I HATE coyotes!!!!

[wslayer]

Great vids @SupressYourself , Does the SD night vision season close at all ? Not really sure why ND does.

 

[SupressYourself]

Great vids @SupressYourself , Does the SD night vision season close at all ? Not really sure why ND does.

No, it's year-round on private land.
Public land and Walk-in (equivalent to PLOTS), is closed from Sept 1 - Dec 31.

 

[bigv]

Got out for the first time this fall. Only made 2 stands due to an uncooperative wind and standing corn, but they were productive.

Do you hunt much in the day light hours or only night? I'd love to get a thermal but can't get myself to throw that money at one....yet. Just wondering your success during daylight?

 

[SupressYourself]

Do you hunt much in the day light hours or only night? I'd love to get a thermal but can't get myself to throw that money at one....yet. Just wondering your success during daylight?

I do both. Until 2 years ago, I used to only hunt in the daylight. As far as success, particularly on the ag lands of northeast SD, where every section is surrounded by roads, hunting at night has been far more successful. I was surprised with how many coyotes I found within 10 miles of my dad's farm.

 

[bigv]

im in northeast SD too. Do ok during morning light but nothing special.

 

[Fester]

Is a supressor required for coyote hunting? I know the answer is no but is success substantially better with one?

 

[SupressYourself]

Is a supressor required for coyote hunting? I know the answer is no but is success substantially better with one?

No, but it certainly doesn't hurt. I think it just increases your odds of shooting multiples.
I know I shot a lot of doubles, a couple triples, a quad, and even a ridiculous 10 in one stand, last year.
How many of those would have been 'one and done' without a can? I don't know, but even if a suppressor only increases the odds of a second one coming in or sticking around by 10% (I would guess it's much higher), it's very much worth it to me.

 

[luvcatchingbass]

Got out for the first time this fall. Only made 2 stands due to an uncooperative wind and standing corn, but they were productive.

I got yotes coming across cameras once in a while like last year. You can still come out and kill some at my place this year

 

[SupressYourself]

I got yotes coming across cameras once in a while like last year. You can still come out and kill some at my place this year

Thanks. I'll be sure to do that, as soon as it's legal to do so.

 

[Allen]

I thought this was an interesting read.

Researchers stunned by results after massive campaign to kill coyotes in US region: 'Very rapidly'​

Michael Muir
Sun, November 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM CST
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Researchers stunned by results after massive campaign to kill coyotes in US region: 'Very rapidly'​

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New research has revealed just how incredibly resilient North America's most adaptable predator is.
Earth.com reported that a new study tracked the remarkable recovery of eastern coyotes in South Carolina following a three-year removal campaign.
The research, published in the journal Ecosphere, devised an innovative model to assess coyote density in the protected Savannah River Site. The Integrated Population Model combined data from howl surveys, trail cameras, and scat to estimate coyote population density within the SRS.


Before the removal campaign, which began in 2010, there were approximately 50 coyotes per 100 square kilometers. After nearly 500 coyotes were eliminated over three years, that figure plummeted to just 14. However, that sharp population decline was short-lived, as by 2014, coyotes were back up to 44 per 100 square kilometers.

"Coyotes can bounce back very rapidly." said Heather Gaya, the study's lead author.
Thousands of coyotes are killed every year in the United States, often at enormous taxpayer expense. These misunderstood predators are perceived as a threat to livestock and game species and have no legal protection against even the most barbaric hunting practices. Even if morality is put to one side, the research is clear: Lethal control of coyotes simply does not work and actually makes the issue worse.

As the Coyote Project points out, coyotes have a self-regulating reproductive system in which the pack's dominant pair does most breeding. Culling only fractures the family unit, causing more litters to be born and fewer experienced packs to emerge, which are more likely to attack livestock.


Coyotes fill the void left by the loss of large predators such as wolves and cougars in the ecosystem. Coyotes protect birds by competing with mesopredators, and they aid humans by feasting on disease vectors and cleaning up carrion.
The study calls for a different approach to managing coyotes in the wild: one based on a stronger understanding of the species rather than on outdated, ineffective methods. This can include revising hunting limits and improving habitats to limit conflict between coyotes and hunters.
Ultimately, ignorance is probably the biggest hurdle to overcome, and that's something that can be addressed by keeping up to date on the issues and having productive conversations with family and friends to spread the word.

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[SupressYourself]

The study itself is interesting, and confirms what I think a lot of people already know: Any dent you put in their population is temporary if you don't keep at it.

However, the commentary is liberal garbage designed to change public perception on those cute, cuddly buggers.
They're just "misunderstood", and "protect birds" and "aid humans"...

 

[Allen]

They're just "misunderstood", and "protect birds" and "aid humans"...

LOL, I saw that too and was wondering if they were intentionally trying to sabotage the actual useful information in the article with some personal opinions.

 

[SupressYourself]

LOL, I saw that too and was wondering if they were intentionally trying to sabotage the actual useful information in the article with some personal opinions.

They never miss an opportunity...

 

[SupressYourself]

Saturday night in Best Dakota (SD).

 

[lunkerslayer]

In general all wildlife will overpopulate if one species is removed,when coyotes are thinned out rabbits and other rodents will come back. Disease,mother natures wildlife management will wipe out more wildlife then humans would ever do.
But when i was a kid in the 80s when fur was still fashionable, it was good money for those who were seasonal workers. And there were many back then that trapped for that fur, thats how you contol a wildlife population of valuable fur is make fur fashionable again. Of course for the tree huggers leg traps, snares and body traps to them is inhumane but its ok to put out poison by wildlife management, i seen the poison sticks in Wyoming first hand.

 

[Rowdie]

In SD cab you hunt Yotes at night during deer season?

 

[SupressYourself]

Yep. 24x7x365 on private land.
January 1 to August 31 on public.