Thermal Predator Hunting | 45 Coyotes Down with the IR Hunter MKIII

Epic thermal predator hunting footage from O’Neill Ops. 45 coyotes down captured through the Trijicon IR Hunter MKIII 35m thermal scope. Why do we hunt coyotes? Coyotes are presently the most abundant livestock predators in western North America, causing the majority of sheep, goat, and cattle losses. For example, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service, coyotes were responsible for 60.5% of the 224,000 sheep deaths attributed to predation in total number of sheep deaths in 2004 comprised % of the total sheep and lamb population in the United States, which, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA report, totaled million and million heads respectively as of July 1, 2005. Because coyote populations are typically many times greater and more widely distributed than those of wolves, coyotes cause more overall predation losses. The United States government agents routinely shoot, poison, trap, and kill about 90,000 coyotes each year t