As was stated yes we have year round coyotes but the state lands are different as was just stated for me. The lands close to me are No Hunting unless you have a special draw permit and then it's the 7 days they choose for you. Alot of land by me , just not very user friendly. Now If you wanna hike and shoot with a camera( i do a lot of that too) they are amazing. I have noticed this mostly in the high human population areas.
And I do want to state I understand the reasoning fr the laws, as I too was an LEO for 7 years. I started the thread mostly as a public service announcement because I saw some stumpshooting posts taking place in WMAs and here in Illinois we have some different rules than I was assuming other states.
Thank you to everyone who has posted and I feel this has been a very good discussion as I know I have learned a lot from all of you regarding other states DNR programs