No protesters, just 1 kill at NM coyote contest

By Associated Press

Published November 17, 2012 5:00am ET

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No protesters, just 1 kill at NM coyote contest — CORRECTS DATE TO SATURDAY, NOV. 10 INSTEAD OF FRIDAY, NOV. 16 - In this Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012 photo, Esteban Marquez, second from left, a supporter of a coyote hunting contest organized by Gunhawk Firearms, engages in a heated discussion with protester Jean Crawford, center, holding a sign that reads "Cruelest County in New Mexico Valencia County," in Los Lunas, N.M. Police separated Marquez and other supporters of the coyote hunt from the protesters shortly after Marquez and Crawford's conversation. Under the terms of the contest, hunters in New Mexico have two days this weekend to shoot and kill as many coyotes as they can, and the winners get their choice of a free shotgun or a pair of semi-automatic rifles. (AP Photo/Albuquerque Journal, Marla Brose) | Marla Brose

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Only one coyote had been shot so far and no protesters showed up Saturday at a New Mexico gun shop sponsoring a coyote hunting contest this weekend that set off howls of protests from animal activists.

In fact, television and radio reporters milling in the shop’s parking lot were the biggest problem the hunt created, said Rick Gross, business manager of Gunhawk Firearms in Los Lunas.

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