Logan_Lamothe
Regular
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- Big River, Sask
I sent an email to sask environment, when they reply I will post it.
Coyote attack near Halifax
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I sent an email to sask environment, when they reply I will post it.
The principal advantage of trapping is that a snare is a 24 hour a day, 7 day a week hunter. You could not hope to make the same impact on the coyote population by hunting that trapping could, especially in terrain typical of Eastern Canada.
CanadianReich
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- nova scotia
If you are trying to lower coyote populations in NS then I absolutely agree with you.
Most agree that lowering the coyote populatoin is not an answer, however, as the females simply have several times more young to compensate.
Also, you target all coyotes rather then just the "big shots" that see humans in the same category as sheep rabbits and small cows.
I can understand their point of view on population control not working, I cant understand why coyotes cant re-learn to be fearfull of man.
I would argue that a high population of coyotes around residential areas is part of the reason why there seems to be an increase in negative interactions. Population control is the answer, by whatever means available, and usually that means a combination of trapping, hunting, and sometimes a large scale government sanctioned/operated predator reduction program.
Bounties alone do not have a great track record in controlling coyote populations. I do think, however, there is a strong argument to be made for targeted bounties, e.g. awarding higher bounties to trappers. Right now, there is little impetus for trappers to go after coyotes. Their fur (especially Eastern coyotes) is nearly worthless, and trapping effort takes time and money. If you make it worthwhile for trappers to go after coyotes, however, you might very well convince them to do just that.
A common myth. Coyotes do not have a biological switch in their brain or uterus that causes them to produce more pups when they are under pressure. Rather, when hunting/trapping acts to reduce their numbers, more prey is available for the survivors, and more pups/juveniles survive through to reproductive age. And so, the number of predators increase in turn. Its a simple result of predator-prey interaction and their environment.
Probably was someone's dog and she thought it was a coyote. Everyone has jumped on the coyote hysteria ever since that report of the girl in Cape Breton. Every encounter now is an attack. Lady in Saint John had her lap dog attacked by a yote and she grabbed the yote, they called it an attack as well. The only attack I could see was on the poor coyote
We have yotes all around here, lose the odd cat but that doesn't hurt my feelings any. The kids still play out in the woods and fields but yotes are about the last thing I worry about. Country yotes still respect the heirarcy, all the brazen ones around here are dead.
I agree for the most part, but they do seem to get bolder when they cross with dogs and like any animal they can become more agressive if they are habituated to humans, regardless of what all the so-called experts say. Alot of the expert opinion you see is actually someone's opinion, and not real knowledge.
It is a good thing to remind the yotes of their place on the ladder occasionally. They are smart enough that here in AB they will watch you drive by, but if you slow down or hit the brakes they bolt for cover because they know what it is to be hunted. I used to have a problem with coyotes coming into the yard at night and fighting with our dogs. The dogs could hold their own and even killed the odd yote, but all the comotion made it hard to sleep. If i shot a yote and let it hang on the barbwire behind the barn, the canine UFC matches would immediately cease. Needed a fresh yote to hang on the wire every 6-12 months to stay effective, but it worked.
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CanadianReich
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- nova scotia
Hahaha I was wondering if that would work. I was thinking "it may scare them off!" but then I was also thinking "the smell of meat may bring them in!"
If anyone cares about this anymore A $20 bounty is put in place plus whatever the trapper makes on the pelt.
If everything goes right I'll have my trappers ticket by trapping season this year.
Also once I get my PAL I'm going to go coyote hunting year round so if you are in NS in the woods wear orange all the time.
If everything goes right I'll have my trappers ticket by trapping season this year.
Also once I get my PAL I'm going to go coyote hunting year round so if you are in NS in the woods wear orange all the time.
