Coyotes

I never had any coyote trouble at all until here recent. One morning a few weeks ago I saw two eating a newborn calf. I considered getting a donkey. I even posted a topic about it. I haven't had any loses since, although I have seen a single coyote roaming around twice since that morning. I had a new calf this morning. 15 minutes after mama and baby joined the herd, I saw a coyote sniffing around were the calf was born. I jumped in the truck, run home, and got the gun. When I got back it was gone, so I went out to check out the spot. Before I got there the coyote came back out. It was a long shot, but I took it anyway. I missed. Oddly enough, the coyote actually ran closer to me as it run. I had to use the rifle like a shotgun and dropped the coyote on the run like a rabbit. It was all luck, I'm not that good.




So one female coyote down. She didn't look like she had been nursing pups. Wrong time of the year I guess. Taken with a Remington model 700, 30-06. I know I may look proud as a peacock in that photo, but I don't take killing animals lightly. I've got nothing against people who hunt, but I don't kill for pleasure anymore. I felt this was necessary.

come on over here....we gots 2 packs of them running, they seem to be staying in the area too. must be a lot for them to eat out there yet! they are driving my dogs nuts! getting so I gotta carry a rifle when I go out too, the dude I let hunt here says his game cam shows them running out back at 0930 AM yet.

got up to let one of the pup's out, he really had to go! what about you?

Sometimes, if you are still hunting them, if you whistle one short blast, they will stop runnin, and look around... Perfect opportunity to get a shot off...

I hear the Coyotes screaming up a storm every evening as soon as it gets dark. There must be more than one pack. The Howling can come from 2 directions at once.

One visited my house Christmas night got one of my breeder ducks and one of my guineas.  Haven't been able to get a shot off yet.

Ranse,

With all this pretty shi....stuff I am guessing they will be hungry and out lookin for a meal

I will prolly be watching for them....they will prolly stick out like a sore thumb in this deep white stuff

Ocharry

Ranse wrote: It was a long shot, but I took it anyway.  the coyote actually ran closer to me. I had to use the rifle like a shotgun and dropped the coyote on the run like a rabbit. It was all luck, I'm not that good. So one female coyote down. I've got nothing against people who hunt, but I don't kill for pleasure anymore. I felt this was necessary.

That was one heck of a good shot Ranse!!  To be able to shoot good enough to get them to run TOWARD you is a feat in itself.
Ranse, shooting these critters is just protecting your herd.  There was a reason they were almost extinct, along with the wolves.  But all the doo-gooders wanted em back.  Well, they should have put them back in central park in New York.  They once roamed there, but you never hear of the DNR putting em back there do you?

Are Coyote Furs worth the trouble of pelting one out?

Up at the farm I hear them yelping nightly. My trail cameras usually have 90% deer, 5% coyote and 5% of everything else that walks by. Still waiting for Big Foot.😜

Ranse, about 5 years ago the coyotes were thick that summer. Started carrying a Winchester 30-30. One day I was round baling  and I see one running across the field. Threw it in neutral, he's jumping over the windrows about 200' out. I got him, guts were falling out and he crashed. When I was done I checked, and it was dead. I don't know if they eat their own, but the next day it was gone. I've seen them going around the fields checking the windrows for mice, no rifle w/ me of course. 

Clay Iv'e seen em too, but I can't find a catalog.

Rance, if you want more practice come on up, plenty here. I'll even furnish the lead!