coyote article

Guess we better start crankn em.

Unlike the small, 20- to 25-pound coyotes of the Southwest, the Northeast is home to a much larger subspecies. Weighing up to 55 pounds, the Eastern coyote of the Adirondacks is believed to be a distant coyote-timber wolf crossbreed.

Populations of these coyotes have been shown to prey heavily on deer in certain situations. In a landmark study that spanned 12 years, Maine biologists collected teeth and bones from 760 winter coyote-killed deer.

The researchers then documented the sex and age of each deer, as well as individual health (based on bone marrow fat content). On startling conclusion was Eastern coyotes do not target just young and sick deer when favorable conditions exist. In fact, researchers learned these coyotes prey nonselectively upon mature bucks and does that are otherwise healthy.

I've seen 6 this season, running through the fields in front of me. I guess I gotta buy a call for em......

Now I have a question, remember I'm a novice hunter!

What do you do with Coyotes?
I don't want to take one and do nothing with it, that's not hunting to me.

Get the head mounted with the rest of the body taned. Hang it on a wall , looks pretty cool