Yellow Medicine County to continue coyote bounty
Tom Chervney; wcb.com
The County Board of Commissioners agreed at its meeting Tuesday to continue the bounty for a second year, and set the price per animal at $10, the same as last year, according to Ryan Krosch, county administrator.
The bounty will end if the $2,000 budgeted for the bounty is paid out, the administrator said.
Last year, the county paid $1,100 in bounties. A mild winter with limited snow cover is believed to have greatly reduced the number of coyotes that could be successfully hunted for a bounty, he noted.
Chippewa, Yellow Medicine and Swift counties became the first to offer a bounty in Minnesota since 1965 when they offered $10 bounties last year. Special legislation had been approved that allows counties to once again offer bounties.
Wildlife officials consider the practice ineffective. Coyotes are not protected and can be taken any time. Statewide, hunters harvested an estimated 44,051 coyotes and trappers another 4,292 during the 2010-11 winter season, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
The county commissioners asked for the right to offer bounties in response to complaints from livestock producers and deer hunters about predation by coyotes.
why are we killing coyotes when they control our rodent and rabbit population, doing farmers and ranchers far more good than harm?
The bounty will end if the $2,000 budgeted for the bounty is paid out, the administrator said.
Last year, the county paid $1,100 in bounties. A mild winter with limited snow cover is believed to have greatly reduced the number of coyotes that could be successfully hunted for a bounty, he noted.
Chippewa, Yellow Medicine and Swift counties became the first to offer a bounty in Minnesota since 1965 when they offered $10 bounties last year. Special legislation had been approved that allows counties to once again offer bounties.
Wildlife officials consider the practice ineffective. Coyotes are not protected and can be taken any time. Statewide, hunters harvested an estimated 44,051 coyotes and trappers another 4,292 during the 2010-11 winter season, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
The county commissioners asked for the right to offer bounties in response to complaints from livestock producers and deer hunters about predation by coyotes.
why are we killing coyotes when they control our rodent and rabbit population, doing farmers and ranchers far more good than harm?
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