if you catch a coyote, will others make a ruckus about it? I was just in bed and heard a big ol' commotion outside, real close to the house; all kinds of coyote yelps and barks. I had some traps set with Caven's predator bait and I was wondering if I caught one, will the others will yell about it?

thanks

Not really. I trap a few spots that a caught coyote and it's buddies can be heard and only once has the landowner said anything about a racket the night a coyote was caught and it was just from the caught one.

OK, cool! Thanks!!

Possibly but not common

Maybe if you catch the old female. I haven't seen it with coyotes, but twice with wolves I've caught the alpha female and had the others howling all around while I dispatched and remade the set. I was also Guiding elk hunters a few years ago and could hear wolves howling all morning on the hill across the canyon. Turned out a trapper had a wolf in a trap over there that morning and the others were around howling. If that happens remake the set and slap in a couple blind sets quick if you have the traps, and get out of there. The others will be back looking for her.

On a rare occasion coyotes will kill a coyote in a trap. I've never been around when that happened, but I suspect there is a ruckus that you would hear if you were in hearing.

ok thanks!

That's really cool! I was actually worried last night, wondering if it could have been the coyotes either killing a coyote in my trap, or killing something else in my trap. Thanks for the info!

20-30% of the coyotes I catch have multiple fresh bite marks in them when I skin them. Especially if it’s a young female.

So did you catch one?

Good to know, thanks!

I haven't checked yet; waiting for the sun to come up

Just got back from running the "line". Didn't catch anything but it was still a really eventful morning, I'll tell y'all about it in a few minutes

So I went out, checked my traps, and no disturbance except for this:

For whatever reason, something plugged my dirthole with moss and dirt.

Anyway, I was tromping along and saw a couple of rabbits in the neighbor's cornfield. They were about 40 yards from me, so I blasted one with my 20 gauge. He kicked and then took off into the brush. I went after him, and the other rabbit that I hadn't shot at ran out, so I shot him too. Then I found the first rabbit, who was right underneath me in the brush. It took off, made a loop, and then came right back to me so I shot him with my .22 pistol. Then, when I was taking this picture:

A couple of pheasants flew in 25 yards from me and landed there. I had ran out of #6s (I only brought 2 and I used those on the rabbits) so all I had left was #2 steel shot (which I had brought in case I saw a goose). I wasn't sure if a .22 was legal to shoot pheasants with, so I ran inside and grabbed another #6 pheasant load. I managed to get a shot off at one but missed. So that was my morning

Good job on the rabbits. Now if I'm reading this right you could've shot the pheasant with #2 steel shot but didn't. Why was that? From what I've read #2 steel would be about equal to #4 shot or so. And yes you can shoot pheasants with a 22. Blaze away with the 22 revolver if you've got a safe backstop. Shooting a 22 pistol at 25 yards at a pheasant would be cool if you got it.

be careful about carrying mixed bag ammunition

ƒ Possess or use any type of lead
or toxic shot when hunting ducks,
geese, brant, snipe, rails, coot and
common gallinule.
ƒ Possess or use any type of lead or
toxic shot while hunting mourning
dove on DNR-managed land.

you have to not even possess the toxic shot while hunting waterfowl

it isn't use non toxic , it is every round in your possession has to be non toxic if you are waterfowl hunting.

so I thing you want to say you were rabbut hunting and happened to have a steel in your pocket

this is why where multi species is available 3 round plug and non toxic shot is the go to.

I know a few guys who run all steel because the frequently kick up ducks pheasant hunting around potholes and creeks

I pass on the ducks , just let them fly

Yeah, I could have shot it with the #2 steel shot but I guess I was thinking "3 inch #2 steel shot at a pheasant would be too big". I really don't know why I thought that, but yeah looking back I should have just shot it with that Good to know about the .22 pheasant thing. I never saw anything about it in the regulations, and I guess I just figured it was illegal I don't know why Yeah that would be pretty cool!

Dang I forgot about that. I wouldn't have brought any toxic shot if I was ever going goose/duck hunting, but I didn't think about it since I wasn't actually going out specifically for geese. I had just brought it for in case I saw a goose or duck. But like they say, ignorance of the law is no excuse. Thanks for reminding me, and next time I'll just forget about waterfowl when I'm going small game hunting.
Thanks again, I appreciate it!

I just gotta say, ‘Wow what an awesome morning you had Cowboy’!!

I had a day much like that, too! Mallards at daybreak and rifle sight in with the boys this afternoon.

Keyboard lawyers can’t take that away from us or keep us from doing it again….hopefully soon 😃