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When our governing officials dismiss due process as mere semantics, when they exercise powers they don’t have and ignore duties they actually bear, and when we let them get away with it, we have ceased to be our own rulers.
Adam J. McCleod
Adam J. McCleod
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Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.... now who's bringing the hot wings? :jester:
Adam J. McCleod
I know what you mean, but then stories liek this put things in perspective quickly.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/10/29/canada.singer.killed/
...and you see what they do to people's pets...
http://www.texasworkingdogs.com/id45.htm
Ruger MKII round between the eyes.
Adam J. McCleod
Cold, man. Hilarious but cold.
Sorry, Big DanS! While I'm sensitive to your feelings/opinions on this and respect you for it, these animals are invasive exotics in Florida and don't belong here in our ecosystems! Just one more trashy species like Melaleuca, Chinese Tallow and Boas to have to tolerate!
Now ****, Calif! You didn't have to go and say the thing was wagging its tail :nono:! Now the "unknowing" will equate yodle dogs with the family pet!
Still one of the most beautiful wildlife scenes I have witnessed was 2 coyotes running an elk herd in deep snow.
Yes, Victor #2.
For the record, she wasn't wagging her tail. I was just giving Dan a little grief. She was teeth and hackles when we got within ten feet.
Adam J. McCleod
You can't use those in Fla? Wow...
Provided you have a commercial furtrapping license, have a proper trap or snare permit, and are doing it to remove problem coyotes. Oh, and you're on private land.
What methods can be used to remove coyotes from an area?
Hunting and trapping are allowable methods year round for dealing with coyotes on private lands in Florida, or a professional trapper can be hired to remove coyotes. An FWC permit is required use steel traps. FWC does not license nuisance wildlife trappers but does maintain a list of trappers that have registered their contact information. The USDA Wildlife Services also can provide assistance with wildlife trapping; call 1-866-487-3297.
http://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/profiles/mammals/land/coyote/faqs/
Purpose
The Executive Director may issue permits for the use of steel traps to take destructive coyotes, fox, bobcats, beaver, and otter at any time through an application made at the Commission's Regional Offices.
Persons so authorized may sell the furs or carcasses of such animals, provided they have a Furbearer Trapping License and present a copy of their Steel Trap Permit to the licensed dealer or buyer. The dealer or buyer must retain a copy of the permit in his records.
No furbearer or part thereof showing signs of being taken by a steel trap may be possessed, transported or sold, unless directly traceable to a person authorized by the Commission to use such a device.
New - Steel Trap Policy and Guidelines Adobe PDF
http://myfwc.com/license/wildlife/nuisance-wildlife/steel-traps/
Interested in selling any? Assuming the springs are good. IM me if you are...
Adam J. McCleod
Well, it must be done. I don't know what y'all call a victor but what I used to use was either a conibear or a snare. Mostly snares on the beaver slides of the levies, So when I ran the line I used a club or a .22 to the ear. Sometimes a club then the .22. It just depended on what type of rodeo you walked up on.
The snare is woven wire with a washer bent in half for a stop. You'd just have to see it. Anyway, you cut a piece of buck brush or whatever you can find and pound that into the tag end of the wire. To anchor it.
But an entire thread was devoted here to scent control. I can tell you that in trapping you're looking at just short of enticing the critter into a situation where you could jump out and grab it. But I never snared a 'yote.
Anyway, it's good to know those hides are bringing that kinda money,
Proof yet again... Great minds think alike.
That's crazy. Why such onerous trapping regulations? We can trap coyotes year round in GA.
The reduction of a wild critter to possession is always a mixed emotion scenario. Often, black humor helps.
Victor is a company that makes traps.....everything from coyotes to mice, and then some. Google it and you'll see a common leg snare clamp-trap.
One of the funniest dang things I've ever seem was while trapping. I had a coyote in a foothold trap like the pic above. While walking up to it, it started jumping around and somehow got its head wedged into the fork of a mesquite tree about 3 feet off the ground. :rotflmao: It made for a very stationary target.
We've snared almost every fur species in our area. 9 times out of 10 the animal will choke itself out when snared, so no need for dispatch.
Going out to check the line. I'll post pics if we're lucky.
ETA: One sprung trap and a trapped domestic dog. Releasing it was a PITA. Talk about teeth and hackles! The dog was lucky. Deer hunters have no tolerance for dogs at large.
Adam J. McCleod