anybody know a good place to go coyote hunting in MD?

anybody know a good place to go coyote hunting in MD?

PM MJ, her pool has been attracting some recently :lmao:

PM MJ, her pool has been attracting some recently :lmao:

Elms Beach or Point Lookout Park on the weekends...
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anybody know a good place to go coyote hunting in MD?

Why?

Elms Beach or Point Lookout Park on the weekends...
:killingme

are there a lot of people at point lookout park? hunters i mean

PM MJ, her pool has been attracting some recently :lmao:

who's MJ? i would gladly take care of them if they are a problem.

We haven't seen the coyote again. Hopefully it got scared off and won't be back.

If you are going to coyote hunt SOMD I hope you're patient. I know the DNR says they are in every MD county but down here they're few and far between to say the least.

anybody know a good place to go coyote hunting in MD?

Way Western Md would be your best bet. Garrett Co.?

Elms Beach or Point Lookout Park on the weekends...
:killingme

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I hunt several large pieces of land in St. Mary's County and have hunted the Elms many times over the last 5 years. Probably spend 50 days a year in the woods and have never seen a yote in this county.
If you do find a place to hunt them, be very careful what you use to hunt them with as high powered rifles are a no-no in our area.

What is it with people who want to go out and kill things just to kill them. Has this species done something to you? Did a coyote eat your baby? I grew up hunting and trapping so I'm not just some bleeding heart, but I think some of you need to be locked up in a rubber room. Sorry if I've offended any of you crazies.

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Merlin

What is it with people who want to go out and kill things just to kill them. Has this species done something to you? Did a coyote eat your baby? I grew up hunting and trapping so I'm not just some bleeding heart, but I think some of you need to be locked up in a rubber room. Sorry if I've offended any of you crazies.

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Merlin

Well call me crazy then because varmint hunting is some of the most fun hunting there is. Yeah coyotes are not a problem here but in parts of the country they are as big of a pest as rats but worse, they eat livestock, otherfarm animals and or pets. I have no problem with coyote hunting and neither should anyone else as long as it is legal, unless you want to be labeled a bleeding heart liberal.

Well call me crazy then because varmint hunting is some of the most fun hunting there is. Yeah coyotes are not a problem here but in parts of the country they are as big of a pest as rats but worse, they eat livestock, otherfarm animals and or pets. I have no problem with coyote hunting and neither should anyone else as long as it is legal, unless you want to be labeled a bleeding heart liberal.

Grandpa would've taken our guns away if we'd shot anything just because we could. I don't have any problem shooting gophers that are eating a garden, but going to a vacant field just to shoot one, who's only crime is to exist, borders on psychopathic behavior. If that opinion makes you think I'm a BHL, so be it.

If you are going to coyote hunt SOMD I hope you're patient. I know the DNR says they are in every MD county but down here they're few and far between to say the least.
:lmao: my son was scared when we left someone's house the other night, it was super dark and there were no lights outside, he started to ask, "mom, are there coyotes in Maryland?" I said yes and told him some were reported in S. MD, he was FREAKED out at this point :lmao:
I'm a meamie :frown:

Grandpa would've taken our guns away if we'd shot anything just because we could. I don't have any problem shooting gophers that are eating a garden, but going to a vacant field just to shoot one, who's only crime is to exist, borders on psychopathic behavior. If that opinion makes you think I'm a BHL, so be it.

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I'm no tree hugger either, but what do you do with them after you kill them???

Grandpa would've taken our guns away if we'd shot anything just because we could. I don't have any problem shooting gophers that are eating a garden, but going to a vacant field just to shoot one, who's only crime is to exist, borders on psychopathic behavior. If that opinion makes you think I'm a BHL, so be it.

Do you understand the point of varmint hunting? Other than the actual shooting of the animal it is a way to control a problem population, so no it is not shooting something just because you can.

I guess your grandpa would be collecting alot of guns outwest then. I'm sure there are groups out there dedicated to outlawing prarie dog hunting and the like, you should join up.

I carry a gun for a living, have a BA in Psychology, have been through tons of job related psychological tests, batteries and interviews but it took a hunting thread on somd.com for me to get diagnosed as a psychopath, interesting.

Grandpa would've taken our guns away if we'd shot anything just because we could. I don't have any problem shooting gophers that are eating a garden, but going to a vacant field just to shoot one, who's only crime is to exist, borders on psychopathic behavior. If that opinion makes you think I'm a BHL, so be it.


Do you understand the point of varmint hunting? Other than the actual shooting of the animal it is a way to control a problem population, so no it is not shooting something just because you can.




AK, please re-read the Merlin's post above :bubble:

anybody know a good place to go coyote hunting in MD?

Do you understand the point of varmint hunting? Other than the actual shooting of the animal it is a way to control a problem population, so no it is not shooting something just because you can.

I guess your grandpa would be collecting alot of guns outwest then. I'm sure there are groups out there dedicated to outlawing prarie dog hunting and the like, you should join up.

I carry a gun for a living, have a BA in Psychology, have been through tons of job related psychological tests, batteries and interviews but it took a hunting thread on somd.com for me to get diagnosed as a psychopath, interesting.
Now if I get this right, this coyote, that he doesn't even know where it is, is causing a population explosion? As I said, if it has a purpose, I have no problem with it. Having relatives out west, I know what problems prairie dogs cause and don't have a problem with clearing them off range land, but wholesale slaughter of the species everywhere, just because you can...

Hunting coyotes in MD is just plain stupid IMO. If you're using the argument that they're eating livestock, etc, you need to realize that once you kill the coyotes in that territory, another will just move on it after it. And I've not heard of all those stories where they exist in such high numbers that it is causing a problem.

I don't have a problem with useful hunting (to eat the animal, to prevent damage like Merlin mentioned, etc), but hunting predators seriously effs up the food chain. Do a little reading on it.

Now if I get this right, this coyote, that he doesn't even know where it is, is causing a population explosion? As I said, if it has a purpose, I have no problem with it. Having relatives out west, I know what problems prairie dogs cause and don't have a problem with clearing them off range land, but wholesale slaughter of the species everywhere, just because you can...

And I didn't say that hunting them in MD was a good idea, in fact I pointed out that it was pretty pointless here. To me it sounded like you were saying the only way you'd justify shooting a coyote is if it was caught in the act eating a chicken or killing a calf. I contend that as long as the populations are healthy and that the hunting regualtions permit then taking a nuisance animal is fine.

Hunting coyotes in MD is just plain stupid IMO. If you're using the argument that they're eating livestock, etc, you need to realize that once you kill the coyotes in that territory, another will just move on it after it. And I've not heard of all those stories where they exist in such high numbers that it is causing a problem.

I don't have a problem with useful hunting (to eat the animal, to prevent damage like Merlin mentioned, etc), but hunting predators seriously effs up the food chain. Do a little reading on it.

Personally I have, there is a documentary on it. "Killing Coyote" it presents both sides of the argument pretty fairly. But like any controversial topic both sides are driven by agendas.

Coyote populations are healthy, so healthy that in liberal California they have deemed coyotes a non-game animal and can be taken with no defined season. I hardly think hunting animals legally no matter what you feel about the motivation for the huting of the animal can be considered psycopathic material.

i just asked a simple question, and i come back a couple days later and now i'm like... wut the hell? i just wanted to know where i can hunt coyotes. MD being so close to VA and WV, i thought that it would be pro hunting... eh~ wutevers... i'm over it.

i just asked a simple question, and i come back a couple days later and now i'm like... wut the hell? i just wanted to know where i can hunt coyotes. MD being so close to VA and WV, i thought that it would be pro hunting... eh~ wutevers... i'm over it.

Well MD is much different than WVA and VA(way more liberal) overall but typically SOMD is more of what you'd expect from people in VA or WVA. I just think it is funny that some people justify killing a mouse because it is a pest to them but somehow think that it is wrong that other species of pest get looked at the same because it is bigger, more pet like or just have a preconcieved notion about that particular species.

Someone earlier ask what would you do with a coyote once you shot it, my response would be, same thing you do with a dead mouse when you trap it.

Well MD is much different than WVA and VA(way more liberal) overall but typically SOMD is more of what you'd expect from people in VA or WVA. I just think it is funny that some people justify killing a mouse because it is a pest to them but somehow think that it is wrong that other species of pest get looked at the same because it is bigger, more pet like or just have a preconcieved notion about that particular species.

Someone earlier ask what would you do with a coyote once you shot it, my response would be, same thing you do with a dead mouse when you trap it.

The snake would have a hard time choking down a coyote.

The snake would have a hard time choking down a coyote.

All the more reason to have a liberal season on coyote (in some areas) in the U.S.

Hunting coyotes in MD is just plain stupid IMO. If you're using the argument that they're eating livestock, etc, you need to realize that once you kill the coyotes in that territory, another will just move on it after it. And I've not heard of all those stories where they exist in such high numbers that it is causing a problem.

I don't have a problem with useful hunting (to eat the animal, to prevent damage like Merlin mentioned, etc), but hunting predators seriously effs up the food chain. Do a little reading on it.

This is not wholly true. It is common practice for wildlife or property managers to control the predator population by hunting or trapping. Say they are managing the property for whitetail deer hunting and they are having a poor fawn survival rate due to coyotes, they could remove foxes and raccoons. This gives the coyotes more to eat. So just because you remove some from the area, they will not necessarily keep eating what you are trying to protect. They are eating livestock because they are overpopulated.

The predator population ebbs and flows with the availability of food. As we destroy habitat, continue sprawl but try to keep food animals that they can and will eat they start to become a problem. I would say the bottom line is that to keep nature in balance with our destructive ways we have to manage the populations of wildlife.

Please extend the deer season in Md..(gun, primitive weapons...et al.).........for at least a month longer.

Grandpa would've taken our guns away if we'd shot anything just because we could. I don't have any problem shooting gophers that are eating a garden, but going to a vacant field just to shoot one, who's only crime is to exist, borders on psychopathic behavior. If that opinion makes you think I'm a BHL, so be it.

Have you actually seen the damage they do in fields? Very often, one ground hog will dig a series of holes to access its tunnel system. They will then hang out in the area of that tunnel system and devour the crops within 20 yards of it.
I recognize that you said "vacant field", but there really are not that many of those around since a vacant field would result in lost $$$ for the farmer. Even if a field is vacant, they would be so overgrown with native grasses and weeds that you'd have little to no chance of seeing a ground hog to shoot it anyway.

I must by missing something here-so some folks just go out and kill animals for fun? Like the folks who go out of their way to hit an animal/reptile in the road?:cds:

I must by missing something here-so some folks just go out and kill animals for fun? Like the folks who go out of their way to hit an animal/reptile in the road?:cds:

Some may, I don't. I do not kill animals for the fun, but I will certainly kill some animals that I don't eat, but which do present problems like crop damage. I'll kill every ground hog I see if given the chance. You would kill a mouse or a rat that set up shop in your home...No? No different.

So no, I don't shoot animals for the fun of it, but I will admit that the shooting is fun. :-)

Some may, I don't. I do not kill animals for the fun, but I will certainly kill some animals that I don't eat, but which do present problems like crop damage. I'll kill every ground hog I see if given the chance. You would kill a mouse or a rat that set up shop in your home...No? No different.

So no, I don't shoot animals for the fun of it, but I will admit that the shooting is fun. :-)

Exactly, I've tried to make this comparison here and in several other threads over the years. Most people don't have any problem killing a mouse that has invaded their house but can't see how a prairie dog or ground hog, "who is just minding it's business" could possibly be a bigger pest to some people such as ranchers and farmers. Luckily most state DNR's are pretty fair when it comes to the bag limits and seasons on these varmint speicies. And the people that don't understand or can't comprehend it are stuck submitting letters to newspapers or trying to collect signatures to stop the "cruelty".

Here is some pink mist for you.

YouTube - Prairie Dog Hunting 2008 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0XCOPEIWgM)

Most people don't have any problem killing a mouse that has invaded their house but can't see how a prairie dog or ground hog, "who is just minding it's business" could possibly be a bigger pest to some people such as ranchers and farmers.

Just wait until the nutria start showing up here :faint: