Coyote Pups

[moosehound]

A Couple years ago I was turkey hunting and stumbled across two coyote pups. I put the gun up but I couldn't pull the trigger. I kept telling myself "DO IT" but I just couldn't. And know I wonder how many fawns and turkeys those two have probably killed.

[Dewey]

I'm a softy when it comes to stuff like that. No way I could kill a baby animal no matter what it is.

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[gogebicbuckslayer]

I couldn't do it....But mom, dad , grandma and granpa and all other kinfolk older than a year would eat lead for sure!

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[dan]

I don't think there is an animal God has created that I could hate... I don't blame coyotes or wolves for doing what they do. I do think they need to be hunted... But, I would not kill pups.

[whitetail007]

no,not a pup.

[Uncle Lou]

I voted yes, I probably would but have never been in that situation. My neighbor Randy was faced with the same situation turkey hunting about 10 yrs ago. He didn't shoot either and I would of put him on the yes list, so maybe I would go soft

[RaisedByWolves]

Don't think I could. There would be an urge though to.

[Stanley]

I think a Yote with a bow is one heck of a trophy. To just wantonly kill a couple of young yotes wouldn't give me any pleasure or satisfaction. I wouldn't kill the young Yotes. I don't hate yotes, I respect their instinct to survive.

[vanceg]

I wouldn't, I would prefer to trap them or call them in the fall.

[Carol]

gotta toss pups into this

Rehabber friend of mine is rehabbing a few that will be ready for release real soon

[gjs4]

They don't discriminate on fawns...and for those of us who play the management game the answer has different implications. Last year I found 14 sheds, this year 3 and I found 6 dead and a random leg......two were fawns....family lost a number of cats and we have lost sheep and turkeys in the past....although i see the above points clearly; prevention beats cure. It also sets a precedent on where they feel safe to be and raise their young. Just my take...

[backstraps]

They don't discriminate on fawns...and for those of us who play the management game the answer has different implications. Last year I found 14 sheds, this year 3 and I found 6 dead and a random leg......two were fawns....family lost a number of cats and we have lost sheep and turkeys in the past....although i see the above points clearly; prevention beats cure. It also sets a precedent on where they feel safe to be and raise their young. Just my take...

I voted yes. The above point makes perfect sense to me. As much as I respect the nature of a coyote to survive, in my point of view harvesting an adult coyote has absolutely no more meaning than harvesting a pup. It all evolves around prevention.

I have and continue to go out to hunt coyotes. I do enjoy the hunt of calling them in for an ethical shot and dispatching them quickly. However, the reason behind hunting them for me personally is to help fawn recruitment where I hunt.

I have also went to farms where I do not deer hunt to assist farmers in sheep and calf loss. I have hunted them in a subdivision where house pets were killed or injured by coyotes as well.

So as sad as it is to see a cute little pup harvested, I don't enjoy shooting them but always feel good knowing they will not live any longer to reproduce

[Bowhunting Brian]

no, I like all animals. wolves included. I have always had a fascination with nature. all creatures have their place in the eco system. do all animals need to be managed? yes, no doubt, but I don't have the "kill em all attitude".

[Bowhunting Brian]

They don't discriminate on fawns...and for those of us who play the management game the answer has different implications. Last year I found 14 sheds, this year 3 and I found 6 dead and a random leg......two were fawns....family lost a number of cats and we have lost sheep and turkeys in the past....although i see the above points clearly; prevention beats cure. It also sets a precedent on where they feel safe to be and raise their young. Just my take...

"prevention beats cure. It also sets a precednet on where they feel safe to be and raise their young. Just my take."

you could relate that to humans too. are we not overpopulated? just sayin.

[dan]

Humans make relativity no difference in Coyote numbers. The only thing that seems to effecivly control there numbers is disease. I have seen trappers and hunters try as hard as they can but still make little impact.