Could this be a Coyote..... Kioti sign???

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Oh no, let's not bring up unnecessary horsepower here...

Instead, here is a photo of a Kioti stalking deer. I'm pretty sure if I'd had more horsepower I could have grabbed them.

Is Prudence still a mecca for deer hunting Island as it once was?

 

[IslandTractor]

Is Prudence still a mecca for deer hunting Island as it once was?

No longer a bow hunting mecca but it is still very popular. Honestly during the "mecca" era there were way too many deer on the island and many were starving. Because the earlier hunting rules were "one kill", many of the hunters only tried for a buck. That left many does and apparently at least one very very happy buck alive on the island. When they changed the hunting rules to allow taking a doe as well as one buck, the population of deer came down sharply.

I no longer run into deer while working but we see them on both roads and land at dawn and sunset pretty much daily.

 

[Steve_Miller]

I've gotten some guff over this post... I suppose non-hunters would have a different understanding than me. Just know that nearly all states have open season all year long on coyotes because they are deemed a nuisance. Very similar to killing a mouse in a mouse trap, spraying chemical on ants, bees, wasps, hornets, etc.

Yes, they are part of nature's cycle, but we are also the alpha predator. Coyotes kill deer fawns, among other things (oh, and now I see they kill humans too). Someone mentioned that they are just killing for food, which is mostly accurate. However, being they are related to wolves, it has been clearly documented that wolves do kill large animals for sport, or in other words, just to kill them and not consume them.

I figured that in a tractor forum, that most people would be from the country, or at least have some acreage, and from my personal experience, it is widely accepted that coyotes, mixed with humans, generally don't do well. So......................... since I am stuck home in the middle of a snowstorm, my John Deere is in the shop, and my new Kioti is still on order, I will entertain a (possibly) very controversial question here; If I mount the Coyote with a Kioti sign (seeing how it is part of their logo), and you walked into a Kioti dealership with a Coyote mounted but next to a Kioti sign that said "Kioti, leading the pack," would you consider this offensive? Really, I am not trying to start anything, and I mean that. I am just looking for some interesting feedback, as I know that mount would literally be a one-of-a-kind mount and advertisement. I am open to all points of view, just please, don't be degrading or belittling to me, or anyone else for that matter, because we all have the right to have our opinion! That's the great part about living in America!

I'm not a hunter nor do I live in the city, I am from the country with eight plus acres about a 1/4 mile in the woods and there are many coyotes around, in fact my neighbor has shot a couple in my front yard and there have been many more sightings on the property, hence the rabbit population is almost zero around my area. I was not giving you guff by any means, if it is me that was directed at. I take no offense, i just posted the link to the article, maybe I used the wrong reference to it, I apologize for that. I hate coyotes along with most other people commenting, we lost a cat to them a few years back. I walk about two mile loop through the woods near a set of falls with my labs just about every day and usually see some deer and the odd pheasant but hardly ever see any rabbits anymore. I miss the rabbits, they are fun to watch, i do see coyote sh*t almost daily and this time of year it is usually full of hair. Our province had a bounty on the coyotes for a year or two, then realized that if the food chain was plentiful the coyotes produced to matched the food chain, the more people killed off the more they seemed to reproduce. It ended up being counterproductive. Too bad they didn't have an enemy other rabies, although a predator that hunted coyotes could be worse than the coyote itself.

Steve

 

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i do see coyote sh*t almost daily

Steve

Reminds me of "Dairy Queen" poop.

 

[northcreek2624]

I've gotten some guff over this post... I suppose non-hunters would have a different understanding than me. Just know that nearly all states have open season all year long on coyotes because they are deemed a nuisance. Very similar to killing a mouse in a mouse trap, spraying chemical on ants, bees, wasps, hornets, etc.

Yes, they are part of nature's cycle, but we are also the alpha predator. Coyotes kill deer fawns, among other things (oh, and now I see they kill humans too). Someone mentioned that they are just killing for food, which is mostly accurate. However, being they are related to wolves, it has been clearly documented that wolves do kill large animals for sport, or in other words, just to kill them and not consume them.

I figured that in a tractor forum, that most people would be from the country, or at least have some acreage, and from my personal experience, it is widely accepted that coyotes, mixed with humans, generally don't do well. So......................... since I am stuck home in the middle of a snowstorm, my John Deere is in the shop, and my new Kioti is still on order, I will entertain a (possibly) very controversial question here; If I mount the Coyote with a Kioti sign (seeing how it is part of their logo), and you walked into a Kioti dealership with a Coyote mounted but next to a Kioti sign that said "Kioti, leading the pack," would you consider this offensive? Really, I am not trying to start anything, and I mean that. I am just looking for some interesting feedback, as I know that mount would literally be a one-of-a-kind mount and advertisement. I am open to all points of view, just please, don't be degrading or belittling to me, or anyone else for that matter, because we all have the right to have our opinion! That's the great part about living in America!

No guff here either. I live in the country on a trout stream. Iam not a non-hunter but, an ex-hunter. If Coyotes or anything else over steps their bounds I would dispatch them, though not joyfully. My rant was directed at blanket slaughter comments not legal hunting pursuits...Mike.

 

[oldpilgrim]

I am a non hunter but with the coyotes I see in my yard sometimes, I've been known to hover over my puppy with a shotgun while she takes her dump.

 

[TomSeller]

Reminds me of "Dairy Queen" poop.

Huh?.

 

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Huh?.

Ever see any Tom? Many have that distinctive coyote "swirl"

 

[TJP89]

I'm a hunter, but there are very few animals that I just blast away at. Deer, turkey, squirrel, etc I'll hunt in season when I have time. Coyotes I'll shoot on sight. Raccoons I see around the house in the day are almost always rabid need shooting, mostly for safety reasons. In TX, wild hogs are big pests and are always shoot on sight. That said, I have yet to see a coyote around me, though I see there signs and occasionally hear them. Up north in the UP, porcupines are pests and are shot on sight too. Although still rare up there, I always carry something in a hefty caliber when I'm out because wolves and bears are starting to reappear. I learned that lesson when in TX I kicked up a mountain lion while bird hunting, when I saw that and realized I only had birdshot, I was a little nervous. Luckily he wasn't interested in me or the dogs.

 

[TomSeller]

I'm a hunter, but there are very few animals that I just blast away at. Deer, turkey, squirrel, etc I'll hunt in season when I have time. Coyotes I'll shoot on sight. Raccoons I see around the house in the day are almost always rabid need shooting, mostly for safety reasons. In TX, wild hogs are big pests and are always shoot on sight. That said, I have yet to see a coyote around me, though I see there signs and occasionally hear them. Up north in the UP, porcupines are pests and are shot on sight too. Although still rare up there, I always carry something in a hefty caliber when I'm out because wolves and bears are starting to reappear. I learned that lesson when in TX I kicked up a mountain lion while bird hunting, when I saw that and realized I only had birdshot, I was a little nervous. Luckily he wasn't interested in me or the dogs.

You need some of your own medicine.