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Coyote Hunting - From 10 Yards to over 1,000 Yards
Ramblings and Such From Hunting Coyote
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<blockquote data-quote="DSheetz" data-source="post: 2607434" data-attributes="member: 91783"><p>I have seen it several times and have thought about it over the years . When I have found larger litters I thought that maybe it might be because of the den being crowded and the hardship of nursing that many pups . With some of the dens only having 2 to 4 pups per hole I considered perhaps it was a survival instinct , if one den hole is taken maybe the remainder won't be found kind of thing . I have also found dens with 13 pups in the same hole having two distinct age groups . Then when the adults were taken there were two females one being older then the other and an adult male . Several times I have seen where an older pair would have a pup from last years litter help raise the new years litter and some times it will get bred . But then I have seen , seldom , where there would be two males and one female raising the years litter . In the area where I was working this den site there had been a guy in there a couple of years before that took a den with 12 pups in it and he had left 2 female pups and didn't try to take the older pair . He said that he figured that they might have larger litters due to genetics . When word got out as to what he had done I got called and he was released to find another job . So I don't know if that may have played a part in them being that way when I found that den . In my area in 1972 Nixon banned the use of poisoned baits to do predator control and the coyote are just in the last few years beginning to come to bait piles where people put them out to hunt over . I feel that they are taught by the adults to be cautious . They may not know why but they know not to from past generations . Coyote are an intelligent animal and show some interesting traits and abilities to learn . All in all it's an interesting occurrence and all I can do is make a guess as to why it is done .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DSheetz, post: 2607434, member: 91783"] I have seen it several times and have thought about it over the years . When I have found larger litters I thought that maybe it might be because of the den being crowded and the hardship of nursing that many pups . With some of the dens only having 2 to 4 pups per hole I considered perhaps it was a survival instinct , if one den hole is taken maybe the remainder won't be found kind of thing . I have also found dens with 13 pups in the same hole having two distinct age groups . Then when the adults were taken there were two females one being older then the other and an adult male . Several times I have seen where an older pair would have a pup from last years litter help raise the new years litter and some times it will get bred . But then I have seen , seldom , where there would be two males and one female raising the years litter . In the area where I was working this den site there had been a guy in there a couple of years before that took a den with 12 pups in it and he had left 2 female pups and didn't try to take the older pair . He said that he figured that they might have larger litters due to genetics . When word got out as to what he had done I got called and he was released to find another job . So I don't know if that may have played a part in them being that way when I found that den . In my area in 1972 Nixon banned the use of poisoned baits to do predator control and the coyote are just in the last few years beginning to come to bait piles where people put them out to hunt over . I feel that they are taught by the adults to be cautious . They may not know why but they know not to from past generations . Coyote are an intelligent animal and show some interesting traits and abilities to learn . All in all it's an interesting occurrence and all I can do is make a guess as to why it is done . [/QUOTE]
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