Seal Hunting;Please comment on question of Coyote native or not

I just checked, a non resident does need to use an outfitter to hunt I NFLD for big game. (sucks)

I bet the trip to the Northern Peninsula for seals is gonna kick ass!

Safety is a major prority when hunting off the coast of Newfoundland.
The weather is ofeten unpredictable, and a beautiful 6 am push off the dock can just as easily end in a snowstorm struggle with a compass to get ashore.
How many times have we heard of almost entire families taken by the sea while out hunting the winter. I remeber 3 brothers and a son I believe all in the one boat, gone forever.

How many times have I almost fallen in trying to get a duck shot from the rocks with a floating jigger.

I know guys on the Sounth Coast and Burin who tie their dogs to ropes with a harness and lower them down over cliffs so they can swim out to get a bird and then pull them back up, bird in mouth. It looks real funny.

Did you know?
Newfoundland had no coyotes until a few years back when some floated over on a ice flow and set up camp !! (there are quite a few now i tell ya, and they ain't small and they do like Caribou!)
 
Ya, it was 79 they figure the first coyote made its way across from NS, im lucky enuf that i can still hunt home as a resident where im military, what part of home are you from, im from down around where you spoke of, Marystown actually, went to school in burin, small world!!
 
I'm from out around conception bay, down from carbonear.

But don't worry, I know about burin, and Marystown, and Lawn, and all those places?

Know a family of Strangs out that way.

I'm lovin Alberta though. There is always an open season for something!!!!
 
Actually it was supposedly the Spring of '86 that Coyotes first made it across on the ice from N.S. And Seal is basically nature's health food. Almost 100% protein, high in iron, Omega-3 fatty acids and damn tasty! :) I could do with a feed of fresh flippers right now!:) Just a couple o' more months!
 
I find it vey interesting about those coyotes coming over on the ice.

I know the word is wrong, but it's like witnessing the evolution of things.

All other game in Newfoundland are now affected by it, and I suspect the Coyotes will florish.
 
Although the Coyote came over as you say "Naturally", that does not make them native, they are a [SIZE=-1]Ferrell species. Your right x man it was 86, my mistake[/SIZE].And altough im not home much anymore, from all accords the coyote has become an unstoppable force in NFLD, Shane MAhoney the cheif wildlife biologist for the provinve has done alot of work in relation to the coyote, if the govt wasnt so pig headed they would of helped out when it first became a problem!!
 
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ryan robert said:
Although the Coyote came over as you say "Naturally", that does not make them native, they are a Ferrell species.
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I think the word you're looking for is -feral- and clearly the coyote is not feral, unless you believe that they were at one time domesticated.
 
I often hear as well about Newfoundlands native moose, yet the moose is not native to Newfoundland.

These Coyotes are going to really take off on the rabbits,grouse,caribou, and moose.

Previous to the coyote, the only animal i can think of that preyed on Caribou and the occasional moose is the Black Bear. The Newfoundland wolf is long extinct.

Other than the occasional fox,lynx or mink, a rabbit could be left in a snare for a week and still be there when you checked them. I think there's gonna be a whole lot of empty snears.

Coyotes also breed based on availability of food from what I understand, typically having large litters in the times of plenty, and small durin the sparse times. Newfoundland is like an all you can eat buffet.

I believe the coyote wil be the final nail in the Partridge's coffin

Based on this, things are going to get really bad, really quick.
If they get in Bowering Park, She's all over !!!!:D
 
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Coyotes were confirmed on PEI in 1984 when one was snared. that 1979 date may apply here, they were like the sasquatch before that, people were seeing them but noone knew if they really existed.
We have a "healthy" population of yotes now. I have heard that coyotes have been spotted on the ice very close to the magdalen Islands, mind you they were almost dead at that point.

My guess would be Coyotes in NFLD came from Quebec/Labrador rather than NS, it is much closer. The PEI Coyote is from NS/NB. And yes they are biiger than the western variety, I believe all coyotes east of Ontario has some wolf DNA in them.
 
I have seen Coyotes in Newfoundland that are well over 70lbs and saw ones that had not been shot from a distance and they were as large as large German Sheppard


"Western coyotes aren't known to kill big animals like caribou, but Eastern Canada is likely dealing with a bigger variety that's more like a wolf", says Paul Wilson, a researcher at Trent University in Ontario.
"The eastern coyote is, in fact, a hybrid between the eastern wolf and coyote that expanded from the west," Wilson said. "Whatever animals made it over to Newfoundland probably came from this hybrid eastern coyote."

I just saw this Bicycle tour website that advertises Bike tours around the world.
This is on the site as a description of one leg of the Newfoundland tour.

"Day three: (hike) Today we hike Gros Morne, and it will take us six to eight hours to complete. Bring lots of film, for thistruly is God's Country. There's no better way to describe it. The views from Gros Morne will take your breath away: with stunning fjords descending to the majestic sea below and dramatic waterfalls that fill you with a sense of awe and longing. It just feels so right, like this is how it was meant to be. And the bountiful wildlife — ptarmigan, caribou, moose, hares, coyote, deer, to name just a few —will help you feel at peace with the land, and that feeling alone is worth the price of admission for our Viking Trail tour. Tonight we're staying at The Sugar Hill Inn"

DEER ??????? Where are there deer????????????


This from another tourist type deal

"July 7–8, 2001

The weather in Newfoundland can change on a dime. Although the wind kicked up during the night and July 7 started out with rain threatening, by the time we were ready to get started on the day's adventures, it had cleared up. We decided on Trout River for the day.

There aren't a whole lot of roads in Newfoundland. Additionally, bodies of water often block the direct routes to a destination."

NOT A WHOLE LOT OF ROADS????? WHAT THE F#$k????
Oh yeah, we all have helicopters!!!!!

I hope people don't rely solely on this type of info
 
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sealhunter said:
I have seen Coyotes in Newfoundland that are well over 70lbs and saw ones that had not been shot from a distance and they were as large as large German Sheppard
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You may have seen lot's of Coyotes over 70lbs but have you ever weighed one? I don't want to sound like a #### or try to discredit you but here on PEI there have been 80lb coyotes seen on many occasions but the largest on record trapped or shot was a little over 60lbs. They still look huge mind you, the 35lb one I shot last year made my 60lb lab look tiny.

Yes they are bigger here but Biologists say they run between 30-65lbs no bigger. now put that into perspective, I believe 35lbs is big in the west... am I right in saying that?
 
sealhunter said:
There aren't a whole lot of roads in Newfoundland. Additionally, bodies of water often block the direct routes to a destination."

NOT A WHOLE LOT OF ROADS????? WHAT THE F#$k????
Oh yeah, we all have helicopters!!!!!
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There are plenty of roads in NFLD, I hear you are even getting traffic lights this year!!! or at least picked out the colours :D
 
I certainly have seen the big ones that were not the scale heavywights you'd expect, but the 70lbs is is quoted from a picture in the newspaper of the coyote with the guy who shot it and was weighed a tad over 70 lbs,
I would certainly agree that this may not be the typical coyote, but the you're right, the size can be misleading.

I was reading an article where they are speaking of the Coyotes we have as a wolf/coyote hybrid. It also ways that quite often this hybrid is called a "brush wolf" Never heard that trem before.

As for the Traffic lights, we're thinking of going with pastels for the colors.

Sure pastel are so 80's, but we are about 25 years behind in Nfld, so they'll be perfect. Thinking Dusty rose for go, I nice aqua Marine for slow down, and a another shade of Dusty Rose (Homestly I can hadly tell the difference) for stop.
The government says these "traffic lights" are all well and good, but they are gonna be hell on batteries.
 
Went home last summer to show the girlfriend what it's all about. She loved it

She got screeched in, picture taken in Dildo, saw whales, caught a Sculpin, (she was so proud I wouldn't telll her that we used to tie em to our peddle bikes and chase the girls), downtown, shootin on the rocks, out in boat......

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