To take the black yote or not?

[bwframe]

Its been a couple years since I seen the black yote. Maybe he has always been here, but the snow highlights him better? I seen a fat (pregnant?) normal looking yote a week or so ago also. No chance for pics of it.

I don't have animals and the neighbor's dogs aren't missing, so I don't have a real reason to take these varmints. Should I anyway?

 

[singlesix]

It's not like Indiana is low on yotes. It doesn't matter about color of the dog it's still a dog that preys on game animals.

 

[w_ADAM_d88]

Shoot it! You said it... VARMINT! That one would be worth have mounted if you could afford it, or at least having the hide tanned.

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

Years ago they used to have an annual "Fox Drive" as a fund raiser for the Losantville Vol. Fire Dept. Back in the day, they'd only take foxes, but along into the late '80s they started taking Coyotes. One of the last times I participated, somebody took a beautiful black Coyote, looked a lot like your pic.

 

[ghitch75]

smoke it!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[IndyDave1776]

Shoot the son of a *****! None of them (color notwithstanding) are any good for anything and you can rest assured that it is a problem to someone, perhaps someone who lack your hunting skills.

 

[phylodog]

Shoot the son of a *****! None of them (color notwithstanding) are any good for anything and you can rest assured that it is a problem to someone, perhaps someone who lack your hunting skills.

+1! Only good coyote is a dead coyote. Unless your place is absolutely overrun with rabbits, mice & rats there are too many around.

 

[Bennettjh]

Its been a couple years since I seen the black yote. Maybe he has always been here, but the snow highlights him better? I seen a fat (pregnant?) normal looking yote a week or so ago also. No chance for pics of it.

I don't have animals and the neighbor's dogs aren't missing, so I don't have a real reason to take these varmints. Should I anyway?

Yet.



I would take the shot.

 

[Dodgerdoob]

From a livestock standpoint, I'd say let it go. You said it best that there are no problems and nothing is missing. Once had a biologist speak to our cattlemans association about predators and their control. If you have a coyote and no problems, you have a "good" one. Kill it and you will have another take its place quickly. Is that one content with mice and voles like the last one? Does it prefer fawns and puppies instead? That's a pretty big gamble. I grew up on a big cattle farm and coyotes were never an issue. Dogs were always a problem. I worked on a farm with about 300 sheep, and saw coyotes walk past the pens and never look in. Those were "good" ones we left alone.

 

[IndyDave1776]

From a livestock standpoint, I'd say let it go. You said it best that there are no problems and nothing is missing. Once had a biologist speak to our cattlemans association about predators and their control. If you have a coyote and no problems, you have a "good" one. Kill it and you will have another take its place quickly. Is that one content with mice and voles like the last one? Does it prefer fawns and puppies instead? That's a pretty big gamble. I grew up on a big cattle farm and coyotes were never an issue. Dogs were always a problem. I worked on a farm with about 300 sheep, and saw coyotes walk past the pens and never look in. Those were "good" ones we left alone.

This reminds me of a story:

At a meeting of sheep ranchers with the .gov representative, a young college graduate trying to mend their misconceptions about predators, the young government man explained that they were about to start a program to capture and sterilize wolves. After going through his spiel, an old farmer at the back of the room spoke up and said, "Young man, you apparently don't understand our problem. The wolves aren't f**king our sheep, they're killing them."

 

[MRP2003]

IndyDave, that is hilarious. Thanks for sharing that.

 

[nettinyahoo]

Shoot it, and the next one too!

 

[MRP2003]

About the coyote, if you are not hunting in the area for game, and it is not causing any problems, then I say let it go. It could be good at pest control such as the mice and possums

 

[nocash84]

If it isnt bothering the livestock, I would just leave it alone. Sounds like everything is in balance.

 

[churchmouse]

Friends that own property for hunting have seen a great reduction in Rabbits/ground nesting birds/deer. They have seen an explosion in the Yote population.
Shoot it. There will be another one along soon enough.
Oh, shoot the pregnant one as well.

 

[Trigger Time]

Kill em all! If anyone needs help, I have a new MK12 I'd like to try out

 

[partyboy6686]

Friends that own property for hunting have seen a great reduction in Rabbits/ground nesting birds/deer. They have seen an explosion in the Yote population.
Shoot it. There will be another one along soon enough.
Oh, shoot the pregnant one as well.

You need to take me Yote hunting with you to your friends property. I've only hunted Yotes once and had a blast.

 

[patience0830]

Friends that own property for hunting have seen a great reduction in Rabbits/ground nesting birds/deer. They have seen an explosion in the Yote population.
Shoot it. There will be another one along soon enough.
Oh, shoot the pregnant one as well.

Not defending the coyote, but the ground nesting bird problem probably has more to do with coons and snakes than coyotes.. Possoms are egg eaters too.
Black coyote is still a coyote and the only good one, (like starlings) is a dead one.

 

[churchmouse]

Not defending the coyote, but the ground nesting bird problem probably has more to do with coons and snakes than coyotes.. Possoms are egg eaters too.
Black coyote is still a coyote and the only good one, (like starlings) is a dead one.

We just related the bird reduction to the Yote increase. They will kill and eat anything they can. Possums/coons are fewer these days as well. Hard to really say with out hard evidence.

 

[churchmouse]

You need to take me Yote hunting with you to your friends property. I've only hunted Yotes once and had a blast.

Might do that. Just spoke with him the other day and he is ready to reduce the pack. They are causing some issues.