A Case For Coyotes
“Why do you do it? Since you don’t eat them, why do you hunt coyotes?” I have been asked this question more times than I care to recall. There once was a time when the answer was easy and simple: to control their population and to save game animals. However, some recent studies indicate that hunting coyotes has little effect in either regard. Some biologists contend that killing a few coyotes allows the prey base to expand with the remaining coyotes biologically adapting and having larger litters in subsequent years. Essentially, not only replacing the coyotes shot, but also adding more to the region. I don’t know if I completely buy the theory on a large scale, but then again, I don’t know if I completely discount it, either. In any case…
