I hear all kinds of crap like that, but I dont believe it.

 

Did he check the cab to see if there were balloons filled with rattlesnakes? The ODNR uses rattlesnakes to help control the turkey population also.

 

It is absolutely true. There was a big debate about either extending deer hunting season or bringing in coyotes from out west. It was on the news at the time. It was decided to bring in coyotes to control the deer population. True story

 

ah yes - the balloons filled with rattle snakes .......

 

Hey I saw those balloons with rattlesnakes one time, it's true....but don't tell anyone I told you....:shhh: :shhh:

 

Talked to one of the local wildlife guys and he would only say it was being talked about. So you can take it from their.

 

Talked to one of the local wildlife guys and he would only say it was being talked about. So you can take it from their.

He's pullin' yur leg

 

I would file that in the draw next to the file of all the locations where the next Cabelas will be built in Ohio.

The story just doesn't make sense to me, that doesn't make it false though.

 

Deer Hunters, Walleye Fishermen and Turkey Hunters in this order make or break the bank for the Division Of Wildlife by the number of permits and licenses we buy.
So why would the DOW bring a coyote's in to hurt two of the top money producers????????????
I have heard these reports for years a I always call the person a LIAR:irked:

 

I bet if you hold one of them yotes down they got a tatoo from a midwest coyote farmer just so the ODNR can keep track of them.........or maybe they got a special GPS chip implanted in their arse to see how many deer they eat.:dizzy:

 

Hey I saw those balloons with rattlesnakes one time, it's true....but don't tell anyone I told you....:shhh: :shhh:

Your secret is safe here.

 

I remember back in 1990 when we started seeing and hearing yotes in our area that the ODNR had put them there. Seems like that is one of those rural legends.

 

Well, I just got off the phone with my best friend who works for one of the ODNR offices but I conveniently can't remember which one and he told me that the coyote shipment was right on schedule and the wolves were delayed so they won't be here until next week.

Kyle

 

We did shoot one with a GPS collar on it last year. The yote traveled about 40 miles or so.

 

countyroad: all the construction on 71 and Polaris highway and the selling of Germain Amphitheater property in Columbus all has to do with cabelas locating there.

 

yotes

That all right i keep shoot them, we have gotten 30 of them so far this year with the snow that we have gotten. Don't know how many they got today. i work all night plowing so i was sleeping but i will be out tomorrow.

 

Hey I saw those balloons with rattlesnakes one time, it's true....but don't tell anyone I told you....:shhh: :shhh:

Have'nt you ever ran across a deflated balloon out in the middle of the woods, miles from nowhere? :yikes:

 

How would one go about catching enough live yotes to fill even a small stock trailer? Can you imagine how a bunch yotes would act all penned up together:yikes:

 

Ohiosam, I am sure they would just hold paws and have sing alongs for the whole journey.

Kyle

 

How would one go about catching enough live yotes to fill even a small stock trailer? Can you imagine how a bunch yotes would act all penned up together:yikes:

Many people trap coyote ahd fox for the live market, legal in Indiana and a few other states. They are trapped in footholds, they are sold to running pens, and clubs, guys let their dogs run them in the pens.

The story is defenitely bull ****, there is no need to release coyotes in Ohio, they are already here in every county. They are thick around my house, and we have seen them chase deer.

I would like to see some bobcat released, I saw one in harrison county a few years ago..

 

Where did all the coyotes come from? Or have they always been here just in smaller numbers?

 

Bring em on!! Coyotes are the most challenging things to hunt...call..here in Ohio. Sure anyone can drive them like deer or shoot them from back roads. Try and call one in and kill it, you'll be humbled.

I have heard though, that rather than it being the ODNR stockpiling them, it is Insurance companies footing the bill. And it would be rather easy to trap them and transport them here from another state. I have kept coyotes alive years ago and they do just fine in holding pens together.

 

I heard that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:bouncy: :bouncy: :bouncy: :gaga: :gaga:

Bring em on!! Coyotes are the most challenging things to hunt...call..here in Ohio. Sure anyone can drive them like deer or shoot them from back roads. Try and call one in and kill it, you'll be humbled

 

I have heard though, that rather than it being the ODNR stockpiling them, it is Insurance companies footing the bill. And it would be rather easy to trap them and transport them here from another state. I have kept coyotes alive years ago and they do just fine in holding pens together.

I have a feeling that if this was the case, that it is in violation of more than a few laws and it would be shut down if it were truly the case.

I think we have all heard the same stories about the ODNR releasing yotes and rattlers. I can buy the release of yotes 15 years ago, but not the release of rattlesnakes. I highly doubt the ODNR is releasing yotes as we speak. But if you look back 15 years, Ohio was virtually devoid of any coyotes. Then all of a sudden we are over run? There has always been a push to restore the habitat back to its original status (i.e. introducing plants and animals that were once present). I still think it is a farce, but it makes more sense 15 years ago than it does now.

Interesting side note: My uncle shot a coyote 15 years ago while deer hunting behind my grandma's house. There were no yotes around at that time and it was a big story. He got his picture in the papers, and even one local magazine. He had to send his yote to Columbus to be mounted because no one in our area knew how to mount one the right way. After the article ran he began receiving nasty letters, phone calls, and death threats from tree-huggers that he had killed such a "beautiful animal". My how things change…

 

Well, there ARE rattlesnakes in ohio, the Eastern Massasasauga and the Timber Rattler. Obviously migrated here due to balloons...

On the positive side, talked to a ODW guy at the Cleveland Home & Garden show and the black bears are defintiely on the rise. They are seeing more and more young males migrating into the eastern portions of the state...there was even one in Kent a year or two ago. As far as yotes go, I think they should bring back Mt. Lions, they would be much more effective at killing deer... And man, do I want to hunt a lion!

 

put collar on truck!!

:yikes:

We did shoot one with a GPS collar on it last year. The yote traveled about 40 miles or so.

Man, That would be irresistable. Imagine them tracking that yote. Dang, he's running 65 in southern fla. how can this be, not sure, he was in tenn an hour ago !!!That would keep em thinkin. Mike:mischeif: