I remember duck hunting back a while when my buddy and I spotted a Red Fox poking around near the shore of the lake we were on. After a bit, it got close enough that my buddy shot it with his duck gun, it made his day. Eventually it ended up in his game pouch. As it cooled off he was feeling more and more itchy. Turned out fleas were jumping off of the fox and taking up on him. I thought it one of the funniest things I ever saw, that thing was infested.
I don't feel the need to shoot every coyote on sight, but it can be a fun off season game animal, even if it's not classified that way. Last fall I looked over a coyote that was busted up pretty good by a hot round. The kid skinned what was left of it and heard later he got a hundred and thirty-five bucks for it. I could be good seasonal work to keep someone in the hobby.
