Eating Coyote

SubaruSTi said:
Their arent that many coyotes running around that you have to worry about them. Leave them (( inappropriate )) alone.

As to the guy saying coyotes killing a german shepherd, I know of a german shepherd that tore a coyote into 3 pieces. A coyote is a small dog with a really small mouth, they eat rabbits etc.
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Wrong. I have no idea where you are located, but coyotes now inhabit nearly all of North America. There are more of them running around than you might think. The U.S. government routinely shoots, poisons, traps and kills 90,000 coyotes each year to protect livestock. It was estimated some years ago by researchers that over 2,000 live in Chicago. They can weigh from 15 to 60 pounds.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coyote
 
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Zombie Zeke said:
I have some serious issues with killing and NOT utilizing every part of the animal ('cept the entrails, Crows gotta eat too)
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So do insects, worms, possums and vultures.....shoot it and leave it where it falls, nature will take care of the rest.

:)

The only good Coyote, is a dead one.
 
I asked a few of my Native Alaskan friends about this and they said they do not eat it. If Native Alaskans do not eat it - no one eats it:D
 
Coyotes can and will do harm to any animals they can. Take it if it is worrying you about it getting to your dogs. I have shot them for trying to get my own dogs, only 20-30 feet from my back porch. They walked right in my backyard before they got scared off when I went out.

Do as some others suggested and feed them to your dogs. :thumbup:
 
SubaruSTi said:
Their arent that many coyotes running around that you have to worry about them. Leave them (( inappropriate )) alone.

As to the guy saying coyotes killing a german shepherd, I know of a german shepherd that tore a coyote into 3 pieces. A coyote is a small dog with a really small mouth, they eat rabbits etc.
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Maybe where you live, this is true. But in many places, coyotes exist in pretty healthy numbers, and cause significant problems. And around here, they get easily as big as a German shepherd, and I live in a relatively urban area.

I got accosted by two of them a couple years back in a freaking parking lot, no less, and the male was easily north of 80 pounds. They ain't pets.

raylaconico said:
I didn't know coyotes will make you sick. I thought they'd be just like dog meat since they're all canines.
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We don't know this is the case at all. There was one quote from Lewis & Clark, and who knows what the animal was previously sick with or how the meat was improperly handled. Consider the source.

moosez45 said:
Cap 'em. Don't eat 'em. I do not like senseless killing. I was raised to eat what I kill and make the most from the harvest. I also say a prayer and thank you over my harvest as well. I have the highest respect for life, but in my mind there are 3 reasons to kill, food, protection of self, and protection of others.
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Moose, you're right--but killing a coyote isn't senseless.

I obey three rules, too, but mine go like this:

1. Kill for food, and use as much as you can.
2. Kill to protect yourself or others.
3. Kill for population control.

The coyotes fall into the bottom two categories. You didn't list #3, but I lump in everything from deer to household ants into that category.
 
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My rules to shoot something
1:You can eat it
2: I can sell its hide to provide for my family
3: the animal is destuctive to human, animal or property
Neighbor loses several goat kids a year to yotes If i can get the crosshairs of that savage 22-250 on him he is headed for coyote heaven!!! they are not
native east of the mississippi and are highly destructive here
 
Well from that pic at least it was a clean kill, .338 Lapua is alot of gun to take to a picnic for Coyote but to each their own.
 
knifephan said:
I live out in the mountains and recently heard a conversation that went similarly in a local shop. The proprietor of the shop made a similar argument against killing them to protect livestock (cows in this instance). He believed there are plenty of cows and coyotes should be protected as there are not a lot of them comparatively. Personally though I agree with the others, if I see one close enough to my house to be a threat to my dog or cats (rabbit sized animals) I would probably have to shoot it.

On a side note, I recently saw a mountain lion in my area. Fortunately for him I did not have the rifle on me. Funny thing about the mountain lion, the local game industry folks deny they exist in my neck of the woods, say they were wiped out. I would hate to kill something that is that close to extinct in the area, but they have been known to attack children in addition to small animals and there is a serious dilemma.
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I hear ya on this one...The DEC says there are no mountain lions (bobcat, whatever you wish to call them) in the area where I live, but I know people locally who have seen them.
 
Don't forget, coyotes pack up in the winter time and cooperatively hunt like wolves. I've stood on a mountain side in Colorado and watched a pack of nine or ten coyotes running down a big buck muledeer in the deep valley snow below me in a relay race fashion. They got it too. Pulled the buck down and tore it to pieces.
 
I don't recall anyone ever mentioning eating coyote- ever.

When I first moved in here (Redmond Washington) there were stray cats around all the time, every day. In the last few years I haven't seen a single 1. But I do see coyotes first thing in the morning regulary right inside the apartment complex.


There were some recent coyote attacks on children in New York State in populated areas.
 
Coyote will pack up on your dog and kill it and eat it. the old yellow lab on my parents farm wandered off one evening. later that night the neighbor heard some yelping coyotes behind his house down in a wooded hollar. He went down to see what was up and found Goldie the Lab cornered with 4 or 5 coyotes around her. Scott yelled at them and they ran off. He helps Mom and dad out some and Goldie knew him, so le d her up to my parents house and let her on the back porch.

i see all kinds of papers hung up on the bulletin board at the grocery store for missing small dogs out in the country here in the Ozarks And I would bet if they weren't struck on the highway the coyotes got them.

We had what is called a Ki-dog around here a cross between coyote and dog and they are a hell of a high-bred cross. we had one sneak into our shop where we feed the dogs and was eating some dog chow. Dad noticed him and he was growling and had his dander up. Dad got an M1 carbine, sad to say ki-dog died off lead poisoning. When I went to carry it out of the shop, that was the most solid dog I have ever had to pick up and heavy. We have had some pretty old fat Labs weigh a hundred pounds, this thing went around 120. I have friends with Rotts and Pitts and this things build and structure made those kinds of dogs looks like weaklings.

If you don't want to kill them, that's OK with me, but But don't mess with them. If you can yell at them and scare them off.

Pat
 
Brother, where I live (in the bread basket of America) we don't mess around with coyote. They are certainly not an endangered species and can be very dangerous if you see them frequently. In my experience they are more skittish than a wild cat and will go to extra lengths to not deal with people. If you are seeing a coyote more than once, let alone the fact that it is trying to lure your dogs away, then things have gone overboard. That particular wild dog is only acting they way he is out of pure desperation. If he continues, he'll be only more and more bold. I'd be ready to pull the trigger myself, considering the circumstances. Screw eating it.

Please think about this. I know animals may act different in different regions, but here that crazy dog is acting......well, crazy.
 
SubaruSTi said:
Their arent that many coyotes running around that you have to worry about them. Leave them (( inappropriate )) alone.

As to the guy saying coyotes killing a german shepherd, I know of a german shepherd that tore a coyote into 3 pieces. A coyote is a small dog with a really small mouth, they eat rabbits etc.
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In best whiny brit voice: "Please don't hurt 'em Zeke, they're only little!"
Also, you shouldn't kill them to protect your dogs because this guy knows of a single coyote that was was torn to bits by a german shepherd and chances are, the coyote harassing your dog is the exact same size, is just as wussy, and doesn't have any buddies that would help him out.
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Edit: If I were in your position, I would certainly shoot the coyote in question if I felt my dog was in danger. I'd be real careful about the shot and make certain that I hit something vital so the doomed beast wasn't left to suffer, skin it, clean it, try a little meat to see how it is, and if it's terrible, see if the dogs like it.
 
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We have coyote & coy-dog packs around here.
they're destructive to domestic animals as well as game animals.
they're infesting cities and can be an active danger in alleys where they can raid dumpsters for food and have learned not to fear humans.
shoot it.
tan the hide, feed the meat to your pups, grill some for yourself just for bragging rights, and be comfortable in the knowledge that you have done your part to cut down on the vermin population in your neck of the woods.
 
for a number of years now, Coyotes and wild hogs have been on my 'kill 'em all' list. Mamas, papas, babies...........makes no difference. If I see one, I waste them.
Some of the hogs are edible, but not all. Never had any reason to try a coy dog.
 
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