I was going to chime in again sooner but for some reason am having trouble posting.
I guess I opened at least a “small” can of worms with this topic and I just wanted to share a couple of additional thoughts on the subject.
We have to remember as hunters we are in the minority in this country. There are entire organizations who are dedicated to taking this sport away from us. These groups don’t always tell the truth in their efforts to curb hunting and or firearms but in some cases we are our own worst enemies. People make decisions based on perceptions and if their perception of coyote hunting is people chasing these “poor little animals” across a field with a pick up and then gunning them down out the window the result won’t be positive. We will all be painted with the same brush regardless of how we are hunting coyotes.
Personally I don’t have a problem with people who hunt this way if they have permission from the landowner. The problem is when you are in hot pursuit of a coyote there isn’t time to get permission for every piece of ground, you’ll lose the coyote. Most people who hunt this way will pursue wherever the coyote goes, it’s human nature, and so at some point they will trespass and possibly give yet another non hunter a negative perception of hunters and hunting.
As a landowner and a hunter maybe I have a different perspective than some of you but without the landowner non of us are going to have anyplace to enjoy this sport. We need to get the jerks out of hunting period.
