PSA … Coyotes Are Getting “Active”

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Just saw 2 yotes “chasing” another yote in a kinda sorta “playfully” manner. With the little warming trend (and Valentines Days) it appears the yotes are lookin’ for love. Guys, watch out for you pups … especially those with females who could attract horny males. Also watch your livestock incase they get hungry after they had some adult fun.
 
They took out a small deer and dined in my front yard one night last week. Wish I had not been sleeping so hard that night. My dogs ran out the next morning - found them with their heads in the carcass
 
Get Off My Lawn said:
I believe the females go into heat Feb-March.
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Yep … and some male yotes have been known to actually hookup with domestic canines in heat when everything really gets going. When love is in the air where there is a will there’s a horny humper.
 
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Wife called me Monday 0630 after she got to work, told me to walk down the street and rescue the injured cocker spaniel lying on the curb.
Knowing her observation skills, I took my Python.
Sure enough, it was a female yote. About 60 pounds of dead female. Wife asked what would I have done if it was alive?
I told her the neighborhood would have had a rude wake up call🤠
Cocker Spaniel huh....
 
Walkabout Dan said:
Never ate one , are they really ?
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Like lean pork. For real. Cook it/treat it like you would a lean cut of pork & you'll be GTG. Honest Injun, side by side with lean pork, I'd be hard pressed to tell 'em apart. Dunno as I'd hunt one specifically to eat, but if I shoot one, it's gonna end up on a dinner plate.
 
I used to see them using the deer paths down under the power lines when I lived in the boonies.

Never took a shot they were too far off.
 
chrishf12 said:
I haven’t had a chance at one. Are there restrictions? I know the bobcat season closes end of Feb each year.
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Artificial Lights and Electronic Calls​

  • It is unlawful to use artificial lights (including laser sights) and electronic or recorded calls in taking wild birds or animals except as follows:
    • artificial lights may be used to retrieve harvested big game.
    • artificial lights may be used for taking feral swine and coyotes at night where legal.
    • artificial lights may be used for taking bullfrogs.
    • electronic or recorded calls are legal for crows, coyotes and feral swine hunting. Other exceptions for migratory game birds may be found under individual season descriptions.
    • when hunting with dogs during open seasons, raccoon and opossum may be taken at night with the use of artificial lights commonly used to aid in taking raccoon and opossum.
  • In addition to the prohibition of taking wildlife with the use of artificial light, except for big game retrieval, many counties have local regulations that prohibit shining lights on deer or searching for deer with lights 30 minutes after sunset or after 11 p.m. A color-coded map showing county shining laws is on Deer Zone Maps.
  • The flashing or display of any artificial light between 30 minutes after sunset and 30 minutes before sunrise in any area that is frequented or inhabited by wild deer by any person who has access to a firearm, crossbow or other bow and arrow constitutes prima facie evidence of taking deer with the aid of an artificial light.

We have a Game Warden that comes into the shop a lot, and he is also a good friend, as I was in Boy Scouts with him 30 years ago. We just had this discussion as he had a tip on a bobcat, and it was posted on FB. You can hunt them, just not with the aid of an electronic call or lights. I'm not trying to be a know it all, just don't want you to get in a pickle. Cause that's what we do on this forum. :)
 
Sneakymedic said:

Artificial Lights and Electronic Calls​

  • It is unlawful to use artificial lights (including laser sights) and electronic or recorded calls in taking wild birds or animals except as follows:
    • artificial lights may be used to retrieve harvested big game.
    • artificial lights may be used for taking feral swine and coyotes at night where legal.
    • artificial lights may be used for taking bullfrogs.
    • electronic or recorded calls are legal for crows, coyotes and feral swine hunting. Other exceptions for migratory game birds may be found under individual season descriptions.
    • when hunting with dogs during open seasons, raccoon and opossum may be taken at night with the use of artificial lights commonly used to aid in taking raccoon and opossum.
  • In addition to the prohibition of taking wildlife with the use of artificial light, except for big game retrieval, many counties have local regulations that prohibit shining lights on deer or searching for deer with lights 30 minutes after sunset or after 11 p.m. A color-coded map showing county shining laws is on Deer Zone Maps.
  • The flashing or display of any artificial light between 30 minutes after sunset and 30 minutes before sunrise in any area that is frequented or inhabited by wild deer by any person who has access to a firearm, crossbow or other bow and arrow constitutes prima facie evidence of taking deer with the aid of an artificial light.

We have a Game Warden that comes into the shop a lot, and he is also a good friend, as I was in Boy Scouts with him 30 years ago. We just had this discussion as he had a tip on a bobcat, and it was posted on FB. You can hunt them, just not with the aid of an electronic call or lights. I'm not trying to be a know it all, just don't want you to get in a pickle. Cause that's what we do on this forum. :)
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Good to know. I actually looked this up last night. Definitely will keep me out of a jam if I ever do see one!

The last one I saw alive, I was 12 and wish I would have killed it for a mount! Maybe one day!
 
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Sneakymedic said:

Artificial Lights and Electronic Calls​

  • It is unlawful to use artificial lights (including laser sights) and electronic or recorded calls in taking wild birds or animals except as follows:
    • artificial lights may be used to retrieve harvested big game.
    • artificial lights may be used for taking feral swine and coyotes at night where legal.
    • artificial lights may be used for taking bullfrogs.
    • electronic or recorded calls are legal for crows, coyotes and feral swine hunting. Other exceptions for migratory game birds may be found under individual season descriptions.
    • when hunting with dogs during open seasons, raccoon and opossum may be taken at night with the use of artificial lights commonly used to aid in taking raccoon and opossum.
  • In addition to the prohibition of taking wildlife with the use of artificial light, except for big game retrieval, many counties have local regulations that prohibit shining lights on deer or searching for deer with lights 30 minutes after sunset or after 11 p.m. A color-coded map showing county shining laws is on Deer Zone Maps.
  • The flashing or display of any artificial light between 30 minutes after sunset and 30 minutes before sunrise in any area that is frequented or inhabited by wild deer by any person who has access to a firearm, crossbow or other bow and arrow constitutes prima facie evidence of taking deer with the aid of an artificial light.

We have a Game Warden that comes into the shop a lot, and he is also a good friend, as I was in Boy Scouts with him 30 years ago. We just had this discussion as he had a tip on a bobcat, and it was posted on FB. You can hunt them, just not with the aid of an electronic call or lights. I'm not trying to be a know it all, just don't want you to get in a pickle. Cause that's what we do on this forum. :)
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I wonder if the artificial light clauses include thermals and such? I have called coyotes a many time and had bobcats show up. That maybe a gray area in the rules. I don’t know though


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