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[catskillkid]

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• The majority of people who provided input do not support a year-round coyote hunting season.
   
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  My guess is that the antis were very vocal. The majority of hunters never seem to speak up for themselves or our sport.
  The study is 10 years old, maybe the DEC should take another look at the issue, but they would more likely spend what resources they have elsewhere.
  

[Dave]

Always gets me how hunters have made coyotes out to be the bad guy... 1.,000,000 whitetails in NY... 20,000 coyotes.... not really sure why fellas think there is a problem... population problems with whitetails have way more to do with habitat and hunters than "yotes"... isolated problems in some areas... maybe... a threat to the NY deer herd.. Hardly!

Antler, a lot of hunters don't hold the same opinion as you, in regard to coyotes. Some feel they are the reason for seeing less deer in their hunting area's. There are many articles and video's produced to show the predation caused by Yotes. Right or wrong they have a bad name in the deer hunting community. So I can see and this is MY opinion why hunters may shoot a coyote any chance they get. You don't have to bother telling me they are out of season and it's against the law , this i know. The coyote has a bad rap and that's not going to change. Hunters may feel they are protecting the deer every time a coyote is shot, especially the fawns.  Not to mention the small game, in many areas there are none. Just my opinion,not to start a controversy. Which had happened in the past.

Dave

You're entitled to your opinion... and I agree coyotes have a bad name... the reason there are videos and articles written about their predation is because they are predators... they have just as much right to exist in nature as the whitetail... not sure why it is ok to have 1,000,000 whitetails in NY, but not 20,000 coyotes... and in my opinion it's wrong to condone illegal hunting of coyotes to satisfy your lust for deer... hunting them legally is a better option. Not like you can't take as many as you like during the regular season.. seems to me you are pretty quick to make up your own rules when it comes satisfying your own hunting interest... that to me is not much of a sportsman... not to stir up controversy.. thats just my opinion. And by the way I will always try to take a coyote during the regular season.. so I'm not against hunting coyotes.

Antler you say you don't want to stir up controversy, than you through in a cheap shot. You say I make up my own rules to satisfy my hunting interests and to you I am not much of a sportsman.  You sure can jump to conclusions, the wrong ones. What rules have I made up? Tell me. Read what is stated not what you think the other person is thinking. In life you may be able to see why people do things but that doesn't mean you think it's right. So don't be so fast to jump to conclusions. Maybe you should start your own web site "Antler, knows all see's all and always right"

Dave

[bkln]

The DEC has looked into year round hunting of coyotes and decided it was not a good idea...

http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/72939.html

There opinion is the same as mine... they agree that there may be isolated areas where coyotes may have an impact... but there is definitely no threat to the total NY deer population.

Joe, this is 10 years old study, I'm just not really sure how this is relevant today....a decade is a long time to change the pattern, just saying....

[nyantler]

Sorry Dave.. I meant to say that you seem to be okay with others creating their own rules when it comes to satisfying their own interests... wasn't meant to be  a cheap shot.. I'm was just refering to some of the things you've said. I apologize if I read them wrong

Quotes:

"So I can see and this is MY opinion why hunters may shoot a coyote any chance they get."

"I am arguing a point not saying I am shooting deer illegally, but if I saw a nice buck at 6:50 instead of 6:55 am I think I would shoot."

" I believe that a conservation officer would give a hunter a break if he shoots a deer 5 to 10 minutes before legal hunting time."

"I must admit if I saw a nice buck 10 min before or after the legal time I would shoot it too. As long as it was a clear shot and I could see through my scope or pee sight."

[nyantler]

The DEC has looked into year round hunting of coyotes and decided it was not a good idea...

http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/72939.html

There opinion is the same as mine... they agree that there may be isolated areas where coyotes may have an impact... but there is definitely no threat to the total NY deer population.

Joe, this is 10 years old study, I'm just not really sure how this is relevant today....a decade is a long time to change the pattern, just saying....

Yeah I'd be for them looking at it again after 10 years