Coyote hunt in Pa.

[JoePa]

The Mosquito Creek Sportsman Club held its annual coyote hunt - one guy got $8,055 for having the heaviest one and another guy got $11,089 for getting the second and third heaviest ones - a total of 3,978 guys entered into the hunt - they got 162 coyotes - the heaviest coyote weighed in at 51 pounds - there are a number of different coyote hunts that are held each year in Pa. - the hunt was held the weekend of Feb 20 - 22 2015

[fratri]

Wow, almost 4,000 hunters and only 162 coyotes..... those are not good odds.....what happened, did most not show up.... that is not a good ratio at all....

[jaycee]

Wow, almost 4,000 hunters and only 162 coyotes..... those are not good odds.....what happened, did most not show up.... that is not a good ratio at all....

Just proves that coyote hunting is not easy, how many times have you been out and have not got one or even called one out?

[MikePal]

Jeeze Joe.....the controversial Coyote hunt in Alberta had 39 teams and killed 34 coyotes....

Whats 'NOT' going on down there ??

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmont...tcry-1.2898156

[JoePa]

Wow, almost 4,000 hunters and only 162 coyotes..... those are not good odds.....what happened, did most not show up.... that is not a good ratio at all....

Well there could be several reasons - one thing the weather was really bad - snow, ice and real cold weather - it was only held for a couple days - or maybe our coyotes are smarter because of being hunted more - also I think that you have a lot more coyotes up there - the winner said he brought in three coyotes with a female sounding call but only shot the big one - some guys used dogs and others just calls - there were several other hunts that took place but this one is the biggest -

[Savage308]

That would have something to participate in for sure. I don't take hunting anything as easy or for granted at all. How is this run? I can't imagine 4000 people all running the same area, so just how much area was hunted? Savage308

[jaycee]

Jeeze Joe.....the controversial Coyote hunt in Alberta had 39 teams and killed 34 coyotes....

Whats 'NOT' going on down there ??

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmont...tcry-1.2898156

In all fairness, it also did not say how many men/women per team there were, were they 4,5, 6, or even 10 or more persons per team ?
When we hunted in Alberta, it was not unusual to see a line of 6 to 8 coyotes travelling across the open prairie, there are a lot of them out there.

[JoePa]

That would have something to participate in for sure. I don't take hunting anything as easy or for granted at all. How is this run? I can't imagine 4000 people all running the same area, so just how much area was hunted? Savage308

The whole state was open for the hunt - but you had to bring in your coyote by Sunday night for weight-in at the club's location in Frenchville - most of the guys were from the northern part of the state - the guy that won hunted with one other guy -

[Savage308]

Well then, that's definitely means more space for everyone. I am hoping to get some time to coyote hunt this year.Savage308