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[Rhetts]

I must have posted the same time as you @gofeedthegirls I nearly missed your post.

 

[gofeedthegirls]

@Rhetts
I should also add I only hunt them in the winter time. The snow really makes them easier to spot. Also, a lot of my hunting lately involves dogs when my buddy and I hunt together he owns 4 black and tan hounds. But it is totally possible to call in coyotes my first few years of hunting coyotes was just me calling them in and I had good success. You dont need dogs but they up the odds.

 

[KlopKlop]

i'm about to fork over $$$ for some rat poison. anyone have a favorite?

I dont use rat poison despite my rodent population. About 2 years ago my hound dog got ahold of a dead mouse while she was visiting the nursing home. The nursing home uses poison to keep their rodent population away. Long story short she was bleeding from the gums and her teeth were getting loose. An emergency run to the vet got her a very painful shot of some anti-poison concoction and then a 10 day perscription of Vitamin K pills. it took a few weeks for her teeth to get back to normal/not so sensitive.

basically what i am getting at.... if you have pets that could eat the poison or the poisoned rodents, i would think twice

 

[Cyrus83]

Sorry I've been kinda absent for a bit. Are we talking about killing coyotes?

 

[Cluckies]

Sorry Coffee, I hope your girl feels better soon. I wonder if it is some kind of infection? sinus infection? not sure. I dust my chickens with poutry dust here and there. I dust their vent and under belly, back of neck, under wings. Repeat in 7 days. Haven't seen any mites, but when they start shaking their heads I get out the dust.

Well, hopefully Mother is doing poorly because she is starting her molt. She was not eating much today again. when she went to roost I was checking her vent area and several small feathers fell off her bum. is it normal for the molt to start on the backside? Also her comb and wattle are still really red, I thought the comb and wattle went pale when they molt? I haven't seen an egg out of her though in a few days, not sure exacly how many, i'll have to check my book tomorrow, I keep it in the henhouse.

 

[Rhetts]

There are really two methods to harvest a coyote. Either passive or proactive. Passive would involve trapping them and letting the traps do the work "hopefully." I found with trapping tge odds of one trap getting a coyote is next to nothing. You need dozens of traps set at a time and is really labor intensive, also time consuming(legally and morally you should check your traps every other day.) Also with trapping you have to worry about neighbor dogs, foxes, racoons, SKUNKS!, wolves(which would be baaaaad.) This is my second year I dont plan on my trap line being set up and I dont miss it one bit. I had 20-40 snares set at one time, along with 16 foot hold traps. All of which needed to be checked and reset all the time.

So long story short. I now only actively hunt them with a rifle. If you wanted to go that route I suggest a smaller caliber rifle...223, 22-250, even a .243 if you dont want to save the pelt. Go out and buy a electronic caller and give it a whirl and hopefully if everthing works out you will get that coyote or two.

Well, I am out of my element as far as hunting and trapping go. Haven't done it in MANY years. I am borrowing the traps and snares from the in laws. I really don't know what I am doing with them. DNR said set them out and catch the nuisance ones and if I happen to get a wolf in one to call him. As far as actively hunting them, I would have to sit out there every night/early morning to catch them when they are coming here. The traps would be set at night and taken down every morning. Right now we are sleeping with the window open and running outside with the shotgun when we hear the birds sounding the alarms. (the geese are great for this Ralphie they DO have a purpose!) Lately the wolf and coyotes haven't been eating any animals. Maybe scoping things out and putting us on the map for the winter for meals?

 

[KlopKlop]

@Rhetts
I should also add I only hunt them in the winter time. The snow really makes them easier to spot. Also, a lot of my hunting lately involves dogs when my buddy and I hunt together he owns 4 black and tan hounds. But it is totally possible to call in coyotes my first few years of hunting coyotes was just me calling them in and I had good success. You dont need dogs but they up the odds.

I know people who hunt dogs and hunt with calls. the guys with dogs sometimes catch them like and sell them to a dog training farm in iowa. its a pretty big bragging right for them to catch one. It sounds like the dogs are trained to pin them then the guy has to pounce it and basically put it in a headlock and hog tie it or something.

my hound is a black and tan and i love her to bits. someday when we are ready for another dog it will be a B&T or a redbone. Alyssa always jokes we will have 6 dogs some day... and i sometimes wonder how much of a joke it is

we foster for the local humane society on occassions. we fostered a Treeing Walker and she almost didnt let the dog get adopted haha

 

[Rhetts]

Sorry I've been kinda absent for a bit. Are we talking about killing coyotes?

Yes, when are you coming over to get some?

 

[duluthralphie]

KlopKlop those liver pancakes look great!'

I want some!

 

[Rhetts]

oh klopklop! I saw that pic at the top of the thread and thought, wow, someone made buckwheat pancakes! sounded so good. and then, and then,,,,,and then you said liver

totally lost my appetite.

you think I could be more mature, wouldn't you? ick ick ick

I was thinking the exact same thing! LOL Not a fan of liver at all!