There's no trouble with coyotes in Maine, just ask DIFW! They do no damage to the deer herd at all neither. These bios need to get there heads out of there azz's and get out from behind the desk and get out in the real world and see what's going on!! End of story or there going to be a lot more stories like this one(Next time it just might be someone's kid out sledding,hopefully not but it is possible.)!! Put a bounty on the yotes and actually put our license fees to good use instead of pizzing it away or seeing who is going to steal it first!!
I got just the thing to fix the coyote problem, too bad it's limited to 5 rounds in the woods.
I don't have much use for either horses or coyotes so I don't have a dog in this fight. While I do not rule out coyotes I'd be quicker to suspect domestic dogs with the killing of livestock. As a cattle owner I have / do often see coyotes in the fields and pastures but have never had them bother full grown animals ( I have lost a couple of calves in the past couple of years that I suspect coyotes are responsible for) I do think that the coyotes are getting more abundant but I suspect it has more to do with turkeys than deer. I agree that on snow the coyotes get their fair share and then some of deer but the explosion of turkeys in recent years has been a boon to all predatory species. I would be curious to know how it was determined to be coyotes and not the neighbors dogs.
Taking out the old and weak, isn't that what their purpose is?I'm not against shooting coyotes, but they do have a purpose, and killing a old weak horse doesn't mean their killing horses.
they kill lots of deer, livestock, and pets and thats enough for me, and not just the weak and old ones.Yes we all know they can't be eradicated, but in the short term, perhaps it could help the deer population recover. SLT you do not seam to concerned about a farmers horse, what about a full grown adult woman. Novia Scotia is not to far from us.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33509516/