*sigh* I've gotten many offers on coming out and hunting the buggers, but no one has. The weather has been real crappy. Rain, cold, and the clay is really slick so I can't blame them. Our property is a lot of hills with flats in between, climbing them with wet clay is a real hazard.
The horses are all wired and snorty, so I'm going to say the coyotes are still at it. Not sure what time they're doing it, probably go at it when I finally conk out.
My self hunting, I'll do it from my porch, but out in the woods...I like living. I'm a crappy shot, have no experience hunting, and I'm more or less crippled. Broke my femur falling off a horse, they put a rod in....I went in with the broken femur, came out with femur, a dislocated knee and hip, destroyed nerves, panic attacks, nasty scars, and no phys therapy. I used to hike and run all the time, I don't anymore. My knee gives out and my leg is never where it should be.
I apparently have to have a permit to trap coyote on my own property. The heck?! No offers of traps to assist, warden had no idea of any gun clubs or people that might want to hunt coyotes. Totally unconcerned. Why is he a game warden? I realize he's just there to hand out permits and fine people, but he could be helpful.
I had one guy from Craiglist lecture me on how coyotes won't hurt people or horses, that I'm overreacting. Get a llama and be done with it. >.< A littler terrier can kill a horse if he runs it into a wall or fence, or the horse trips and snaps its leg. And I read llama's are more a bluff protector than an active.
This year has been an odd one for animals, the early warm weather brought out the amphibians, the surprise cold spell then killed them off. It was eery not being deafened by toads or tree frogs when walking outside. I've only dispatched one possum and two coons this year (I did see a huge pack of coons earlier this spring), which is low. All three were underweight compared to animals I've caught in the past, I wonder if the lack of amphibians had anything to do with it. I think the coyotes were actively hunting the coons. There was the most ungodly sounds coming from the woods behind the house. Sound of a threatened coon and yipping, chill inducing sounds. Don't know why horror movie producers don't use them. I did see at least eight deer the other day. Oddly enough, this is the first time I've seen a groundhog on our property in years. My late cowdog killed everyone she came across. So I'm not sure if prey is the reason they're doing this.
Do they still allow you to hunt with a pack of hounds? I thought most states passed laws against that? Or animal rights was trying to get them passed.
