You have already made it clear. YOU have contempt for me. Such as mocking me on my post about my fighting skills in my youth. Frankly, I do not give a rats a** what you or anyone else thinks of me OR my opinion(s) about coyotes in general. One more thing. Do you know for a FACT. All of the men who YOU think so highly of about coyote behaviors. Have observed, as many single or pairs of coyotes as I have? If so, lets hear/read their claims.
A rare sight for me.
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Cal Taylor
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Ol Kirby. Some things never change. I'm pretty sure that working as a PROFESSIONAL control person for close to 30 years of year around work, and with a thousand hours or more of aerial gunning also, that I have seen as many or more single or pairs of coyotes as you. And I associate with professionals that have been in the business longer than I have. One of our pilots is approaching 30,000 hours of aerial hunting. Do you suppose that in the thousands and thousands of coyotes he has seen and killed year around that he might have a clue as to how many denned pairs have a 3rd coyote. This information isn't dreamed up or made up. Somewhere near 1/2 or more of all denned pairs in the western U.S. (by denned pairs, I mean adults with pups in the months of May through September or October) will have a third coyote involved. Typically a yearling female, but occasionally a yearling male. They are not there for the male to breed, and they are not there to nurse pups. They do seem to help raise and feed pups. Many times while the nursing female is staying with the pups the male and yearling will be hunting and both will come back and regurgitate food for the pups after they are a couple of weeks of age. I have seen it hundreds and hundreds of times both from the ground and air. And talk to similar professionals every day that have seen the same. A persons individual experiences in a certain area can certainly be different. I have no idea what the coyotes in Louisiana do, because I have no experience there, for example. But in the western U.S. I'm pretty familiar with the habits and common situations with coyotes.
That is a fact. Whether you believe it or not. I seen what I seen. I find it interesting a hand full of the hunters on here. Get defensive/aggressive on what I have observed/shared over my hunt years. I do not care what you/they believe. I don't become a member ANYWHERE. To ask questions about wild canines behaviors. I've hunted longer than many/most hunters have been alive, I've seen plenty to get me by. Do I or have I agree'd with what other's have claimed or believe? I do & have on that aspect. HOWEVER, I have MY own experiences. Which I fall back on. And that is alright by me. To each his/her own
Here, the only pic I managed to get of one of my rare sightings. It's not like I carry a camera around my neck 24/7. Good grief! lol!
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