Deer Lake woman creates petition to raise coyote bounty

[Tony Cooney]

Deer Lake woman creates petition to raise coyote bounty
Published on April 17th, 2010
Katherine Hudson


Deer Lake -

Geraldine Wiseman said she is doing her part and letting her voice be heard by collecting signatures from people throughout the region.

The Deer Lake resident started a petition last May to get the provincial government to increase the bounty on coyotes to $100 and to establish a stronger protective presence in and around calving and nursing grounds of caribou.

Currently, the bounty on coyotes is $25.

Wiseman had accumulated over 1,560 signatures (as of press deadline) by approaching people in local parking lots.
She said one-on-one conversations with passersby allowed her to get information across.

"I haven't being hooting and hollering," said Wiseman. "I would go to different parking lots and I would approach people and ask them for their time and we'd talk about the petition."

She said it feels good to see pen put to paper, to have a conversation with a stranger and to exchange ideas about wildlife issues.

Wiseman will be delivering to MHA for the Humber Valley district, Darryl Kelly.

"People would be more interested in the bounty hunt if there was a bigger bounty," said Wiseman.

There has been much attention placed on the declining number of caribou in the province and continued finger-pointing as to what is responsible.

In 2008, the provincial government invested $15.3 million in a five-year scientific and management study of the island woodland caribou populations.

Part of the study was directed toward performing legal hunts, observing decreasing predator numbers and its effect on caribou
populations.

"People do want higher bounty on the coyote," said Wiseman.

"The coyote is just getting more plentiful and the caribou is declining.

"You just have to have a voice and maybe it'll be stronger than mine.

"Get out there and let our government know how you feel."
In Newfoundland and Labrador, the first coyote-hunting program was introduced in 2002.

The coyote-shooting season opens in September and closes in July, while the trapping season runs from October to February.

The licence is free.

[Pierce Rumbolt]

1'st i've heard of it, but I would definately sign it!

[Fred Woodman]

the extra bounty would be nice. as far as deminishing coyote numbers I dont think it will matter. The main reason they are spreading has nothing to do with the amount of the bounty.Think about it, numbers arent thick enough that anyone is going to make money hunting them. They will be hunted by people who want to hunt or amble upon them.Man has been trying without success to irradicate coyotes since there were the first coyotes. Theyve been shot from choppers, poisoned and bounty hunted all the way across North America and they are more plentuful than ever. But hey Ill take thier money

 

fyi they shot 72000 ( yes 72000 in sask on a one month bounty)hunters I know  think that by spring, the litters doubled and by Sept they were even more plentiful.

Trying to reduce coyote numbers is like a one legged man at an ass kicking contest , the harder man tries the worst he looks

[DannyBoy]

A bounty is a waste of money for the reasons stated in the previous post. As far as it would be "nice to get more money", remember, this is yours and my tax dollars, STOP wasting my money! Employ more wardens!
Coyotes are here now. No state or province has been able to eradicate them and god knows cattlemen have tried! It is the smartest predator out there and a lot of fun to hunt if done right.

[kenneth Griffiths]

Employing more wardens would be wasting my tax dollars. Spending 12 million is wasting my tax dollars. They did a study on coyote's in nl and spent 12 million, they could have put that 12 million and put the bounty up to a 1000.00 a coyote. There still would be 11 million left over and the population is still rising. After all this the coyote is much futher ahead than what the 12 million did. These coyote's are like the plague, just when you think you have it all under controll it only get's worse.

I am sure that everyone that has got gear for coyote hunting has payed the piper. So far and i am sure i speak for all that we have spent alot of money on gun's, clothing ,bullet's, blinds, gas, just to get one. So why not up the bounty on them. I know that i don't do it for the money, I do it for the early rise and the smell of gun powder in the morning.LOL I LOVE TO HUNT...

[DannyBoy]

Well Ken, you ask "why not up the bounty?  See your own quote from another thread;

"Quote" a doc on TV shows that coyotes if the pop is low they will bread twice as fast to up the group. If they are good in there #'s they will not bread to keep the pop stable. These animal's are very smart and will take you out in only a pack of two. If it is hungry it will try to take you out by itself. Just a though to remember. "End quote"

   Employing more wardens would be a waste of tax dollars????  Why?

 

[kenneth Griffiths]

I know people that had have reported other's to wardens and they have done nothing. So why have more of them doing less. It just don't seem right to me.

[albert linegar]

News Release - May 26, 2010
PILOT PROGRAM REDUCES COYOTE NUMBERS

The final numbers from the Saskatchewan Coyote Control Program indicate hunters, farmers and ranchers removed more than 71,000 coyotes between November 2009 and March 31, 2010.

"There was a need to take action to control the coyote population and I'm pleased with the uptake of this program," Agriculture Minister Bob Bjornerud said. "I hope this program has helped to reduce both the predation issues facing livestock producers and the potential danger posed to farm and ranch families."

Under the Coyote Control Program, the provincial government paid hunters and producers $20 per coyote harvested.

"Coyotes were creating serious problems for livestock producers and farm families in rural Saskatchewan," SARM President David Marit said. "The Coyote Control Program was a valuable tool in helping to decrease the threat of predators."
        
"Coyote attacks on livestock were costing cattle producers thousands of dollars in losses," Saskatchewan Cattlemen's Association Chair Jack Hextall said. "By helping to decrease coyote numbers and removing problem predators, this pilot program has helped to protect cattle producers' investment."

"With less hunting and trapping in recent years, coyote attacks on livestock were becoming an increasing problem for producers," APAS President Greg Marshall said. "This program has helped to address that problem and alleviate some of the pressure on our livestock producers."

"The Coyote Control Program definitely helped to reduce the coyote population, which in the long run should help to reduce the problems associated with livestock predation," Lipton area sheep producer Martin Catto said.

In March 2010, the federal and provincial governments announced $2.5 million in annual funding to compensate Saskatchewan producers for livestock killed and injured by predators. Producers will now be compensated for 100 per cent of the market value of their livestock killed by predators and up to 80 per cent of the market value for injured livestock. The compensation program is administered by the Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation (SCIC). There have been more than 1,000 claims registered since April 1.

"I appreciate the support of RMs in helping to administer the Coyote Control Program and will continue to work with them, as well as farmers and ranchers, to monitor coyote problems as we move forward," Bjornerud said.

For more information on predation programming, producers can contact their local SCIC customer service office, www.saskcropinsurance.com or call 1-888-935-0000.

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For more information, contact:

Marianne Walsh
Agriculture
Regina
Phone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
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PS.

  It is not that it cannot be done, just that it needs to be done " Right"

             Albert.

 

 

[Fred Woodman]

They now estimate that within 18 months coyote Numbers in Sask had rebounded to the numbers pre Pilot Project.

[tyler pitcher]

Your tax money is still going to come out to go towards one thing or another...(Employ more wardens)What good well that be are they going to controle the population or something..Well if they happen to drop the bounty i am not going to be at the coyotes and i am not at it for the money but i am not at it to run my self in the hole the 25.00 bounty helps pay for my gas....

[kenneth Griffiths]

true

[John T]

i just hunt them for pass time to and kris you are so right ps i love the shot what a rush

[Francis Ogden]

For sure......the thrill and challenge of calling coyotes rank top of the list for me, I wish that I could spend more time in pursuit of those predators.