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  • strapped

    Active Member
    Aug 27, 2012
    899
    Carroll County
    I have a coyote visiting my property nightly. What is the deal with these things? Do I want to keep it around or does it need a .223? What are the regs? I searched and don't see any recent threads on this topic!
     

    CrazySanMan

    2013'er
    Mar 4, 2013
    11,390
    Colorful Colorado
    If you have trouble with mice or rabbits keep them around.

    If you have a hunting license and a fur bearer stamp you can hunt them year round, no bag limit, no camo requirements, no weapon limitations.
     

    snake-eye

    Active Member
    Jan 27, 2015
    167
    MD
    I won't tell you what to do at your property, but if I see one at my place I'll put it down. They will kill household pets and attack livestock.
     

    Pale Ryder

    Ultimate Member
    Jan 12, 2009
    6,235
    Millersville
    I won't tell you what to do at your property, but if I see one at my place I'll put it down. They will kill household pets and attack livestock.

    This.

    If you don't want to do it yourself, plenty of people here or over at Predator Hunters of Maryland on FB would be happy to help.
     

    E.Shell

    Ultimate Member
    Feb 5, 2007
    10,247
    Mid-Merlind
    If you have trouble with mice or rabbits keep them around.

    If you have a hunting license and a fur bearer stamp you can hunt them year round, no bag limit, no camo requirements, no weapon limitations.
    This^^^

    They are technically "unprotected", but a license is required unless you are preventing damage to pets/livestock. I know a furbearer permit is required to trap them, but not sure about just shooting them.
     

    EODJoe

    Sic Semper Tyrannis
    Jan 15, 2013
    285
    Carroll County
    I'm on the north end of Carroll County and have had coyote sightings in the neighborhood the past few weeks. I have two large (65 and 100 lbs) dogs that have a large fenced run in my backyard. I can always tell if there is one nearby by how they act when I let them back in the house. If I ever see the coyote I'll take it. My dogs don't care for it at all.
     

    scout6

    Active Member
    Sep 28, 2016
    599
    Ceciltucky
    There is this if it is causing issues.

    DNR has contracted with the USDA Wildlife Services to establish a public access nuisance animal hotline. Wildlife Service specialists are available to provide technical guidance or facilitate contacts with professional Nuisance Wildlife Cooperators. Individuals that are experiencing problems with coyotes or other wildlife species are encouraged to call (877) 463-6497.



    …...Or you can go out and test your alpha predator skills....

    https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...th-after-animal-attacks-his-child/4528502002/

    The one in the story had rabies and bit a few people. …...Not actually recommending doing it that way ;)
     

    onedash

    Ultimate Member
    Feb 24, 2016
    1,026
    Calvert County
    Kill it. Although I haven't spotted any on my cams yet I have recently read that you do not want to kill either of a mated pair. It will cause a population explosion. How you know if they are a mating pair, I do not know.
     

    Speed3

    Ultimate Member
    Aug 19, 2011
    7,816
    MD
    Kill it. Although I haven't spotted any on my cams yet I have recently read that you do not want to kill either of a mated pair. It will cause a population explosion. How you know if they are a mating pair, I do not know.

    Once the spouse is killed the other screws everything it can? LOL just like humans I guess.
     

    GSuders

    Active Member
    Dec 13, 2017
    148
    Keymar
    I have a coyote visiting my property nightly. What is the deal with these things? Do I want to keep it around or does it need a .223? What are the regs? I searched and don't see any recent threads on this topic!

    Best to feed it some lead.
     

    KIBarrister

    Opinionated Libertarian
    MDS Supporter
    Apr 10, 2013
    3,923
    Kent Island/Centreville
    Kill it. With extreme prejudice. I'm actually planning a night hunt on the farm I hunt deer on in Carroll County as soon as Bambi season is officially over. When I was up there after a snow fall a few weeks back in January rifle the sheer volume of coyote prints was staggering. I *think* I spotted their borough just on the other side of the property line so I know exactly where to set up... Coyotes are the wasps of the four legged worlds; instead of c*nt with wings, it is c*nt with legs.
     

    MigraineMan

    Ultimate Member
    Jun 9, 2011
    19,109
    Frederick County
    I contacted DNR (at the phone number next to the Trash Panda photo) and obtained a Landowner Permit to Control Nuisance Wildlife. It's free, but only lasts 60 days. We had foxes and raccoons killing our chickens, so there was a demonstrable reason (they will ask.) Received a nifty PDF file suitable for framing within a day of calling.
     

    plinkerton

    Ultimate Member
    Dec 30, 2012
    1,441
    Abingdon
    This^^^

    They are technically "unprotected", but a license is required unless you are preventing damage to pets/livestock. I know a furbearer permit is required to trap them, but not sure about just shooting them.

    Shooting them requires the furbearer stamp
     

    SavageShooter

    Active Member
    Jan 10, 2014
    644
    Arbutus, MD
    I'm a predator hunter in MD & PA. Coyotes are trouble bad news they will kill your pets, young livestock, deer especially fawns, just about all wild game animals turkey, squirrel, ground hog, etc. They will also kill fox. In both MD & PA you need a hunting license plus a fur takers tag additional cost with license. My advice terminate them!
     

    lazarus

    Ultimate Member
    Jun 23, 2015
    13,680
    I contacted DNR (at the phone number next to the Trash Panda photo) and obtained a Landowner Permit to Control Nuisance Wildlife. It's free, but only lasts 60 days. We had foxes and raccoons killing our chickens, so there was a demonstrable reason (they will ask.) Received a nifty PDF file suitable for framing within a day of calling.

    I’d imagine having the permit is good, but from I’ve seen, heard and read, that permit is only needed if trapping and killing them. If they are an active threat, they can still be killed out of season. They just can’t be trapped first.

    IE you could shoot the raccoon that’s getting in to your chicken coop. You just can’t set a trap for it out of season, even if it’s getting in to your coop. Or at least you can’t trap it and kill it (and you can’t legally relocate it if it’s a rabies vector species).

    The law says imminent threat to life or property.
     

    Bikebreath

    R.I.P.
    MDS Supporter
    Jun 30, 2009
    14,836
    in the bowels of Baltimore
    They're in the city. Read last week on NextDoor that one was spotted west of the 3500 block of Greenmount Ave.

    your post count 556 there you go

    Hahaha, saw that and got a screen capture.
     

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    MigraineMan

    Ultimate Member
    Jun 9, 2011
    19,109
    Frederick County
    I’d imagine having the permit is good, but from I’ve seen, heard and read, that permit is only needed if trapping and killing them. If they are an active threat, they can still be killed out of season. They just can’t be trapped first.

    IE you could shoot the raccoon that’s getting in to your chicken coop. You just can’t set a trap for it out of season, even if it’s getting in to your coop. Or at least you can’t trap it and kill it (and you can’t legally relocate it if it’s a rabies vector species).

    The law says imminent threat to life or property.

    We put out traps, and I obtained the permit in the event that my asshat neighbor let his dogs roam the neighborhood again. If they ended up in my trap, I would have called Animal Control and presented them with the permit.

    We were successful in trapping foxes and possums. Details are in the "my wife is into chicks" thread. No joy on the raccoons.

    Amusingly, the USDA officer I spoke to (MD DNR subs this function out to a federal agency ... go figure) was more that enthusiastic that I would be shooting the trapped critter. I told him that we were intent on terminating the animal, not relocating it. "So, you're going to shoot it?" Yeah, not answering that in the affirmative. I assured him that we would humanely put the fox or raccoon down, in an unspecified manner.

    Spoke a bit about the 60-day expiry, considering that the fox and raccoon (and coyote) threat to my livestock is persistent. Weeelll, they just want people to be paying attention, and not considering it to be a "do whatever you want, whenever you want" permit. So it's a "do whatever you want for the next 60 days" permit. Got it.

    At least they don't charge me a fee to protect my animals.
     

    AlBeight

    Member
    MDS Supporter
    Mar 30, 2017
    4,384
    Hampstead
    This^^^

    They are technically "unprotected", but a license is required unless you are preventing damage to pets/livestock. I know a furbearer permit is required to trap them, but not sure about just shooting them.
    Furbearer permit is just that. To “bear” or “possess” the carcass (possibly only the “fur”??) of any species designated as a “furbearer” you need to have a furbearer permit. Whether you shoot it, trap it, find it as roadkill, or it drops dead of old age in front of you, you cannot possess the animal unless you have a furbearer permit.
     

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