Coyote gun

[okie john]

Not to get morally superior, but I tend to think even varmints deserve a bang-flop if at all possible.

I agree, and I do not advocate intentional gut shots, but bang-flops are rare with anything. A solid heart/lung shot with a 22 LR will kill a coyote, but like a deer or elk that takes a similar hit with a 30-06, it may cover some ground before it drops.


Okie John

[Super77]

Not to get morally superior, but I tend to think even varmints deserve a bang-flop if at all possible.

Exactly. The coyote/hog/whatever doesn’t know it’s a “pest”, it’s just trying to do its thing. TBH I’m not all that big a fan of coyote hunting in general.

[Casual Friday]

Exactly. The coyote/hog/whatever doesn’t know it’s a “pest”, it’s just trying to do its thing. TBH I’m not all that big a fan of coyote hunting in general.

Their population numbers have to be kept in check just like every other game animal, including the wolves that so many people seem to worship as this beacon of spiritual enlightenment.

[okie john]

The problem is that they're so damned adaptable. Every once in a while you'll see a news item about how they start by eating pet food on people's porches in the more distant suburbs and graduate to eating the pets themselves in front of kids, wives, or other non-combatants. The stories nearly always feature a weepy older woman with a picture of a Cocker spaniel in one hand and a blood-soaked dog collar in the other. Chickens are a classic target but goats, lambs, calves, and foals are also at risk once they eat all of the small stuff.

I've seen them in urban parts in Seattle and Tacoma. They use our green belts to move between neighborhoods and trigger sudden influxes of Missing Cat posters. We haven't had an attack on humans--yet--but I remember reading that they've gone after toddlers in other places.

I like seeing them in the wild but you have to draw the line someplace. If the neighbors are inclined to object and close enough to keep you from following the "shoot, shovel, shut up" protocol, then you need countermeasures that allow for plausible deniability.


Okie John

[Casual Friday]

The problem is that they're so damned adaptable. Every once in a while you'll see a news item about how they start by eating pet food on people's porches in the more distant suburbs and graduate to eating the pets themselves in front of kids, wives, or other non-combatants. The stories nearly always feature a weepy older woman with a picture of a Cocker spaniel in one hand and a blood-soaked dog collar in the other. Chickens are a classic target but goats, lambs, calves, and foals are also at risk once they eat all of the small stuff.

I've seen them in urban parts in Seattle and Tacoma. They use our green belts to move between neighborhoods and trigger sudden influxes of Missing Cat posters. We haven't had an attack on humans--yet--but I remember reading that they've gone after toddlers in other places.

I like seeing them in the wild but you have to draw the line someplace. If the neighbors are inclined to object and close enough to keep you from following the "shoot, shovel, shut up" protocol, then you need countermeasures that allow for plausible deniability.


Okie John

My wife's cousin goes to the UW. She's seen coyotes on campus on more than one occasion. Her classmates thought it was a stray dog.

I live in the county, and have my big game hunting license. If the neighbors find out I'm popping yotes everytime they're on my property, there is literally nothing they can do about it.

[okie john]

My wife's cousin goes to the UW. She's seen coyotes on campus on more than one occasion. Her classmates thought it was a stray dog.

I live in the county, and have my big game hunting license. If the neighbors find out I'm popping yotes everytime they're on my property, there is literally nothing they can do about it.

Ms. Okie and I were in the north end of Tacoma a few nights ago. Think older, elegant, and expensive houses with well-groomed yards and pretty significant green belts. We're driving down a residential street in the fog and we see a mature blacktail buck walking down one of the parking strips. It was hard to see his antlers, but I'm guessing 3-4 points on a side which makes him a whopper around here. He probably beds in a green belt and lives on flower petals and fruit. We followed him for a couple of blocks before he got antsy and went into someone's back yard.

And no, I had not been drinking.


Okie John

[Wendell]

The coyote/hog/whatever doesn’t know it’s a “pest”, it’s just trying to do its thing.

The same could be said about most violent criminal actors.

[Super77]

The same could be said about most violent criminal actors.

Complete non sequitur

[Wayne Dobbs]

Coyotes in town are a problem, period. They find out how easy it is to kill cats and dogs and go to town on them. And here in the DFW area (Frisco), we had a coyote that was attacking walkers/joggers on a greenbelt trail. There was a cryptic article this week that the coyote in question was "now dead". I'm guessing that somebody, legally or otherwise, punched his ticket.

[41magfan]