This is why we kill coyotes on sight

[yarddog254]

wow very cool pictures

[Trapper76]

Predators can have a big impact on deer densities. I work predator control on 5k acres that hadn’t shot a doe off their place in 3 years, because of low #s. We started killing coyotes, and the #s dramatically increased. During fawning season until mid summer, you will find fawn hair in a large percentage of coyote scat. Bottom line is, if you want to manage your deer herd for #s and antler quality kill coyotes! You will never see the angler potential of a fawn, if he becomes a coyote ****.

[Matthew]

This camera was set up on a trail that crosses a small road. Solid brush on either side of the road. Probably 100 sqr ft opening at the road, so the camera was real close.
Pics were taken mid-February. Found the card when I was putting cameras back out yesterday.
This doe was probably 1.5 at the time. Not quite full size. From the pictures prior to the ambush, she seemed to be healthy, and in good shape. Just happened to be in the wrong spot at the wrong time.
In the pics following the kill, the coyote drug the deer off by itself. It either acted alone, or it’s buddies just sat back and watched the show.
I’ve seen a lot of coyotes & bobcats chase/stalk deer, but never actually catch one. I know it happens, but never witnessed it. This was an amazing catch for a trail cam!

I’m no scientist, but it seems like predator control is a huge part of managing a deer herd. Leave it unchecked, and it can get out of hand pretty quick.

[Drycreek3189]

Have you ever looked at predator prey studies? Sometimes killing predators has a negative impact.

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Every time someone posts about killing coyotes this comes up. The negative impact is on the coyote that you just sent to hell. I have witnessed the POSITIVE impact that trapping several coyotes every winter/spring can have on the fawn crop. What people that say it has a negative impact should be saying is this: If you don’t keep it up, you’ll have just as many coyotes as ever. Trapping and shooting coyotes does not make the population suddenly grow, quite the opposite, but you can’t just trap several coyotes and then stop. It doesn’t work that way.

[Caden 54]

That's crazy that you caught that on camera

[muzzlebrake]

The more of them you kill, the more they reproduce?

I read a study done inside a large enclosure where only the alpha male and female pair reproduce. Once they were taken out the rest went nuts and they all started reproducing. The theory was that in the wild if you kill the Alphas then they all start breeding until a new Alpha pair establishes dominance in the area. Meanwhile you have Yotes running everwhere.

[Aggiestad]

Great book to read about coyotes and their expansion across the states


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[DTala]

The more of them you kill, the more they reproduce?

yeah, the dead ones make more babies.

[Aggiestad]

yeah, the dead ones make more babies.

Not at all, the book I posted earlier details how when you hear coyotes howling and yipping at night they are essentially taking roll. When not all the members of the pack are present and accounted for it can put the mature females into essentially a “super heat” where when they would normally have 3-5 pups in a litter they have 7-8 pups.


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[Tejas Wildlife]

I agree with Smart

For every theory there is a counter theory.



Mine is dead coyotes, foxes, skunks and coons don't kill livestock, deer, turkeys, eggs or **** with feeders...whatever their respective meal of choice is.


Very cool pics OP!

We lost enough goats to the ****ed coyotes when I was growing up. I will never stop trying to even the score, and I have been shooting them since 1968.

[oneeye]

I just spent 2 days in Lusk, Wyoming attending John Graham's "Coyote Days 2020". This is a gathering of the best coyote trappers and callers in the US assembled to give demos and advise to the attendees. Folks from 24 states were there. Unbelievable the stories these people can tell about coyotes and coyote behavior!

[tex4k]

I just spent 2 days in Lusk, Wyoming attending John Graham's "Coyote Days 2020". This is a gathering of the best coyote trappers and callers in the US assembled to give demos and advise to the attendees. Folks from 24 states were there. Unbelievable the stories these people can tell about coyotes and coyote behavior!

Where can I find info on this? Is it a yearly thang? Sounds very interesting!

[Layne86]

Thats a cool sequence of photos...I had a bobcat with a cottontail in its mouth just a few weeks ago..first time I had ever seen anything like it

[oneeye]

Where can I find info on this? Is it a yearly thang? Sounds very interesting!

The only way I know of it is thru the threads about it on "trapperman.com" and an ad in the "Trappers Post" magazine. This is the 2nd or 3rd year that John has put it on and he's making plans for next year already. $10 entry fee for both days. The knowledge that was at this gathering and freely shared was unbelievable! It was a 1940 mile round trip for me and worth every bit of it. If you seek knowledge about coyotes you should definately try to make it.

[tex4k]

You can't trap and shoot them all, as soon as I kill them out here the neighbors are primed to move in and pick up where the old residents left off. Back when 1080 was I use along with large areas of ranchers cooperating you couldn't find a coyote around here, now I can hear them from town and trap a truck load every year.