My son-in-law killed a rattlesnake in south west central IA a couple of years ago. He's got the skin and rattles still.
I killed a rattler in 1973 in northwest Missouri. Took him to town to show off.
I remember there being a bounty on coyotes in Missouri back in the '60's. They wanted the ears as proof of kill.
Yup, the MO bounties dropped from $50 down to $15 for a pair of ears. Dad and his hunting partner paid for a lot of gas and dog food with that bounty money.It also paid for a lot of .243 ammo.
Then hides got pricey in the late '70s and they dropped the bounty down to $5, so they had more work skinning them than it was really worth to maintain the hounds, etc. CB radios added to the decline (too many people horning in on Dad and Dale's dogs and sniping the coyotes out in front of them, the scumbags).
It sure was a helluva lot of fun for us kids, though, and we learned a lot about coyotes and their behaviors.
