Shooting coyotes from the air and snowmobile?

Doug Smith

Even if the fish aren’t biting, the ducks aren’t flying and the pheasants aren’t flushing, Doug Smith says any day spent outdoors is a good day. A Minnesota native, he’s been covering the outdoors for the Star Tribune since 1995. He considers walleyes fried over a campfire to be gourmet cuisine.

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Shooting coyotes from the air and snowmobile?

Posted by: Doug Smith Updated: February 24, 2012 - 4:17 PM

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My colleague, political reporter Baird Helgeson, has posted an interesting outdoors story on his Hot Dish blog elsewhere on the Star Tribune website.

A bill at the Legislature would allow Minnesotans to hunt coyotes from aircraft and snowmobiles.

“The coyote population seems to be exploding,” said state Rep. Torrey Westrom, a sponsor of the bill. “This would be just one more way to continue the intrigue and enjoyment many people get out of hunting as well as a creative way to help control the coyote population.”

The proposal would require the state to grant hunters free aerial coyote hunting permits. It also allows hunters to shoot a coyote from a stationary snowmobile. But DNR officials, and others, say the idea is fraught with dangers. Check out Helgeson's story here: www.startribune.com/a1087.