Denning season ethics

zeeman said:
I shot a bred female early one spring. When I went to check her out I saw all this squirming going on in her stomach. Last spring coyote for me. I couldn't be a county ADC guy.
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May have missed out on some money. Taxidermist buy that sorts thing…baby coyote could be on their list.
 
This is a very interesting topic for me. In his book, The Art of Predator Calling, Wyman Meinzer stated somewhere in his writing that he didn't shoot every coyote he saw - "because they were just out trying to make a living". If you want an interesting book to read and see some amazing photos it is this book. It's pretty spendy but has amazing info. He was on a pod cast from some guys in South Dakota, I think, and his research on the rolling plains of Texas is legendary, FYI.
 
So today run into a prime example of how coyote season ethics can change.
For context I work at an operation currently calving 1500 head of cows of which I'm responsible for 200.
Found a new calf with nothing but head and spine left. Boss says "be sure your packing a gun when your out checking!"
Next morning I found another one and he tells me "with the price of calves right now I will pay you $100 for each coyote you kill!!"
And just like that I am now actively hunting springtime coyotes when I normally leave them be to have a break for Denning season.
 
Two farms I hunt the farmers say the coyotes don't hurt anything but go ahead and hunt them. The one farm the farmer said he was missing a calf. I found it all chewed up and told him. The other farm I watched 2 coyotes go after a young cow just like the wolves do. One would get in its face and the other one would go for the back end. I watched for a little bit but stopped it before they did any damage. They are a wrecking crew.
 
Ohio has a "No Closed Season" for coyotes with no weapon restrictions.
I give NO free passes to coyotes!!! 24/7 and 365 I will kill them all with extreme prejudice! ☠️🐾
I have never, nor will I ever show any mercy to coyotes! 🚫💯

Coyotes are killing game animals that I no longer get a chance to hunt. :mad: I have not been rabbit, pheasant or quail hunting in over 40 years and it used to be a Thanksgiving tradition for the entire family....no more. I've shot coyotes at point blank range, adults or pups and don't bat an eye at doing so. :sneaky:
 
I would like to be able to give them a bit of a break in denning season, but I do hunt April for the fact that we're calving and have had problems in the past letting them run with the calves. However I don't call at all when targeting these coyotes, we calve in a very small portion of our pasture and I have killed 10 there in the last 2 weeks within a 300yd radius, and there are for sure about 4 or 5 more that I haven't gotten yet. I'd like to think that by not calling I'm not being too hard on them, but I don't know for sure. I usually start up again about halfway through October.
 


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