Here's the scenario. Deer got tangled in fence 8 days ago in the ditch. Sheriff deputy came out and shot it. Next morning boss spend some time trying to get out of fence but couldn't. Later I came along with a saw and cut it out. No coyote has touched it . Birds ate on it a little bit. This on low maintenance road no one lives on and is lighty traveled. Great coyote cover both sides of road. In the 9 years I've worked on this ranch never have I not seen fresh tracks on this road after a snow and most times multiple sets. Right between two pastures we winter cows in with big tall grass. Just a lot of coyotes here. We are out in pastures everyday feeding and leaving human scent out there on the ground. Oh and I've never treated this deer with antibiotics. Lol
So for those of you who say
1 Kansas coyotes are not cautious and are abnormally bold because of competition why hasn't it been touched
2 for those that say human scent doesn't affect coyotes especially in areas where they are use to it why hasn't it been touched
I believe it hasn't been touched solely because 3 different people have been around it in about an 18 hour period and it's very likely it will lay there and rot down and never be touched which makes me believe coyotes can mark the area in a manner that warns other coyotes of danger because around here it quite possible 10 or 15 coyotes can pass by that dead deer in 2 weeks and none will touch it even after the human scent is gone. This isn't always the norm around here but it happens enough for me to have real questions about how spooky and paranoid coyotes can be even though some are rather easy to catch. Just some food for thought I find interesting and thought others might too. Could have posted under the dead cow thread but thought more might read it under a new thread.