[hiredhand]

Don't believe what you (might) read about Coyotes being timid, and non-confrontational. We raise goats in central NC, and have a problem with these critters now. We don't know anybody personally who has been attacked, but we do know people who have suffered livestock losses on account of them.

We had a problem with feral dogs and cats to...from people turning them out. But we "cleaned" up that particular problem. Coyotes are a little harder to get close to.

I think we'd all be amazed if we knew just how many Coyotes got "popped" without so much as a phone call to the locate Fish and Game office.

I don't know many people who tell anybody when they've killed a varmint. It's not worth saying much about really.

It's a lot like finding a fox within 300 yards of your chicken house. Even if you haven't lost chickens to him yet, he's not there just because he likes that particular portion of your landscape. He's there for the same reason Coyotes are. FOOD.

[nuconvert]

I understand.
And if Maine wanted a hunting season like deer and handled it the same way, fine.

[It's me]

A month before Thanksgiving, My daughter came in from feeding the turkeys and chickens (or attempting to anyway) and nearly shouted, "Well! We are going to have to buy our turkeys this year!"

A coyote got our two turkeys. Boy, they were going to be good this year, too. Getting nice and large for the big day.

A week later he got the rest of the 8 chickens.