Coyote

[jimmyj]

We have lots and lots of coyotes here, and I've never ever been scared of them. I have come up on them in the forest, they've come out in fields, never seen any aggression to me or other humans. I expect if I left a lamb out, it's fair game so I have nothing against respecting the fact that if I'm in their habitat I have to expect them to live their normal lives. But, the reason I said a cull was in order was because it seems the NS coyotes are getting abnormal. I am speaking from something of a position of ignorance as all I have as reference are news articles and such, but it sure seems bizarre. Hope that explians my comment Egon. Thanks.

 

[Egon]

I am speaking from something of a position of ignorance as all I have as reference are news articles and such, but it sure seems bizarre.

Me too!

 

[kebo]

I am told we have Coyotes here in Georgia now and I think my wife and I saw one crossing a field the other day, it sure was not a fox or a dog...When I let my dog out early ( still dark ) some mornings I hear some howling not far from us...Is that what coyotes sound like ?

Hey neighbor, South Carolina is infested with coyotes now, so I'm sure that Georgia has their share too. My hunt club is in a fairly remote area and we hear them howling ALL the time, but mostly when it's dark. Usually when a distant train goes by they will start up howling at the sound of the train whistle. The coyotes here are really putting a hurting on deer and turkey populations. They will prey on the fawns AND adult deer. One of my club members watched a small pack chase a doe into the pond next to our hunt cabin. They circled around the pond (it's not too big) and were waiting for here when she came out the other side. They got them some fresh venison backstraps that day. The deer in the east are at a disadvantage compared to the deer in the midwest. Out there, the terrain is more wide open and the deer usually can spot a pack moving in on them and outrun them. Here in the east, it's not wide open and a pack of coyotes can be on a deer before the deer realizes it's in trouble.


They need to be thinned out, but I've read that they respond to serious thinning by getting busy and reproducing like rabbits. It's in their genes, apparently as a survival instinct. There is an open season on them here in SC, probably the same thing Georgia as well. Nothing much we can really do about them now that they are here.

 

[woodlandfarms]

I am not expert, but we discussed thinning with the local wildlife expert and his feeling was that thinning was unneccessary, that there is an eb and flow to it.

4 years ago we had no rabbits, and tons of coyotes, the F and G guy said wait, the ballance was shifting as there was no more food to sustain the coyotes they would stop breeding, loose litters, and things would swing back... Now we have tons of rabbits, and never here the coyotes, F and G said wait 4 more years....

 

[SkyPup]

This is the third coyote I've shot this year and I live in North Central Florida not far from the Suwannee River, we have coyotes all over the place.

He was after a doe and two fawns when I shot him about 3PM.