DH just got me a spy camera to find out what's killing my birds!

[ltimmermans]

CO did the same thing CA did and ban effective measures to control them thats why you have problems. I did say that they hunt in groups if you call 2-5 critters a "pack" than your right. I am done giving advice on this part of the forum it seems everyone knows more about them than me to start with our they can get"experience" from the wonderful INTERNET. I have to go , got coyote traps to check.

 

[gypsy2621]

Dude, you may be an expert in your own right, but the link I posted comes directly from Our Fish and Game Office.
just because you have vast experience certainly does not by any means make you the only scorce of information.
You have no cause to take a high road attitude.
a couple is 2 a pack is anything more than 2

Animals in different parts of the US act and respond differently, as mentioned differences in prey, situations etc, banned hunting and culling of certain species has demanded these animals do things much different.
just because animals in your area act one way does not necessrily mean they are going to act the same somewhere else, or under different circumstances.
your attitude is combative maybe it IS best you dont respond any more.

 

[JJMR794]

ltimmermans YOU ARE CORRECT! I TOO HAVE MADE IT A GOOD PASSTIME DOING MY PART TO KEEP COYOTES IN CHECK AND IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMEONE HAS A CASE OF MISUNDERSTANDING, OR UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS......... COYOTE IS SOLITARY HUNTER. THEY DO NOT PACK--- ONCE THE PUPS ARE GROWN MOMMA RUNS 'EM OFF, HER JOB IS DONE! PERHAPS WHAT WAS SEEN IN THAT PASTURE WAS ACTUALLY DOGS. I LIVE NEAR THAT AREA AND HAVE PROBLEMS WITH STRAY OR UNATTENDED DOGS PACKING UP AND PULLING DOWN 9MONTH OLD BEEF CALVES, AS WELL AS ATTACKING THE FAMILY DOG WHO WAS ON A CHAIN IN THE BACK YARD

 

[scbatz33]

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I should think that if they were "coming at you" then they maybe were some ferrel dog mixed in...maybe even a few "unbalanced" or ill in the pack. Usually coyotes hunt and travel solo.

 

[Southernbelle]

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Those are great pictures, Ninja! You've got quite a lot of predators in your neck of the woods. Very clear pictures!

Our camera came in today - DH just has to run out and get the D batteries for it, so it won't be long now. I lost another young cockrel last night.

 

[redhen]

the coyotes that live on my road were seen in a pack of 5..and they came to feast in my yard one winter..(before i had hens)..and they came as a pack and ate the food i had thrown out for animals....that WAS creepy waking up at 2 am and hearing them all yipping and snarling while eating....*yeah, i know DUMB leaving out food!!*

....and they do bring down deer here....so, i am assuming it would take more than one to bring down an adult deer?.. maybe not though...

 

[Faverolle]

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I do not want to get in a p!$$%%^ match here but I disagree with you! First of all coyotes in the east versus west do not all act the same! There is much speculation as to the origin of the eastern coyote and if it was derived from the wolf or expansion of range. one thing that is for sure is that the eastern coyotes are generally twice the size of its western counterpart.
Coyotes may be solitary, also called transients or they may be in packs. A pack generally is comprised of an alpha male and alpha female. In addition the pack usually will consist of offspring and or transients. However only the alpha male/female breed.It is not uncommon to see 6-8 together forming a pack. I learned this in school while completing my degree in wildlife biology, not surfing the net. I am by no means an expert since I chose to specialize in other areas but I do have a little background with this.

 

[Southernbelle]

Well, in my case, I've only seen evidence of 1 animal - only 1 set of footprints in the mud and one trail in the snow (before it melted), only 1 bird at a time disappears. If there's more, we'll just bring extra ammo.

 

[NancyDz]

In my post I considered a pack to be anything more than two, whether or not that is scientifically deemed a pack I wouldnt know. I do know I have never seen a solitary coyote here in Northern CA, where I live on 70 acres bordering 1000's of acres of State park. Just stating my experience with coyote's , not dogs. I definitely know the difference. My comments are from personal experience.. not the internet. The ones I've seen here are not aggressive towards people at all, nor have I heard of any incidents around here of that. Again just stating my personal experience with them here in Northern CA. It sounds like
coyotes behavior varies across the country. It's interesting to hear other's experiences with them, too bad people can't just share their experience without having to be "right"


I think this thread was more about a spy camera anyway !

Nancy

 

[Badlatitude]

Wow ... I might have to get my tinfoil hat and underwear out of the closet the way this thread is going.....