I have predator hunted a lot and taken several coyotes. No doubt that coon, skunks, opossum, coyotes and Bobcats buts a hurtin on the small game population and they are all legal to harvest with the correct licenses and permits. That being said, I can drive home from work and count 10-20 Chicken hawks on tree limbs, power poles and what not. I wont why we cant take a few out of the heard a year? They have several advantages over the mammals that hunt from the ground? They seem to be over abundance of them. 🤷🏼‍♂️