Down here in wmu 65 small game permit is valid all year. Up above wmu 48 is where the June 15 takes effect.
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Originally Posted by chris lavoie
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Down here in wmu 65 small game permit is valid all year. Up above wmu 48 is where the June 15 takes effect.
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Originally Posted by chris lavoie
Wolf and Coyote season is open in most of WMUs 1-58 on September 15 to March 31 the following year. With the exception of a few geographic regions with no season.
While I fully agree that respect for the animals you hunt is an important virtue, the wishes of the landowner come before the well-being of the coyotes on his/her property. I gained access to my best turkey property by agreeing to shoot coyotes on sight, whether it potentially "ruins" a hunt or not.Quote:
Originally Posted by krakadawn
It's not that I believe that I've been "appointed to carry out some level of protection". The landowner has asked a favour in return for permission to hunt other game on the property. In my eyes no different than asking me to help with firewood or hay. Maybe it's not seen as "ethical" in the eyes of serious coyote hunters, but if I don't do it someone else will and I lose a friendly relationship with a landowner and a property to hunt.
Pest control is never pretty. Yes, I fully realize that shooting a coyote here and there is nowhere near an effective means of "controlling" their numbers, but it sure keeps the farmers happy.
Interestingly enough I am in pretty much the same situation. As I mentioned in my earlier post, the farmer has already lost one calf to the coyotes. His wishes come first since each time he looses an animal it comes out of his bottom line. Though there is insurance for loss due to predators it is not as simple, as easy or even close to being able to replace the loss. In a couple of years he would have sold that calf for >$1500 at the auction (I go there often so I can say this is an accurate number).Quote:
Originally Posted by GW11
So, while I am turkey hunting in the coming weeks I will have a 22-250 beside me in the blind with a shotgun to deal with the coyotes. Another farmer that has allowed me to hunt his fields lost 5 lambs to coyotes last year. He is also out of pocket for near $1000.
So, the ethics are all well and nice but unfortunately the reality is simple, coyotes are predators and they simply do what they are programmed by nature to do. Yes, they will hunt mice this time of year but given an easy meal of a small farm animal they will default to the easy kill.
I hunt yotes when the fur is prime and with snow on the ground. That being said a farmer that allows us to hunt is who I will make happy if asked to shoot any yote or what ever game the MNR issues a permit for to take whatever out of season.
They ey don't fare too well if they get close enough to me either. All the coyotes I have shot during turkey season have been males.
can you have a rifle with you well hunting turkeys with a shotgun .I am not to sure about that ..I would not want to be cought with a 22 250 well in the turkey blind ,,D
Me either !!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by dutchhunter
Nope! We may only carry the class of firearm prescribed for the game being hunted. That's one reason I only use #4-3" mag with a full choke. I'll either take the head off a Turkey or,at close range,a Coyote won't know what hit him. Carrying a rifle for Coyotes during a Turkey hunt is a recipe for disaster. With the woods full of camo'd up hunters,how could one be absolutely sure of their backdrop should there be a pass through shot or a miss? That's damn close to "careless hunting" charges,right there.Quote:
Originally Posted by dutchhunter
I've seen a few posts this week of guys who have dropped coyotes while out Turkey hunting.