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Post by firstwd on Jul 31, 2009 11:58:15 GMT -5
Have you guys noticed any major changes in coyote numbers around your areas? We used to have just silly high numbers around here, but I think the flood last June did a serious number on them. Was thinking it wiped out a bunch of pups and dens. We haven't seen any to speak of. We aren't hearing them at night. I have seen more fox then I ever have. We are actually finding rabbits hit on the roads again, and last week I saw the first groundhog hit on the road in probably 20 years.
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Post by danf on Jul 31, 2009 12:10:41 GMT -5
Come out here of an evening. 5-6 nights a week they will light off and howl for 10 minutes or so. Hard to say how many of them, but there's several. With the corn and beans up (finally) I haven't seen any in a while. I have seen a fox twice in the last couple of weeks, but I also shot one 30 yards from the front door last year. The one I've seen lately could be a family member of the one I shot. Until a month or so ago, I hadn't seen many rabbits, but they've become more prevalent since then. All that said to get around to the fact that our flooding wasn't nearly as bad as other places last year.  |
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Post by jrbhunter on Jul 31, 2009 14:43:51 GMT -5
Coyote populations fluctuate in many ways... from large "regions" to small "pockets" their numbers are always changing from year to year. I call coyotes all across the state of Indiana each fall & winter, and I take note of the fluctuations in numbers from one area to another.
Severe flooding will damage small game and rodent populations, which may effect the number of predators hunting those areas. I've found areas prone to common flooding will rarely hold denning coyotes... as they may not provide adequate food sources to raise pups with and could obviously wash the den out.
DanF's area seems to always hold great coyote numbers, and will probably hold more and more over the next few years. Your area, Firstwd, is prone to a handful of pressures that change those populations regularly. There are some great callers and trappers in your area, as well as some large teams of drivers that knock the numbers down each season.
I suspect as the elitists and anti's continue to fight live market trapping.... you'll see more and more coyotes back in that area. About 4 years ago, that area was hopping with coyote activity. In 4 more years, it will be again. Wherever they go, I go with them.
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Post by tickman1961 on Jul 31, 2009 16:38:30 GMT -5
Saw a fawn running while setting on the porch the other morning, and 30 yards behind it came a running coyote with lust in his eyes. Don't know what happened to the fawn but it did not look good for the little beast. Bunch of rabbits in my neighborhood and been hearing some quail as of late. Figure the coyote was on the hunt for rabbits and jumped the fawn.
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Post by tobias on Aug 1, 2009 8:58:06 GMT -5
Still plenty of the mangy things around my place. I've actually seen more this summer than I have in many. We've always had high numbers but it seems like we're gettin overran w/ 'em this year. Should make for a good trappin season.
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Post by duff on Aug 1, 2009 15:19:53 GMT -5
Hear plenty around here. Fishing the river at night you hear them every time out.
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Aug 6, 2009 18:09:08 GMT -5
I just got permission to do some coyote hunting on a small farm not far from me. The owner saw a doe chasing a coyote, with a fawn by the throat, just a few weeks ago. He says they are all over the place.
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Post by duff on Aug 6, 2009 21:24:18 GMT -5
I've seen about 7 just this week...two this morning about 5 minutes apart, two the day before, one on Tuesday out mousing in a cow pasture and two over the weekend. This all in normal driving, they must be in dispersal mode.
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Post by jrbhunter on Aug 6, 2009 22:21:38 GMT -5
I doubt their dispersing yet Duff. You might be seeing some effects of the extensive flooding and heavy pressure systems, combined with a horrible night-hunting moon for predators.
Dispersal should start kicking in around Mid-Late September. Many pups will not disperse until October and November. It seems (IMHO) that dispersal activity is ramped up when the crops come off... the reduction in available cover seems to ramp up territorialism a little. At least from what I've seen.
Of course, several yearling females will stay back another year anyway. I noticed more females staying back this year (Feb/March) than ever before. I'm anxious to see how that effects populations this fall (IE: Increased pup survival). Also, I curious if some of those yearling females were bred- meaning a double litter reared together. I have never documented this phenomenon... but it's increasingly possible in Indiana.
I'm always looking for localized scouting reports on coyote populations... feel free to shoot me an email at Jrbhunter@hotmail.com if you have any tips that might help me smear a few more this winter. I'll start aquiring ground in September... killing in October.
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Post by duff on Aug 9, 2009 8:48:52 GMT -5
No tips here, saw another Friday morning though! I have no clue on yote movement or habits so I was just guessing on what it might have been. You are probably right with the moon. We didn't get flooded much at all this week. At least no worse then the rest of the year. Just found it strange that I have seen so many in the past few days when the crops, fields, and woods are high enough or thick enough I can't see much out there.
Seen more yotes then deer last week. Think that is the first time in a long time or ever for me....
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Post by drs on Aug 9, 2009 11:05:46 GMT -5
So far, I've shot three Coyotes on my property; one during Turkey Season and two more so far this Summer. Shot at one the otherday but missed him with my .308, he was 250 yards away and the bullet went just over him. I pulled the trigger to quickly I guess. |
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Post by ridgerunner on Aug 9, 2009 19:20:55 GMT -5
I noticed low numbers last fall in my area here, but I've been hammering em the past fews your during trapping season...I think I've got em thinned out around these parts for now...Anxious to see what this fall brings...I just aquired 500 acres to trap in Illinois also so looking foward to this trapping season..I've been seeing tons of tracks and sign this summer, so it's looking good.
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Post by kdog8173 on Oct 16, 2009 12:20:57 GMT -5
there all over carroll county
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Post by todd on Oct 16, 2009 14:19:14 GMT -5
We have been hearing more this year than in the past. We had 3 different packs Tuesday night.
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Post by trm on Oct 19, 2009 22:20:13 GMT -5
Nothwest Hendricks/Southwest Boone counties are covered with them. The local news paper showed one running down main street at 2pm. Local law enforcement hit one a few weeks back in town too. They are everywhere around here.
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Post by Flatlander54 on Oct 21, 2009 20:33:56 GMT -5
We have quite a few here in Randolph Co, Ive recently taken up coyote hunting but no luck callin them in yet. Firstwd....I have a cousin down in Greensburg who hunts them, but he says hes been havin trouble finding them too.
They are pretty thick in my area, but you really dont see much of them during the day. But, go out about 1-2 a.m. and the woods are alive with their singing. I think Im gonna have to change my hunting strategy for them, but right now deer season is my main priority.
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