Is it legal to bait coyotes?

[konradcountry]

A little encouragement to help stoke the fire, keep in mind those numbers could be completely different next year, but still nice to dream a little.

https://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,239589.msg3205973.html#msg3205973

Those prices motivate, especially since I have tons of coyotes behind my house... would be easy to harvest. Timber company land behind me.

Those prices are for winter coats. No one wants their summer fur.

Are they in summer coats yet?  It has been warming up, but I thought they might still have heavy coats right now?  The one I have on cam looks pretty good.  Just have to get him now, he has been absent for a few days.

Might find one shedding but doesn't matter since the people that buy furs are pretty picky. The professional trappers are done before spring if that tells you anything.

[JakeLand]

Westside coyotes are worth nothing so shoot them and leave them
East side dogs are prime December through February

[Humptulips]

Westside coyotes are worth nothing so shoot them and leave them
East side dogs are prime December through February

I will take exception to this. Nov/Dec west side coyotes are good except of course ones with mange. I think you will find 1/3 to 1/2 that will have problems later in Dec. Good practice to look them over and be selective but there are decent coyotes on the west side, just don't expect to find a lot of heavies.