There is a local trapper, licensed through the state who charges farmers $250 to set up, $35 for each coyote and .55 cents a mile outside of a 30 mile radius. I have been asked if I charge land owners for shooting coyotes and I have always say no. I am just great full for the ones who let me hunt their land.
When ever I get a call of livestock or poultry loss I make time as soon as possible to get out there. I even have watermelon farmers calling during the summer. I always feel like there is a balance between them thinking I’m not hunting them as hard as they would like and trying to help them understand that I can kill more hunting it less than they would like.
Some of the ranchers don’t want me calling before I go onto their property, yet the others… well I like to at least send them a text letting them know when I am going to be out there. Maybe I’m weird, but I see it as a sign of respect and it also covers me as being suspect if there is theft or damage on their land. I also like to send them texts like this after the hunt:
If you feed a hungry man and he is thankful, he will say “thank you”.
If he is grateful, he will do the dishes…
When ever I get a call of livestock or poultry loss I make time as soon as possible to get out there. I even have watermelon farmers calling during the summer. I always feel like there is a balance between them thinking I’m not hunting them as hard as they would like and trying to help them understand that I can kill more hunting it less than they would like.
Some of the ranchers don’t want me calling before I go onto their property, yet the others… well I like to at least send them a text letting them know when I am going to be out there. Maybe I’m weird, but I see it as a sign of respect and it also covers me as being suspect if there is theft or damage on their land. I also like to send them texts like this after the hunt:
If you feed a hungry man and he is thankful, he will say “thank you”.
If he is grateful, he will do the dishes…