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Coyote Hunt

Spent part of a morning following GF&P as they hunt coyotes who killed a calf on a local farmer’s field.

Brad Baumgartner, GF&P wildlife damage specialist, sits in his truck trying to spot a coyote out in a field east of Howard on Thursday morning. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Brad Baumgartner, GF&P wildlife damage specialist, sits in his truck trying to spot a coyote out in a field east of Howard on Thursday morning. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Brad Baumgartner, GF&P wildlife damage specialist, sits in his truck trying to spot a coyote out in a field east of Howard on Thursday morning. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Brad Baumgartner, GF&P wildlife damage specialist, sits in his truck trying to spot a coyote out in a field east of Howard on Thursday morning. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Brad Baumgartner, GF&P wildlife damage specialist, checks his map of potential plots of where to search for coyotes out in his truck in a field east of Howard on Thursday morning. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Brad Baumgartner, GF&P wildlife damage specialist, checks his map of potential plots of where to search for coyotes out in his truck in a field east of Howard on Thursday morning. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Tony DeCino, with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, flies a plane he was hired by GF&P to help track down coyotes with Blake Bappe, a GF&P wildlife damage specialist, who is the gunner out of the back window of the to spot and kill coyote out in a field east of Howard on Thursday morning. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Tony DeCino, with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, flies a plane he was hired by GF&P to help track down coyotes with Blake Bappe, a GF&P wildlife damage specialist, who is the gunner out of the back window of the to spot and kill coyote out in a field east of Howard on Thursday morning. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Brad Baumgartner, GF&P wildlife damage specialist, talks with pilot Tony DeCino in trying to cooperate on tracking a coyote out in a field east of Howard on Thursday morning. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Brad Baumgartner, GF&P wildlife damage specialist, talks with pilot Tony DeCino in trying to cooperate on tracking a coyote out in a field east of Howard on Thursday morning. (Matt Gade/Republic)
A dead coyote, shot and killed by GF&P wildlife damage specialist Blake Bappe, from a plane lies in the middle of a cornfield east of Howard on Thursday morning. (Matt Gade/Republic)
A dead coyote, shot and killed by GF&P wildlife damage specialist Blake Bappe, from a plane lies in the middle of a cornfield east of Howard on Thursday morning. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Tony DeCino, with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, gives directions Brad Baumgartner, GF&P wildlife damage specialist, where a coyote was shot and killed by Blake Bappe, a GF&P wildlife damage specialist, who is the gunner out of the back window of the plane over a field east of Howard on Thursday morning. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Tony DeCino, with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, gives directions Brad Baumgartner, GF&P wildlife damage specialist, where a coyote was shot and killed by Blake Bappe, a GF&P wildlife damage specialist, who is the gunner out of the back window of the plane over a field east of Howard on Thursday morning. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Brad Baumgartner, GF&P wildlife damage specialist, talks with pilot Tony DeCino in trying to cooperate on locating a coyote that was killed by gunner Blake Bappe out of a plane window in a field east of Howard on Thursday morning. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Brad Baumgartner, GF&P wildlife damage specialist, talks with pilot Tony DeCino in trying to cooperate on locating a coyote that was killed by gunner Blake Bappe out of a plane window in a field east of Howard on Thursday morning. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Brad Baumgartner, GF&P wildlife damage specialist, checks the teeth on a coyote that was shot and killed by gunner Blake Bappe from the back of a plane flown by pilot Tony DeCino in a field east of Howard on Thursday morning. Baumgartner estimates the coyote was two-years -old based on the teeth. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Brad Baumgartner, GF&P wildlife damage specialist, checks the teeth on a coyote that was shot and killed by gunner Blake Bappe from the back of a plane flown by pilot Tony DeCino in a field east of Howard on Thursday morning. Baumgartner estimates the coyote was two-years -old based on the teeth. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Brad Baumgartner, GF&P wildlife damage specialist, puts a dead coyote onto the back of his truck after it was shot and killed by gunner Blake Bappe from the back of a plane flown by pilot Tony DeCino in a field east of Howard on Thursday morning. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Brad Baumgartner, GF&P wildlife damage specialist, puts a dead coyote onto the back of his truck after it was shot and killed by gunner Blake Bappe from the back of a plane flown by pilot Tony DeCino in a field east of Howard on Thursday morning. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Brad Baumgartner, GF&P wildlife damage specialist, heads back to his truck after locating a dead coyote that was shot and killed by gunner Blake Bappe from the back of a plane flown by pilot Tony DeCino flies over to another field to check for more coyotes east of Howard on Thursday morning. (Matt Gade/Republic)
Brad Baumgartner, GF&P wildlife damage specialist, heads back to his truck after locating a dead coyote that was shot and killed by gunner Blake Bappe from the back of a plane flown by pilot Tony DeCino flies over to another field to check for more coyotes east of Howard on Thursday morning. (Matt Gade/Republic)

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