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Old 01-25-2002, 12:36 AM
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Probtrapper
 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Cottonwood CA USA
Posts: 78
Default RE: Coyote population

Coyotes litter sizes are determined by the carring capasity of the surrounding
habitat. If a area already has the amount of coyotes that that habiat can
support the litters will be small maybe only a couple of pups,sometimes in
extream condtions she won`t concive at all. On the other hand if the resident
population is low,due to desease,heavy trapping,ect. the litters will be quite
large with as many as 8 to 12 pups. The only way I see to reduice the coyote
population by 70% would be by poisoning. Thats been tried back when preadetor
control
people could use devices such as coyote getters that used cyinide. Thats all
allegel now. Hunting will never wipe out the coyote.
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