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Identifying Coyote Tracks

Identifying Coyote Tracks

Check tracks around a kill carefully to be sure the culprit is really a coyote and not a dog. Coyote tracks are pointed whereas dog tracks are much more circular. Related PostsThe CoyoteGuide to snaring nuisance coyotesGuide to trapping nuisance coyotesFamily CanidaeWhat is Coyote?

Identifying Coyote Tracks
Introduction to Coyotes

Introduction to Coyotes

Historically, coyotes lived in open grasslands and prairies of the western United States and as far north as southwestern Canada. Although many wildlife species, including the wolf, disappeared as people settled the land, coyotes found conditions favorable and flourished. Until the first half of the 1900s, coyotes lived mostly in the prairie region of the [...]

Introduction to Coyotes
Missouri’s Coyotes

Missouri’s Coyotes

Life History of the Coyote Coyotes are not large animals. Males weigh up to 35 pounds, and females weigh an average of 5 to 6 pounds less. Coyotes weighing 40 pounds or more are rare. Color varies with individual coyotes, but reddish gray is most common. Some animals, however, may be darker and others more [...]

Missouri’s Coyotes
Does coyote urine scare away the gardener’s 150-pound scourge?

Does coyote urine scare away the gardener’s 150-pound scourge?

Gardeners can learn to weather drought and hail, burning heat and killing frost, even transient insect attacks. But it’s harder to adapt to 150-pound hoofed creatures tearing at your plants. In the battle of man vs. deer, passions run high. To score a victory, it may even seem reasonable to cloak your garden in the [...]

Does coyote urine scare away the gardener’s 150-pound scourge?
A Much Too Brief Background Of Coyote

A Much Too Brief Background Of Coyote

“Yip, yip, yip, aaaa….ooooo,” I heard from my warm bed. The sound pierced my sleep. I felt comforted, knowing that my coyotes were still in the area, still living and behaving as they have done for thousands of years, long before mankind (an oxymoron indeed) made his presence felt on the Southwestern plains. Canis latrans, [...]

A Much Too Brief Background Of Coyote
Coyote massacre troubling

Coyote massacre troubling

Not long ago, some knuckle-dragging neanderthal left a grisly scene at road’s edge for all the public to view. Daylight was just filtering through the canopy of Oregon firs as I drove Highway 22 south of Detroit. The road threads its way through an old growth forest, and the trees crowd close to the shoulder. [...]

Coyote massacre troubling
Guide to snaring nuisance coyotes

Guide to snaring nuisance coyotes

27 March 2010

Placing snares around the perimeter of a pasture is the most effective way to catch the coyote that is killing livestock. Using snares on dry land is illegal in Missouri, but landowners and farmers can get a special permit from wildlife damage biologists to use snares to catch nuisance animals. The biologists also will show [...]

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Guide to trapping nuisance coyotes

Guide to trapping nuisance coyotes

27 March 2010

A key to successful trapping is to use the correct trap for the job. A trap should be large, powerful and fast enough to catch the coyote that activates it. For best results, chose a No. 3 coil-spring trap with a jaw spread of about 6 inches. Smaller traps do not get as high a [...]

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Damage Prevention and Control

Damage Prevention and Control

27 March 2010

Coyotes have been the focus of predator-control efforts for years in the western part of the United States where sheep production is big business. In these areas, poisons, traps, snares, airplane hunting, dogs and other methods have been used to control or eradicate coyote populations. For the most part, coyote numbers have remained relatively stable [...]

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Types of Nuisance Problems

Types of Nuisance Problems

27 March 2010

Because they are so adaptable, coyotes live in the fringes of big cities, suburban areas and small towns, as well as in the country. As people continue to move out to the country and as coyotes continue to move into the cities, more opportunities for conflicts develop. Conflicts with people Because coyotes live near cities, [...]

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The Coyote

The Coyote

27 March 2010

The coyote, or “little wolf” as the Native Americans call it, is a member of the dog family. It is the topic of many Native American folklore tales.  Its name comes from the Aztec word “coyotl.”  Its scientific name is “canis latrans” which means “barking dog.” The coyote, usually associated with the open lands of [...]

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The Life Cycle of the Coyote

The Life Cycle of the Coyote

27 March 2010

Gestation: 63 days Litter size: 2-12 pups, 6 average Age at maturity: Male: 10-12 months Female: 10-12 months Life Span: 10-14 years Male and female coyotes start courting each other in January. Most do not breed until they are two years of age. Although many lone male coyotes may gather around the female, she will [...]

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Coyote Pup Survives, Despite Loss of Family

Coyote Pup Survives, Despite Loss of Family

23 February 2010

In Southern California, there is a healthy population of coyote families. It is unusual to find pups alone, and when a two-month-old coyote puppy was seen wandering aimlessly at a horse stable, observers knew something was wrong. To make matters worse, some crows, who thought the little guy was a threat to them, were attacking [...]

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The Coyotes of Lamar Valley

The Coyotes of Lamar Valley

06 November 2009

Described by a trapper in the 1830s as a “beautiful Vale” with “wild romantic scenery,” the Lamar Valley stretches 1 to 2 miles wide and 7 miles long. High, rounded hills snuggle around the sagebrush and meadow of the valley floor. With its abundance of elk, bison, and other big game, this corner of Wyoming [...]

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Lethal Predator Control Courtesy of Wildlife Services

Lethal Predator Control Courtesy of Wildlife Services

02 October 2009

Wildlife Services, a program within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), uses millions of taxpayer dollars to kill nearly 100,000 wild carnivores annually. This publicly funded campaign continues to destroy wild predators, in vast numbers and inhumane ways, despite the development of non-lethal methods and evidence that lethal control is ineffective. Formerly known as Animal [...]

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Hot on trail of nomadic urban coyotes

Hot on trail of nomadic urban coyotes

03 September 2009

As development has destroyed their habitats, coyotes are thriving in subdivisions, office parks, airports and shopping mall grounds, researchers have found. Wildlife biologist Paul Morey roams through late nights and early mornings in a battered pickup with an antenna on the roof that he uses to track coyotes wearing radio collars. Some people have called [...]

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