I $3000 coyote in South Carolina.

Cool you got 3k. But every coyote you see shoot eat a bullet. Your only helping yourself and others
 
I was turkey hunting early April when I saw a coyote chasing deer and made a little squeaky sound with my mouth to draw him in. Much to my surprise it worked. I don’t shoot coyotes deer hunting simply because I am deer hunting but since I saw this one chasing deer and the turkey hunting was very slow, I decided I would shoot him.

When I walked up to the coyote, I noticed he had tags in each year from SC DNR. Turns out since 2023 they have a $3000 bounty on coyotes with certain ear tags. I took him to a biologist nearby to verify the tags and about four weeks later South Carolina sent me $3000.

That kind of made up for the lousy turkey season. Not sure which states offer this, but South Carolina traps and releases about 16 a year throughout the state and offers the $3000 bounty.

So from now on out, I’ll be checking Mr. coyote to see if he has any jewelry in his ear.
I trapped probably 50 yotes over the last 2 seasons and shot probaby another dozen still no ear tag. It used to be a free lifetime license then they uppped the ante to 3k after covid.Congrats!

Did the biologist say how many tags have been turned in since '23...It was single digits last time I checked.
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