Coyotes during deer season

[Adam in WI]

What's your sop for coyote encounters during gun deer season?

 

[Loudenboomer]

Kill every one of those fawn eating contraptions you see or you won't be hunting on my land long.
A suppressor keeps the racket down a little. Doesn't seem to bother the hunting much. The deer grow semi accustomed to the neighbors shooting.

 

[Pyscodog]

When its deer season and a coyote comes in, it turns into coyote season.

 

[markT]

Rather kill a coyote than a deer any day. They just don’t taste as good.

 

[areaone]

Illegal to kill a coyote or fox during gun season for deer in Illinois. Ask me how I know.

 

[JohnD]

“Illegal to kill a coyote or fox during gun season for deer in Illinois. Ask me how I know.”

Kill em and leave em lay
John

 

[FryeGuy]

Hell I shot 3x with a 300wm and my son 2x at a few coyotes sat morning. Deer in nearby fields were still there when we stopped shooting. Using suppressor but they are still a little noisy. I didn’t hesitate shooting at them. Still saw a buck 20min later

 

[Adam in WI]

Kill em and leave em lay
John

You: those coyotes were dead when I got here, warden...

Warden: sir, they're still steaming

You: well, you know, climate change and whatnot; they don't cool down so quick...

Warden (thinking): dudes fulla shit, whaddya do though; can't question climate change that'd be racist...

Warden (speaks): alright sir, well try not to let anymore cool off today

 

[Toddmack]

Your deer hunt just turned into a coyote hunt.

 

[SSL]

Illegal to kill a coyote or fox during gun season for deer in Illinois. Ask me how I know.

Actually, it is legal to kill coyotes during deer season in Illinois if the hunter has unfilled deer tags and using a firearm legal for deer.
Deer hunters with an unfilled firearm deer permit may hunt coyotes during the first and second firearm deer seasons, but must wear a cap and 400 square inches of solid blaze orange or solid blaze pink outer clothing when hunting.

 

[Ranger188]

This ^^. You can't be in the woods legally hunting FOR coyotes during the 2 deer seasons. (AR15 or such)
Even though the IL. DNR hates coyotes, they want them dead too.

 

[markT]

Actually, it is legal to kill coyotes during deer season in Illinois if the hunter has unfilled deer tags and using a firearm legal for deer.
Deer hunters with an unfilled firearm deer permit may hunt coyotes during the first and second firearm deer seasons, but must wear a cap and 400 square inches of solid blaze orange or solid blaze pink outer clothing when hunting.

Gotta have a deer tag to be able to shoot a coyote. Makes sense to me.
Who writes these laws?
Did see where IL was number 1 or 2 in BC deer.

 

[JFrank]

Coyote and wolves are a target of opportunity" approach with extreme prejudice.

 

[SSL]

Gotta have a deer tag to be able to shoot a coyote. Makes sense to me.
Who writes these laws?
Did see where IL was number 1 or 2 in BC deer.

Coyotes are open game most all year with just a normal hunting license. I was referring to the fact that it once was illegal to shoot them during deer seasons. Now, they can be hunted during the deer seasons, but only if you have deer tags. Since rifles are legal for coyotes in Illinois, too many people were cheating and using them for deer too. Deer hunters used to complain about coyote hunters ruining their limited deer seasons by tromping through deer areas after coyotes and scaring off deer, too.

 

[OmegaRed]

Don't do it. Might scare the deer.

 

[nockhunter]

Opening day morning a "yote" might get a pass, but probably not.

Mike

 

[Bojo]

When deer hunting and a coyote opportunity presents itself the only way that coyote would not be dead is the fact that
1. There was zero shot opening.
2. I ran out of bullets in the gun trying to kill it.

I seen one 2 weeks ago while trying to shoot some squirrel. Seen it one time , about 125 yds in the woods realized it was a yote. Then spent the next 30 minutes looking to see if was watching me as I was wearing my required PA pumpkin suit.

 

[10XSHOOTER]

I hate to use a Nosler .30 cal 165 Accubond on a yote from the Deer stand. But it's fun to watch the Deer come up and smell it If you let it lay where it dropped.

 

[Bill K]

gut shoot then and let them wander off and die elsewhere, than were you are.

 

[Majday]

It’s hard to shoot at a coyote with a muzzleloader. Suppressors don’t help with that one. Can be hard in open country as it is. save the shot and go after in winter months with a rifle when hides are better anyways.