Coyote Traveled 100 miles

DoubleLungRage

DoubleLungRage

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Last week there was a tagged coyote killed in Robenson County, NC. The coyote was tagged and released in the WeeTee state forest near Andrews, SC in 2023. I'm not sure the exact location in Robenson County, but I think the guy who killed him is from around the Lumberton area. That's anywhere from 100-130miles.
 
My question is, was it tagged and released in the same area it was originally caught in? If not who's to say it was encountering coyotes in areas where it wasn't welcome? If it kept getting whooped in other coyotes territory it probably would keep moving.

That would be interesting to know. I would think to get accurate data you would have to tag and release a coyote exactly where it was caught to begin with.

Not saying it wasn't I just wondered.
 
I posted on another forum in regards to trapping coyotes. Most professionals come in and trap a property for 2-3 weeks and then gone. Yes they catch coyotes and other critters, but my son would go behind those professionals and catch within days or even 3-4 weeks later. The managers thought they were getting taken by the professionals, but we had to explain that down here it could take a coyote anywhere from 2-6 weeks to make his rounds. They may have caught the “home range” or local coyotes, but it’s those transients and others that have a large territory that we catch behind them. I’m lucky enough that all my properties I trap are within 18min max from my driveway. I can afford to leave my sets in place for 4-6 weeks and still make money. Coyotes definitely have a large range they cover.
 
Talking about animals traveling long distances. There was a very specially marked feral cat that hung around our neighborhood for several years. She was black and white but had a distinct white ring around her black butt. She deposited one litter of kittens on our roof.
A neighbor was complaining about cats killing all the birds drawn to his bird feeder and asked to borrow my live trap. When he returned the trap, we were talking in the yard when the black cat strolled past. He told me that he had caught her in the trap weeks ago and transported her to a friend's ranch who had a barn infested w/rats 48 miles away . There was no mistaking the cat based on the "waterbuck" markings on her rump (this picture does not show the ring)!
I'm not a cat person but, after her return, she began to hang out in our back yard & we ended up adopting her. She was more like a dog, than a cat. Having lived outside all her life, she was very appreciative of a place to stay and her food; only had to be told once not to enter the house and took up residence in our hot tub room. She was all business and never learned to play. Her preferred bed:
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Only picture I have of her does not show the white circle. Only cat I ever owned but she was a nice cat. Named her Penny after the bad penny that always returns.
 
I believe it was Double Up who posted a similar long traveled coyote story not too long ago that was in NC also.
 
Spurchaser said:
I posted on another forum in regards to trapping coyotes. Most professionals come in and trap a property for 2-3 weeks and then gone. Yes they catch coyotes and other critters, but my son would go behind those professionals and catch within days or even 3-4 weeks later. The managers thought they were getting taken by the professionals, but we had to explain that down here it could take a coyote anywhere from 2-6 weeks to make his rounds. They may have caught the “home range” or local coyotes, but it’s those transients and others that have a large territory that we catch behind them. I’m lucky enough that all my properties I trap are within 18min max from my driveway. I can afford to leave my sets in place for 4-6 weeks and still make money. Coyotes definitely have a large range they cover.
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I read a report that was very similar to what Spurchaser mentions, that there are 'home range' coyotes and there are transients, and the transients can have a large territory. I suspect the transients are not tough enough to hang on to prime territories.

There was a collared coyote in Schaumburg, ILL, that lived 15 years and had several litters. She was collared in 2000 and died in 2015.

I find coyotes to be fascinating.
 
K22-hornet said:
I read a report that was very similar to what Spurchaser mentions, that there are 'home range' coyotes and there are transients, and the transients can have a large territory. I suspect the transients are not tough enough to hang on to prime territories.

There was a collared coyote in Schaumburg, ILL, that lived 15 years and had several litters. She was collared in 2000 and died in 2015.

I find coyotes to be fascinating.
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They must not have heart worms in IL.
 
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