[Cap'n Jack Duggins]

NO!
You keep beating the drum, how many hours have you logged this winter?
How many coyotes have you trapped or hunted this season?

Once Augusta gets your money they don't ever want to give it up and you can bet it will be diverted.!

 

[Cap'n Jack Duggins]

Nothing personal, just razzin' a county boy!
My comments were more about making a point than an attack on your motives. We all find the time or make the time to go deer hunting in the fall but what do we actually do to improve our hunting experience?

Somehow, between work, kids, TV, and social crap we just can't seem to motivate ourselves to get out the and doo something....ANYTHING!

Find a farmer with a wet spot he can't hay and ask him if you can adopt that portion for a food plot!
Plant a "garden" on your own land.
Get a group together and put on a contest.
Put a deer feeder within sight of your home and kill coyotes when they come in for the deer.


What I am trying to say is why should we depend on State government to do for us when we won't "DO" for ourselves?
It is said only 10% of the population so how can we expect the 90& (10% non-hunters) to pay to enhance OUR hunting?

For myself, if the so-called leaders of this state decide feeding deer is not legal, I'll just plant a surplus garden!

It is just my opinion that if we want something, WE should do something for ourselves, not ask the general population to make it happen.

 

[Cap'n Jack Duggins]

But AB, the good Lord made the coyote, (he made women & gave her a mouth, but we'll talk about that later!) that doesn't mean he messed up. Even without a biology degree I know there is a purpose for them just like the wolf and the mountain lion.

I have seen the "carnage" on leaves and on snow, year after year but I rarely see a sick or wounded deer. Coyotes are only one preditor on a deer heard but they are also the most visable.

Everything lives and dies in cycles and perhaps you (and some others) have noticed the downslope. Without extensive studies it would be difficult to know for sure.
But, your moose population is up so that could mean the habitat is better suited to them at this time.

The coyote aint the devil, just one piece of the equasion!