Coyote Rule Change

[Ketchup]

We justtalkedabout how i wish Missouri would allow us to hunt them year round. Well my wish came true.  Breeding season has started. 

[BilletHead]

1 hour ago, Ketchup said:

We justtalkedabout how i wish Missouri would allow us to hunt them year round. Well my wish came true.  Breeding season has started. 

Just remember the daylight deal April first to the fifteenth. 

BilletHead

[fishinwrench]

I wanna see that .25 Hatsan propped up on one.  

[Ketchup]

44 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

I wanna see that .25 Hatsan propped up on one.  

Just got my gear ready 15 minutes ago. Going to take the 25 and the 243 incase one gets in close enough for the 25. Headed out in an hour. Need to go out and shoot it first since i reset the scopeto see how far im off.  

[Ketchup]

First sit nothing. Moved a few hundred yards west and hit the female howl and the woods lit up with music. It was 10 minutes til dark so i waited. Nothing came in but i will never get tired of those pack howls. 

[tjm]

I thought we could always hunt them year round?

This is from 2015; Coyote Taken With Hunting Permit Season: All year, except coyotes may not be hunted during daylight hours from
April 1–19,  2015 .

 

[Chief Grey Bear]

11 hours ago, Ketchup said:

Nothing came in but i will never get tired of those pack howls. 

Then why indiscriminately kill them? 

[BilletHead]

58 minutes ago, Chief Grey Bear said:

Then why indiscriminately kill them? 

       I will debate and address this with you Chief,

 I know why you like the coyote Chief and from what you had I understand but they are not all like the one you had. Yes the canine in the wild has it's place in the ecosystem but it has nothing but man to control it's population other than disease from over population. You are very fond of the MDC and the job it does as I am too. The MDC in it's infinite wisdom sees fit for a season and no limit on shooting them. Do the BilletHead's like the Coyote? Yes we do and sleeping on the screened in porch all winter we listen to them all night long. Do I trap and call them like I used to? No, but I do not see anything wrong with those that do. It is a fact they prey on stock. Taking some out keeps everything in balance. We don't want them in numbers like in other places. They go to war with them in Texas I have seen that when bow hunting hogs. Government hired trappers to control them. They still put out cyanide cannons down there to kill them and anything else that happens to take the bait blowing a lethal dose in the face of the animal. When I made a trip to Wyoming to bow hunt antelope on a large sheep ranch I was told to shoot every coyote and red fox I had a chance to. Never got that chance but did see many numbers of them.  Your passion is not different than the guys who want their fish protected. Take a few out is OK and if the population gets low they will be protected. Are you old enough to remember when season was closed for a few years on fox here in Missouri? I do and it opened again. Coyotes are one of the reasons we don't have many fox in places. They kill everyone they can. Predator control is a good thing. 

  BilletHead

[Ketchup]

3 hours ago, Chief Grey Bear said:

Then why indiscriminately kill them? 

Sport

[Ketchup]

Good write BH.  I dont think i know a bigger outdoor nature lover than myself. That being said, i understand, having lived a ranch type lifestsyle alot of my life, that control is detrimental to controlling yotes. On top of that, i enjoy the sport of the hunt.  On everage a guy sits 10 stands before calling one in. My average is better at times, but this winter has been 0-5.  I really enjoy hearing them in the evenings as im finishing up chores, or like this morning, seeing a big male chase a female across 13 hwy just at daylight.  Boy he was hot on her tail, and ran with 3' of my truck.