Originally Posted By: NWCPJust curious since the OP brought up the whole pregnant female thing. There was a time that wolves were hunted without restrictions and they all but disappeared from the lower 48. Is it possible that we will eventually eradicate so many coyotes that we won't have them to hunt? I understand they are a real problem in some areas, but is there a chance we can over harvest and lose one of our favorite predator species? Just curious as to what everyone else's opinion is on the matter. I personally wouldn't take a female that is heavy with a litter. I suppose we could self regulate the number of animals we kill in any given area. I'd rather see that than some government weenie, or tree hugger take control of the harvest.
No, it isn't possible. At least not through means of hunting.
Coyote numbers have always been hundreds of thousands of times larger than wolves, and despite evrything that "Man" has thrown at them they still thrive today, and have in fact increased in numbers throughout the U.S....The Eastern U.S. has seen coyotes when they didn't see many before. The urban areas where coyotes are not hunted are now the hotbed of activity for attacks and have proven to be great habitat because of the adaptibility of coyotes.
Disease & mange account for way more coyotes than hunters do, even today. Parvo can stay in an area for literally up to seven years, virtually wiping out ALL pups in that area for years, and they always come back in grand fashion.
While most of the hunters that have been at this for any period of time lay off of coyotes during the denning season, that needs to be a personal choice made by the hunter. To try and MANDATE a "season" on coyotes would be absurd. If you get them started, then there will be no bounds. You regulate and control game animals like deer, elk, and turkey....not coyotes. Pay attention here....to have a season on coyotes is not only absurd, but dangerous, given the total adaptability of the species.
To address the "Studies" of coyotes that may, or may not have been resourced here:
If you know anything about coyotes, or even if you don't, you need to be able to "sift through" the information that you see and relate that information to what DO know about them. You don't know motivations of those writing about them, and you don't even know the intelligence of the people writing about them...But, in some cases, BOTH of those factors are very telling.
Just because you see something in print somewhere DOESN'T make it FACT.
Would believe every work of a "study" that said that "Owning firearms needs to come to an end here in the U.S.", or do you believe everything you might see when watching CNN news? Of course NOT!
Why would you believe evrything you see about coyotes that's written down somewhere?
You wouldn't.
God gave you the brains to sift through what information you have and decide for yourself what is relevent, and what ISN'T...so, try and use that. Frankly, I don't have to read much of what is talked about, or written by people that may, or may not have an agenda to dismiss what I'm hearing or reading as pure drivel. Why do I dismiss such drivel? Because I KNOW better than to buy into a total crock of questionable BS because I have SEEN otherwise myself. This isn't only about coyotes, but it factors into each day of our modern world we live in with ALL phases of our lives....
They have been spouting "Global Warming" at the top of their lungs for awhile now. It's all about someone's personal agenda, and not about the facts....it's all about the MONEY, so SIFT THROUGH what you are told, what you read, and what you hear. You'll be much better off if you do.
I have lots of opinion in what I have written, and that opinion is mine, and reflects only my personal belief.
Barry