I have snared several hundred coons, bobcats, foxes, skunks, possums, armadillos, porcupines, and coyotes. Never one single deer.

Everything in that link is geared toward protecting all wildlife. Predators included.

Sorry, as an ex govt hunter, I ain't buying it. I have seen too much, and learned too much to buy into this stuff. Reality of wildlife management seldom meets expectations of political agenda.

Keep trying though.

well, don't shoot the occasional one shoot all of them. that's how you decrease the population.
A small ranch by my house is seeing a really low fawn population. I will start predator control as soon as deer season is over. Take out 20-30 coyotes in a year and watch how the fawn population increases.

You do you man. I'll trust the research of Scott Henke at CKWRI and Bob Zaiglan.

It's laughable that you think you "shoot all of them". Google "coyote compensatory reproduction" and more importantly "compensatory immigration". The science is quite clear on the matter and has been for decades.

Looks like a good night to go kill some coyotes. Moon should be just about right for it.

Finally, some science even I can understand

Rather shoot a coyote than a deer any day.

Yeah, you don’t need a bunch of studies when you’re out here with them every day.

Flat earthers it seems. Galileo was about 400+ years prior.

Y'all keep at it lads. Happy hunting.

Wrong spots, and setting to high, or to big of a loop if your getting deer.

Seem to be lots of coyotes on my place this year, despite having an awesome fawn recruitment. And since the freeze, I haven't seen 10 hogs. Still, I've killed two yotes in as many days and will continue to do so. My place has a rule that hogs and yotes are shot on sight, even during a deer hunt.

Had a very aspirational but young 8-point at the feeder last night when a very mature (pretty coat too) yote came in from the opposite direction. Naturally, I shot the yote and the buck just stood there for about 5 minutes and then went back to gobbling up corn. Kill the yotes, your deer will thank you.

it’s laughable that you believe some dog sits on a hill and when other dogs don’t bark back it’s ovaries magically crank out more eggs.

That is why you don't stop hunting them. It is a year-round effort. We heli-hunt 3-4 times a year and over bait and call and target of opportunities year around.

You know, it is alright to read things and call on them.

You know, you are lied to every day by someone.

What Ricky said.

Go find a coyote in Val Verde County. The sheep ranchers down there are relentless in their efforts to eradicate them. It works. That country, with all the game and sheep, should be full of coyotes. It’s not. I hunted down there for several years and never saw one, a track, or even heard one.

Got another 1 this morning. Makes 7 this month just while deer hunting. Big old dog

Awesome, if snares aren't working, the rifle will

I will keep doing my part and shoot all the yotes I see.

Yeah, I’ll take actual observation and experience over an internet education all day.

I like to hunt and shoot coyotes because I like to hunt and shoot coyotes. I am not interested in running a full time trapping program nor do I see the need on my ranch. Their populations, as well as any predator or prey in natural settings, are directly dependent on the amount of forage available to them. Short term forage surplus or deficit in either predator or prey will affect the other end of that relationship. The years I have plenty of forage are the years I have plenty of deer and will thus have plenty of coyotes. The opposite is also true.

Will aggressively culling coyotes alleviate short term pressure on deer? Yes. Will that in turn put more pressure on the deer's forage base, especially in drought years? Yes. Does a limited natural forage base negatively impact deer numbers and deer health? Yes.

My goal is to maintain a stable forage base to support a carrying capacity in line with that forage and to use supplemental feed to fill gaps in that forage base. Filling those gaps allows me to be slightly more selective in terms of which deer make up the herd. However, the more deer I have over carrying capacity, the more forage gaps there are to fill, the more $$$ I have to spend on supplemental feed, and the more time I have to spend bringing deer #s back in line. For that goal, coyotes, lions, or any other predator operate in the same role as I do which is to eliminate excess mouths on the landscape. They don't have the same discretion as I do which entails some risk when it comes to the bucks I am trying to get to the next age class. But those bucks could also get hit by cars, shot by other hunters, or die a million other ways. If I removed every coyote to ever set foot on the ranch, I would have to spend just as much time shooting additional excess deer on the landscape. If I was running a commercial operation and every inch of antler put more dollars in my pocket, maybe that would be worth it. But that added expense and time isn't justified at the moment.

Does that mean I am passing on coyotes when they come by? Absolutely not, I like to hunt and shoot coyotes.

Those efforts of varmint control are on another planet compared to the typical TX coyote hunter/caller/spotlighter/incidental shooter. Not even close. Their lives literally depend(ed) on it.

Besides, are "efforts to eradicate them" - coyotes - of ANY benefit to white-tailed deer in areas that are overpopulated? With 4k of neighboring Hill Country acreage *unhunted* (my situation), would the magic killing of every or any coyote do me or the WT deer population any good? F no.

What would limit their population? Remember, this acreage is unhunted.

This is an insanely reasonable response. Short term gain? Yeah, a bit sure. Love to hunt coyotes? Heck yeah, man get in there. It's fun as hell. Does carrying capacity matter? You betcha. Does the recreational killing of coyotes really matter long term (not explicitly stated but implied)? Not really.