Well, lets see. My reason is pretty fresh in my mind (only 4 years ago). My brother called me to tell me that when I come home for deer season I needed to bring the "ground hog gun" because, "we got a coyote problem!" My niece was playing in the side yard of their home, (on a 649 acre farm in WV) she came running in screaming about a strange dog that started running at her from one of the fields. They had a young collie at the time, the collie met the coyote half way! Gotta love a loyal dog! My sister in law ran it off with the "farm gun". My brothers idea for hunting them was with his 30/06 and a 4 wheeler. I bought a Haydels "cotton tail distress" and tried to remember the sounds that rabbits would make when they were being attacked. I honed my skills in west TN. After the first one, I was hooked forever!