Odd trophies for sure. I can’t speak to the laws from 81 years back, but today, the coyote is actually a predator to the fox and threatens red fox populations. One of the reasons there is no coyote season (and you can hunt them year round in some states) is because of declining wolf populations (although still endangered, I think wolves are back on the rise in the Yellowstone park due to reintroduction). But yea when the wolf population declined, the coyote population boomed. And honestly, the coyote is a threat to everything under 50lbs (like pets) and since they are essentially unchecked by any larger predators, their populations continue to grow. So essentially, because we hunted the wolf to endangered levels, rednecks near and far are called upon to solve the coyote problem....... that we created.
No clue about that raccoon. Maybe it was in his trash.
Odd trophies for sure. I can’t speak to the laws from 81 years back, but today, the coyote is actually a predator to the fox and threatens red fox populations. One of the reasons there is no coyote season (and you can hunt them year round in some states) is because of declining wolf populations (although still endangered, I think wolves are back on the rise in the Yellowstone park due to reintroduction). But yea when the wolf population declined, the coyote population boomed. And honestly, the coyote is a threat to everything under 50lbs (like pets) and since they are essentially unchecked by any larger predators, their populations continue to grow. So essentially, because we hunted the wolf to endangered levels, rednecks near and far are called upon to solve the coyote problem....... that we created.
No clue about that raccoon. Maybe it was in his trash.
I was hoping you'd chime in. Did not realize all of this about the balance between wolves and coyotes!