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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wormydog1724" data-source="post: 1066208" data-attributes="member: 8931">We do this out of necessity. And its fun. My family has a decent sized cattle operation and predator management is key. Coyotes alone won't usually attack a healthy cow. But a pack of coyotes and a sick cow/calf, dinner time. Thats money loss. We kill 15-20 coyotes a year, every year. We kill a couple out of an area, a few months later there will be two more moved right back in. Less competition, more food, law of nature, blah blah. The mangy ones are the result of too many coyotes. Weed out the unhealthy weak ones and the strong will survive. We have turkeys and deer and quail that also suffer from predators. Not only coyotes, but sometimes more, feral dogs. Dogs that people dump out in the country. Its cruel for people to do that and some think it cruel we take care of the problem, but again its about profit and if we lose one calf to somebody's carelessness, thats money out of our pocket, not theirs. Coyotes will always survive and will always be prosperous. They are smart animals and find ways to survive. Killing this many every year doesn't hurt the species, it helps the pack locally. Less competition more food blah blah.  Just wanted to say something for people who may not understand predator hunting. This is why I do it.</blockquote>