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Hey Jeff,
Do you ever remember that place just south of Rocksprings with all the fish heads on the fence?
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If you live in an orchard we're on the same team. Coyotes and me.
See deer all over all the time. Can't kill enough of them.
Same with squirrels.........knock down 5 peaches and carry away one.
And that is just when you cruise thru. Yep....everyone has their own thoughts about killing different critters but it usually boils down to "whatever's good for them" not the wildlife population.... Funny story and a good example of that....several of the big wheat growers around here believe that Coyotes keep the Vole population down so they have big signs up telling you that Coyote hunting/shooting is prohibited. Fine it's their land and they can feel anyway they want right or wrong but one day when I was traveling down a road that bordered one of those fields but it had a big canyon on the other side that wasn't posted I saw a nice prime Coyote in there so I stopped and shot it. While I was retrieving it some lady came roaring up and started shouting at me about shooting "her Coyotes". I said no mam, I shot my Coyote. Yours are over there in that wheat stubble. She said a bunch of other stuff but I won't repeat it.  I ran one orchard where we had standard trees 18-22" diameter. We figured up to 5 bushels per tree from deer. Couple of thousand trees......... During the year sitting in a stand just watching deer 50 a night was the norm. Destroy new trees too. Lose 1/2 a planting and your views change.
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Destroy new trees too. Lose 1/2 a planting and your views change. Like I said, people "views change" regarding wildlife depending on "their" needs. It's human nature, nothing more. Are Deer fences not cost effective?
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There are very few exceptions whether a coyote will get a pass. To name a couple: If I am rattling in a known big buck wheelhouse. On stand and drivers moving towards me. I have had deer show up soon after I shot a coyote. In this particular case two coyotes were trotting down a deer trail, shot the lead yote, the second one wheeled about and headed from whence it came, jacked another round in my 99-A and just as I got the scope on it I noticed a buck standing in the trail just ahead of it. ![[Linked Image]](http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt260/jackpine44/buckandcoyote_zpsaoxklv5v.jpg)
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If you live in an orchard we're on the same team. Coyotes and me.
See deer all over all the time. Can't kill enough of them.
Same with squirrels.........knock down 5 peaches and carry away one.
And that is just when you cruise thru. Yep....everyone has their own thoughts about killing different critters but it usually boils down to "whatever's good for them" not the wildlife population.... Funny story and a good example of that....several of the big wheat growers around here believe that Coyotes keep the Vole population down so they have big signs up telling you that Coyote hunting/shooting is prohibited. Fine it's their land and they can feel anyway they want right or wrong but one day when I was traveling down a road that bordered one of those fields but it had a big canyon on the other side that wasn't posted I saw a nice prime Coyote in there so I stopped and shot it. While I was retrieving it some lady came roaring up and started shouting at me about shooting "her Coyotes". I said no mam, I shot my Coyote. Yours are over there in that wheat stubble. She said a bunch of other stuff but I won't repeat it. Hooooooly Cow, that's funny. She's all yours now, Ma'am. TFF
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Destroy new trees too. Lose 1/2 a planting and your views change. Like I said, people "views change" regarding wildlife depending on "their" needs. It's human nature, nothing more. Are Deer fences not cost effective? They are pricey. And a lot of gates. Semi effective. I was in special weapons ......two 9' fences with a High Voltage 8' between them. Chase the deer out........they were soon back in. Couldn't believe it. Some places have dogs with invisible fence. Chase deer to their hearts content. In Missouri with friends with cattle.........it was different. Like you said........as one needs.
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Gottcha....
I must be lucky, I'm covered up with Deer on my place but I keep em out of my vegetable garden with t-posts and 6' field fencing. Have to run 2' of Chicken wire around the bottom too (the Rabbits are relentless) but it's just a small vegetable garden so no big deal.
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Coyotes get a pass when I'm hunting deer. However when I'm hunting coyotes, coyotes get shot, as do bobcats.
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Gottcha....
I must be lucky, I'm covered up with Deer on my place but I keep em out of my vegetable garden with t-posts and 6' field fencing. Have to run 2' of Chicken wire around the bottom too (the Rabbits are relentless) but it's just a small vegetable garden so no big deal.
Yeah. I kept critters out of my garden with 2 strand of electric. One hi one low. Peanut butter wrapped in aluminum foil on both. Yes.......I watched. Lol
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i don't bother with coyotes, leave them alone... now a wolf different story
Then STFU. The rest of your statement is superflous bullshit with no real bearing on this discussion other than to massage your own ego. Suckin' on my titties like you wanted me.
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It was a crispy cold morning just at daylight and I had been calling turkeys. Birds stopped singing and it got way too quiet. I got that creepy feeling that somebody was watching me. I looked around where I sat and for a while I saw nothing. Then I saw a shiny spot about 50 feet away behind some brush. As I looked more intently the hair on the back of my head stood up recognizing that it was a coyote, and it was watching me. A turkey load of #6 face on at 50 feet....
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Hey Jeff,
Do you ever remember that place just south of Rocksprings with all the fish heads on the fence? Lots of yellow cat fishermen hung their big flatheads on fences. Kinda like some deer hunters do with big bucks on the wall or big racks. Many years ago a lot of guys would hang a big bass head to dry with a stick propping its mouth open. On really big ones some would spray it with clear laquer after it dried to help preserve it and hang it on a wall or in the garage. I guess it was a nice reminder of a good successful day. Not too PC now days it seems. When I was a kid a place near Groveton always seemed to have a few big red wolves hanging on the fence. Man did i ever dream about getting one of them. Years later I did.
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If you live in an orchard we're on the same team. Coyotes and me.
See deer all over all the time. Can't kill enough of them.
Same with squirrels.........knock down 5 peaches and carry away one.
And that is just when you cruise thru. Yep....everyone has their own thoughts about killing different critters but it usually boils down to "whatever's good for them" not the wildlife population.... Funny story and a good example of that....several of the big wheat growers around here believe that Coyotes keep the Vole population down so they have big signs up telling you that Coyote hunting/shooting is prohibited. Fine it's their land and they can feel anyway they want right or wrong but one day when I was traveling down a road that bordered one of those fields but it had a big canyon on the other side that wasn't posted I saw a nice prime Coyote in there so I stopped and shot it. While I was retrieving it some lady came roaring up and started shouting at me about shooting "her Coyotes". I said no mam, I shot my Coyote. Yours are over there in that wheat stubble. She said a bunch of other stuff but I won't repeat it. Hooooooly Cow, that's funny. She's all yours now, Ma'am. TFF Ha, ha, ha. "You want to pet it?"
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The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the left.
A Nation which leaves God behind is soon left behind.
"The Lord never asked anyone to be a tax collector, lowyer, or Redskins fan".
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Wile E. Coyote never get a pass. ![[Linked Image]](http://i1218.photobucket.com/albums/dd411/crowrifle/IMG_0030_zpswokqbapw.jpg)
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Coyote first and the deer second
A Doe walks out of the woods today and says, that is the last time I'm going to do that for Two Bucks.
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Hey Jeff,
Do you ever remember that place just south of Rocksprings with all the fish heads on the fence? You know, I had not thought of that, it used to be real common locally, but its bringing memories back, I do believe I have seen that place out south of Rocksprings. Locally used to circle Lake Somerville and catfish heads were the norm on fence posts.
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
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Yeah, they were all big cat heads.
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If there's a gun in my hand I'm hunting coyotes. If a good deer happens by I might shoot it.
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I have like to watch them and have never shot one.
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Lots of research has proven that the more coyotes you kill, the more offspring they make, and they make them a lot faster than you can kill them.
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