Denning season ethics

coyotekilla83

coyotekilla83

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Buddy and are are having a discussion over denning season ethics. He thinks we give the coyotes a break april & may. I side with shoot them when you can as that's our states legal policy. What's yall's opinions?
 
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crapshoot said:
As long as you aren't breaking any laws, hunt as you wish, whatever that may be. Support all hunters and allow them to hunt how and when they wish so long as they are doing so within the letter of the law.
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The only thing we can't do here in pa is use vehicle mounted highchairs, vehicle mounted scanners, and drones. Other than that, they get no breaks. Oh, no landmines, poison etc.
 
i would like to give them a break but we dont. we hunt them year round (also from PA) how ever due to weather, rolling both ankles during deer season and wife having hip replacement surgery, i have been out 1 or 2 times since deer season and that was for the mosquito creek hunt and maybe one other time just to see how the ankles would hold up.

the way i see it, if ya give them a break, its easier to kill a family group in early summer than it is to call in the lone male during denning season, plus you can get 5 (pups) at a time if you go with a partner. still get the same numbers maybe a few more and do it quicker. plus calling in pups that havent been called to before will have us thinking what experts we have become :)
 
It’s a no go here in NY. Closed season April through the month of September. As a hunter, I’m good with it. Let em grow up a bit. Not that they’re much smarter in early October? Most of my farmers don’t give a rat’s ass about ethics when it comes to killing coyotes. I don’t blame them.

I think crapshoot gave the best advice. If it’s legal, and you want to, have at it. If it’s not your thing, don’t. Pretty simple.
 
Season is closed here in New York as hunt0168 said. ........which never made sense to me. Spring and early summer is prime time for plenty of animals giving birth. Stopping now just gives the coyotes, and other predators, "free reign" if you will, to kill as many fawns and turkey poults as they can. I think the car insurance industry might have a say in that. Fewer deer, fewer car / deer collisions.
 
Don_P said:
Season is closed here in New York as hunt0168 said. ........which never made sense to me. Spring and early summer is prime time for plenty of animals giving birth. Stopping now just gives the coyotes, and other predators, "free reign" if you will, to kill as many fawns and turkey poults as they can. I think the car insurance industry might have a say in that. Fewer deer, fewer car / deer collisions.
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coyotes do kill fawns. what i found surprising was a study done here in PA by Penn State that found black bears kill more fawns than coyotes do.
 
SupressYourself said:
I'm in the "give em a break" camp. I don't think I've ever shot a coyote between mid-April and mid-September, even though it's perfectly legal to do so in the states I hunt. However, if anyone else wants to, that's fine too.
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This is me too. Partly because I'm just not that mad at them and partly because it's hot, and snakes, and camping, and fishing and other stuff to do and work on.
 
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