Ramblings and Such From Hunting Coyote

It's not a true hibernation they will hole up for the cold weather, I have seen them stay in for a month or two depending on how long it stays cold.

That's interesting. I was told long ago that coons don't like the snow since thier feet are so sensitive. I don't think thats entirely true since I've seen ALOT of coon tracks in the snow and seen many out and about in all conditions.

I don't think much of anything likes to get out in subzero temperatures and especially if it's also windy, I know I for sure don't and I'm glad that I don't have to work in it now. I have taken a lot of fox, bobcats and coyote in cold weather, but not many racoons or skunks. I did see a bat out in January so turned it in for rabies testing it had white nose disease, a fungal infection, but tested negative for rabies .

This is a good example of why I told the control guys that when they knew the plane or helicopter was going to fly make sure that they had the fences set up with snares. I went out this morning and they were spraying with the plane this coyote ran from the plane and was in my snare maybe 5 minutes when I got there. It's a bigger mountain coyote standing between 24 and 26 inches at the shoulders and weighing around 50 to 60 pounds. notice how grey he is even on the sides and that his legs aren't the rusty red color of his face and ears. I love my trued and tuned Ruger SR 22 one shot at 10 feet hit him in the darker hair above his eyes centered in his forehead. If you visualize a Y from his ears to his nose tip with the vee coming together above the eyes that is a good quick killing shot for them using a smaller caliber round. As always, I talk like I am visiting with some guys that may not have had the experience that others might have had the opportunity to have had. I learned to shoot hogs in that spot when I was around 8 years old using a 22 rifle with longs or shorts as every New Year's Day, we butchered two to four of them for our year's supply of meat.

That is a pretty coyote

Thanks

Buck

I like that color phase myself; the Montana pale coyotes are really pretty coyotes also. I worked with a guy that asked me if I could tan one for him to take to his in-laws down in Arizona. I caught a beautiful mountain coyote the next day, so I tanned it for him, he took it to his father-in-law. He came back after his Christmas vacation and asked me was that really a coyote or was it a wolf? My in-laws said they couldn't use it, and they didn't think it was a coyote they were positive it was a wolf. He talked to them and assured them that it was a coyote, and it was just a different subspecies than they were used to seeing in Arizona, and they finally said it would be okay for their purposes. I really think that they probably do have some wolf genes in them.

What a pretty coyote and what a Giant?

Hal