Federal Agency planting cyanide bombs on public land may stop
theintercept.comLeaving cyanide bombs is lazy, dangerous and irresponsible. A simpler and safer solution that has been used in the past is to offer {n} dollars per coyote corpse. They are already unprotected and may be hunted without a tag. [1] License still required [2] With exception to protected federal wilderness areas [3] one could even use a drone with a FLIR camera to mark all the locations ahead of time as they are much cheaper and can fly much further now. saves a lot of walking up hills and reduces multiple risks including friendly fire
[1] - https://thepredatorhunter.com/rules-and-regulations-for-coyo...
[2] - https://idfg.idaho.gov/d7/question/license-needed-coyote-hun...
[3] - https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/scnf/specialplaces/?cid=stelp...
Dollars per corpse could backfire because of the Cobra effect
In this case I and many others would fully support implementing perverse incentives if it meant eradicating a species that is not compatible with human civilization. That said I am open to other ideas. If they are practical I will suggest them to the game departments.
> Curlett added that 98 percent of the agency’s poison devices are placed on private lands and “only when the private, municipal, state, or federal landowner or manager requests assistance and enters a written cooperative agreement.”
"Private" land is little consolation if it's e.g. a vast unfenced grazing area. And that statement is very ambiguous - does "municipal, state, or federal"-owned land count as "private"?
Regardless, booby-trapping your own private home against intruders is illegal [1], and lethal poison traps outdoors go far beyond that.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booby_trap#Civilian_use_and_le...
So Kinder eggs are banned but cyanide bombs are ok