Kill 'em now or wait til later?

[takemrarely]

So due to afternoon commitments, the boy and I were checking trail cams shortly after daylight on Saturday.  As we came up to a field about 75 yards deep and wide he said, here is where I saw that coyote when I was setting the cameras.

No sooner was that out of his mouth when we saw movement at the far end of the field.....my guess is that it is a young male coyote who recently got the boot and has found something he likes about that little spot.

I said the the boy, let's come in tomorrow morning and set up and call and see if we can whack him.

He wasn't interested, saying that they were not worth anything right now and why kill it to just kill it. When I said something about trying to protect the deer, turkeys, etc he told me that coyote was just doing "what he was put here to do."   He has a degree in wildlife mgt, so I usually respect his opinions.

I know he's not lazy and he loves to hunt...he has never killed a coyote so I thought he would be jazzed about having a decent chance.

What say you?    Kill 'em now, or wait til later?

[jaspr1]

  .. So!!!... "Takem" ... outside of predator hunting...your next favorite thing to do is crawl down in rattlesnake dens and count the rattles??? after you kick them around to get them buzzing.....LOL...500 members... 500 opinions...and there all correct depending on where your at in life..eager or more comatose like me...I shot my 1st one in August and it was a pup with mange..I am now of a mind to wait till fur would be better.   Currently, I was counting on a victim and guess what, there he was the other week laying next to the road with his tail cut off, a victim of a car collision...Should have "TRIED" to shoot him when I knew he was there??? Well who knows...just MY opinion...

[takemrarely]

Nothing wrong with healthy dialogue.......


...and I hate SNAKES!!!!!

[Misterjake23]

Kill a Coyote...save many deer fawns, turkey, etc.    My opinion is kill em all on site.   They don't bring enough $$$ in the wonter anyway...

[Bees OBrien]

don't kill them now............wait til I get to the spot first lol............... but that's my point if you don't jump on them now somebody else will

[uncle buck]

Coyotes. They can be here one day and the next 20 miles away! Coyotes in Pa are easy to call in but they have to be there! If they are there you better call because they move on. Could be something as simple as grasshoppers in a field that keeps them around. Once the protein is gone they are off to another area.  If they are there your best to hunt them no matter what time of the year it is.

[Leglifter]

To each his own

[Lookn4Fur]

You will get a ton of different answers on this subject.  Hunt to please yourself as long as its legal.  If it was me, I would hunt them when you know they are there.  As stated before, if they move out you may never see them again.

[Bees OBrien]

+1 tim

[Seeking_Coyotes]

Coyotes. They can be here one day and the next 20 miles away! Coyotes in Pa are easy to call in but they have to be there! If they are there you better call because they move on. Could be something as simple as grasshoppers in a field that keeps them around. Once the protein is gone they are off to another area.  If they are there your best to hunt them no matter what time of the year it is.

Easy to call in...I want to hunt with you.   

[Bees OBrien]

aint nothing easy about PA coyotes....... Once you go west of the Mississippi you truly can see just how "easy" it is out there..........great contrast!

[uncle buck]

Seeking you and I are going to have to do some hunting together this season...   You Just Got to Do the Right Sounds To Yank Their (Coyotes)  Chain!!!!!!

[Bowman66]

I'm new to hunting coyotes and I have an idea of what might stir the locals up, I was gonna start with a couple howls, silence for a bit, coyote pup/ kiyi series, maybe go to rabbit squeals, silence, coyote challenge, silence, then possibly grey fox pup distress?!?!  Does that sound like a winning combo or what would you suggest Uncle Buck?

[uncle buck]

I'm new to hunting coyotes and I have an idea of what might stir the locals up, I was gonna start with a couple howls, silence for a bit, coyote pup/ kiyi series, maybe go to rabbit squeals, silence, coyote challenge, silence, then possibly grey fox pup distress?!?!  Does that sound like a winning combo or what would you suggest Uncle Buck?

Ha ha bowman66 you probably learned this from Predator Extreme Magazine the premier predator calling magazine to teach new callers how to predator call? Actually you could see a post like this and go to another predator calling web site and that poster would say they invented or came up with this strategy.

This is strategy is just the tip of the iceberg! If you could only get every person you hunt with to take things serious! Again I do like to hunt alone because of this!

[uncle buck]

Comment on taking the wrong person! Hone in and stop hunting with arrogant personalities! Hunted with a new hunter once who would shut his light off right after I got done calling. We were getting busted right at that moment!  He would quit his stand before I said it was time to quit! Actually I would get in arguments with him for doing this! These are the kind of people to shy away from hunting everything!