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Ramblings and Such From Hunting Coyote
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<blockquote data-quote="DSheetz" data-source="post: 2225888" data-attributes="member: 91783"><p>I have seen some interesting things done by the guard dogs at times as well . The dogs will go to where the coyote or fox are they don't always stay with the sheep they are put with but tend to roam around looking for other canines that might cause trouble , but they will gather with dogs of their own kind most of the time . Great Pyrenees were the most used around here , and still are . being large and white in color they tend to stand out except when we have snow on the ground . We have what are called sheep herders monuments they are a pile of rocks set up on the ridge lines and hill tops as wind breaks so that people could set and look out over the lower lands being protected from the wind and kind of out of sight blended in with the back ground and not sky lined . I was set up by one of these one morning getting ready to do some howling when I noticed a large white dog trotting over from another ranch . I sat and watched it as it worked it's way toward some thing hidden down on a cut bank in one of the draws . It had caught the sent of a red fox and was tracking it down . when it got close enough it made a dash for the fox . A short chase and the dog had the fox killing it . I have noticed that where there are guard animals in use the coyote don't howl . Even I'm smart enough to figure out that if every time I say some thing I get my butt kicked or chased not to talk . I think it would be the same on the eastern farms that have dogs on them as well . I worked a ranch up on the mountain that had lamas and guard dogs both on it . one evening I was up there watching the sheep and lambs when I saw a pair of coyote come out of the timber a mile off heading toward the main body of sheep . When they got maybe an 1/8 mile from the sheep they split up . One of them went into stealth mode while the other just kind of kept trotting at an angle to the sheep but about 100 yards away from them . The lamas and dogs went into alert mode and started to watch that one . It made a short dash toward the sheep and all of the guard animals went toward it . It kept drawing the attention of the guard animals as the other one crept in then grabbed a lamb and drug it off . toward where they had came from . Even the sheep had turned their attention toward the decoy coyote . The coyote had given me the answer that I was looking for and paid the price the next morning . So often with control work it's a matter of just taking your time and letting the predators tell you what you need to know about their weaknesses and how to take care of the problem . They are smart and adaptable but if they don't know you are there they will do what they normally do and you can then figure them out . That is the challenge that kept me doing it for so many years .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DSheetz, post: 2225888, member: 91783"] I have seen some interesting things done by the guard dogs at times as well . The dogs will go to where the coyote or fox are they don't always stay with the sheep they are put with but tend to roam around looking for other canines that might cause trouble , but they will gather with dogs of their own kind most of the time . Great Pyrenees were the most used around here , and still are . being large and white in color they tend to stand out except when we have snow on the ground . We have what are called sheep herders monuments they are a pile of rocks set up on the ridge lines and hill tops as wind breaks so that people could set and look out over the lower lands being protected from the wind and kind of out of sight blended in with the back ground and not sky lined . I was set up by one of these one morning getting ready to do some howling when I noticed a large white dog trotting over from another ranch . I sat and watched it as it worked it's way toward some thing hidden down on a cut bank in one of the draws . It had caught the sent of a red fox and was tracking it down . when it got close enough it made a dash for the fox . A short chase and the dog had the fox killing it . I have noticed that where there are guard animals in use the coyote don't howl . Even I'm smart enough to figure out that if every time I say some thing I get my butt kicked or chased not to talk . I think it would be the same on the eastern farms that have dogs on them as well . I worked a ranch up on the mountain that had lamas and guard dogs both on it . one evening I was up there watching the sheep and lambs when I saw a pair of coyote come out of the timber a mile off heading toward the main body of sheep . When they got maybe an 1/8 mile from the sheep they split up . One of them went into stealth mode while the other just kind of kept trotting at an angle to the sheep but about 100 yards away from them . The lamas and dogs went into alert mode and started to watch that one . It made a short dash toward the sheep and all of the guard animals went toward it . It kept drawing the attention of the guard animals as the other one crept in then grabbed a lamb and drug it off . toward where they had came from . Even the sheep had turned their attention toward the decoy coyote . The coyote had given me the answer that I was looking for and paid the price the next morning . So often with control work it's a matter of just taking your time and letting the predators tell you what you need to know about their weaknesses and how to take care of the problem . They are smart and adaptable but if they don't know you are there they will do what they normally do and you can then figure them out . That is the challenge that kept me doing it for so many years . [/QUOTE]
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