No, doing depredation/nuisance control does not require a hunting license. Either the landowner or Ag lessee needs the tax exemption permit, anyone else who is doing control work for them needs written permission.
I did that with my xwave. I believe my two offending sounds were a jackrabbit baby and the baby pig in distress.
I don't hunt, but a golf course I play at a lot has a creek running through the property with plenty of vegetation, shrubs, trees, etc. and a lot of coyote live there. One day on the 18th hole, I saw a good sized one trotting down the service road to the grounds maintenance building about 100 yards north of me. Spur of the moment, I barked like a poodle. It stopped immediately, perked up its ears and started scanning for the dog. It then turned around and started down the path back where it came from, closer towards me and the 'poodle'. Nothing happened. Interestingly, there is a dog park immediately west of the golf course property, and more than once a coyote has jumped over the fence to take a dog as a meal. so, I don't know what a proper coyote call is supposed to sound like, but in areas with people, 'poodle' works great.
My sister in law’s aunt lives in a subdivision in town and had her little dog taken out of her front yard while she was on the porch just feet away. Needless to say, it was a traumatic experience for her.
Always thought coyotes were hard on turkeys, but last decade can't prove that. On our 3800 acres, have hordes of coyotes and more turkeys than ever.....equal hordes of flocks of 25-50 birds/flock.
