Coyote influx

Trap and dispatch



Buddy of mine is self employed and spends most of his mornings running traps and blasting them. Also gets some nice bobcats from time to time.

Here is the rug he is working on with his latest haul

Traps? Pussy shite

Go scout them and hunt them down

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haven't been up there in a few weeks but want to take them out next week. Dont know anything about predator hunting, any tips?

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This is a long process to make a dent, one week isn’t going to do anything but get you started

They are everywhere around our parts and getting worse. On our main property we have several cameras that often double as security and mineral site purposes, and every night along our 2 mile gravel road going into the property and on every camera, there's a coyote passing by. There's one guy who passes by every night coming from the direction of a few houses heading back into the wilderness, and at least twice a week he has something in his mouth but I can't make out what it is.

They're emboldened too. A worker was coming out the other day on the tractor and this guy was standing in the wide open watching him go by on the tractor. This is a screenshot from the video. Cell videos can sometimes be hard to judge depth perception, but he was 30 yards from the tractor at the most.



I was told by our resident expert trapper (who is in high demand) that hunting them is an act of futility because the more you kill the harder it is to kill them. After doing some research, from what I've found, he's right: trapping is the best bet for putting a serious dent in the predator population, but unfortunately all the good trappers (and most casual ones) have all the land they can stand for trapping. I can't find anyone to run some sets and try to take some out.

I need to get a night vision scope, but it's all so confusing for someone like myself who somewhat casually desires one. That casual desire is turning more serious as each cam pic comes in, though, and I dont have the desire to take time to research "effective trapping techniques for newbies 101." Apparently becoming an efficient trapper of yotes is when a trapper reaches a certain summit of knowledge and success.

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Anyone else seeing a bunch?

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everyone 40 acres has a box stand and a feeder that is feeding deer, squirrels, mice, birds, possums, coons, and everything else that coyotes eat.

They’re not scared of tractors. I’ve had them come out on me in a tractor more than once.

Correct.

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I can't find anyone to run some sets and try to take some out.

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OB Get together?

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I was told by our resident expert trapper (who is in high demand) that hunting them is an act of futility because the more you kill the harder it is to kill them.

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Correct. Coyotes, when under pressure, actually start producing more offspring. They go from acting like dogs to acting like rats, reproductively speaking. That's why we've never been able to eradicate them, even though millions and millions have been spent trying to do so. It's a futile effort, and may actually do more harm than good, because it throws the pack out of balance. They start killing more and producing more.

Funny thing about yotes is they adapt just as easily as humans. That's why they've been able to spread far beyond their historic range with the extirmination of their competition.