haven't seen a one this year. Seen some foxes coming back though.

Posted: 11/15/2017 9:23:30 PM EDT

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I asked this question to the wife:
If you had a buck in your sights & then a yote snuck up, which one would you shoot....

Without hesitation she said " The yote"

Posted: 11/15/2017 9:25:09 PM EDT

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And rabbits,turkey,deer and anything else they can kill.

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They have wiped out healthy populations of fox, turkey, and rabbit here.

Posted: 11/15/2017 9:26:05 PM EDT

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So do owls, hawks, snakes, etc.

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They eat mice, I keep em around on my ranch

So do owls, hawks, snakes, etc.

Feral cats...

Posted: 11/15/2017 9:26:17 PM EDT

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Google Coyote at Quiznos in Chicago for the pics. My first week in the district, and I was the first uniform on scene at this in Downtown Chicago. Walked in and this thing was sitting in the cooler. It was staring right at me and kinda growled and showed its teeth. Did my best impression of Micheal Jackson's moon-walk outta there!

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Posted: 11/15/2017 9:27:16 PM EDT

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Depends on if they are a problem in the area, or not. If hunting someone else's land/farm/ranch, they'll usually let you know to either shoot on sight or, leave my mousers alone.

Posted: 11/15/2017 9:27:24 PM EDT

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kos

Posted: 11/15/2017 9:29:19 PM EDT

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After the nuclear holocaust, the only animals left will be carp, cockroaches, flies, starlings, crows, Norway rats, and coyotes.

Posted: 11/15/2017 9:32:41 PM EDT

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Feral cats...

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They eat those, too....

Posted: 11/15/2017 9:35:37 PM EDT

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They eat those, too....

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Owls play hell with my barn cats. It's rare that more than one or two in a litter survive.

Posted: 11/15/2017 9:40:38 PM EDT

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Depends on if you consider yourself a fellow Predator and part of the food chain.

If you don't mind dropping out of the competition for prey, then you can let the Coyote run his course.

If you want to be the top predator and have prey, he has to go.

The way it's always been.

There can be only one.

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I don't eat many ground squirrels or rabbits, Wiley gets a pass.

Posted: 11/15/2017 9:43:26 PM EDT

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KILL

Posted: 11/15/2017 9:43:50 PM EDT

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That is complete bullshit. Coyotes were damn near completely eradicated in the hill country of Texas. Trapping, poisoning and bounties were the methods.

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You keep telling yourself that.

There's an unlimited, no license required $55 bounty per head here in Utah due to the fact that after an actual State organized initiative to eradicate them because of their damage to the mule deer population (see: a large Utah tourism/moneymaking industry) they didn't notice much of a dent.

Posted: 11/15/2017 9:46:34 PM EDT

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Here was their den.

I hope it was full of pups.

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Was it puppies or kittens you used to burn with a propane torch when you were a kid?

Posted: 11/15/2017 9:46:45 PM EDT

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Double

Posted: 11/15/2017 9:52:00 PM EDT

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h8rz gonna h8!

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Uhh, good boy?

Posted: 11/15/2017 9:56:06 PM EDT

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Need another rule for prairie dogs.

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Falls under Rule #2.

Rule #1 - If it can kill you - kill it.
Rule #2 - If it kills what you eat - kill it.
Rule #3 - If it's good to eat - kill it.

Addendum 1A - If it's a hoot then you must shoot.

Need another rule for prairie dogs.

That better?

Posted: 11/15/2017 10:08:52 PM EDT

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Any hunt becomes a Coyote hunt if you see one.

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Ayup. We’re on a pheasant, quail, and coyote hunt this year.

Posted: 11/15/2017 10:16:18 PM EDT

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Damn. What breed if I may ask?

(I'm curious how large an animal coyotes will and can kill.)

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FPNI. They killed my favorite dog and its been on every since. Fuck ‘em all with extreme prejudice.

Damn. What breed if I may ask?

(I'm curious how large an animal coyotes will and can kill.)

Had a pack of coyotes lure one of our larger Mountain Cur males away from a pack of coon dogs and kill him .

Posted: 11/15/2017 10:16:43 PM EDT

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You keep telling yourself that.

There's an unlimited, no license required $55 bounty per head here in Utah due to the fact that after an actual State organized initiative to eradicate them because of their damage to the mule deer population (see: a large Utah tourism/moneymaking industry) they didn't notice much of a dent.

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Shit, that's awesome. I'd love a coyote bounty.

Posted: 11/15/2017 10:21:58 PM EDT

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How many coyotes does it take to attack an 80lb dog?

Or is one that bold?

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When we got out there, there were 5 in the pasture after the horses so I would say they all played a role.

Posted: 11/15/2017 10:27:20 PM EDT

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Coyotes will lure your dog into the woods, then the pack will kill and eat it. I will kill every one that I can find.
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They've started doing that in the suburbs in western Washington. A female usually will come out of the brush and act like it wants to play. The dog will then chase after to play, and once the dog is in the brush the rest of the pack will attack and kill it. And since coyotes are smart, they have also learned when they are in around the houses they don't get shot at.

Posted: 11/15/2017 10:31:54 PM EDT

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I don't have an psychological heartburn with other people shooting coyotes, but I generally leave them alone. I figure they keep mice, rabbits, and other pain in the ass critters in check, and then there is all that balancing the ecosystem stuff. If I get rid of too many coyotes, then I get over run with mice and rats, so I guess it is pick your pain in the butt problem. Sure, coyotes will kill damned near anything they can, but so will eagles, hawks, owls, wolves, and any other predator. Like me, they are just trying to make it through life. I guess in all fairness, I am the direct cause of a great many deaths too though..just another predator.

Weasels don't get the same kind of pass that I might (or might not) be inclined to give coyotes though.

Posted: 11/15/2017 10:37:51 PM EDT

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That was an epic thread.

Sorry about your bird.

Posted: 11/15/2017 10:44:50 PM EDT

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Is this a yes or no question? If so, KILL

Posted: 11/15/2017 10:46:04 PM EDT

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Fuck em, kill on sight. I will wreck a hunt to blast a coyote.

Posted: 11/15/2017 10:46:37 PM EDT

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Everyone you see, kill em!

Posted: 11/15/2017 10:49:48 PM EDT

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Kill 'em. They'd do the same to you given the opportunity. 1991 - Camp Pendleton CA. Went for a run up the hills east of Las Flores, about 1.5 miles into a 5 miler, out by myself at noontime, 2nd run of the day. See 1 pacing out in front of me about 20 yds. Realize there's 1 to my left about 20 yards, jogging my pace, look right, damn, there's #3. Thought I better check my 6, yep, there it was, #4 20 yds behind me. Decided I'd best take the offensive, hooked a right and charged that 1. They decided I was too big and alert and left. Would have hated to be dragging's ass after a 10 or 15 miler on a hot day.

Posted: 11/15/2017 10:52:44 PM EDT

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Pile em up whenever you can, and use a can if you can, it's more fun that way.

:-)

Posted: 11/15/2017 10:53:40 PM EDT

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Was it puppies or kittens you used to burn with a propane torch when you were a kid?

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@iasc300ia

It's obvious who's never heard of Felipe

Posted: 11/15/2017 10:58:28 PM EDT

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Any hunt becomes a Coyote hunt if you see one.

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This!!!

If I see one, I'll shoot it.

Posted: 11/15/2017 11:01:50 PM EDT

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On one hunting lease we had about 5 years it was kind of interesting. There are (or were) two groups of wild dogs out there in addition to the coyotes and they aren't full blooded coyotes. One group they have almost the exact same body and head of a coyote but have glossy/oily black hair, think like a coyote and black lab mix. The other group looks like white feral pit bull terriers. We concluded they all have coyote DNA in them so should all be considered coyotes probably but it was an interesting ecosystem for sure.