I went coyote hunting with my friend one time. It was pretty interesting. I used to hunt with my dad when I was younger too. I remember we had to take a hunters safety class that was taught by one of the local sheriff deputies. It was pretty interesting. I prefer beef over venison and my wife doesn't like venison at all, so I don't deer hunt at all anymore. It's pretty big around where I work though. We don't have school on November 15th because it is the opening day of rifle season. It's like a national holiday :)
I've heard about how you folks have seasons for deer hunting. We don't, it's open season all the time. In fact, the only game that has seasons here is ducks. We don't have to wear dayglow vests either, I wear camouflage mainly, or natural colours that will blend with the environment.
I wonder what coyote hunting would be like, they're pretty clever animals right? Well, Wile E Coyote was a bit of an asshat but I imagine the reast are smart. What's the hunting like?
Yeah, bow season opens the first of October and runs up to rifle season on November 15th. If you live south of a certain point in Michigan you can only use shotguns because there is a higher population density. Some of those new 12 gauge slug loads can travel just as far and fast as rifle shells these days though. Rifle season stops at the end of November and then Muzzleloading season starts for the black powder fans. My friend shoots a lot of that. Coyote hunting was interesting. We used a injured rabbit call to try and lure them in. I had that setup in front of me and the my friend was watching my back in case they snuck up from behind. We didn't end up seeing any. They are considered varmints here and you can shoot them whenever I think.
IT's really interesting how it's done there. Here anything goes, any time (with the exception of the duck season as stated.)
I imagined it was much like calling in a fox with a fox whistle, seems I was not too far off. It works a treat here, although those foxes are bloody smart so it's not always successful.
Yeah, we like regulating everything. It's good though because there are always those who would take advantage if we didn't.
I agree, and with 360 million people compared to the 26 million we have here (in a country almost the same physical size), it makes sense.