Coyote issue?
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AckleymanII
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Reduce population 75% from year to year to keep population stable, otherwise, they are gaining in numbers.
Learn to trap, do the world a favor.
If you are shinning a light at night, keep your wits about you and identify the target before you pull the trigger. Never shoot at eyes. A calf laying down can easily be mistaken for a coyote.
Varmint hunters with years of experience can tell the difference in eyes of different animals in how they look, react, move when walking or trotting. It takes years of experience to identify animals by eyes, So NEVER shoot at eyes unless you can see the body in the scope.
Learn to trap, do the world a favor.
If you are shinning a light at night, keep your wits about you and identify the target before you pull the trigger. Never shoot at eyes. A calf laying down can easily be mistaken for a coyote.
Varmint hunters with years of experience can tell the difference in eyes of different animals in how they look, react, move when walking or trotting. It takes years of experience to identify animals by eyes, So NEVER shoot at eyes unless you can see the body in the scope.
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AckleymanII
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Nocturnal animals can not see the color Red at all.
Remember the color spectrum:
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Indigo
Violet
Red is at the far end of the color spectrum. Coyotes can see orange and green to a greater degree.
Check laws in your area to confirm that it is legal to use a red lens at night. It is better to put the halo of the light on the animal till you are ready to shoot, then put the center of the beam on the animal...even with Red. They can sense the smallest sounds or movement of your feet, clothing rubbing against it's self, flicking off of the safety can be as loud as a gun shot to their ears. I like to use two cans of sardines in oil in a sock as an attractant where legal. The Sardines also can put out more parts per million of scent vs yours unless you have not bathed in two weeks.
Remember the color spectrum:
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Indigo
Violet
Red is at the far end of the color spectrum. Coyotes can see orange and green to a greater degree.
Check laws in your area to confirm that it is legal to use a red lens at night. It is better to put the halo of the light on the animal till you are ready to shoot, then put the center of the beam on the animal...even with Red. They can sense the smallest sounds or movement of your feet, clothing rubbing against it's self, flicking off of the safety can be as loud as a gun shot to their ears. I like to use two cans of sardines in oil in a sock as an attractant where legal. The Sardines also can put out more parts per million of scent vs yours unless you have not bathed in two weeks.
Don't know what part of the country you saw them, they could be wolves, or coyote dog crosses, have had a couple big coyotes here.
This one 43lbs.
bluealtered
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The libs here, years ago were breeding large dogs with wolves and releasing them here, (Oregon) and all of back east for years. This may still be going on in states without "we love wolves" laws. The three SSS's are still in effect in all states. Just remember that there are cameras everywhere anymore.
And last but not least, if you live in an area that tests drones like eastern Oregon, they can simply see what rig was near the spot where/when the wolf collar stopped working and you will probably get a visit from someone you may not want to see.
And last but not least, if you live in an area that tests drones like eastern Oregon, they can simply see what rig was near the spot where/when the wolf collar stopped working and you will probably get a visit from someone you may not want to see.
Coyotefurharvester
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Coyote typically have a fall dispersal of at least some of the pups from a pair. Sometimes when large game or livestock is the primary food source coyote will cooperate hunt (pack). Coyote are more likely to hunt smaller prey and scavenge more when population, disease or weather limits hunting success. Removing either the dominant male or it's female will alter the social structure, which could result in several of the females breeding and having litters in a smaller area. Kill as many as possible, use the fur whenever possible(we want wildlife to have value). The anti movement has no real concern for animals, only for the money that the miss informed donate.
A couple years ago during a real hard winter here in ND, I decided to open up a coyote I shot to see what he was living off of. Dirt, twigs, a couple rocks and some feathers. I kid you not.
After mankind has come and gone coyotes will still be here. So have fun and shoot all you can!
After mankind has come and gone coyotes will still be here. So have fun and shoot all you can!
AckleymanII
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Long trips down into Baja Mexico!
TAJ45
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Ha! Hope you and yer Buds had a drop top pu.
He hee. 'Specially for the ride back.
The wolves have killed most of the coyotes where i live.
jds holler
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Concerning magpies and coyotes --
"Not every magpie has a coyote, but every coyote has a magpie."
Don't know who first came up with this quote, but I've found it to be pretty true. jd
"Not every magpie has a coyote, but every coyote has a magpie."
Don't know who first came up with this quote, but I've found it to be pretty true. jd
I am not going to say nocturnal animals can see red light as red color, maybe they cant, nobody really knows what they see. But I will say this, they see something they don't like when you light them up with a red lens light {or any other color} because I haven't had one yet, fox or coyote that didn't stop immediately, turn and leave. I would have never spent the amount of money I did on night vision if they could not see any colored light at all.
I will also say that it sure seems like they can see the difference between red and green lights...before I got night vision and thermal scopes we used red lights. Very soon they quit coming in at all and so I switched to green. We killed a few more, but then they quit on that one too. This is what prompted me to get night vision gear.
Maybe there's some place where they pay colored light no mind...but it aint where I hunt!!!
I will also say that it sure seems like they can see the difference between red and green lights...before I got night vision and thermal scopes we used red lights. Very soon they quit coming in at all and so I switched to green. We killed a few more, but then they quit on that one too. This is what prompted me to get night vision gear.
Maybe there's some place where they pay colored light no mind...but it aint where I hunt!!!
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