Virginia coyote

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Nomdic1

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Hey all,
I was rolling down the road this morning from Fredericksburg to Richmond and passed what looked like a dead coyote on I95 south around MM 98. Will verify tomorrow. If it was a coyote, it was a nice one. First one I have seen in VA. Will let ya know
 
That is between Ashland exit and Kings Dominion. There are a few in that area. Especially on the west side of I-95. I would suspect it was a coyote.
 
Dang right in the area where we hunted. Are they like roaches if you see one there are maybe 10 more you don't see? That area has had them for a few years now.
 
Checked this morning, it was a coyote. Looked like a healthly one, (other than being dead). probably in the 30lb range. Would have made a nice pelt, multi-colored grey, black. And it was actually around exit 90. May have to look into some hunting around there..
 
I've seen 3 dead on 95 between rt.3 and Massaponax, near Harrison road, over the last 14 months. Some nut was feeding them across from Hazlewild Farm on Harrison Rd., but that house appears to have burned so at least they're no longer being fed there. They're here, but spotty. Huntable concentrations are hard to find in Spotsy, Caroline,etc. I'm finding more dogs in Orange, Culpeper, Rappahannock, and Faquier.
Good hunting!
 
I see tons of redfox around Mannassas when I go down to see my sister. When I lived in Richmond years back a buddy of mine from Spotsylvania did a lot of varmit hunting. He had lots of tanned yote and fox hides laying around his place. I left my dog in his care for a couple weeks when I was moving. When I got back Brutus had about a million ticks on him. Nasty! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
 
Grunter,
Prince William county has a few dogs, especially in what few outlying areas that are left in that county.
It was 81 degrees in Fredericksburg today and it won't take long to get the ticks crawling. I hate them so badly, that before I discovered Permanone, I really avioded a lot of spring hunting just because of the ticks! I started treating my clothes with Permanone about a dozen years ago and havn't found a tick on me, while or just after hunting, since.
Yes, they are nasty, and the thought of R.M.spotted fever or Lyme disease doesn't appeal too much to me either!
 
Well, there's one coyote that won't make it to Greentop!
I shot one in Culpeper Co. on Sat. morning. I got a late start, shot was at 8:31am. Came to DSG Cottontail via FX3 w/JIB running as well. A grey fox showed up first and I was about to shoot the fox. The fox was sitting on a boulder with his back to me, the wind was from the fox to me when all of a sudden, the fox took off away from the call. I was trying to relocate the fox when I saw the coyote. 214 yards, bang flop! I think the fox saw the 'yote and was getting out of Dodge. Then I went groundhog hunting, shot 3 and came home. It was a good morning, breezy, but I'll take it!
Before any of you "legal beagles" start to jump me for an attempt to shoot the fox, VA statute allows for a landowner or his agent to shoot, or have shot, foxes at any time on said private property, regardless of a closed season on foxes.
 
You are absolutely correct there Flyrod1, glad you knew that. I have been known to participate under that VA Statue a time or two myself. Good on ya!
 
For my fellow Virginians, when using that statute, to CYA, have the landowners, that want the foxes shot on their property, write that on your permission slip. It could save you a ticket! Some DGIF enforcement personnel have some very different interpretations of the same laws. Forewarned is forearmed, CYA. Even in the event that some gung-ho warden does write you a ticket for shooting a fox, if you have the landowner's directive in writing, you've got a better than even chance that a judge will find in your favor.
Pruson,
Have you or your group tried to address our outdated rifle restrictions? Many counties have a .22 caliber restriction for anything other than groundhogs. Some counties even add a March 1 to August 31 restriction on using any rifle larger than .22 when hunting groundhogs. Under these county ordinances, it is actually illegal to shoot a coyote, or fox,etc. with a rifle that is otherwise legal for groundhogs. I have allies within DGIF in a couple of those counties. The tricky part is how to present the issue to the county Board of Supervisors for a change, so we don't shoot ourselves in the foot. Right now we have loopholes in the 17 and 20 caliber centerfires. I certainly don't want to see them closed. If you're of the same mindset on the legal rifles issue, I'd like to talk to some of you. There's more strength in numbers, and with a levelheaded approach, maybe we can get some of these counties into the 21st century.
 
Come to Clarke or Loudoun. Plenty of them. To the extent of becoming a nuisance. Had a neighbor lose a baby emu to one recently. Another lost a lamb. I have one hanging around the house (in daylight hours) in hopes of grabbing a cat. He won't last long. Sooner or later he will do it when I am home.
 
Hello all,
I am new to the boards and seen the va thread. I live in stafford and was wondering if any one ever goes out to CF Phelps WMA? can you hunt ground hogs or yotes out there? I am looking to start busting some varmints tired of shooting paper out at he IWLA here in stafford. If anyone can point me in the direction of some varmints I would just love it.

Using a Rem 70vls 223 Weaver kt-15 scope
shootin
50 gr Hornady V-max
24.2 gr Benchmark
CCI BR-4 Primer
for .405" groups at 100yds.
 
Tango,
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but you can't hunt on Commission owned lands from the end of turkey season until the first week of September when dove season starts. I believe the same is true of National Forest lands in VA as well. You're going to have to do the same thing the rest of us have had to do, start burning some gas and knocking on doors at farms with likely looking habitat for varmints. Be well prepared to handle rejection. It's a numbers game, you may only get permission to hunt on one farm in twenty visited, but thats where it starts. You will be much better received if you start out by asking only for permission to hunt groundhogs and coyotes. Folks are protective of their game animals. Go alone! Farmers don't like crowds with guns!
I did a lot of networking and riding just after deer season ended this year, and managed to gain access to almost 14,000 acres, in five different counties, that I did not have permission on previously. I'm very covetous of my hunting properties, and I don't share except with a very few close friends. To do otherwise will usually end up costing you your hunting rights. I consider myself very fortunate that I know a lot of people through various channels, and have references for doing crop predation control for some very well known farmers and orchardists, and being well known as a safe and ethical hunter doesn't hurt either.
Just drive right past the IWLA on 610 and head out towards Fauquier and start knocking on doors.
Good luck!
F1
 
thanks for the info. I might try it some weekend. Just not sure how to go about it. I grew up in Northern Calie had over 30,000 acres to shoot anything i wanted to on. Deer varmints, pics Dove, phesent, quail. You name it we could hunt it, it had 3 ponds with lunker bass and 2 creeks.
 
CPTT, keep in mind permissions are contageous. It seems like you get in good with one and before you know it you have more than you can hunt. Farmers talk more than old women and word of mouth will spread like wild fire /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif. If it's good words then you have it made. If it's bad, well, let's just say it's time to call the realtor /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smiliesmack.gif. Like Flyrod said, might keep'em hush hush too, It's taken me 10 years to get back into an awesome farm due to a friend of a friend showing up unannounced and doing something stupid /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/angry-smiley-055.gif.
 
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