Coyotes

[Lost River]

[Lost River]

What you do not want to see:

[Lost River]

[Lost River]

[Lost River]

It was 10 below and windy this day. The dog froze solid within minutes:

[Lost River]

[Wormydog1724]

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It's alive!

[Skyyr]

I'm just curious, are coyotes really that bad of a problem that they need to be killed in such large numbers? I'm not doubting or debating, I'm honestly curious. I've seen video after video on where people will kill 10+ coyotes a night, three days a week, all summer long. On the surface, it reminds me of when we killed buffalo back in the 1800's.

Don't mistake me for a carebear - I'm a hunter, I've just don't know much about hunting coyotes.

[mhanna91]

Coyotes are very adaptable animals and they can flourish just about anywhere. One example is the fact that they have traveled across frozen waters to Newfoundland, where 20 years ago there were next to no coyotes, and now they have completely inhabited the area to the point that local hunters organize their population control in order to protect their moose and caribou populations. I think I read that coyotes destroy something like 60% of all moose and caribou calves there. In rural America, they can pose a serious problem to farmers and their livestock. They have also been known to spread canine disease to domesticated dogs. The fact that they can be such a nuicence in the ways of killing livestock an domesticated pets, coupled with the fact that they can replenish their numbers so quickly in a different location leads me to the conclusion that there is no reason not to control their population if your area has a problem with them.