It’s good that everyone can express their own opinion on this forum.
Coyotes are quite cool looking, and excellent hunters. I have always enjoyed watching them, as I have done many times deer hunting. I’ve had Wiley hunting 30 yards away from me in tall grass in Montana while Deer
hunting. I watched one for a good half hour.
The owner of the ranch in Montana where we hunted, hated the coyotes. Two of them eventually baited his dog out of his doghouse, and killed him. It was a very cool dog. They kill his calves in the spring, An unpardonable sin. He understandably shoots them on sight, with relish.
I slaughter the English sparrows in the spring, because they interfere with all the natural birds nesting. However, I don’t shoot the cats anymore, because I like to watch them kill the mice, which I despise. Yet I know the cats kill many of the song birds nesting, go figure. I hate the mice more. Yes I know coyotes eat mice, remember I watch them hunt.
We all have our own things we enjoy shooting. I felt great taking out the coyote because I know it’s less pressure on the deer in the spring. We don’t have any issues with the over population of deer, 60% of them are killed opening weekend. The population is well-managed.
To each his own.
Humans are predators.
Thanks for all the comments.
Mike
