Those are some great eagle encounters. Since we're on that subject I'll take a swing. We don't see very many goldens around here, maybe 2 a year but baldies galore. Actually have 2 nests within a mile of the house. Watch them fly by and sing their songs everyday and sometimes sit in the cottonwoods along the yard. Truly magnificent birds. I've witnessed their mating rituals when they lock feet in mid air and spin around absolutely amazing. On several occasions have watched them chase waterfowl right out of the sky to escape. Seen them snatched right out of the sky after a war like dog fight. I also seen them hunt in packs believe it or not. They love snow geese and if you know anything about them you know they hate eagles and are usually in large flocks. The eagles will sit in the big trees near the fields they will feed in. When the birds get settled in the group of baldies will get up and stay wide and then like a pack of wolves there will be one or two swing over the field jumping the geese while several others are waiting high and wide. The chase birds will keep the geese swinging around in a panic until the dive bombers swoop in from high to make the kills. I've seen this go on all day long with the same group of eagles and geese. I'd never believed it till I seen it first hand.
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Ramblings and Such From Hunting Coyote
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That is an amazing thing to watch 74honker you are fortunate to be able to witness it . I have watched bald eagles fishing on the north plate river as well as their breading flight some times it looks as if they will hit the ground . I was out on the lambing grounds one day . The lambing grounds were in a large bowl with a ridge that ran about 3/4 of the way around it . setting on the ridge I counted 35 eagles both bald and golden I caught them during a migration . I have seen the red tail hawks migrating several times you may see 20 or more in a day in the spring or fall when they migrate .
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Those are some great eagle encounters. Since we're on that subject I'll take a swing. We don't see very many goldens around here, maybe 2 a year but baldies galore. Actually have 2 nests within a mile of the house. Watch them fly by and sing their songs everyday and sometimes sit in the cottonwoods along the yard. Truly magnificent birds. I've witnessed their mating rituals when they lock feet in mid air and spin around absolutely amazing. On several occasions have watched them chase waterfowl right out of the sky to escape. Seen them snatched right out of the sky after a war like dog fight. I also seen them hunt in packs believe it or not. They love snow geese and if you know anything about them you know they hate eagles and are usually in large flocks. The eagles will sit in the big trees near the fields they will feed in. When the birds get settled in the group of baldies will get up and stay wide and then like a pack of wolves there will be one or two swing over the field jumping the geese while several others are waiting high and wide. The chase birds will keep the geese swinging around in a panic until the dive bombers swoop in from high to make the kills. I've seen this go on all day long with the same group of eagles and geese. I'd never believed it till I seen it first hand.
74Honker .
That would really be something to see !!!!
Eagles attacking geese , like WW2 fighter planes diving from above , towards a squadron of bombers .
I have seen sailfish working in packs to herd the baitfish into a tightly compressed ball , out in the Pacific Ocean offshore from Costa Rica . Several sailfish will be swimming around the perimeter of the school of baitfish , with their sails fully flared and extended to corral the bait into a smaller school , more compressed , and then 1 or 2 sailfish at a time will charge through the center of the baitfish school , gorging themselves , and take an outer position while another sailfish will begin it's feeding charge through the bait .
Meanwhile , other predatory fish will begin joining the feeding frenzy , until the baitfish finally break out of the tight ball , or all of them are devoured .
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" Return with us now , to those thrilling days of yester-year , when the Lone Ranger rides again ".
How is that for an intro to a hunting story ?
The year was 1981 , and I was hunting on a ranch that was 40 miles east of Raton , NM .
Early one morning , as I was walking up-slope , to eventually reach the rimrock just under the mesa , a mule deer doe came running hard from my right at about 150 yards . She was being chased by 2 coyotes that were biting at her rear legs and hamstring muscles . Both rear legs were bleeding , and the coyotes had slowed the deer enough that they were right there at both sides of her body .
I raised my rifle to shoot at the coyotes , but I did not want to take the chance of hitting the deer because all 3 animals were so close together , and moving fast . So , I decided to shoot as close as I could behind the coyotes , hoping to scare them away from the deer .
It worked , when the bullet hit just behind them , the 2 coyotes broke away from their attack on the deer and high-tailed it away in the opposite direction . The deer continued running across and up the slope .
I don't know if the deer survived or not , she was not bleeding heavily , but I just did not want to see the coyotes get that deer .
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How is that for an intro to a hunting story ?
The year was 1981 , and I was hunting on a ranch that was 40 miles east of Raton , NM .
Early one morning , as I was walking up-slope , to eventually reach the rimrock just under the mesa , a mule deer doe came running hard from my right at about 150 yards . She was being chased by 2 coyotes that were biting at her rear legs and hamstring muscles . Both rear legs were bleeding , and the coyotes had slowed the deer enough that they were right there at both sides of her body .
I raised my rifle to shoot at the coyotes , but I did not want to take the chance of hitting the deer because all 3 animals were so close together , and moving fast . So , I decided to shoot as close as I could behind the coyotes , hoping to scare them away from the deer .
It worked , when the bullet hit just behind them , the 2 coyotes broke away from their attack on the deer and high-tailed it away in the opposite direction . The deer continued running across and up the slope .
I don't know if the deer survived or not , she was not bleeding heavily , but I just did not want to see the coyotes get that deer .
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DMP25-06 , I have never seen them take down an adult deer that is interesting to hear about . I did once see a single coyote chasing after a doe and fawn . The mule deer doe got in a good kick to the coyote . I heard it yip once then rolled down into some brush where it was when I got over there dead . She got in a head shot then tromped on it while it was in the brush .
In 1987 I was up hunting coyote in the spring time . I had the rancher with me . I howled twice barked once then howled again . We waited for a few min. and I repeated it . There was an answer so I answered them back then just sat back to wait . They came out of an aspen patch across the draw and were headed our way out on a small flat atop of the rim of the draw . It had one small patch of sage brush just before it dropped off into the draw around 600 yards away from us . All of a sudden 6 doe mule deer came on the run at the two coyote running them into the sage brush . The does circled the small patch of sagebrush and kept the coyote cornered in it for half an hour before they made a break for it back the way they had come from with the deer in hot pursuit . It took me another week and a different call to finally get that pair . I had to move in closer to where they were denned . I slipped in by myself went to the sage brush patch they had been cornered in and used a puppy tape in my Johnny Stewart MS512 . They slipped out to the edge of the aspens I dropped one then got on my critter call standard hand call and did coyote in distress the male stopped looked back then he also went down to a 55 grain sierra HPBT from my 223 model 788 rem . The work of finding the den then started . They were in a rock pile about 75 yards farther up the hill past the aspens . 7 pups were in the den hole another lucky day for me .
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In 1987 I was up hunting coyote in the spring time . I had the rancher with me . I howled twice barked once then howled again . We waited for a few min. and I repeated it . There was an answer so I answered them back then just sat back to wait . They came out of an aspen patch across the draw and were headed our way out on a small flat atop of the rim of the draw . It had one small patch of sage brush just before it dropped off into the draw around 600 yards away from us . All of a sudden 6 doe mule deer came on the run at the two coyote running them into the sage brush . The does circled the small patch of sagebrush and kept the coyote cornered in it for half an hour before they made a break for it back the way they had come from with the deer in hot pursuit . It took me another week and a different call to finally get that pair . I had to move in closer to where they were denned . I slipped in by myself went to the sage brush patch they had been cornered in and used a puppy tape in my Johnny Stewart MS512 . They slipped out to the edge of the aspens I dropped one then got on my critter call standard hand call and did coyote in distress the male stopped looked back then he also went down to a 55 grain sierra HPBT from my 223 model 788 rem . The work of finding the den then started . They were in a rock pile about 75 yards farther up the hill past the aspens . 7 pups were in the den hole another lucky day for me .
I have never personally witnessed any animal going after a coyote , although I have watched outdoor videos that have shown various critters going after them .
I have had several friends tell me , and I have read about the fact that a donkey will try to kill coyotes , often times with great success .
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I was out to hunt coyote for a sheep rancher that had lamas to run with his sheep . I got in a rock pile and howled . The lamas gathered up the sheep and herded them away from me then came back to where I was and kept me in the rocks un-till I stood up and yelled at them . I didn't howl in that herd again .
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I was out to hunt coyote for a sheep rancher that had lamas to run with his sheep . I got in a rock pile and howled . The lamas gathered up the sheep and herded them away from me then came back to where I was and kept me in the rocks un-till I stood up and yelled at them . I didn't howl in that herd again .
**** good sheep dogs !!!
A lot of sheep ranchers run great Pyrenees dog with their sheep as well as lamas here . They are friendly to people just big slobbery dogs . I watched one run down and kill a red fox one day . I have had a few experiences with them at times . One lady called me one morning she was so excited that I couldn't understand what she was saying . I got her calmed down enough to understand her . She had two Pyrenees dog for her small herd of yearling lambs but a coyote ran in and grabbed a lamb right in front of her and the dogs . You can't make pets out of them and expect them to do their job very well . I went out and she kept her dogs put up for me to work . The next morning she called to tell me I had three fox and that she didn't know I was going to kill the fox she wanted to keep them just wanted the coyote killed . I pulled my sets and called her neighbor , I had worked for him and his father in-law when I was a kid, so I went in and found the den and took 3 adult coyote in a rough draw behind her house and lamb pasture . 5 pups 2 female and one male .
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The next morning she called to tell me I had three fox and that she didn't know I was going to kill the fox she wanted to keep them just wanted the coyote killed .
Good story of some human's logic .
You solved her dilemma . You saved the " Adorable little Foxes " and killed her "horrible , ugly coyotes".
I am certain that she thought to herself ,
" DSheetz , YOU ARE THE MAN !!! "
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Another coyote story from the 1981 deer hunt on the ranch that was east of Raton , NM.
I had hiked , in the pre-dawn darkness , up-slope to the rimrock just below the top of the flat mesa , and positioned myself facing north to overlook a large expanse of ridges , valleys , and saddles , in hopes of spotting a shooter buck when the sun would rise , from my right side . I was sitting just below the top , in order to not be skylighted by the sunrise , using my binoculars to look for any deer that might be moving , and seeing several , but no decent bucks . As I shifted my viewing area to my left (west) I spotted a very large-bodied coyote , standing on top of the rimrock at a distance of about 300 yards . I did not want to shoot him , knowing that shooting would probably end the possibility of seeing more deer , so I just watched the coyote to observe his actions . When the sun finally began to rise above the mesa , it first illuminated the rock face where the coyote coyote was standing , and it was a beautiful sight to see . The morning sun striking that coyote seemed to make him light-up with a golden glow , like the light was coming from him , not just the sun reflecting from his fur . He was standing on rocks that were mostly green in coloration , and his breath was frosting in front of him due to the cold morning temperature . It was one of the most beautiful events with an animal that I have experienced .
He stayed there for almost 10 minutes , and I never took my eyes away from him . Finally he left , and I returned to searching for deer .
After a couple of hours , I moved up on top of the mesa to cross-over to a different area to hunt and I encountered the senior member of our hunting group , an 83 year old gentleman named Bill .
Bill asked if I had seen anything , and I told him about the coyote that I was privileged to have seen .
I told Bill " I wish that I would have had my camera for a picture ".
Bill's reply was " You do have a camera with you , your mind , and that picture will always be there with you ".
So far , as I age , his words have been true .
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I had hiked , in the pre-dawn darkness , up-slope to the rimrock just below the top of the flat mesa , and positioned myself facing north to overlook a large expanse of ridges , valleys , and saddles , in hopes of spotting a shooter buck when the sun would rise , from my right side . I was sitting just below the top , in order to not be skylighted by the sunrise , using my binoculars to look for any deer that might be moving , and seeing several , but no decent bucks . As I shifted my viewing area to my left (west) I spotted a very large-bodied coyote , standing on top of the rimrock at a distance of about 300 yards . I did not want to shoot him , knowing that shooting would probably end the possibility of seeing more deer , so I just watched the coyote to observe his actions . When the sun finally began to rise above the mesa , it first illuminated the rock face where the coyote coyote was standing , and it was a beautiful sight to see . The morning sun striking that coyote seemed to make him light-up with a golden glow , like the light was coming from him , not just the sun reflecting from his fur . He was standing on rocks that were mostly green in coloration , and his breath was frosting in front of him due to the cold morning temperature . It was one of the most beautiful events with an animal that I have experienced .
He stayed there for almost 10 minutes , and I never took my eyes away from him . Finally he left , and I returned to searching for deer .
After a couple of hours , I moved up on top of the mesa to cross-over to a different area to hunt and I encountered the senior member of our hunting group , an 83 year old gentleman named Bill .
Bill asked if I had seen anything , and I told him about the coyote that I was privileged to have seen .
I told Bill " I wish that I would have had my camera for a picture ".
Bill's reply was " You do have a camera with you , your mind , and that picture will always be there with you ".
So far , as I age , his words have been true .
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