Yeah we got coyote problems
Running for her life
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Yeah that's a problem.
But yotes only take out the weak and sick...
Kill em ALL!!!
Kill em ALL!!!
I will kill everyone i see. The story on this one is i heard hom barking and yipping right before the video. I scan the fields when I get close to the house after working my overnight off duty job.. he was way off in the field and then when I checked my pics there it was!
quackaholic
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I have killed 3 of 4 so far on my permission farm. Was hoping to kill the rest of the pack of 7, but they may be on to me now.
But yotes only take out the weak and sick...
Yeah every time I hear someone say that I have to wonder exactly how much time they actually spend in the woods. Coyotes absolutely hunt healthy adult deer.
quackaholic
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They're equal opportunity predators and scavengers. They are reluctant to attack anything that can potentially fight back with success, such as cattle and humans, but anything they think they can eat without taking too much damage to self, they'll attack.
I can't remember where I ran across it, but I read that having single resident coyote on your property deters packs from forming/entering your property. They also argued that killing a these solo resident coyotes causes breeding spikes that can lead to pack formation. I have no idea if this is how things actually work but it would be interesting to find research on the topic.
That idea has been floated for years and been pushed to deter hunters from killing coyotes, I call BS on it though. Coyotes have always been pack animals killing alphas may cause some chaos in the ranks, but letting them go guarantees that they absolutely will kill deer. I look at it like this, the coyotes I kill now won't be eating fawns in the spring, nor will they be finding a deer before me. Kill every last one I get a chance on.
I was skeptical when I read it but only considered it interesting on account of having solo yotes at my place. I only catch a pack coming through once or twice a year.
We seem to have an issue with wild dog packs this year. Wife is absolutely livid this morning after 3 "pittbulls"(they actually look like lab mixes) chased does out of our back field. At least one if the dogs appears to be one my son and it saw on the juvenile hunt.
None had collars this time and none had collars last time. Traps going out!
None had collars this time and none had collars last time. Traps going out!
Coyotes are one thing. Loose dogs are entirely altogether something else, something potentially far worse. Nothing voids a property of deer faster or more effectively than loose dogs that like running deer. Deer will tolerate & live with the risk of being eaten by a coyote. They will not tolerate being being ran for miles with no relent. They'll just vacate the area completely. And once there are no deer to terrorize livestock & people become the next best thing. It's just in a dog's nature. They're domesticated wolves and revert back to that primal nature if their owners allow them free reign to do so. The urge is always in them.
megalomaniac
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Thats mostly the norm. I say mostly, because single coyotes learn quick they dont catch healthy deer.... once they get over a year old, you will see them hunt deer in packs... and they can really do damage to healthy deer then.
We have killed 2 so far since ML season opened.... had 2 more that got by too far to try with a ML
We have killed 2 so far since ML season opened.... had 2 more that got by too far to try with a ML
That's just PETA propaganda, no more true no matter how many times it's repeated, like possums eating ticks.
Yotes are not pack animals but they do hunt in family groups and have strength in numbers. They are constantly reproducing and dispersing. The more you kill, the less effective the remaining ones are at killing deer.
