Predator Extirpation From the Horses Mouth

I have taken care to include whole quotes as I find them. Accordingly, if you pay attention you may find a sentence that if removed would have made the statement far more demeaning to certain people and to the activity of hunting in general. Because I believe in keeping things in relative context though, I have avoided this entirely. Therefore, these statements are as issued.
(6 Quotations)

• A Hunter - "A couple of hundred yards away I could see a red fox coming toward me and one hundred yards to the right a large coyote was also coming. . . . They met alright, it was the worst fight I could ever imagine and it lasted 15 minutes. That coyote killed that red fox and proceeds to eat him. Then I figured it was my turn and shot the coyote. My question is did anybody learn anything from that? [53]"

• A Hunter - "They say that coyotes kill 30% of the deer fawns and also do a pretty good job of killing turkeys. . . . See! This is another important step in the management of your deer herd and your turkey flock. [53]"

• A Hunter - "We had a couple of gobblers coming down the fence line of the pasture when all of a sudden a coyote pops out of the edge of the field and scares the toms up into the top of a huge cottonwood. Forget that hunt! But the coyote runs right up toward us on the fence line. Dave said – Shoot HIM – POW (gunshot) – he’s dead – not quite – POW – now he is. [19] (sic)"

• A Hunter - This was a conversation I wrote down as it was occurring;
  "Inquisitor: Do you shoot coyotes?
  Hunter: Every chance I get.
  Inquisitor: How come?
  Hunter: They’re too thick. [Referring to population numbers]
  Inquisitor: Do you shoot them with a bow?
  Hunter: I shoot them with anything I can."

• A Hunter - ". . . there are few predators for several species because humans killed them. Reasons not withstanding, since our cessation of hunting activities will not raise the dead predators, we must step in as the predators, or population controllers, of these animals. [45]"
  [Notice he doesn’t say that hunting predators should stop so that their numbers may rebound because this would undermine, if not eliminate, the need for hunters]

• Reporter - "Ohio's deer population is exploding, jumping by more than 40 percent since 1998 to an estimated 575,000. The increase is blamed on a sharp decrease in natural predators, primarily coyotes and wolves. [15]"