Coyote Down !!!
#1
Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Warren County NJ USA
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Coyote Down !!!
been getting this coyote on my trail cam a few times, been hearing in howling in the pre-dawn darkness. Yesterday around 8am he showed himself at 60 yds, I took him with my Savage 220f
#4
Typical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: The "empire" state-NY
Posts: 583
Although I do understand they need to be kept in check, as an unabashed dog lover, a dead 'yote always make me a bit sad.
However,I don't think we should hate them- they are a sign of a healthy ecosystem.
That said, BOWHUNTERCOP- there are probably 5 or 6 more who didn't show!
edit to add-
well, it looks like I may need to cull the local 'yote population too; sitting on stand yesterday I thought, it's just too quiet-no squirrels, no turkeys and, looking around, zero deer tracks in a usually high traffic zone.
So I took a little walk around and found very fresh tracks in the falling snow from at least two and probably four song dogs; one set was nearly as large as my hand!
Not one deer track on that whole side of the hill the 'yotes are running.
I don't mind encountering one or two but a pack is an entirely different, uh, animal.
However,I don't think we should hate them- they are a sign of a healthy ecosystem.
That said, BOWHUNTERCOP- there are probably 5 or 6 more who didn't show!
edit to add-
well, it looks like I may need to cull the local 'yote population too; sitting on stand yesterday I thought, it's just too quiet-no squirrels, no turkeys and, looking around, zero deer tracks in a usually high traffic zone.
So I took a little walk around and found very fresh tracks in the falling snow from at least two and probably four song dogs; one set was nearly as large as my hand!
Not one deer track on that whole side of the hill the 'yotes are running.
I don't mind encountering one or two but a pack is an entirely different, uh, animal.
Last edited by ModernPrimitive; 12-13-2014 at 03:49 AM.