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A .243 Marlin will do the trick nicely. ;-)

Whatdaheck
January 22, 2013 9:45 a.m.

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"A red wolf is a coyote crossed to a wolf. They are not endangered... shoot them too."

This is why not just anybody should have a firearm. Red wolves (Canis Rufus) in one of the most endangered species in the world. It was wiped out of the wild 30 years ago and we only have about 300 now, about a third of them in northeastern NC because of extensive breeding projects around the county. But don't believe me, believe the federal officials who will knock on your door if you shoot one.

goldenosprey
January 16, 2013 11:09 a.m.

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A red wolf is a coyote crossed to a wolf. They are not endangered... shoot them too.

mluddysr
January 16, 2013 10:08 a.m.

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Please allow me to translate the headline in this story into language we can all understand.

Actual Headline: Orange Co. addresses coyote problems with public info meeting.

Translated headline: Local government officials again prove they are incompetent by holding a public meeting under the guise that they were actually doing something about the problem.

ncpilot2
January 15, 2013 7:49 p.m.

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Orange Co.could follow NY's lead and ban the coyotes from their county. That would put a stop to them coming in.

jblake1932
January 15, 2013 6:43 p.m.

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"Didn't take long for this to turn to a liberal bashing thread."-goldenospray

I know and what's sad is once u get north of Chapel Hill and Carrboro which is basically the bottom 3rd of the county, Orange County isn't really that liberal. Especially once you get north of I-85, which by the way is some of the prettiest scenery in the Triangle thanks to it's lack of development and rolling hills.

mmtlash
January 15, 2013 6:19 p.m.

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The proper way to deal with coyotes is to shoot them.

westernwake1
January 15, 2013 6:18 p.m.

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Also what the general public doesn't know is that the NC Wildlife Commission has released male cougars in several counties in NC to help combat the population. These cougars are all male so there will be no reproducing and all of them wear tracking collars linked to satelite so there is 24 hour tracking and GPS monitoring of them. This information was never released to the general public and I found out when a game warden slipped up and mentioned something about it after several chained dogs were killed in my area.

fed up in vance
January 15, 2013 5:40 p.m.

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http://www.ncwildlife.org/Learning/Species/Mammals/Coyote.aspx

Go to NC Wildlife's website to learn more about coyotes.

Yes they do look similar to the Red Wolf but the Red Wolf has only been re-introduced into 5 counties down on the coast so I doubt shooting at a coyote in Orange County will kill a Red Wolf down on the coast.

fed up in vance
January 15, 2013 5:36 p.m.

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Yet ANOTHER reason to be able to carry a defensive weapon - concealed or otherwise!

BuzKiller777
January 15, 2013 5:34 p.m.

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