SUN JOURNAL • April 8, 2023
A pending bill, LD 814, would reduce the coyote season by 60% and ban the legal pursuit of coyotes altogether in the spring and summer months. Proponents argue that hunting coyotes during the pup-rearing period is “cruel and inhumane” to the juvenile coyotes. Effective coyote population control by definition must include spring coyote hunting. ~ V. Paul Reynolds