Coyote Threat!!

[allaroundhunter]

Do not put out bait. When you do that you are creating a source of food for them and you will never get rid of them (because you won't kill them all). After you set out bait not only have you not solved your neighbor's problem, you have made it much worse.

A couple weeks ago I had a group of coyotes get into my backyard and kill my little Cairn Terrier. Afterwards I went out with a call, and my AR equipped with a night vision scope and set up about 600 yards away from my house in order to draw them away from it. Since they killed my dog I have killed 3 and I am not done yet. And as for the shotgun, it is far from ideal, and it is hard to get coyotes even into shotgun range...

 

[hogdogs]

I think the poisoning laws in florida are strict with severe penalty...

I wouldn't poison indiscriminately...

Brent

 

[L_Killkenny]

Not to be one to put a damper on things but we need to be a bit realistic here. Callin predators isn't just something you pick up and have success with. It's just not that easy.

The inexperienced coyote hunter is much better off shooting from ambush. Think bait piles. Road kill up to deer and even table scraps. Be religious about putting bait on site as often as you can. Hunt dusk and dawn, be on stand an hour before shooting light or couple hours before dark in the evening, play the wind.

But as has been known for a few centuries now, the best vermin protection system you can have is a good dog.

 

[hogdogs]

Kilkenny is quite correct... the only exception being inexperienced yotes that will come to a dog's squeaky toy or my impromptu lip squeak...

I will say that if you get scent/sight busted twice by the same dog, you won't easily ever get a shotgun range shot on that'n again... So don't miss your opportunity when presented...

Brent