I'm not sure exactly why it started, but you can see photos of it back in the 50's (I think is when it was) when the extermination program was in full effect. Now I think it's a "tradition"
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Old timers claimed it would keep coyotes away to see their kind hanging from a fence................Washington and Osage counties were covered with them when I was a kid. Still see it every once in a while now.
The "yote" VooDoo is real man, hang 'em high and proud!!!!!
Seems like I remember a "bounty" that was paid if you turned in 2 ears. Don't know if it's true, or if it is how much was paid. I lived in SW OK and dead ones were on fences everywhere.
From what I read it was true. Government tried to eradicate the lil buggers but gave up when it proved impossible if I remember correctly
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Yes. Bounty of $7.00 was paid for a pair of ears at one time. Gov trappers also used cyanide mixed with meat to kill them. The baited areas had to be posted with signs. Shooting from aircraft was also legal at that time until there were several incidents of airplanes crashing during the pursuit.
I was a kid and never got to go, but my uncle ran with a bunch that hunted coyotes on horseback or mules using greyhounds.
The mules were actually better, and there were not a lot of fences back on those days.
In Osage county there were miles of fences along the roads that had earless coyote carcasses hung on them.
In the end, the coyotes won. Humans will never ever control them. Too smart.
Ok, got that. But whats the deal with catfish heads on fence posts.
