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<blockquote data-quote="SBruce" data-source="post: 590864" data-attributes="member: 21068"><p>+1</p><p> </p><p>As a long time coyote hunter and trapper (even some done professionally) and additionally a rancher and long time hunting guide. I concur with this statement.</p><p> </p><p>In the western states, coyote numbers have been largely controlled by a <u>combination</u> of shooting/hunting, trapping/snaring, m44s and Getters, denning, dogging, poisoning, hunting/trapping competitions and arial gunning. Due to all these measures; we've managed to keep the numbers in check in the west, and predation on healthy big game animals by coyotes has been minimized. </p><p> </p><p>Even with all these control measures in place, both in the private and professional sector; coyotes have expanded their territories and are now found coast to coast..............why will the wolves be any different. </p><p> </p><p>Out here, we loose <u>way more</u> big game animals due to weather, food supply, disease and loss of habitat than we do to coyotes. Although coyotes sometimes get the blame for a kill just because the carcass is surrounded by coyote tracks (which are only there because they fed on the already dead carcass).</p><p> </p><p>Now, some eastern states <u>are</u> having some issues with coyote predation. Their coyote populations are quite unchecked in comparison to our coyote control measures here in the west. Additionally, the eastern coyotes are quite a bit larger than our western ones and the deer numbers are high in the east; so the coyotes pack up more often to make taking down deer easier and safer.</p><p> </p><p>Similar differences between east and west can be said of the wolves, both the original native to the rockies and plains wolf and the eastern or great lakes area wolf vs the larger and more aggressive canadian gray wolf. </p><p> </p><p>The new wolves <strong>are not</strong> what was here originally, and they don't act the same. If we're going to control the wolf numbers to a point that there isn't a huge decrease in big game numbers, then the same methods we've used for coyotes will have to be implemented, <u>and soon</u>. If not, our big game numbers will not recover in our lifetimes, if ever.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SBruce, post: 590864, member: 21068"] +1 As a long time coyote hunter and trapper (even some done professionally) and additionally a rancher and long time hunting guide. I concur with this statement. In the western states, coyote numbers have been largely controlled by a [U]combination[/U] of shooting/hunting, trapping/snaring, m44s and Getters, denning, dogging, poisoning, hunting/trapping competitions and arial gunning. Due to all these measures; we've managed to keep the numbers in check in the west, and predation on healthy big game animals by coyotes has been minimized. Even with all these control measures in place, both in the private and professional sector; coyotes have expanded their territories and are now found coast to coast..............why will the wolves be any different. Out here, we loose [U]way more[/U] big game animals due to weather, food supply, disease and loss of habitat than we do to coyotes. Although coyotes sometimes get the blame for a kill just because the carcass is surrounded by coyote tracks (which are only there because they fed on the already dead carcass). Now, some eastern states [U]are[/U] having some issues with coyote predation. Their coyote populations are quite unchecked in comparison to our coyote control measures here in the west. Additionally, the eastern coyotes are quite a bit larger than our western ones and the deer numbers are high in the east; so the coyotes pack up more often to make taking down deer easier and safer. Similar differences between east and west can be said of the wolves, both the original native to the rockies and plains wolf and the eastern or great lakes area wolf vs the larger and more aggressive canadian gray wolf. The new wolves [B]are not[/B] what was here originally, and they don't act the same. If we're going to control the wolf numbers to a point that there isn't a huge decrease in big game numbers, then the same methods we've used for coyotes will have to be implemented, [U]and soon[/U]. If not, our big game numbers will not recover in our lifetimes, if ever. [/QUOTE]
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