Re: Coyotes and calves

Posted by jackinok on September 08, 2011 at 07:46:55 from (162.58.82.136):

In Reply to: Re: Coyotes and calves posted by NW Ohio Tim on September 07, 2011 at 21:45:17:

not a comparison to a coyote in any of this,a coyote is a pretty unique animal.first of all it will eat anything.a wolf,a muskrat,rats,and mice wont.in fact very very few animals,with the possible exception of humans will.no other animal has such a diverse diet.if one thing is scarce they simply switch to another,or they eat them all at the same time which almost guarantees their ability to survive.very few animals have the ability to do this.a cow will die if you throw it out on johnson grass in certain conditions,where the other cow thats fed johnson grass constantly it wont bother at all.horses,dogs almost any other animal will do the same,they need to gradually have their feed changed.next thing that helps tham is they are very very smart and adaptive.most animals arent.deer can adapt very readily,and lots of animals will over time.but a coyote can adapt within minutes.try raising one from a pup and you'll see.a dog needs constant reminders to stay on top his game,a coyote doesnt,once he has it its there and he never loses it, and in fact will push you to remain ahead of him because they are constantly pushing the boundaries just a little.they never stop hunting,and like a zebra,no one has really ever bred or trained the wild out of one.while they can be taught most every thing they always retain that wild side that you never know when will surface.and they are always thinking.they have an almost uncanny ability to remember things that they bring from the wild.a coyote is sort of strange also in that it caches food.not for a day, as a lot of other animals will ,such as a dog hiding a bone,but they will come back months later to that exact spot and dig something up.what kept their range down in the past was never their ability to adapt,but the presence of larger predators that preyed on them,such as the wolf,owls,eagles etc,not their inability to increase their range.just like foxes are becoming more and more prevelent in oklahoma, coyotes are adaptive enough to almost overnight slide into a place vacated by the removal of any competition.wheather you like them or not they are here to stay,, but I will give you a tip on how to get along with them better.having kept them as pets in the past.first and foremost,never ever under any circumstance leave a carcass of a cow,calf,sheep,whatever laying in your pastures to let "nature" take its course.99.9% of the time that nature is none other than the lowly coyote.i have little sympathy for a person who complains of a coyote getting his sheep,chickens or calves when they actually feed the coyotes the same things on a regular basis!you are when this happens actually TRAINING that coyote to eat your animals!they are NOT dogs that eat what you put in their bowl,and if they dont seem to like it you give them something else.they are very very very much top of the line predators.a wolf cant hold a candle to them,a bear its to laugh,no other predator in the world PERIOD is as effecient.their only saving grace is their size,and the fact that they are so effecient,makes it very easy to keep their bellies full.BUT they are also oppertunists and they are smart enough and adaptive enough to make the most of every situation and they will take a handout every time.if you feed them calves,why would you be surprised if they kill one? youve trained them to do so ,and given them the go ahead!anyone who doesnt understand this just doesnt realize how smart these creatures really are.trust me in this,if you believe that coyotes will regularly kill your cattle,burn evry one that dies naturally,or pay the rendering folks to come pick it up.if you leave them lay,your simply shooting yourself in the foot!

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