Montana Christmas Ornament Has Treehuggers in Tears

[Gateholio]

Just done for shock value. Childish shit.

[Steve W]

Just done for shock value. Childish shit.

What he said.

[Ozone]

Not big on the display.

[325]

To me it shows a lack of respect for the coyote. Sad.

[Tīɡ]

Not for my taste.

[avadad]

No problem with shooting coyotes…stupid move on the display…the hunting community does not need this kind of publicity.

[David Heitsman]

When we kill coyotes on ranches in Utah we have left the carcasses near the gates for the rancher to see but I think the bow is a bit much and shouldn't be visible to a major road.

[FirePower]

[QUOTE=jtred;1582278]

Ha ha ha ......!



If I'd known this would function as idiot repellent, I'd have hung these by the dozens around the places we have shot them..........

Clearly old boy, you have never hunted coyotes on private land (maybe you don't care about grouse, fawns or deer where you live - like we do eh?) -- You see, when we shoot then - we usually leave them hanging on a post or on a gate to let the farmer know that we have been on his land cleaning up the vermin! Most of the farms we hunt on the farmers have the "local trap liner" pick up the carcasses for the pelts.


As a teen my friends and I took care of a lot of coyotes on the farms around ours. So yes I did quite a lot of predator hunting on private land and grew up on a farm. We sold the coyotes to a local native lady who trapped. Never heard of or ever seen this done. Mind you this was thirty years ago and times do change. I still find hanging a coyote from a tree in plain sight to be distasteful and not good advertising for us as hunters. The antis have enough ammunition we don't need to provide them with gruesome photographic opportunities. If we are going to be able to hunt in the future we will have to fight for this privilege(some would call this a right but if it were a right none of us would be so worried) and we need to keep the general public on our side, if we appear to be callous barbaric killers it does nothing to help our cause. By all means practise predator control, it is necessary, but more importantly think about how our actions reflect on all hunters. The court of public approval/acceptance is where this battle will be won or lost not sound science.

Have you never been up the Kettle Valley from Westbridge. There is(or at least was in the 1970s) a bend in the road they called "Hanging Dog Curve". There was always a dead coyote in verious stages of decomposition hanging from a post there.

[jtred]

[QUOTE=FirePower;1583250]

Have you never been up the Kettle Valley from Westbridge. There is(or at least was in the 1970s) a bend in the road they called "Hanging Dog Curve". There was always a dead coyote in verious stages of decomposition hanging from a post there.

I'm not sure if I've ever been there, my wife and I did drive tour through that area 18 years ago but I don't recall any specific curves. I grew up in N Alberta not in S. BC so maybe traditions don't transfer. Anyhow I still find the picture of a coyote decorated with a bow hanging in plain sight to be distasteful and not good for the image of hunters in general. This is just my opinion remember and far be it for me to tell others how to act, however things like this do reflect on all hunters, and I am a hunter.

[Ranger95]

Soo a yote hanging in a tree is distasteful enough to make even a brave hearted hunters stomach turn - disrespectful to the animal, and dare I say - "childish" - but these are ok - heartily encouraged by some and ogled by all the others.......








Hmmmmmmmm - makes you wonder how a six year old would view that - just how do you explain bambi been blown to hell - eeeeesh!


kinda f*cked up - if the truth be told - eh?