They are in the front of your skull. You are above alpha wolf, a so-called top predator. When you see a dove, sheep, chicken or duck, know that their eyes are on the side of their skulls. Jack Leadley Sr., a resident of Speculator, is a free-lance writer as well as a woodsman. By Peter O'Shea Recent proposals for a year-round hunting season on coyotes leave me a little perplexed, as evidence strongly suggests that this would not lead to a measurable decrease in the coyote population.
Coyotes simply breed more in response to increased persecution.
In Maine and other nearby states that have year-round seasons on coyotes, you still hear complaints about their role in limiting the deer herd. Thus, a year-round coyote season would not achieve its primary goal of increasing the deer population. It would, however, result in negative side effects in the Adirondacks. First and foremost, hunters would scare off hikers and canoeists during spring and summer. The damage that this would inflict on the region's recreation-based economy is quite obvious.