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| This is how our pond looked like a year ago. |
This year December has been cold, and the pond is frozen. recently we got few inches of fresh snow so two days later I went to inspect animal tracks in the woods and fields. It looks like our pond has become a playground for coyotes! We hear coyotes at night, but I wound have never expected that we were getting so much traffic on the pond. The walk around property lead me to believe that actually the pond has the highest concentration of coyote tracks. I wonder why. I suspect that they really like the icy surface underneath the snow. What else could be attracting them to the place?
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| These are all coyote tracks in the 48-hour-old snow covering the pond. |
This fall we have seen more damage done by coyotes to the deer we found for hunters than ever before. In the past the main concern was that the deer left overnight in the woods would be ruined. This season on several occasions coyotes were active and on the deer during daytime hours.
Jolanta,
ReplyDeleteDo you know any fur trappers nearby? That might be a good way to cut the 'yote population down some. It sure looks like there are enough to make it worth someone's time!
Stan,
ReplyDeleteWe are having a similar problem at our beagle club in spite of a good electric fence. There are a number of coyotes at the club grounds now and we tried to trap them. Eleven traps were put out over a period of one week by a trapper; they were checked daily, and nothing, no coyotes got trapped.
We will certainly have to do something about the current situation as it is getting out of hand. John calls "our coyotes" the Glee Club on Ice with all the howling and dancing going on there.