Fresh Fur

The Boy has been busy.

No better way to hone the hunting skills than that right there, good job. Great way to save some fawns as well. Nice looking dogs and a beauty of a bobby, Nice work!

Hey Sal the boy don't look like a boy no more. Nice job.

I have trapped a couple of cats but have never seen one in the wild.
My coyote huntin buddy called one in and droped it last year on one of the days I didn't go.

Thats a cool trophy.

I like the kitty!

Very Cool

Dang that's a big kitty! What was the weight?

Nice yodel dogs and a bonus kitty....

Thomas is long arming it...lol
Looks like the bullet holes are all in the kill zone...Nice Job!!!

Yeah he is, its only an average tom.

I'm leaving in the morn for a northern coyote trip with my bud.
The kid's really bummed, he can't go this time.
I'll see how many I can miss this time around.

Pictures or it never happened... 1 shot 1 kill...Good Luck!!!

Squeeze slow then fast! Love them coyotes on a run!

Keith

The boy is just about growed up.

Awesome! Is he hand calling or using an E-caller?

It was a bad weekend to be a coyote.

Holy crap! where did you hunt, it won't be much good for a while!

Wild guess for me....the buddy's ranch where you deer and turkey hunt.
Ranchers love guys to come out in the winter and take care of the cats and dogs.
I had one that wanted me to come out and shoot rattlers in the summer so I could deer hunt his land. Pass!
Nice work on the dogs.

Holy moly! That's a lot of coyotes! I'd think it would take many, many square miles of range to support that many coyotes, and I might be amazed to learn how high their population density can get.

Sg

Coyotes are probably one of the most resilient of all wild species.
When you hear them howling they are communicating and testing turf.
Often the howls are a chain reaction that goes on for miles and miles.
When they don't hear howls in areas that offer good habitat, they move in.
I've been told by biologists that even if you tried to eliminate them all it is highly doubtful that you would succeed.
The range that these were taken from will see a spike in rodents and deer & antelope fawns and will provide a bounty of nutrients for the coyotes that move in from surrounding areas.
Those well fed females will in turn have bigger litters of pups in the spring and the cycle will complete itself all over again.
The photo with all of the dead ones in it is indeed from a very large area.

Excuse me, I've got more skinning to do.

That is a lot of yotes.

Just how big of an area were all of those killed in?

Amazing pic.

Salmonella, i hope you didn't think I was coming down on you with my last comment. I think that you had an amazing weekend and I realize it won't take long for more coyotes to move in. I was just amazed and really, really jealous.

No offense taken Katmai.

The yotes were taken in about a 25 mile radius of extreme Northwestern Ca.
The take was down by about two dozen from last year due to warm temps and shifting winds.

We enjoy our visits as that area of the state is what California used to be.









Again, I try to remain humble, as I'm the underachiever among my friends.

When it comes to canine control my friend in Alaska is pretty much unparalleled....anywhere.
(hint, they ain't coyotes)









EDIT:

Don't know what I was thinking last night when I made this statement...

"When it comes to canine control my friend in Alaska is pretty much unparalleled....anywhere."

I had completely forgotten a friend from a northern Rocky Mountain state that I know that held two records.
He broke the record for coyotes killed in a day at 180 then this year shattered it at 207, those numbers being aerial kills in a population control program.

Well god damn..... Bad day to be a yote in that country!

Great work! Wish I was there ringing off my .22-250. She'd love the workout!

Keith

If you don't mind me askin... how much per pelt are you getting these days?

Thats a lot of wolf pelts........winter trapping I assume..........saves some moose and such