Georgia Coyote Challenge

Paymaster said:

I don't think this program will decimate the coyote population but will help manage it.

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meatseeker said:

Maybe we should dump the dead yotes in that fellers office
I saw a lady from Cobb years ago almost get ran over on the 4 lane highway saving a mud turtle crossing the road. She was very upset when she let it go and we picked it up and put in the truck. When she asked what we were gonna do with it(the look on her face was priceless) we told her we were gonna dress it and fry it up with some gravy. She cried

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transfixer said:

I would think a coyote doesn't want to mess with a "momma sow" ? and likely wouldn't be very successful if they tried, from what I understand the piglets are never far from the sow, so I doubt the coyote taking piglets happens very often? Doe deer aren't very defensive, they will run away and leave a fawn in a heartbeat, not to mention they intentionally leave them alone for the first few weeks after they are born anyway.

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OmenHonkey said:

I neither support nor Condone it. I have 2 farms, 1 has cattle the other doesn't. I deer, turkey and small game hunt on them both. I have never found a dead fawn carcass from a true coyote kill. I have calves that die and yes they are eaten but out of the thousands born over the years I have had few calves to die. If a Cow abandons a calf, Unless I find it soon it's still gonna be just as dead. I do kill coyotes when I see them but I think it's just a bandwagon hatred for whatever reason. Probably fueled to sell guns, night vision scopes and ammo.

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shdw633 said:

When I first got on the club I'm on about 8 years ago, we had a healthy deer herd, abundance of rabbits and a huge turkey population; however, all we really hunted were the deer. After being on the lease a couple of years we started to notice the coyote population growing on the property and at times we would hear multiple sets of howls in different areas as the train would roll by. About a year or two of hearing them we noticed our rabbits and turkey populations were almost non-existent, having gone from seeing 30 to 40 turkeys running up and down the foodplots to less then 10 on most occasions and the rabbits just disappeared. As a result we let a trapper come on and between him taking them off and the timber company thinning the woods out, our population of coyotes is down quite considerably. As a result we have noticed our turkey population growing and have even noticed our small game coming back as we are getting more and more rabbits in our trail cam pictures and seeing them while we are out in the field. As far as our deer go, we had one of the best seasons in the eight years I have been there and are seeing deer similar to the numbers we saw eight years ago. I am a true believer that they need to go whenever an opportunity comes up as I have seen what can happen when they go unchecked. I applaud the program and hope that it becomes successful in it's attempt to rid the state of as many coyotes as they can.

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bfriendly said:

I dont think you will ever find a dead fawn carcass from a Yote kill-I am sure it is eaten quickly.............you wont see it until its the scat you see on the road



Got any idea how many yotes they took off the property?

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Nicodemus said:

I don`t consider what we have are coyotes, Lee. I think they are red wolves, or mostly so. The difference in what we have here and western coyotes are as different as corgis are to shepherd dogs. And since the red wolf was and is native here is how I base my opinions on them. I also am of the opinion that the deer population troubles a lot of folks have in other parts of the state are in large part to trigger fingers. Not in all cases, but a lot otherwise. As for control, of course they need to be controlled, just as other furbearers are. Coons, foxes, and bobcats included, but not the unbridled, frothing at the mouth hatred that so many call for in their kill them all tirades.

I know that Europeans brought their hatred for competitive predators from the Old World with them when they came here, but I`m glad I don`t carry that in myself. I also know that in a healthy ecosystem, they do no harm and fit in well. I base this not on guesswork or prejudice, nor on collegiate learning, but on time spent studying them in their natural state, time spent in the woods, and research into the animal itself.

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