Well to tell the truth, I'm looking for just about any hunting (or even fishing) opportunity I can find. I'm presently trying to get started with coyote hunting. I'm also working to make sure I'm ready for the muzzleloader elk season over in GMUs 342 and 368, but I'm hopefully almost done with that preparation. I haven't decided what I'm doing about deer hunting yet, but I just may do modern season if I can earn my way onto some land over here close to home.
The main reasons I've decided to get into coyote hunting are pretty straight forward. The first is the fact that there's no closed season on them. Coming from Alabama, this states game laws are just a maze that I get tired of trying to find my way through. The second reason is that it's a hunting opportunity I really never tried in Alabama. With having several-month deer seasons and being able to hunt anything legal to hunt with any weapon legal to hunt them with after the purchase of one cheap license, hunting opportunities just weren't that hard to come by so we never tried anything other than the old standards (deer, squirrel, rabbit, quail, dove, etc.). The third reason is that coyote hunting seems to be a good way to get access to land for hunting other game on. The one landownder (the cashier at the first gun store I asked, oddly enough) that lets me hunt coyotes on her land was so grateful that she's going to let me deer hunt there, too. Well, she might if I can actually get a dang coyote! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
I'd really appreciate going along with some more experienced folks, even if I was just a pack mule to carry stuff and sit there so I could watch and learn.
