The yotes got one

[Chipdasqrrl]

Some of you might remember the lengthy conversation on here from last winter about coyotes killing deer. Until today I had never actually seen where a group of coyotes have run down a deer until they kill it.
The poor little guy didn’t go down without a fight. Blood, hair and coyote tracks all over the place within 150 yards of the kill site. Not sure if the deer was injured but it didn’t look like it was shot

 

[Chainsaw]

Sad to see but it happens here as well to what appear to be not the wounded, sick and elderly.

 

[dogghr]

Thats why the next 2 months are great trapping months for leg hold or snares.. Especially if you have some deer meat to bait. They are hangry. When I used to trap that was my fav and most successful time for predators except the bear. I don't bother anymore.
First coyote I ever saw in this area in the 80's was chasing a doe like a bat out of hell. Late season bow hunt, and tried to shoot, but found quickly how smart and evasive they are. Wiley coyote so aply named.

 

[Chipdasqrrl]

Thats why the next 2 months are great trapping months for leg hold or snares.. Especially if you have some deer meat to bait. They are hangry. When I used to trap that was my fav and most successful time for predators except the bear. I don't bother anymore.

This group of 6 seems like it would be fairly easy to trap. I’ve never attempted to trap a coyote before.. looks like it’s time to learn. If they’re beginning to hunt deer with a couple inches of snow on the ground, imagine what they’ll do in March

 

[E_308]

Just doing what coyotes and deer have always done. Look at the bright side - they didn't waste any meat! I'd say trap them if you want a new hobby, it is a lot of fun if you have the time to do it right. To put much of a dent in the population you have to cover a lot of acres with a lot of traps. I still try to call in a few each winter but haven't set any serious predator traplines for years. I figure they don't get mad at me when I kill a deer or two, they have probably earned a couple.

 

[Native Hunter]

Whatever you do don't kill any of them, because they are MAGIC. According to what I have been taught on this forum - When you kill them the GREAT SHAMAN SPIRIT sends out a MYSTICAL POOCHIE GENERATION SIGNAL and BABY Yotes start shooting out coyote rear ends everwhere. You then end up with more than you had before you did the killing...... You can't win - not enough bullets or traps in the world................

 

[Chipdasqrrl]

Just doing what coyotes and deer have always done. Look at the bright side - they didn't waste any meat! I'd say trap them if you want a new hobby, it is a lot of fun if you have the time to do it right. To put much of a dent in the population you have to cover a lot of acres with a lot of traps. I still try to call in a few each winter but haven't set any serious predator traplines for years. I figure they don't get mad at me when I kill a deer or two, they have probably earned a couple.

From the scouting I’ve done, this pack is the only one threatening the local deer herd. There’s never really been many in the area before. Before last year I’ve never had any problems with coyotes. I realize it’s unrealistic to remove all coyotes from an area, but I’m hoping I can limit the damage they do


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[readonly]

Coyotes are a fascinating animal. They are not a pack animal like wolves. But they do tend to live in family groups that hunt together at times. So an alpha pair will raise a den of pups through the summer... could be a few pups or many. Then in the fall through winter some or all of the pups will disperse. Then they will breed again and so on. It's the dispersing pups that make it interesting. They will move around alone or in pairs looking for a mate and to set up home. They will be run off by the dominant dogs in any area until they set up home. I don't know how much the ranges of breeding pairs overlap but I'm sure they do.

When you trap coyotes, you are either taking the young from the resident family group(s), or breeding adults, or dispersers. When coyotes travel they, follow terrain features. Whether on their range or when they are dispersing. Some terrain features are dispersal corridors, and if this is on your property, you can literally trap dozens of coyotes over a season. Regardless, set up the right locations on a property and you can clean up that property with just a few sets, though it may take weeks or months of running those sets. Mess up and they won't be fooled again.

 

[SwampCat]

Coyotes taking a couple of deer in a year is probably a pipe dream. In my state, adult does average 1.7 fetuses. Adult does in September average .5 fawns. Do the math- something is killing a lot of fawns. Yes, I know cars, disease, other predators, etc, get some - but a coyote is a fawn killing machine. I know there are areas where the deer density is high and coyotes are a blessing. If you live in a area where deer density is not so high, they can be a curse.

 

[THE LLC]

I'm certain the lack of trapping and killing predators in general has hurt the quail population around here. Back in the 70's we had a ton. Then we didn't have coyotes or hogs. People trapped and hunted the crap out of coons and possums. My grandpa and the old timers even shot every hawk they saw. And, man, we had rabbits and quail out the rear end. Can't hardly find one now days. Kill 'em all.