The weekend’s heavy rains may have put a damper on an annual coyote killing contest centered in the Modoc County town of Adin, but the close of the event took an unexpected turn anyway: with an alleged assault by the contest’s main sponsor on an opponent of the event.
Hackles were up once again this weekend at the annual coyote drive in Modoc County, which has provoked outrage among wildlife advocates and prompted a statewide campaign to halt the hunt.
My husband and I run 300 mother cows who calve safely in pastures alongside coyote packs and other predators.
California’s Fish and Game Commission voted unanimously Wednesday to consider a ban on hunting contests such as this weekend’s secretive coyote drive in Modoc County, with one Commissioner suggesting such contests are unethical.
State Game Commission Chairman Scott Bidegain and his partner finished in sixth place, winning $1,300, in a major coyote-killing contest last month in Nevada.
For the eighth consecutive year, a general store in the far north part of the state is sponsoring a contest that awards prizes for hunters who shoot the most coyotes.