Ripp, that sounds like a great idea.

We trap them and knock off a few each year, starting in August to clean the place off of them before deer season.

Around here these things have almost "big game" status in terms of difficulty in hunting, that is, when they are actually hunted, and not just bumped into while doing something else in the woods. They are REALLY challenging to get with a call, as we are in thick timber {they get close, circle, wind, and they're gone...} and they won't expose themselves to the open fields when called, most of which are near highways and roads due to the farming practices around here. I suspect they are so skittish because whenever a yote steps out in public he gets "educated" by anybody who happens to drive by with a rifle in their rig! We have some yotes around here that have earned their PhD in external ballistics!!

I have called them successfully here, in Washington State and in Kentucky, shooting them with a shotgun {12 gauge, 3" Mag #4 Buckshot}, and deer rifle, too, but it is difficult. A friend of mine knocks them down in Oregon, where he tells me they are easy to call in the open desert. Shots there are in the 100-300 yard range. He uses a 6mm Remington.

In the winter I ski the country around my place, and I occaisionally take a seat and call. Most of the time I am above the "critter line", meaning that the animals are below me due to the deep snow, but my "dream" is to get one with my pistol {9mm, 7.62x25 or .357 SIG} I carry while skiing. So far no go, though I have a had a few come in to the call, hanging around about 50 yards away in the brush. They are really wary even then. SOMEDAY I hope to connect, and that will be a hide that goes on the wall!

Naki, great picture. That deer looks for all the world like a whitetail doe.

By the way, the coyote pictured is a big one for around here. Over on the farm in Washington we had bigger yotes with a lot of black down their backs, beautiful hides in my opinion. The ones we have here are worthless and the skin buyers won't give a cent for them due to color and fur damage caused by brush. Regarding size, my kid is 6'2" with his boots on so that gives an idea how big this one was. Some in some parts of the country are bigger yet.