Re: Trapped coyotes observation
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11/18/22 04:23 PM
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MikeTraps2
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Nastiest coyote I ever caught was a small female that was blind in one eye. Growling, snarling, lunging at me, nasty lil SOB In fact the nastiest fox I ever caught was also a female, she had a big long scar across her muzzle all the way up to her eye.
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Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure
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Re: Trapped coyotes observation
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11/18/22 05:06 PM
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yotetrapper30
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Meanest coyote I ever saw was a midget. Seriously. A dwarf coyote. It was full grown and not much bigger than a gray fox. It's like his body was all out of proportion. Short stubby legs, broad chest, small head. Real strange looking. Boy howdy was that thing mean! Lunging at you, snarling, just wanting to eat you alive. I figure he had to be that mean to survive in the wild.
~~Proud Ultra MAGA~~
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Re: Trapped coyotes observation
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11/18/22 05:44 PM
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20scout
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My meanest coyote was a scar faced old male. Personally I think it has to do with past experiences and or if they are top of the pecking order vs male/female.
Common sense is a not a vegetable that does well in everyone's garden.
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Re: Trapped coyotes observation
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11/18/22 05:48 PM
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MikeTraps2
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I wonder if those animals that have scars, deformities, or mutations have a harder life and are even shunned or attacked by others of their species.
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure
Theodore Roosevelt
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Re: Trapped coyotes observation
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11/18/22 06:58 PM
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red mt
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Imo adult females are the worst year around adult males Feb to May the rest are pretty docile,,, I have put a dog collar on one ,,,, I turned loose in the spring for fun.
Kenneth schoening
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Re: Trapped coyotes observation
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11/19/22 02:32 AM
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Although i don't trap coyotes a lot i have noticed something. If they are basically laid down and looking at you they are mostly female. If they are up and ready for a fight they tend to mostly be males. Anyone else notice this ? No usually a female is the most aggressive, if they lay there and glare at you and they are large, they are probably the dominant ones
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Re: Trapped coyotes observation
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11/19/22 07:24 AM
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jabNE
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The more vocal ones I’ve caught seem to be mostly males but have had a few females bark and howl at me too. I can only remember a couple that were on “my end of the chain” when I walked up and both of those were big Wolfy looking males and neither seemed to show fear or submission.
One of those times I had a female in one set nearby and she was cowering, all bit to (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman) and large chunks taken out of her hind end. He was in other set, one of those bigger Wolfy looking males and he was on my end of the chain and growling and barking at me the whole time I walked up to him. Got him in a post set and her in a dirt hole. Was one of those times I was glad to have good welded chain and a good trap on him. He was dispatched first of course. The Sets were about 30 paces apart. I’ll never know for sure but I believe he attacked her when she was already in the trap and caught, she was helpless at that point, then he got caught when he tried to mark the post set nearby. Like I said I don’t know for sure but that made most sense to me.
I think animals are a lot like humans sometimes you get a few that just aren’t “wired correctly” like the rest of the group and turn out to be just jerks and show they are true predators.
Jim
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