I have the benefit of a build in sounding block. Quite often the discussions that ensue from the block are rather strange but sometimes they come with a deep social commentary. How many broken homes are there in this country? (I know your asking what does this have to do with coyotes but I'm getting there.) Hunting had been critical part of the development of America, what ever your stance on the subject you cannot deny that early settlers had to hunt. This was a tradition that was passed down from father to son. With the increased number of broken homes in this country is the art of hunting dying out? Coyotes lack natural predators. The only predator that is left is human. If the traditions that taught the youth how to hunt have died out as well as an increased coyote population we could be facing a crisis in a few years with an overlarge bold coyote population. I was a daughter in a family that hunted. Women were not allowed to go out and hunt. We had to stay home, all move into one house so we would be safe, and were periodically checked on by male family friends. I guess they were afraid of the damage we could do home alone. But as I got older I questioned why wasn't I allowed to hunt? The answer was because I was a girl. This answer was never given at any other time, I needed to learn every other male skill so that I could be a productive member of society. I was not to grow up and be useless like my father sisters. But the buck stopped at hunting, even though I was a better shot than my brother and father.
My rambling comes down to these questions. Are broken homes contributing to the lack of knowledge with hunting. Are girls given the shaft because of ingrained social gender roles that don't allow then to participate in these activities. How many more years do we have before the crisis point is reached with the local coyote population.
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