Worth a shot. Anyone know what reservation it was or contact info? Anyone out there want to ramrod this deal I'm willing to help but not really intrested in being the organizer.

Jacalera Reservation northern New Mexico.

City folks ain't a problem. Once they learn that you actually catch and kill things like opossums and coyotes you can do no wrong. Seriously, this white boy can walk just about anywhere in Atlanta as long as I'm taking care of those scary opossums.

Gbus. How big is it??

I know some of y'all don't want TV but I think it would go over well on those deer hunting shows.

Almost 900,000 acres

That might hold 50 - 60 trappers!

Because coyotes play a part in their religion. If they are gathering cattle and see a wild horse they will let the cattle run off to go after the worthless mustang. At least a lot of them will. money is not real important to a lot of them. A completely different culture and way of looking at things.

Danny. The point was = If they had a coyote contest before. Why wouldn’t they do it again? Its wasnt foe fun last time I assume? So They did it for money and to get rid of coyotes Why not do it again?

to many people were against it.

cant hurt to call them

Sounds about right. I applied to trap there several years ago, got turned down cause I lived to far away. It's huge but part is mountains, and some is prairie. Populations vary throughout. I applied for the sage flats cause that's where the rabbits are. I spoke with Ray Milligan about the area, his ranch boarders it. Elk and Mule Deer are big business there, they are serious about killing coyotes and have a resident trapper that oversees all trapping. Th reservation is a sovereign nation, their own government and laws.

Interesting idea. I think you would have to either go for big private ranches like Texas or go out west where there is lots of public ground.

If you go in the northern states in winter the southern trappers would be at a serious disadvantage dealing with snow and freeze/thaw. Plus I'm pretty sure none of them even own a Snowmobile to access a lot of the ground. On the other hand put me down in the south dealing with ants and 90 degree weather and I would be at a loss.

Of course you could do a real free for all like the weekend coyote contest they have had around here at times. Anything legal goes, trapping, calling, running them down on snowmachine in the wheatfields. No boundaries, just sign up, pay your entry fee, and whoever turns in the most dead coyotes wins.

I'm not good enough to be in it. But I would be interested to follow along on here.

Anybody have a problem with who ever puts it on making a little money? what about a real cold rolling contest? everybody gets maps the night before of the properties the contest will be held on. say 10 pm. nobody leaves till say 6 a.m. can stay up all night on google earth gotten with cell phone service? everyone uses the same campground. volunteer judges ride along at times with whoever the judges choose to ride with?

If you had 2 man teams and a limit of say a hundred traps per team , this would keep if fair .With judges randomly riding along with the team that caught the most coyotes the day before or a random daily draw to see what teams get a judge for that day.

So what is the judge looking for ?

A pen full of live coyotes

I might could put one together in TX panhandle

If we are talking an open contest that’s one thing , a Tman contest would be another. After reading these pages for years I’m pretty sure many on here don’t have a hundred or more coyote traps. That being said how many guys on here that don’t have a hundred traps suitable for coyote would even be interested in entering the contest ?

If there is a trap limit, 50 would be my number. In high coyote population areas 50 will keep you jumping. The gathering, camping place a public campground with showers and water. Maps with property available handed out the night before at 10PM. No one allowed to leave till the next morning 6AM. No chance to prospect till opening morning no traps being set either. No trapping anyplace but properties on the maps. On the 7th check day all traps get pulled. Winner is the most coyotes. If there is a tie those tied will get to reset that night. 5 pm the next day winner is declared or it goes one more day till there is a winner. Anybody caught putting hair on anothers set, putting a pebble under a rivals trap pan, firing a trap or any other tampering of another's set is a disqualification and no entry fee refund. Same with leaving the campground after maps are handed out. Anybody caught trying to turn in coyotes caught off site by another, or caught trapping offsite, or trying to enter any coyote caught before the contest opens is disqualified.

Is how I would do it