Well, that's a lie, in Georgia, at least.
Because coyotes are a non-native species in Georgia, there is no closed season for their harvest.
Coyote Fact Sheet | Georgia DNR - Wildlife Resources Division
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Well, that's a lie, in Georgia, at least.
Because coyotes are a non-native species in Georgia, there is no closed season for their harvest.
Coyote Fact Sheet | Georgia DNR - Wildlife Resources Division
Plain Old Dave
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susieqz
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no closed season here, or license required. this is cow country.
here, where they have always lived, packs are small. i know for a fact that my local pack only has 4 members, tho they sound like hundreds some nights.
perhaps that's why they don't bother dogs much. my lorelei lived 13 years before she died n was an outside dog.
coyotes aren't as smart as dogs. my dog ate every roadrunner[beep] she could find but coyotes can't catch them.
here, where they have always lived, packs are small. i know for a fact that my local pack only has 4 members, tho they sound like hundreds some nights.
perhaps that's why they don't bother dogs much. my lorelei lived 13 years before she died n was an outside dog.
coyotes aren't as smart as dogs. my dog ate every roadrunner[beep] she could find but coyotes can't catch them.
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I'm not saying some states don't have open season on them. Some do, some don't. And even in open season states, there are rules, as you say. Some states allow night hunting. Others don't. Some states allow baiting. Others don't. Some states and/or local areas even allow poison...others don't.
Coyotes are not an invasive species to North America, which is what I'm talking about. Some states may loosely define them as such. I don't. Some states consider anything that wasn't born and raised there as "invasive".
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In New Mexico Residents don't need a license.
Coyotes are classed as a fur bearing non game animals.
No night hunting. The deer spotlighters would say 'who me? I'm hunting Coyotes!'
The guy that I posted above was hide hunting.
On the Res? All the Tribes and Pueblos have their own rules and regulations. Read and heed. They have the right to enforce their laws on you when you are on the Res.
Here, Most of the time most of us just stay off the Res. We got a massive amount of Public Land here in NM.
If you can't find some public land you like, you probably should stay home!
Coyotes are classed as a fur bearing non game animals.
No night hunting. The deer spotlighters would say 'who me? I'm hunting Coyotes!'
The guy that I posted above was hide hunting.
On the Res? All the Tribes and Pueblos have their own rules and regulations. Read and heed. They have the right to enforce their laws on you when you are on the Res.
Here, Most of the time most of us just stay off the Res. We got a massive amount of Public Land here in NM.
If you can't find some public land you like, you probably should stay home!
locolobo56
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Don't know when they crossed the Big Muddy, but this one was seen on a NYC rooftop a couple of years ago. Probably came for the rats.
Been eating good,Looks healthy, Rats must agree with him.
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bigwheelzip
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Oh yeah, especially the hybrid NYC rat, the Pizza Rat.
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I don't want to be argumentative here, but I do like a good debate. You make a good point about normal migration. However, it could be that man's killing off of other natural predators has created a niche for coyotes to move in. Looking back in Florida's rich fossil record we see that just about any and all of North America's predators at one point or other has taken up residence here, but never the coyote. So its not like the state is trying to repatriot the Florida bison. Although private individuals are trying to do just that. But, that's a whole nuther thing, with mixed bloodlines and all that. Take horses for instance. The original horse did first evolve in North America, but it went extinct. The horse did flourish and evolve in other parts of the world. In the Spanish conquest of the new world, the more evolved horse was reintroduced. Wild horses have become an invasive species in North America. It took a special act of Congress to protect them.
The fact that the coyotes are here is an indicator that perhaps our ecosystem needs them. What I'm struggling with is the balance between what our environment needs while keeping the nuisance factor to a minimum. Florida is, after all, the second largest beef producer in the nation.
So, I rekon, I have the same issues as folks living in areas where predators have been artificially reintroduced. Better the coyote than the Dire Wolf.
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We have coyote here on the Texas coastal barrier islands. They cruise the campground perimeters and raid the garbage cans that arent properly closed up. Pets, particularly kittys and the smaller dog that gets off the leash are "disappeared" occasionally, and there have been a couple cases of campers (sleeping on the beach after a big night on the town) have actually been nipped on the hand and feet.
Our city council has passed an ordinance against even BB guns being shot in the city limits, but they have also agreed that a "coyote approach" can be considered as life threatening and thus justifiable discharge of a firearm in city limits. I guess I can't bait the yard, blow my "wounded rabbit" call
and spotlight Wylie from my porch, but calling one up wouldn't be difficult.
My Dear old Granny wouldn't approve. She was Apache, and wouldn't approve.
Our city council has passed an ordinance against even BB guns being shot in the city limits, but they have also agreed that a "coyote approach" can be considered as life threatening and thus justifiable discharge of a firearm in city limits. I guess I can't bait the yard, blow my "wounded rabbit" call
and spotlight Wylie from my porch, but calling one up wouldn't be difficult.
My Dear old Granny wouldn't approve. She was Apache, and wouldn't approve.
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Originally Posted by THE PILGRIM
Originally Posted by keith44spl
The Big Muddy doesn't have to freeze. Many coyotes have been spotted crossing the bridges. Mostly they use the railroad bridges and usually at night. But they have been seen crossing with vehicle traffic in the middle of the day.
Gutsy little suckers, ain't they?
Originally Posted by keith44spl
The Big Muddy doesn't have to freeze. Many coyotes have been spotted crossing the bridges. Mostly they use the railroad bridges and usually at night. But they have been seen crossing with vehicle traffic in the middle of the day.
Gutsy little suckers, ain't they?
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In high school late 60's and early 70's my best friend and I covered our reloading habit, gas, and even made a few bucks besides, calling and shooting on the weekends in the winter when the pelts were full.
Some of my best times were calling and shooting with a USDA friend of mine (wildlife services----ha)
gave my boys lots of lessens in camo, wind direction, and only moving your eyes, running an electronic caller.
my best day was my buddy called in a pair, they were looking at him when I dumped the first one with my suppressed rifle. the second dog came over and nose nuged the down one and I dumped it on top of the first.
In our hay day my friend and I were wearing charcoal impregnated long johns with gilley suits over and running electronic callers on hundred foot leads.
If you decide to take up calling and shooting, camo and movement....they can see forever, they will come in, sit and check out the situation from a couple hundred yards out, then come in. you make a tiny movement or sound while they are checking out the set up, they will look right at you and be gone.
Some of my best times were calling and shooting with a USDA friend of mine (wildlife services----ha)
gave my boys lots of lessens in camo, wind direction, and only moving your eyes, running an electronic caller.
my best day was my buddy called in a pair, they were looking at him when I dumped the first one with my suppressed rifle. the second dog came over and nose nuged the down one and I dumped it on top of the first.
In our hay day my friend and I were wearing charcoal impregnated long johns with gilley suits over and running electronic callers on hundred foot leads.
If you decide to take up calling and shooting, camo and movement....they can see forever, they will come in, sit and check out the situation from a couple hundred yards out, then come in. you make a tiny movement or sound while they are checking out the set up, they will look right at you and be gone.
They moved into SC......
They moved into SC in the late 1970s. Now they are a pest on the Barrier islands on the seacoast.
I think I saw one near my workplace back in the 1980s. It was night, but there was a well lighted area around a train yard and it was standing right in the light. At first I thought 'Fox'. Then getting a closer look I was thinking that it looked more like a coyote.
They believe that the coyotes that have moved into Eastern Canada are hybridizing with wolves, resulting in more aggressive and dangerous coywolves. A woman was killed by one that refused to be avoided or scared off.
They moved into SC in the late 1970s. Now they are a pest on the Barrier islands on the seacoast.
I think I saw one near my workplace back in the 1980s. It was night, but there was a well lighted area around a train yard and it was standing right in the light. At first I thought 'Fox'. Then getting a closer look I was thinking that it looked more like a coyote.
They believe that the coyotes that have moved into Eastern Canada are hybridizing with wolves, resulting in more aggressive and dangerous coywolves. A woman was killed by one that refused to be avoided or scared off.
susieqz
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something is different about your eastern coyotes
i look at the pics. they are bigger n better fed than
my local ones.
this is their native range; they have been here thousands of years, but they are nowhere near as large as pics i see.
plus, you don't get pics of these. they know about guns n move mostly at night.
i look at the pics. they are bigger n better fed than
my local ones.
this is their native range; they have been here thousands of years, but they are nowhere near as large as pics i see.
plus, you don't get pics of these. they know about guns n move mostly at night.
Eastern and northern coyotes have wolf and domestic dog DNA up to about 35% of the total.There was a male living about a mile from me that was huge compared to the female,but I haven't been able to find out if we have hybrids here too.
Been a lot written about this over the past 5-10 years......
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