Which is why a lot of bounty's don't work.....lol
Apparently a lot of Manitoba coyote feet wound up in Saskatchewan way beck when.

Yeah, I get it…. Funny how game management is sometimes about managing wildlife, and managing people.

We were laughing that the state had to hurry and use up Biden's "build back better" money before Elon and Vivak got there hands on it.

Would like to see that go into place back here in ohio, I've always gotten pushback with the statement.....animals will only be imported from neighboring states..........why not dept of wildlife in states.........require before payment approved........multipe photos of carcass in trap alive or dead with gps location........red flags of cheaters will easily surface.........no firearm harvesting.........a kid or kids computer gurus from high school could be brought on as volunteer intern .......who has intrest in wild life department career.....to track from home and give reports to game wardens to check for trapping fraud......deer and other wildlife could only benefit from this predator numbers knocked down ......its a win win .........eradicate predator......increase wildlife numbers for humters and trappers......encourage wild life careers for youth

True, but with the value of coyote pelts falling through the floor, and an explosion of predators, how will that impact fawn recruitment. AND, then deer hunting success, which of course is the golden goose of revenue for most states. Not to mention the coons, skunks and other nest raiders that impact small game.

My point is that maintaining agency funding is a lot more important to the agencies than how much bounties or any predator control programs work, or not, so the results are predictable.

Utah Rocks!

Lol. I remember years ago when one of the counties in Oregon had a bounty on coyotes (I think it was Lane County?) I was going to Oregon cat hunting every weekend, and the old guy that I was hunting with quite a bit always had an eye peeled for roadkills on the way. A time or two he would see one and whip a U-turn. One coyote roadkill would pay for a weekends worth of gas. And yeah, he didn't care where they were, but they got dropped off in the county that had the bounty as he went through.

To participate in Utah's coyote bounty program you have to take an online course, download an app on your phone, open the app and take a photo of each coyote at the time and place of kill.The app records the date, time and coordinates of the kill. So coyotes from outside Utah will not get in for reimbursement. The increase to $100 will apply to specific deer management areas.

Adult cougars can be harvested by anyone with a valid Utah hunting license statewide (except parks and tribal land). No closed season. No limit. The carcass / hide must be taken to DWR within a couple days to have the premolars taken (for aging purposes) and to have a permanent seal put in the pelt.

Black bear harvest will also be liberalized in certain units to increase deer survival.

The DWR has been doing intensive deer population monitoring with radio collars. When a collared deer dies they try to get there quickly and determine cause of death. They are finding predation is suppressing populations in some units. They recently put out a press release asking sportsmen to take more cougars in those units.

You can see a short explanation of their take on mule deer management and predation by watching a video "Utah mule deer statewide management plan, 2025–30" (starting at about 14:10) on the recent RAC meeting agenda and proposals:
https://wildlife.utah.gov/agendas-materials-minutes.html

Dan, good info and I like what Utah is doing.

Never happen here. The few COs we have are now working the boarder!…

Great information, and nice to see an aggressive program to actually manage and improve a depressed population, rather than sit back and say nothing we can do. It sounds like there is good science behind the program and plans to evaluate effectiveness. But, I'm sure regardless of the outcome many will continue to repeat the same old "bounties and predator management programs don't work".

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Very nice.

Thanks Dan for clearing up the new rules, it will go a long ways for people who are serious about the bounty, for sure !!

The app is probably a good idea, but as we all know it only keeps the honest, Honest. Not hard to take a coyote, place in that county and take a picture so it documents as such. As some have said, people get creative to work around certain parameters for money.

It would be nice here too.
Yep Utah rules, good for everyone that lives there.

F4WM doesn't just call it reimbursement. You have to provide receipts to get paid. It basically reimburses you for your expenses. Just means you aren't losing quite aa much money chasing wolves.

https://wildlife.utah.gov/coyote-faq.html

Well it’s official

Very nice