[Kelly Kamp]

There is a lot of conversation around dramatic decrease in turkey population over the past several years and I agree.
Curious as to thoughts on putting a bounty on coyotes for a period of time 3-5 years and then assess the results.
In my opinion and sightings and increased howling yote population has exploded, may not be the total result of a decrease in turkeys but I'm guessing they are putting a hurt on eggs and pults.
Also believe they are putting a hurt on the grouse.

 

[Hunter8319]

Studies completed in Southern states have shown that Coyote litter sizes can increase to make up for increased harvest rates. I'm not sure how well they can be controlled.

 

[Little Big Man]

Bounties do not help. Many states have tried to eradicate coyotes out west for years to no avail. I believe you have to take out 80 percent of a given population over a number of years to show any decrease. We run hounds on coyotes and sometimes we have trouble finding any in some areas toward the end of our running season thinking we wiped them out. Come back the next year and have just as many if not more. They are the ultimate survivor.

 

[limbhnger10]

...A "bounty" would just make them harder to kill in the long run and not accomplish a darn thing...with 10's of thousands more of us goofballs chasing them around but with not a clue what they're doing.

 

[Bigbrownie]

Lots of corruption with paying bounties. Some southern states dabble at beaver bounties….turn in tails for cash. They buy more out of state beaver tails than they do from their own state.

 

[Coureur De Bois]

Isn’t going to happen.
The only way I can think of achieving it , substantially reducing the coyote population, is the same way we got rid of the wolves in the past, which is illegal, and should be.

 

[casey]

Representative Mike Peifer tried to get a bill moving years ago to have a bounty on them.
He said the bounty money would come out of the PGC monies.
He was laughed at because it was just "feel good" legislation.

 

[burk313]

Augusta County Virginia did a county bounty on Coyotes a few years ago and it did not last long.. They were mad if you brought your yote in if you killed it in a mountain area.. It was only intended for the farm areas..

 

[Deus]

Who would pay the bounties?

 

[Pa Poorboy]

The insurance company’s pay the bounty !

 

[CritterBuster]

The only way to control a coyote population is to limit their food intake.

Out west they trap, poison, denning techniques and hunt. The population basically remains the same. Sure the population fluctuates, but it comes back to par overtime.

Once they establish a territory they will be there until they run out of food!

 

[DUKMAN]

Fishers and I'll let it go at that.

 

[Bigbrownie]

The only way to control a coyote population is to limit their food intake.

Out west they trap, poison, denning techniques and hunt. The population basically remains the same. Sure the population fluctuates, but it comes back to par overtime.

Once they establish a territory they will be there until they run out of food!

Yep. Kill one, and two will show up for the funeral. It doesn’t matter how many I catch, there always seems to be the same number there the next year.

 

[TBrom]

I'm no fan of coyotes but the deer population is out of control around me and without coyotes, I'd hate to see how many more deer we'd have. I'd rather see a bounty on raccoons and remove the moronic raptor protection laws. At face value, helping the turkey population seems like a no-brainer. Eliminate the fall season for hens. Eliminate the shooting of bearded hens in the spring and only one gobbler in the spring and one in the fall.

 

[Bigbrownie]

Bears are bigger fawn killers than coyotes, and I think bears are out hunting fawns big time right now. Getting pics daily, from multiple cameras. These are from today, miles apart.

 

[RegularJoe]

I don’t think you can kill too many coon, possum, woodchuck, skunk, or deer, but you can't kill enough coyotes or raptors.

 

[kudu58]

Don’t worry about coyotes. Turkeys are only considered to be dead if they are shot by someone using a rifle.

 

[Bowhunter41]

I bet if people were hitting them with their cars, things would change.

Just a thought

 

[bohunr]

The insurance company’s pay the bounty !

the insurance companies stocked the coyotes, they have a tattoo on the inside of their lip and a gps chip just under the skin on the top of the head.

 

[trkyman1]

Coons,possums,and birds of prey are the critters needing more control. First they have the wet weather. Then the coon and possum wipe the nests out killing the hen if need be. Then any of the surviving poults face death from the air.