Coyote snipers come up empty-handed in Harahan hunt.

[charlie12]

http://www.wwltv.com/news/Deputies-on-the-hunt-for-coyotes-in-River-Ridge-124888739.html

video of hunt - notice the suppressors on the rifles.

Wonder if taking a camera crew with you hurts your chances of seeing coyotes?

And call 911 if you see one.

 

[S&W4ME]

Maybe they should be using these

 

[XD-GEM]

Wonder if taking a camera crew with you hurts your chances of seeing coyotes?

And call 911 if you see one.

A coyote or a camera crew - not sure which one's more dangerous.

 

[Vsotok10]

Choot 'em

 

[Akajun]

IN my very limitied coyote hunting experience, these officers are out of their league. Coyotes, expecially ones in wooded areas are very hard to hunt. They have a very good nose, excellent eyesight and hearing. The fact that they learned to avoid traps is proff of that. I have a automatic caller, quivering bunny, etc. The coyote's always circle down wind by several hundred yards and if they get a wiff of human or something not right, they leave. I really got my eyes opened calling from a 16ft box stand in cutover land. I was able to watch coyotes coming out of the woods from 6-700 yds off all circled the caller, the ones that had to cross my scent path turned back as soon as they hit it, the other two came in and stopped about 150yds from the caller. After turning down the volume, and stopping calling all together, they both came in closer, but the one that saw the rabbit actually moved in, the other turned off.
Perhaps they could contract with a local fishdock or slaughter house and dump meat in one location for a couple weeks, then hunt the meatpile at night.

 

[srscott]

I agree with you Akajun. I lived out in the desert in Ca. I had a blind up on top of the house, just under the peak next to the swamp cooler. I could only get the 'yotes to come in about 2x per year. Once I shot one, that was it. They would stay well away from the house. Even with the rabbit calls etc. The only time I had alot of fun was the year after alot of rain. First the rain, then lotsa grass etc. grows. then the bunnies do what they do best- population explosion- The 'yote population follows at a slower pace. Once the desert reverts back to normal and the bunnies die off from starvation you get lotsa 'yotes that are super hungry and don't scare off so easily, that year I think I was able to down 4 or 5, but not before they got all the barn cats.

 

[oleheat]

There's no way they're ever going to eradicate coyotes. These are some very unique predators. When developement "threatens" their natural range, no problem for them. They'll happily improvise and hang right there with you! (Which leads to pets going bye-bye, etc...)


So I suggest they focus on something a little easier- like controlling the feral hog problem.