There is a reference to the possible use of coyote mounted wireless cameras in a different topic. I have to relate a coyote story. Years ago, I worked with a person who traps in Montana during the autumn and winter. He has a friend who raised a coyote as a pet. The pet coyote would go out with them on pest control missions for farmers and ranchers. The pet would call to wild coyotes and lure them into rifle range. The name of the pet was "Benedict Arnold". True. Benedict Arnold is long gone. Coyotes are smart and have an outstanding sense of smell.

Question: What are the current laws today that regulate this type of 'pet' ownership?

Don't know. But I'm thinking that it's illegal to use a live coyote to bait in other animals.

I could be wrong, but I'm thinking that's against the law in many states.

In BC, Canada - it is illegal to keep any type of native BC wildlife without a permit from the government. Those are not easy to obtain.

That is why it is important to work with scientists. Things like this could be on a volunteer basis, where a Bigfoot researcher helps a study using this technique. There is of course hunting dog cameras already out there.

There is a guy who traps coyotes in this part of GA mainly for livestock people, and he has raised a few pups when he has caught them in his traps.

This comes straight from the :”GA Wildlife Hand Book”
Georgia regulations prohibit the holding of live armadillos, coyotes, groundhogs, and beaver without the proper permits or licenses. Certain freshwater turtles, mussels, and other species on Georgias Protected Wildlife List cannot be possessed or collected without proper licenses.

I had this happen two weeks ago I was moving round hay bales in a pasture in North Georgia when I called it a day around 11 PM I pulled the tractor next to a dry creek bed (the drought we’re about 11 inches down on rain this year). I was trying to get the feeling back in my legs when a siren went off, the coyotes went crazy some were very close. Then something big crashed through the bushes on the creek bank hit the dry creek bed and was gone. The next evening I looked in the area, but was unable to see any sigh, there was no smell, tracks or anything I could find.

Could have been a deer, but I’m thinking it was too big and noisy for a deer. I’m not saying it was a BF just I don’t know what it was, but it made me mess my britches up!!!!!!!

When I was kid we found two coyote pups and hand-raised them. They were great pets for quite awhile, but eventually they grew beyond our control. I remember standing at the bus stops and both pf them knocking me down and stealing my lunch lol. After a time they returned to the wild on their own and went feral.

A while back I came across a forum for folks who owned "exotics", in this case big cats, from Servals, and Cougar up to and including Lions and Tigers, and it got me curious about the laws regarding ownership, and I found the case to be what some of the others post are indicating, the practice of owning exotics, at least on this Coast is very discouraged.