Posted by Billy NY on November 24, 2008 at 06:15:48 from (64.12.117.74):
In Reply to: Coyotes posted by richardp3 on November 23, 2008 at 17:13:12:
Over here in eastern NY about 25 miles west of the VT/Mass. border I think I've noticed them for about 10 years, before that, I don't recall hearing or finding droppings. They were around before, but rarely noticed, according to others I've spoken too, one who shot one in the early 70's.
It appears that for awhile, just a few years ago, the population was growing, all kinds of droppings, lot of howling at times, and I'd see a few throughout the year. They are big and healthy, we have lots of rabbits and mice.
I was down the hill in the valley, from my house, standing by our small pond, a deer comes out, down a path that I keep mowed, tongue hanging out and panting hard, he looked like he just ran a marathon, looked at me as if to say (hey bud could you get whatever is chasing me off my back ?) no concern about me at all, almost ran smack into me, went left up the hill, forget what direction, but he came right back, almost smack into me again, I've never seen a deer run out exhausted like that, moments later, I see a large healthy coyote in another path, the deer was literally doing laps. They were doing a number on fawns a few years ago, was finding quite a few small legs.
Sometimes one would sit on the hill our house is on and enjoy the view, I was working in my yard one day and another big healthy coyote was right in the tree line sitting and watching me, kept at it, never scared him away, whenever they do this, eventually they just walk on off. Funny, you hear them, load a rifle and spotlight or use the moon and snow to see em, they are invisible.
I nailed a deer during archery season in '05, it went 100 yds + into the thicket and or semi marsh land with all those large round tufts of grass that like to grow in places like that. Went up to the house, got a lantern to track it, an hour might have passed before we found it, coyotes had already tore into it, sometimes they are right under your nose and you have no clue they are here.
When the windows are open at night, sometimes you'll hear the demise of some other critter, as they tear into it, rabbits go quick, but there seems to be a lot of cats running loose here, have seen the same ones for awhile, I heard one taken by a coyote, nasty sounds of agony, went down with a rifle, was over and I never saw a one of them.
Lately, no signs of them getting any fawns, I have a tall grass area 200 yds from the house, doe always has a fawn in there, twins this year, can usually figure out when too, I've caught them bare handed, until they get their legs right, no match for a coyote. I still see droppings, but don't hear them nearly as often, they're here but not like they were for awhile.
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