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I apparently can't take my doggies scouting anymore

This is why I own great Pyranease dogs. There isn’t a coyote around for miles with my boys around. I have 60+ chickens free range full time in the middle of the woods and I’ve lost 3 in 2 years to a predator (bobcat). Crazy thing with yotes the more you kill them the more they produce and if you kill a loaner it isn’t reproducing most likely anyways.
 
FWIW, after I started tracking deer in the snow I stopped taking my dog in the woods unless we were somewhere that was already frequented by unleashed dogs.
 
Actually hunting them can be really fun, challenging, and rewarding; but it will never truly be an effective population management tool if it is the only tool used... We have some big coyotes here, possibly some of the largest in the US... I've hunted them as a hobby in-and-of-itself in prior years and was fairly effective at it. I haven't hunted them religiously in a few years due to time constraints. I lost the recoverable/edible carcasses of 3 deer in 2019 to coyotes, and I now have a hate relationship with them lol. My buddy down the road has to take his AR out with him if his dogs need to go out at night.
 
A couple years ago I had 2 chihuahuas in a pen in the front yard hanging out while I was building a trap. Ofc they’re always barking and yelling bc they want out. I look over and see a coyote beelining towards the pen they were in, he sees me and darts off into the woods. Insane, middle of the day how he came so fast. Made me mad that I try calling them all the time and can’t get them to break cover. Should have brought the dogs hunting with me.
 
bowhunthard88 said:
Actually hunting them can be really fun, challenging, and rewarding; but it will never truly be an effective population management tool if it is the only tool used... We have some big coyotes here, possibly some of the largest in the US... I've hunted them as a hobby in-and-of-itself in prior years and was fairly effective at it. I haven't hunted them religiously in a few years due to time constraints. I lost the recoverable/edible carcasses of 3 deer in 2019 to coyotes, and I now have a hate relationship with them lol. My buddy down the road has to take his AR out with him if his dogs need to go out at night.
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An AR is required for a dog walk?

I find a loud voice is very effective for dealing with most coyote encounters. In an emergency a stick seems like a sufficient tool. Walking around in the neighborhood in the dark with an AR is just asking for trouble.
 
Jammintree said:
An AR is required for a dog walk?

I find a loud voice is very effective for dealing with most coyote encounters. In an emergency a stick seems like a sufficient tool. Walking around in the neighborhood in the dark with an AR is just asking for trouble.
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Not for a walk, but in his back yard. We both back up to +40,000 contiguous acres of game land. That being said, it's legal in PA to take your gun for a walk lol, but not that you legally can shoot stuff running across the road ahead of you haha! There was a point in the not-so-distant past that our predecessors never went anywhere without a weapon. Albeit cavemen carried sticks, but if an AR had been available, they wouldn't have selected the stick...
 
bowhunthard88 said:
Not for a walk, but in his back yard. We both back up to +40,000 contiguous acres of game land. That being said, it's legal in PA to take your gun for a walk lol, but not that you legally can shoot stuff running across the road ahead of you haha! There was a point in the not-so-distant past that our predecessors never went anywhere without a weapon. Albeit cavemen carried sticks, but if an AR had been available, they wouldn't have selected the stick...
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Lol yes but last I checked we don’t have short faced bears, saber toothed tigers, and giant ground sloths roaming around in the night anymore lol. I think for a 26 pound dog the stick should suffice. Now for 2 legged predators….. have at it
 
BackSpasm said:
Lol yes but last I checked we don’t have short faced bears, saber toothed tigers, and giant ground sloths roaming around in the night anymore lol. I think for a 26 pound dog the stick should suffice. Now for 2 legged predators….. have at it
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Maybe an exaggerated example haha, but I plead the 2nd!
 
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