Posted on 02/05/2006 3:22:11 PM PST by SJackson
You remember those times also, I see. We even had a bounty on cougars, bobcats and CROWS ! I think the crows were $0.15 each. I can't remember, was it $25 or $50 per mountain lion?
Nam Vet
San bernardino County had a 5 cent bounty on blue jays and I used to shoot them with a .22 for target practice and the bounty paid for the amunition!
" can't remember, was it $25 or $50 per mountain lion?"
In the mid 50s a kid I went to college with paid his way through school shooting mountain lion. He would go to No. Calif. every Friday with his dogs and horse and almost always got one and sometimes 2. The bounty then was $90 for a male and $110 for a female.
If I remember right the bounty on coyotes was $5 and $15 for bobcats.
Might add that was a lot of money back then, gas was 15 cents a gallon and $1,500 would buy you a new car.
Nam Vet
Nam Vet
Varmint Al is a long time freeper if you didn't know.
Passaic, Sussex, Bergen and Rockland(NY) counties have pretty large numbers of coyotes. I've seen a few within 9 miles of the Hudson River on the NJ side. The coyotes aren't much of a problem though, outside of small pet snatching. People are more concerned that some of the wild dogs that live near those ridges in Passaic and Bergen counties will breed with the coyotes and start a 50/50 hybrid coydog population. It's also not out of the question that the wild dogs aren't eating some of those missing pets.
I haven't seen a red fox in several years though. I think they've been eradicated by development and the coyotes.
Naah, you were there first. Coyotes don't live 20 years especially if you put some lead to them. When you go out, don't just take your gun, use it. Yorkies, cats and other small animals are delicacies for coyote.
Stop. Don't run. Stand still,
But the rest should read: "Take careful aim, midway in the rib cage is usually effective. Squeeze the trigger with increasing force, don't jerk it. Cycle the action/reload, and repeat as necessary. "
Those calves are the cowman's means of making a living. Start losing a 'few' to anything, and there will be action taken to stop the loss.
Several years ago, the wife of a local judge was out walking her small dog at the park, unleashed. A very large bird, possibly an owl or hawk made a pass at her dog. I don't recall if the bird was successful or not. While hunting, I've been surprised by the speed and stealth of owls and hawks that seem to come out of nowhere and snatch the slower squirrels.
About a year ago, in Marquette, MI, a teenaged boy was walking home after his four-wheeler quit on him. Coyotes began stalking him. One was bold enough to get close enough for him to whack it with his helmet.
While in his stand during late bow season, my brother-in-law observed a red fox climb a blow-down that had hun up in other trees. Whitetails were in the area. The fox waited until a deer walked below him, jumped onto the deer's back and began to bite at the base of the deer's neck. The deer shook him off and ran off.
Thanks!
I have had a pair of coyotes living next to me here in Chappaqua for several years.. I abut a large wetland property. I see them about once month, usually in the early morning...I've named them Bill & Hillary....BTW..they do well here because of the exploding deer population..
Heard the eco-terrorist Dave Foreman preach at a local university several years ago. Foreman told the audience about introducing black-footed ferrets into an area. He said with a smile that peoples cats were disappearing from that area at an high rate, alarming to pet owners, but obviously pleasing to Foreman.
You are describing the cycle of life, animals doing what they were born to do. Keeping the rodent population down, thinning herds, picking off the weak ones.
Much ado. I had lots of coyotes running all over my land when I lived in NW Connecticut. They're a danger to pets and live stock, but they're pretty cowardly when it comes to people. My neighbors have been in that area for as many as 40 years, and no one (that I've talked with) has ever heard of a human being being attacked. Chickens and cats, yes, but not people.
check out #72
Contrary to the beliefs of the erudite thinkers of the left, most hunters aren't just in the sport to kill things randomly or the NJ season for coyote would do just fine. In fact, there are very few people who participate relative to Deer and Turkey which you can eat, or Bear which has a good hide.
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