Coyotes...

[BSK]

Shoot them all...

 

[Gmed]

Got two during spring turkey….wish it had been 102. Try to get every one I see….

 

[backyardtndeer]

Yep, kill every one I can. I hate them.

 

[KPH]

I just wish they would let them be hunted at night.

 

[TheLBLman]

Shoot them all...

Agree, but seeing a coyote carrying a fawn doesn't necessarily mean coyote killed the fawn.

 

[KPH]

Agree, but seeing a coyote carrying a fawn doesn't necessarily mean coyote killed the fawn.

I would think the odds are it did.

 

[TnKen]

I kill ever one I see. Doesn't matter what I'm hunting, if I get a shot I take it.

 

[DoubleRidge]

I hate seeing pics like that.....kill'em

 

[Creek bottoms]

I just wish they would let them be hunted at night.

You can kill them at night. Just go do it. Get the owls while you're at it.

 

[Ski]

I'll ruin a deer hunt to kill a coyote. Every time.

 

[UCStandSitter]

I just wish they would let them be hunted at night.

Is there a triple like button for a post?

 

[BSK]

Agree, but seeing a coyote carrying a fawn doesn't necessarily mean coyote killed the fawn.

That is true.

 

[UCStandSitter]

Agree, but seeing a coyote carrying a fawn doesn't necessarily mean coyote killed the fawn.

True. By the same token seeing Hillary and Bill with a dead political aide doesn't mean she did it but…

 

[Andy S.]

Nature at it's finest. Was this taken at your main farm in Humphreys County (rocky soil)?

 

[rem270]

Sucks to see but it's part of nature unfortunately. I kill them any chance I get and don't worry about it ruining my hunt.

 

[BSK]

Nature at it's finest. Was this taken at your main farm in Humphreys County (rocky soil)?

Yup. One of my many failed plots due to our local drought.

 

[Andy S.]

Yup. One of my many failed plots due to our local drought.

Is the Spartan transmitting to app/smartphone? Is this photo from app or SD card? I have read your concerns about cell coverage at your farm. I have found my cell cameras get a little better reception (1-2 bars) throughout west TN, when compared to my iPhones (various models over the years).

 

[KPH]

Keep in mind coyotes are not native to Tennessee

 

[BSK]

Is the Spartan transmitting to app/smartphone? Is this photo from app or SD card? I have read your concerns about cell coverage at your farm. I have found my cell cameras get a little better reception (1-2 bars) throughout west TN, when compared to my iPhones (various models over the years).

Sent to app/smartphone. Spartan seems to have a little better cell signal than Spypoints. I think the Spartan has a better antenna. But this location is also high on a hilltop, one of the few locations we get decent cell signal.

 

[Planking]

I just wish they would let them be hunted at night.

There's no worse feeling when you're out night hunting then to have to let these things walk because its illegal in Tennesseee. Worse game law there is.

 

[redblood]

I just wish they would let them be hunted at night.

I think that would be a huge mistake. I was one of the original woodpile boys and we were killing truck loads of them way before it got cool to do so. They die just just fine with the sun shining. If our goal is to to preserve hunting opportunities and protect deer (hence the original motivation of this thread) then allowing men with spotlights and high powered rifles to hunt "coyotes" at night during the winter seems like a terrible and an iron clad alibi for every deer poacher in the county. Plus most areas of TN are just too fragmented and developed for night hunting with high power rifles because of the difficulty of Seeing what is behind what you are shooting at. It would be a wildlife officers worst nightmare


If they did do it…..it should be for landowners only and a set season at a time of the yr when bucks have shed!

 

[east_tn_gk]

Only good yote is a dead yote!

 

[UCStandSitter]

I think that would be a huge mistake. I was one of the original woodpile boys and we were killing truck loads of them way before it got cool to do so. They die just just fine with the sun shining. If our goal is to to preserve hunting opportunities and protect deer (hence the original motivation of this thread) then allowing men with spotlights and high powered rifles to hunt "coyotes" at night during the winter seems like a terrible and an iron clad alibi for every deer poacher in the county. Plus most areas of TN are just too fragmented and developed for night hunting with high power rifles because of the difficulty of Seeing what is behind what you are shooting at. It would be a wildlife officers worst nightmare


If they did do it…..it should be for landowners only and a set season at a time of the yr when bucks have shed!

I'd disagree. Poachers gonna poach. Laws that help livestock and deer population won't motivate them to do it anymore than they already do.

 

[Hduke86]

Agree, but seeing a coyote carrying a fawn doesn't necessarily mean coyote killed the fawn.

Looks like it may still be alive in its mouth. I say that cause the ears are still up, mouth opened like it bleating which doesn't mean it is and the front leg being bent like it's struggling. All of that could be wrong but either way KILL ALL THOSE SUCKERS.

 

[timberjack86]

I think that would be a huge mistake. I was one of the original woodpile boys and we were killing truck loads of them way before it got cool to do so. They die just just fine with the sun shining. If our goal is to to preserve hunting opportunities and protect deer (hence the original motivation of this thread) then allowing men with spotlights and high powered rifles to hunt "coyotes" at night during the winter seems like a terrible and an iron clad alibi for every deer poacher in the county. Plus most areas of TN are just too fragmented and developed for night hunting with high power rifles because of the difficulty of Seeing what is behind what you are shooting at. It would be a wildlife officers worst nightmare


If they did do it…..it should be for landowners only and a set season at a time of the yr when bucks have shed!

Why do we need high powered rifles at night? I'd shoot a 17 or 22 mag. Its funny to me that some people cannot trust a law abiding hunter to go out at night and hunt coyotes but when it comes to hogs it's a free for all. Where does this make any sense?

 

[Ski]

I think that would be a huge mistake. I was one of the original woodpile boys and we were killing truck loads of them way before it got cool to do so. They die just just fine with the sun shining. If our goal is to to preserve hunting opportunities and protect deer (hence the original motivation of this thread) then allowing men with spotlights and high powered rifles to hunt "coyotes" at night during the winter seems like a terrible and an iron clad alibi for every deer poacher in the county. Plus most areas of TN are just too fragmented and developed for night hunting with high power rifles because of the difficulty of Seeing what is behind what you are shooting at. It would be a wildlife officers worst nightmare


If they did do it…..it should be for landowners only and a set season at a time of the yr when bucks have shed!

I'd disagree. Poachers gonna poach. Laws that help livestock and deer population won't motivate them to do it anymore than they already do.

I can see both points of view so it's hard for me to form a strong opinion one way or the other. Allowing nighttime coyote hunting anytime near deer seasons would almost certainly embolden poachers, give them an alibi, and plausibly recruit new poachers who otherwise wouldn't break the law. That said, scoundrels are scoundrels and do what scoundrels will do, regardless of law. So if they do open coyotes to night hunting, I think while bucks have no antlers is a reasonable way to do it.

 

[UCStandSitter]

I can see both points of view so it's hard for me to form a strong opinion one way or the other. Allowing nighttime coyote hunting anytime near deer seasons would almost certainly embolden poachers, give them an alibi, and plausibly recruit new poachers who otherwise wouldn't break the law. That said, scoundrels are scoundrels and do what scoundrels will do, regardless of law. So if they do open coyotes to night hunting, I think while bucks have no antlers is a reasonable way to do it.

I wouldn't be opposed to keeping the seasons segregated like that. Still allow for population control and some degree of protection against deer poaching.

 

[redblood]

Im a hunter ed instructor, high school and college teacher. I teach farm boys. I can tell you if you give them the opportunity to shine a field at night for a "coyote@ and a 140" buck is staring at them, there is a good chance he will
Be shot. At that age, mental judgement is poor. And why do we need to hunt them at night. They will readily come to the call during daylight. But i challenge you to go back through history and see how successful aggressive hunting techniques have worked in curtailing coyote numbers.

Once again if a LANDOWNER is having trouble with coyotes, give them a pass to kill them…..after deer shed their antlers

 

[redblood]

Why do we need high powered rifles at night? I'd shoot a 17 or 22 mag. Its funny to me that some people cannot trust a law abiding hunter to go out at night and hunt coyotes but when it comes to hogs it's a free for all. Where does this make any sense?

I dont agree with the public behind able to hunt hogs at night, unless its a landowner trying to protect his assets

 

[redblood]

In TN we can hunt coyotes 365 days per yr, with any weapon, with no limit on harvest. We can pursue them at night, via trapping. Its not lack of hunter opportunity leading to our coyote problems. Its that hunters do not learn how to effectively hunt them or sacrifice the time deer season to do so. It simply isnt a priority of most hunters