Hey guys!
I'm looking for book recommendations about trapping coyotes, specifically the science behind the way they think or act. Maybe how lures/scents make yotes act differently with different smells.


Finished up college, finally have some time to learn more about critters!!
Thanks in advance
-Lydia

Wild furbearer management and conservation in North America would be a good book to have.

You might like Mark June's Book. I believe he has a biology degree and he uses some studies to point out some coyote behavior.

This might be a good one

https://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Coyotes-Comprehensive-Photographers-Observers/dp/1517164710/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1526264415&sr=8-1&keywords=coyote+books

Check out Major Boddicker's work. He is a retired college prof/trapper & did coyote research for a long time. I think his work would be of great benefit to you. Not only has he published books, he has had a long running series of articles in the NTA mag, "American Trapper" that you may be able to access online. If you have trouble finding what you need, send me a p/m & I'll send you more info. Many trappers have found his info on set type and placement and especially coyotes' reaction to different smells to be very helpful. Some of his work is kinda old, but it's certainly not outdated.

Usda studies are great reads. The government spent ALOT of time and money studying coyotes.

Hoofbeats has alot of good info along with various references to further studies . Boddicker is also good !

Major boddicker, hands down. And the ray acorn hard cover.

Coyotes, trappers, sheepherders and urbanites by Frank Turkowski

Colorado University put out a ADC guide many years ago the covered a lot of testing, behaviors and coyote study information that I found very interesting it came in a large binder at that time. SD ADC handed them out at the time to new hires.

There was a book written by Young, and someone else, og recommend it

Go to Google Scholar and look up terms such as "coyote biology", "coyote ecology", etc. There are quite a few papers published from universities around the country. Everything from behavior to control. I have probably downloaded 40+ papers and read about half of them. Lots of good information and food for thought.

Talk to Mark June.

If it's not too late to answer this, check out the articles I already scanned in from the "1980 Fur Bearer's Conference" and then check out the
table of contents and tell me what else you want scanned in. I have this book on loan until the end of the month but I need to physically go to the library to scan it.

go to http://www.trappersreport.com and search (bottom right) for "1980." You'll see the articles I scanned already and the Table of Contents you can look at and tell me what else you want and I'll go get it.

Congratulations on graduating!

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Hoofbeats by Craig O Gorman, collect his old catalogs as they are full of knowledge also. He made his living on coyotes, not many can say that.

It might have been Stanley and young? Or Stanley young, I forgot. Can't remember, I read some of it, lots of info

Nah, I meant I finished for summer break!! I'm only a sophomore

I think it is Stanly P. Young