Getting Rid of Coyotes

[DuneHopper]

You guys need to enjoy life a little more and quit your quacking.

@bbbass i hope you can get out soon and all is well with your affairs, everyone knows you deserve it.

Idk what's stopping @DuneHopper...

The reality is I have to do the job, most only talk about and I have to get my hands dirty and do the dirty work.
Nothing is stopping me, but it sure as heck stops most ,

 

[Sandaholic]

You lost me at 4.5 grand...

I figured I still want some thermal scope action though. I'm a ways out on the purchase

 

[P7M13]

Apparently we aren't the only ones clacking away on keyboreds this afternoon.
Are you saying I should have my affairs in order???

If'n your standing near the yotes when I start shooting. Yeah.....

 

[bbbass]

Oh, try to be at least a little bit discriminating eh?

 

[P7M13]

Oh, try to be at least a little bit discriminating eh?

Careful, them's fightin' words...

 

[clearconscience]

I would say some old meat and a predator call, spend a couple nights out there. You could probably thin the heard.

Good luck man, I'm sorry your family has to deal with that.

 

[RangerEric]

Lots of live traps available to add to your efforts. No harm in going at them several ways. Available at Ace Hardware, supposedly Walmart yah sure. Amazon has them. We have them at our local D&B Supply. I have trapped lots of critters. BTW, I wouldn't like those yotes eating small farm stock like ducks and chickens, but clearing out feral cats would be something I'd like to see. Of course, many rural folks say they need mousers around. Bah, I'd rather trap the mice (edit: and save the pheasants from rogue felines).

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I've wondered about these too, what size do you guys think is needed to be big enough that a coyote would actually crawl in there after a tasty treat?

 

[clearconscience]

Where are you located?
I have a trap you can borrow? To be honest I would just gice it to you. Its still new in the box.

It would fit a small yote.

 

[Flymph]

I figured I still want some thermal scope action though. I'm a ways out on the purchase

I thought there were cheaper setups for that... oh well if not!

 

[Sandaholic]

I thought there were cheaper setups for that... oh well if not!

There are, but from my searching around the cheaper ones (half this cost) are just kinda okay. Where one in this price range blows you away with it's performance. At least that's what I've read.

 

[RangerEric]

Where are you located?
I have a trap you can borrow? To be honest I would just gice it to you. Its still new in the box.

It would fit a small yote.

I'll PM ya!

 

[Flymph]

There are, but from my searching around the cheaper ones (half this cost) are just kinda okay. Where one in this price range blows you away with it's performance. At least that's what I've read.

We should start a gofund me... help stray cats in their struggle against coyotes, goal of 10k.

I get one too because it was my idea...

 

[RangerEric]

They're in my backyard right now.......

 

[Flymph]

They're in my backyard right now.......

You know what you needto do!
Run them out of there!

 

[RangerEric]

Surely did. But they were moving through the field, by the time I got out there they were on the other end of things. But if a few upstanding coyote jihadis had been set up on the edge of the field with NV just now........

 

[Flymph]

Sounds like they're on their way, just hold tight for a few more days and you'll get some reinforcements.

 

[RangerEric]

Hope so! These F-ers need to get a serious case of lead poisoning ASAP.

 

[Sandaholic]

We should start a gofund me... help stray cats in their struggle against coyotes, goal of 10k.

I get one too because it was my idea...

I like where your heads at! Just need to get a Democrat voters list and you probably have a 50/50 chance of reaching a crazy Christine Ford.....err I mean cat lady. This could work

Been researching more this morning. I want a Trijicon Thermal now.

Trijicon® Electro Optics | REAP-IR Mini Thermal Scope
or
Trijicon® Electro Optics | SNIPE-IR Thermal Clip On Scope

Operation 'save the kitties' has commenced

I will also run a parallel operation entitled 'save the pennies', just in case.

 

[Sandaholic]

FLIR ThermoSight PRO PTS233 $2200

These are getting decent reviews. Looks like they are pretty good out to 100 yards conservatively. Some reports of 200 plus.

 

[bbbass]

I've wondered about these too, what size do you guys think is needed to be big enough that a coyote would actually crawl in there after a tasty treat?

XXL: I saw one with an 18x16 opening but that may be a bit too small. There was another with a 26" opening and that's probably better. But they are both expensive.