tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177392647762662889.post6400358522101111530..comments2023-06-08T02:37:03.778-07:00Comments on R-Dub Outdoors: Why Shoot CoyotesRory @ R-Dub Outdoorshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17467833010574148972noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177392647762662889.post-9196699038286626762012-12-19T12:48:14.722-08:002012-12-19T12:48:14.722-08:00I see nothing wrong with taking a coyote. If they ...I see nothing wrong with taking a coyote. If they are native to an area and not threatened, it does no harm. If they are non native where you live, than they do not belong anyway.Peter Patenaudehttp://www.bootandcanoe.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177392647762662889.post-6582336905357862582012-12-15T10:22:00.962-08:002012-12-15T10:22:00.962-08:00I cant say as for killing deer but as for killing ...I cant say as for killing deer but as for killing antelope, I have personaly seen a coyote pulling an antelope fawn from the mother as she was giving birth, I did have a rifle and had to wait until the coyote was clear but I did shoot it but it was to late for the fawn. Our game wardens here in Arizona encourage hunting and shooting every coyote you see, especially in the antelope areas. Coyotes populations have boomed here since the ban of traps on public land so its up to the predator hunters to try and keep their numbers within reasonEDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177392647762662889.post-72156275043353866872012-12-12T06:23:02.584-08:002012-12-12T06:23:02.584-08:00Rory - I should also give you this link:
http://o...Rory - I should also give you this link:<br /><br />http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/blog/author/mikedwyer/<br /><br />This is where I write. It's not all hunting related but you pick through for the outdoor stuff. There is a piece I wrote on the ethics of killing coyotes recently. Mike Dwyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00741136015944133141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177392647762662889.post-11242655763488595532012-12-12T06:21:33.050-08:002012-12-12T06:21:33.050-08:00Rory,
I appreciate your reply to my comment on th...Rory,<br /><br />I appreciate your reply to my comment on the other post and this post. I want to reiterate that while I may disagree with you, as a fellow hunter I completely respect your decision to hunt coyotes. <br /><br />I would also challenge the statement that coyotes kill deer regularly. This seems misleading. If you will check out this link it explains the situation far better than I can:<br /><br />http://www.deeranddeerhunting.com/biology/coyotekill<br /><br />Coyotes only seem to represent a real threat to deer populations in the Northeast, not the Northwest where you live. Additionally, ethically speaking, killing coyotes to stop them from killing deer seems to imply that deer are livestock which we hunters are entitled to. I look at coyotes as fellow hunters. If they kill a deer it doesn't bother me anymore than when I hear a gun shot on my neighbor's property when I am in my deer stand. I'm perhaps a bit jealous but I don't feel like a deer has just been taken out of my freezer (I also wouldn't kill my neighbor to prevent him from taking deer I want).<br /><br />I’d love to see the research on killing increasing natality rates. That seems counter-intuitive to me but I’m not a biologist. <br /><br />The economic justification i.e. pelts seems the most persuasive to me, but trapping isn’t for me. <br />Mike Dwyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00741136015944133141noreply@blogger.com