Snowmobile hunters

The op never said he saw any yotes shot from a sled. If you aren't running
them and stop and get off to shoot what's the problem? I suppose all you
guys leave from the house on foot and walk to your hunting spot?
"Call the wambulance, johnny's shooting my coyotes"
You'll deserve all the gun laws and hunting restrictions you get.
 
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Originally Posted By: Slayer1More dead coyotes mean more foxes, bobcats, and the precious deer and pheasants everyone loves so much.
I'd much rather have more coyotes than deer and pheasants. But thats just me.
 
Its people like you that make it hard to get on land and tighten the laws on hunting. I think that if you are allowed out on the land and you see an animal. You stop and take a shot at a yote that is stopped and in range that is ok. But just jumping off your sled or staying on and start blasting a way is just like pissing up a rope IMO. I think that it is only a matter of time before we get blasted with new laws for predator hunting. I have seen a boom in the number of predator hunters in the areas that I hunt. So have the co's. Back in the day pushing yotes with sleds was no big deal from what I have heard from farmers. But with the number of people out running animals and the number of anti-hunters going up its just a matter of time before something will change and its won't be the chasers that feel it. It will be the hunters. shooting from a sled,truck or road onto proporty you are not allowed on is not hunting. You said that as long as a yote is killed its all good. But what if you pulled up to a proporty that you deer hunt and you see people out running all the deer off the land. But they are just trying to get your little yotes blasting in and out of the swamps is not just pushing yotes. I would say that running down any animal is poaching.
 
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Ya people don't think about the other animals when they are running yotes. They are stressed enough in the winter without some lazy a** running them around on a sled.

So you guys that say whats wrong running yotes with a sled I say whats wrong with me wishing you find a barbwire fence.
 
Quote:When does using a snowmobile to hunt cross the line to the dark side? Say I'm out looking for tracks and a coyote busts out. Am I wrong to shoot said coyote.


Yep!!


Quote:In Minnesota game regs on page 20 of 2010 regs states "No person may use a motor vehicle to intentionally drive, chase,run over, or kill any wild amimal. Shooting from a motorized vehicle is unlawful"


Illegal shooting gives all of us hunters a bad name!

Turn em in.

Keep good records of the turn in (time, date, person informed, information provided, etc.). If the co "turns a blind eye", go up the ladder to the next level and report it again.
 
I don't have problems finding land to hunt. I don't care if a coyote is stopped or moving when I put it down. As long as the shot is safe for PEOPLE. I don't care about deer running off. They will come back. I became interested in predator hunting because of the way deer hunting has changed over the years. City people buying up all the land only to put no trespassing signs all over and patrolling their boundries and just becoming plain old aholes about the whole thing. It used to be neighbors getting along and putting meat on the table and maybe talking about the big buck they seen or shot. Now the same thing is happening with predators. Everyone is elevating the coyote out to be some kind of trophy animal. Pretty soon people will have to lease land to hunt coyotes!

I wouldn't chase coyotes down on a sled but if I would be out on one scouting or going to a spot to hunt and seen one you bet I would pin it and get in position to shoot it. To each their own. If your not breaking any laws have at it.
 
Originally Posted By: nmleonQuote:When does using a snowmobile to hunt cross the line to the dark side? Say I'm out looking for tracks and a coyote busts out. Am I wrong to shoot said coyote.


Yep!!


In Minnesota game regs on page 20 of 2010 regs states "No person may use a motor vehicle to intentionally drive, chase,run over, or kill any wild amimal. Shooting from a motorized vehicle is unlawful"

We will have to disagree to disagree on this one. The law does not state that a motor vehicle can't be used for hunting. It is fine to use a motor vehicle for transportation. You have to be off the vehicle before you shoot and then your OK. Don't interpret laws to serve your own ideas of hunting. Anyways not sure of MN but in WI where I hunt a firearm must be cased on a motor vehicle.
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Originally Posted By: frozenbutt

So you guys that say whats wrong running yotes with a sled I say whats wrong with me wishing you find a barbwire fence.

Not called for. This thread was titled snowmobile hunters not all of which chase the animal with the machine. I say whats wrong with using a snowmobile?
 
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Some states allow the use of snowmobiles to chase coyotes.

Take note there is recreational hunting and there is predator control.
 
"whats wrong with me wishing you find a barbwire fence."

As I told my kids, if you have to ask about something like this you already know the answer.
 
Have this problem around here with guys on 4 wheelers. If they only knew the last time they were on my ground I was looking at them through my scope. Have a guy that likes to trespass all the time on his snowmobile looking for deer and sheds as well and he is the first one to cry and moan and point fingers when someone ends up on his property. It does get old and fences may get put up before too long.
 
Originally Posted By: Redfrog"whats wrong with me wishing you find a barbwire fence."

As I told my kids, if you have to ask about something like this you already know the answer.


And as I tell mine, You get what you deserve.
 
Originally Posted By: Phil_SchmidtOriginally Posted By: Slayer1More dead coyotes mean more foxes, bobcats, and the precious deer and pheasants everyone loves so much.
I'd much rather have more coyotes than deer and pheasants. But thats just me.

I guess out here we are more into predator control not coyote hunting. The coyotes get shot whenever someone has the opportunity. It is illegal to harass wildlife but wishing for more coyotes and less deer and pheasants is just plain silly.
And anyone who would hope someone would get killed over chasing a coyote on a sled is just plumb retarded, I personally value human life above and beyond animal life.
 
Quote:We will have to disagree to disagree on this one.

Not at all Slayer1, I suspect we are in complete agreement given the rest of your statement:

Quote:If your not breaking any laws have at it.



As I said, "Illegal shooting gives all of us hunters a bad name!". The flip side of that same coin is "If you're not breaking any laws, have at it."
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Good news guys. If your after yotes you can make the rules up and do it how ever you want. Screw the land owners and everybody else. Think I'm going to mount a mini gun in the box of my pickup and have at it and if I happen to hit something Im not aiming at it all good because I was trying to kill a yote.
 
If you do it on your own ground thats fine... whatever... its not my problem... but when they trespass... I dont care what animal they are after... they are disrespectful and may as well have their ride shot out from under them. The guys here on 4 wheelers drive their trucks onto my ground and unload 4 wheelers and carry rifles looking for deer. Next time im hunting and they do this... i may just fire a few shots into the sides of their trucks.
 
Originally Posted By: jbrodie7If you do it on your own ground thats fine... whatever... its not my problem... but when they trespass... I dont care what animal they are after... they are disrespectful and may as well have their ride shot out from under them. The guys here on 4 wheelers drive their trucks onto my ground and unload 4 wheelers and carry rifles looking for deer. Next time im hunting and they do this... i may just fire a few shots into the sides of their trucks.

I dont know the laws in your state but I am guessing that will put you into more trouble then they will be in.
 
Well last time they drove off on their 4 wheelers and their trucks were sitting about 100 yds in front of me. They wouldnt have known exactly who it was but it would be hard to explain why they were driving around with rifles on their backs anyway. They just need a little warning.
 
Oh I know your frustration, I hunt public land alot that is wilderness area where no motorized travel is allowed. Three different times I hiked in and got set only to have someone drive through on an atv. You can bet I let everyone know what I thought as well as the wyoming game and fish as well as the forest service. The people on atvs tried to play dumb about no motor vehicles but it is marked everywhere they just choose to break the law.
 


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