Shooting a coyote while wild turkey hunting

[buckchaser]

Looking for some clarification.

Let's assume I'm wild turkey hunting when Mr Coyote wanders by. The landowner has made it clear he wouldn't mind seeing the coyote population reduced.

Can I drop the hammer on it?

A friend says otherwise:

Abandoned and spoiled meat, pelts, etc.
Abandonment of meat
36. (1) A hunter or trapper who kills a game mammal, game bird, game amphibian or game reptile shall not abandon it if its flesh may become unsuitable for human consumption.
Spoiled flesh
(2) A person who possesses a game mammal, game bird, game amphibian or game reptile that was hunted or trapped shall not permit its flesh to become unsuitable for human consumption.
Abandonment or spoilage of pelts
(3) A hunter or trapper who kills a furbearing mammal shall not abandon the pelt or permit the pelt to be spoiled or destroyed.
Exceptions
(4) Subsection (3) does not apply in the circumstances prescribed by the regulations.

[greatwhite]

Skin it and keep the pelt. Then no worries.

[DGearyFTE]

What GW said. There is no restrictions that apply to overlapping game hunting unless you look at the type of firearm.

[buckchaser]

Skinning it would be purely academic just to comply with the law correct? The pelt would have no value at this time of year?

[jaycee]

Skinning it would be purely academic just to comply with the law correct? The pelt would have no value at this time of year?

Use the three s rule , SSS if you are worried about it.

[Dude Bro]

The MNR doesn't enforce the spoilage law at this time of year because the pelt isn't worth anything. You also wouldn't be charged if you threw away a mangey pelt that is caught during the prime season.

[DGearyFTE]

I am still coyote hunting during the turkey season. I am hunting on a farm where the farmer has already lost a calf to the yotes. Not sure what the pelt will look like but I do know that Wile E Coyote has to go, one way or another!

[dutchhunter]

WEll to me I would say that we should not shot the yotes this time of year as you could be letting a whole litter of pups starve .To me this would not be right ,animal control is one thing but to shot it just to shot it is another thing ,to each there own ,but who wants to see critters suffer and pups starving is not a good way to go ,,,save them till fall and winter ,,Dutch just my 2 cents

[jaycee]

WEll to me I would say that we should not shot the yotes this time of year as you could be letting a whole litter of pups starve .To me this would not be right ,animal control is one thing but to shot it just to shot it is another thing ,to each there own ,but who wants to see critters suffer and pups starving is not a good way to go ,,,save them till fall and winter ,,Dutch just my 2 cents

I agree with you there Dutch! however this time of year the females are staying with and close to their pups feeding them , chances are very high that the coyotes you are seeing are the males doing the hunting for both , himself and bringing home the food for the female.
One big reason that most do not hunt and shoot coyotes this time of year , it is very cruel to let young pups starve as they are still nursing and killing by accident the mother , is morally wrong ! but there are those that do not care.

[chris lavoie]

Your not to let a pelt of a fur bearing animal go to waste. It's in the regs. If the pelt is of no use for you, don't shoot, leave it to the trappers.

That's what the CO's here will tell you.