Do you think its right to hunt coyotes ?

Answer 1

no. hunting is wrong period!

Answer 2

So many peopele on here just have NO clue as to how an ecosystm works, and shocked to hear people commenting on coyotes killing pets, and other natvie species.. okay, pets are NOT native species....and coyotes ARE native species. If people were not irresponsible and did not let their pets run wild, they would not get eaten by coyotes. I would NOT punish a wild animal for eating a pet, for acting on instinct and just trying to survive like any other organism. I am not stupid enought to let my cats out in an area full of coyotes. The only reason people are having more encounters with them is because we have encroached on their territory...not the other way around. I am against any type of "sport hunting". I understand the need to open season on animals that have become overpopulated and are actually causing harm to the environment. I do not have a problem when people hunt animals in this way, and actually eat the animal and use all it's parts and don't just kill for a head to stuff and put above theri mantle. Hunters also generate loads of money for more wildlife conservation, believe it or not. I do feel for coyotes though because so many people want to just kill them for no reason. They do serve a purpose in keeping down rabbit, and rodent populations. I only feel it necessary to hunt a coyote if it has become agressive towards humans and is an actual threat. Otherwise I think they should be left alone, even if they prey on people's livestock...livestock are NOT a part of the ecosystem! I feel for rancher that may take a monetary loss, but predators are an important part of the ecosystem, and biologically speaking much more important than a chicken or sheep! I work as a wildlife biologist and encounter coyotes ALL the time. None have ever been agressive. They mostly try and avoid me, and a few have been curious and have watched me from a distance without running away. I have even inadvertantly sneaked up on a few and ended up only a few feet from them and they bolt away from me. I have encountered stray dogs while out working, who have been agressive, and who I feel much more threatened by! A stray dog is much more unpredictable than a wild coyote. Basically I respect coyotes, and think they are beautiful creatures and should not be killed for no reason, and feel for them because they have such a bad reputation.

Answer 3

There are some fools that seem to be everywhere....coyotes will mostly eat grasshoppers, mice, gophers, rats, rabbits, and many other small vermin. They also thin out weak and dying larger game. Thus helping to improve the standing of the other wildlife. On very rare occasions do coyotes attack people or stock, most stock and people are to big and to mean for them to mess with. Sheep and other smaller animals are another thing. They should be killed if they get so brave as to come up to a human infested area to hunt. All in all they do us a great service in killing rodents and grasshoppers. Yes I think it is ok to hunt them, within reason. Yes I hunt them for sport...They are very wary and smart, also hard to kill. Try to hunt one and you will see why they survive as well as they do. Most of them run like hell when they see a person here, or a truck, but in the more urban and remote areas they may look at you. They just are wondering what you are, approach and off they go.

Answer 4

I don't think it's wrong to hunt coyotes. I do believe it's like shoveling sh*t against a tide, however.

I recently did a bunch of research on Coyote ecology, and learned some incredibly interesting stuff. State DEP websites have great info.

For instance, coyotes are mostly loners and will get together to hunt in groups when game is scarce and they need to take down large prey. they will also join into mating pairs, but will split when the pups are grown.

A coyote will keep a territory anywhere from 5-20 miles in diameter.

When a young coyote leaves its mother to strike out on its own, it will travel up to 200 miles to establish its own territory.

They are incredibly resilient. They are filling a niche left by the Grey Wolf. I am in Connecticut, and I have a resident coyote that was in my crosshairs a couple of weeks before Christmas. My gun jammed (stupid Chinese knock off cheap magazines), so I missed my shot.

That's when I began my education. When I had the dog in my scope, I was able to check him out at fairly close range. He was about 20 yards out in a 3x9 scope, so I saw detail.

I saw a very healthy animal, well fed, clear eyes, nice plush, shiny, healthy coat, clean teeth, and a generally calm disposition. What I figured is that my resident coyote, though noisy at times, will be replaced rather quickly with a new resident coyote, since they travel so far for their own territory.

I know that this animal is healthy, and I know that he is wary of my dogs, and respects my dogs' territory. He skitters around the edges of my yard, but we have never had a bone or a deer leg or a ribcage stolen from the yard, which is indicative that he respects our territory.

The enemy you know is better than the enemy you don't know.

Is it wrong to hunt them? No. In some areas they are a nuisance, and the farmer down the road from me shoots them on sight, as does most of the folks I know.

I am happy to keep this one around since he is generally well behaved. There is no guarantee that the next one will be.

Answer 5

Well, I live in Kentucky and we seem to have a lot of coyotes. My granny use to say that they sound like a bunch of old women..when they howl at night you can hear them from a distance. That is irrelevant though.

Do you mean hunting them for sport? No, I don't think it's right. However, if your family is threatened then certain measures must be taken. Coyotes aren't the friendliest of creatures...usually anyway.

Answer 6

With the fact that we are the problem, taking over the coyotes natural habitat, then yes, I think it is wrong. The reason they are so close to humans is because humans, with very little regard for any kind of other life, move in and take over wild habitats, then have a fit when the wildlife just doesn't leave. People tend to forget that we are generally the problem...and as human, our solution to every wildlife problem is to kill it.

And yes, I do believe all hunting is wrong.

Answer 7

Do you like seeing ducks & geese fly overhead in the spring and fall?? How about squirrels and chipmunks playing in the yard?? The little critters that make our world such an enjoyable place are the Coyotes diet.
No, it would not be a good idea to go out and try to kill every coyote on the planet, but realize this,,, Coyotes are every bit as prolific as domestic dogs are. Now how many dogs end up in shelters every year???? There would be a Coyote sleeping on your porch if they were not predated in some manor. When nature doesn't do it, man needs to.

So you know what they do,,, of the 700 pheasant and 300 chucker chicks I set out last spring,,, zero survived. Coyotes, fox, skunks, and racoons ate them all.

Answer 8

Yes it is. they will over populate and start moving into the cities, they will take and kill rabbits dogs and cats . And can travel in packs wich means the game they hunt are larger and they can lose there fear of us humans and begin to attack us thinking we are threaten them and they place to build dens or the dens with pup or there way of live so i can honsetly i am a hunter and i support the hunting of Coyotes

Answer 9

Yes. I am a hunter, and I like a healthy rabbit population. Coyotes are not naturally found in my region of Ohio, but they are moving in and killing the lower level prey. This seriously impacts my rabbit hunting. So, they are open season all year long with any weapon, just as long as it is not cruel and inhumane. Only time I can use a high power rifle in Ohio, other than target practice.

Answer 10

Absolutely I think it is right, and you would too if we stopped, they overpopulated their range, turned to animals we raise for meat and your Big Mac burger went to $17.45. And that's not the price for the value meal.

Beside that you could count on them carrying off pets and maybe even small children. They are predators and pack animals, a pack can easily bring down a man, or even a large cow.

Look what happened in California when the beautiful, harmless mountain lions went on the no hunting list. The attacks on humans have been growing every since.

I'm too broke down to hunt any more but I used to bounty hunt coyotes in AZ. It wasn't a sport hunt, it was a hunt to protect the rancher's grazing land from a dangerous predator, and to protect your Big Mac from skyrocketing costs.

Answer 11

depends on where you are but hunting coyotes is legal. and Yes I think you should be able to. The kill chickens, cats, ducks, even been known to bit the small calf's and colts. to me it is something that must be done