http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2015/01/charges_approved_against_hunte.html
Hunter orders hounds to attack wounded coyoteWARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT – Hunter in Gogebic County records video of hound dogs attacking a wounded coyote. The original six minute video that was posted on YouTube has since been taken down.This video was edited for time consideration.
on January 15, 2015 at 6:31 AM, updated January 15, 2015 at 9:05 AM
Criminal charges have been authorized against two Upper Peninsula hunters accused of urging hunting dogs to attack a wounded coyote and videotaping the squealing animal, court records show.
The hunters also were investigated after both allegedly videotaped a wounded coyote deliberately hit by one of the hunters’ truck, an MLive.com Freedom of Information Act request found.
Both incidents were witnessed by one of the men’s 12-year-old son, according to records.
The two men, both from Ironwood, face felony and misdemeanor charges.
Two men face felony charges for allegedly ordering hunting dogs to attack a wounded coyote. Video of the attack was uploaded to YouTube. One hunter, 45, faces one count of killing/torturing animals, a four-year felony. The hunter also faces four misdemeanor counts: general violation of wildlife conservation, two counts of abandonment/cruelty to an animal, and taking game from a vehicle. Penalties range from 90 to 93 days in jail.
The second hunter, 34, also faces one felony count of killing/torturing animals and one misdemeanor count of abandonment/cruelty to an animal.
The hunters have been under investigation for videotaping three hunting dogs mauling a coyote one had shot. They also were being investigated for running down a coyote with a truck, then videotaping the injured animal before killing it.
The allegations are detailed in court records MLive.com obtained in August. The documents detail videotapes that had been uploaded to YouTube by one of the men. They have since been taken down, though copies exist.
In one video uploaded Feb. 20 and titled “Hounds Fight Wounded Yote,” hunting dogs Doc, Duke, and Cooter bound through snow toward the mature coyote. Already shot and wounded, according to the video narrator, the coyote lies nearly motionless in the thigh-high drifts. Its eyes blink.
“This is going to be some live action,” the man says as he aims the video camera. “There he his. There he is. Get him, Doc. Get him. … We’re going to get Cooter in here. He’s a machine.”
High-pitched wails punctuate the wooded silence. The coyote is near death at the end.
The second YouTube video was allegedly taped by one of the hunters after his truck was used to strike the animal in the road, authorities said.
The video, called “Yota kills a Yote,” was found during a search of the videographer’s home on May 12, and was taped in Ironwood Township, records state.
“The coyote was struck with a motor vehicle on purpose and left to lay alive in the road after it was videoed for minutes before killing it,” Conservation Officer Grant Emery wrote in the sworn affidavit.
Later, in a separate document, Emery wrote, “The coyote in the video that had been run over by (the hunter’s) vehicle was lying in the road, still alive, and it takes several minutes of talking and videoing before the animal is killed,” according to court documents.
Eventually, the videographer handed the camera to his friend, who began taping. The first man took the revolver “and dispatched the coyote,” Emery wrote.
The cases were investigated by the law enforcement division of the Department of Natural Resources.
Arraignment of the men could happen as soon as Monday in Gogebic County District Court.
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Exposing the Big Game 
And people wonder why I really dislike hunters.
Paging the Upper Peninsula chapter of ARM! Does anyone who reads this column really, truly believe in their heart that this subspecies of humanity is somehow susceptible to redemption through education, rational discussion or appeals to their “better angels”? Anyone?? Hanging would be way too good for these two pieces of s***.
Sociopathic, miserable, fucked up, pathetic, ugly, damned monsters.
I hope karma gets these two PsOS good one day.
Awful on so many levels.
Shows the true nature of hunters. Watching animals suffer and die somehow gives them a thrill. I have observed the carnage inflicted on birds on a Wisconsin lake during hunting season. I have moved off that lake for my own peace of mind. Hunting is legal animal torture for the sick and deranged humans that enjoy animal suffering. Thank you for your blog Jim Robertson, it gives me some hope.
Thank you, and sorry you had to move off the lake because of these sadists.
Let’s hope those charges stick!
“Two counts of cruelty/abandonment to an animal”
Are there actually laws regarding “cruelty to wildlife”? I didn’t think there were, but they are desperately needed.
Really hoping to see an update on these two psychos.
Good. It would be even better if the same thing were done to them.
I made myself watch this video and of course I am now sick to my stomach. Not that I haven’t seen this kind of barbarism before. I love coyotes so much here and in the early morning I often see them slipping ghost -like upon the lane in front of my house. There is a bounty on coyotes in the spring mountains here and down in this neighborhood there was a terrible slaughter of wild peacocks a few years ago. The people who kill are absolutely delighted to do so.
And so your response to such individuals, Denderah, being a militant pacifist, would be to invite them in for a good vegan meal and serious discussion about why they are so debased? That through education and compassionate understanding and patience one can reach such benighted people and turn them away from the dark side and towards the light?
Based on your previous criticisms of those advocating a more robust approach, I’m just wondering, really, if that is what you believe?
Best regards to you and to all who advocate for animal rights, even if our tactical outlooks may differ.
You are incorrect about me, Geoff. I believe these kinds of people should be taken out point blank and their remains left for the coyotes. You and I got off to a misunderstanding awhile back. I should not have used the word pacifist. Militant pacifist? I am just little old me. You have a tutored mind and I love how you express yourself.