Eating Coyote

jonnyt16 said:
Coyote vs .338 Lapua @ 250yds

http://www.dehogger.com/images/hunting pics/coyote/coyote1c.jpg
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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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SBaker34 said:
Well that confirms that rifles really can blow chunks out of people.
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Zombie Zeke said:
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.
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First: Have to agree. .338? That made me laugh, in a sick way... Next time will you post a .50 cal and a groundhog? :p Anyway, nothing wrong with morals there, I just wouldn't want to pay for a .338 to dispatch a 'yote.

If you witness mountain lions where they are supposedly extinct, at least carry a camera or something- one thing I cannot stand is people saying animals are extinct where they aren't. I believe in disseminating truthful info, and if you see one, haul it in or snap a pic.

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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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You do not know what you are talking about.

Coyotes hunt in packs. One on one, a German Shepherd is a match. One GS against the pack? Nyet!

Oh, and in case you think I don't know what I am talking about, here's a reference for you. Let's see, distribution is across the entire 48 states. Food sources include moose.

http://www.bio.davidson.edu/people/vecase/behavior/Spring2004/holmberg/Holmberg2.html
Coyotes are opportunistic omnivores which take advantage of a variety of resources found in their environments (Chamberlain et al. 2000; Bowyer et al. 1983). Their food sources include, but are not limited to, small rodents, rabbits, deer, elk, moose, antelope, cattle, hogs, skunk, javelina, armadillo, opossum, birds, crustaceans, insects, lizards, prickly pear cactus, fruits, and grasses (Bekoff & Wells 1980; Andelt 1985; Rose & Polis 1998). Coyotes are active during both the day and night hours but are much more active at night, particularly times around dawn and dusk (Andelt 1985; Bender et al. 1996). This also affects the types of prey coyotes are able to eat because some animals have very different daily activity patterns which would prevent coyotes from hunting them. The type of food that coyotes utilize is also dependent on group or pack size. Transient coyotes generally scavenge more than coyotes living in pairs or packs (Kamler & Gipson 2000). This is probably due to the fact that packs can organize hunting strategies that a solitary coyote can’t accomplish alone. Both mated pairs and packs hunt large ungulates much more than transients. In addition, packs have been observed to hunt ungulates more than mated pairs (Gompper 2002).​

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Just the other day a local woman took her dog out at 10pm and heard a coyote. It went after her dog. She grabbed her dog and tossed it in her house and just as she shut the door the Coyote went after her. She is fine but will have to go through a series of rabies shots and needed to be stitched up. This was just one coyote. Protect your dogs and family. We live in a well populated suburb of Cleveland, Oh. They are relentless and not nearly afraid of humans as they should be. My wife has told me several times that she has heard growling early in the morning taking our dog out. I am concerned.
 
As far as eating them idk i wouldnt. But theres a guy in a forum Calguns.net goes by professionalcoyotehunter and he eats them and makes jerky check out this thread.
http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=288208

As for hunting them there is alot of them, thats why hunting them is open all year. They are varmits so you can leave em lay. Predator hunting of what i hear is pretty awesome and im planing on jumping on the bandwagon. Here a forum with a lot of info.
http://www.californiapredatorsclub.com/index.php?
They are CA forums since that where i live but good info.
 
Anyone that's ever skinned a Coyote and thought "Hmm, I wanna eat this", is a little off IMHO, cause every one I ever got close enough to skin, was about as filthy and stinking as any animal I've seen. :)
 
I think I'll write Rachael Ray and see if she could knock out a 30 minute coyote meal. A little EVOO, salt, pepper, yum. Blah.
 
Bear Claw Chris Lappe said:
Anyone that's ever skinned a Coyote and thought "Hmm, I wanna eat this", is a little off IMHO, cause every one I ever got close enough to skin, was about as filthy and stinking as any animal I've seen. :)
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This is exactly correct!

I'd rather skin a skunk than an coyote.

Yote's are nasty filthy killing little demons.

If more folks had experiance living on a western ranch or rural area they'd come to learn just how nasty coyotes are.

I couldn't imagine anyone being hungry enough to eat one. Even if starving, because you'd throw up after you ingested it.
 
Anyone I know who has ever skinned one would not even think of eating it after smelling that smell. I certainly wouldn't.
 
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. I say kill the coyote and feed it to your dogs. I don't see anything wrong with that.
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I'm generally opposed to cannibalism in my pets. Which isn't a dig, and a survival situation may be a survival situation. Strange diseases get passed on that way, is all.




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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I have a hound dog that killed a mastiff, doesn't mean mastiffs are small and weak. Very poor argument.

1: A coyote is not a dig.

2: one coyote I saw last week (here in nevada) was easily shepherd size. Really nice coat, too. Well fed.

3: I've seen over a dozen coyotes in different parts of this section in the past week. "there aren't that many coyotes" is pure, total, 110% bs.

http://www.theconservationagency.org/coyotes/Coyote Coexistence Guide for Newport County.pdf

(this is a small dog!?!?!)

http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/urbcoyot.htm

http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2009/02/growing_coyote_population_chal.html

choice quote:
"There are so many coyotes in the state that the Pennsylvania Game Commission can't provide an accurate estimate of how fast the population is growing."

http://www.extension.org/pages/Coyote_Damage_Assessment

http://texnat.tamu.edu/symposia/coyote/p25.htm


Coyotes are cross breeding with wolves and have become larger, more populous, and more of a threat in many regions.

I follow the idea that coyotes in their natural habitat (you might want to look that up) should be left well enough alone, but near livestock and populous areas they need to be controlled every bit as much as any other scavenging predator with a breeding explosion problem.

There are that many coyotes around.
 
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plumberroy said:
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
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That is a most excellent distillation of some decent ground rules.
 
Codger_64 said:
WWRRD?







What would roadrunner do? :D
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dawsonbob said:
Until I read the bottom, I wasn't sure of what WWRRD meant. I looked at it as What Would Rescue Reiley Do?

Made me wonder.
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Rescue Riley would "Beep! Beep!" his horn and drive over him with a big truck, he would then take his road(runner) kill home.

If Rescue Riley thought the coyote tasted bad he would just wolf it down as quickly as possible....
 
Yorkshire Boy said:
Rescue Riley would "Beep! Beep!" his horn and drive over him with a big truck, he would then take his road(runner) kill home.

If Rescue Riley thought the coyote tasted bad he would just wolf it down as quickly as possible....
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There's no telling what John Riley would do, but I would bet that it would be interesting, and he'd get pictures, too.:D
 
So I sighted in my 10/22 and got some 000 for the scattergun, if I see him again, near or far, he's going the way of the dodo bird. Thanks for the insights!
 
otis williams said:
sometimes we have to kill for reasons other than food. protecting your animals is one of those reasons. take the skin, claws, and teeth. leave the rest for the crows. they gotta eat too. ;)
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Yup, I wouldn't eat alot of things I kill from roaches all the way up to some much larger creatures.

But, I am glad you are trying to be careful.
 
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