P-O'ed

[rascal (Joe Duncan)]

Well, I finally remembered to take my digital camera with me this morning.  This one was pretty po-ed.  Barked and growled at me the whole time.  This was the old mama.  Got one of her pups yesterday.

[Asa Lenon]

Those stampeding skunks must have missed  trampleing a set or two! :lol: Ace

[rascal (Joe Duncan)]

Ace;
  Yep!  A few of those skunks are getting nailed closeby before they can get my good sets :wink:   There was a skunk about 50 yards from this yote.    :lol:

[rascal (Joe Duncan)]

Amusing note on this:  Notice anything odd about the pictures?  I didn't pay attention when I dispatched this coyote but just threw her on the 4-wheeler and off I went.  I got home (still not paying any attention) and hung her up back legs first (got to get that pee, y'know :lol: ) and went on about my business.  Went back to skin this old gal and noticed how odd her left front foot was angled.  I was doing a dorsal skin on her (for a taxidermist who had already ordered her) and when I tried to straighten out her left front leg, it would not move at the ankle.  At the elbow, it just went however you wanted it to.  Upon skinning the leg, I discovered that she had broken the leg around the elbow area.  It had healed but left her front left leg nearly useless.  Look at the pics again and you may be able to notice it.

[RdFx]

Yep i see the crooked leg..... ive had that in coon and yotes,... amazing how they  adapt and keep on a going.  Slims new yote book  talks about  a yote with rear leg bummed up and had picture also.... Ive also caught three legged fox and yotes and they were fat , healthy.  Didnt notice  it right away either when i walked up  to sets..... One fox fooled me for two years before i   ended up catching  it in a snare and it was a cross fox female.

[Wackyquacker]

poor little pup...you ought to through them babies back ...they'll grow up next year...ya ole meany

[rascal (Joe Duncan)]

RdFx;  
  It really is amazing what these animals can take.  This old gal was fit as a fiddle and fat to boot.  She had adjusted very well.    
  By the way, Lee:  Think there is anyway we can get rid of that duck doctor on this forum?  He's always buttin' in where he don't belong. :twisted:

 Duck Doc;
  I ain't the meany!  You are!  I try my best to leave those Leper Armadillo alone -- unlike you :shock:   I do however, seem to get the odd balls.  Coon with no belly hair and now this :eek:   I guess I am doomed to gathering cripples and freaks.  Sort of like your wife did when she got you :bye:

OH!  I forgot to mention that at the next set, a coyote had made one step (the right step for it - wrong pan placement on my part) in the pattern and then went to the bank.  It had to have made a withdrawal, because it left it's deposit about 4 ft away from my trap.  Think it was trying to tell me something? :roll:

[RdFx]

Joe WQ is like a pimple always popping up!!!!! :twisted: !!!!!!  Do you think we could put a tracking collar on him so we can keep tract of him so we  can AVOID him....... better yet VOID him  :shock:  Scratch a little duff over him and go on  :lol: .  I have to give ol WQ some credit though as daughter caught her first cat a big male with some bait WQ snuck thru the mail to me.  
   The yote that misstepped  should be  in your trap or new set nearby next time around..... dont know what yr turn around for your yotes are but mine here are one week to three weeks before they return..... Patience on my part  lol......

[Wackyquacker]

You guys aren't gonna have me to kick around much sause I'm fixin to go trappin.  Did I mention that I just ppicked up anouthe 100 or so SECTIONS to trap that's 640 acres per section Joey in other word 3 and 1/2 of your farms :grin:

[RdFx]

Hey Joe  maybe that idea of mine of putting a tracking collar on WQ isnt a bad idea after all..... WQ will get lost for sure and  we can give the reciever to WQ wife so she can find him..... ....... :shock:   Whoops i just thought of something!!! WHat if she doesnt want to find him??  OH - oh :twisted:

[Wackyquacker]

NO COLLARS!  Dang I know you two every time I bent over you'd be pushin a button and makin me dance a jig and howl at the moon ...no collars.  If I want to get lost I will.

[rascal (Joe Duncan)]

RdFx;
  You know the banker coyote that was mentioned above?  Well, I left that messed up set just like it was and went a few feet and put in another.  Here is the result!  Also got the grey about 100 ft. further down the dozer road.  

  About WQ:  well you notice he just keeps babbling on and we will definitely need a collar for him.  If he gets lost like he says he wants to, then we can get a fix on him and go the other way :twisted:

[IlliniTrapper15]

Nice catch that grey is really furred out nice in my oppinion i think they are much more attractive then the reds thats pretty awsome you got that coyote again after you just left the set messed up good work

[Wackyquacker]

Poor little foxy...shame on you Rascal, shame thrice shame

[rascal (Joe Duncan)]

IT15;
  Actually, the grey is a pretty nice color but would be much better in Jan.  We do have a nice grey in this part of the state.  It is a mountain type grey that takes on good coloration. While our yotes may be lacking, our greys were much sought after during the fur boom days.  They tend to be a little darker on the back and clearer on the belly than some.  He was a pretty nice male.  That makes 4 off of that location (all within a 100 yards of each other) since Monday.  2 males and 2 females.  This parcel of land is 320 acres and has three timbered ridges running east and west with two cleared valleys inbetween.  I fully expect there to be at least another 4 to 8 more greys on this property since there is an extreme abundance of food.  These 4 all came off the top of the second ridge. Also has the coyotes as well as cats.  There is a big rock bluff on two of the ridges and I will start setting those for the kitties in Jan.  

  WQ:  Jealousy will get you nowhere :lol:

[rascal (Joe Duncan)]

RdFx:
  Concerning turn around on our coyotes:  
  I can't really answer that with any authority.  It seems we have so many yotes and so much food supply that they just do not travel very far and often are back every night or two.  Most of the farmers are complaining that they are overrun with coyotes and 1 mile from where I am catching these, a farmer told me he had some in his yard the other night and they were picking a fuss with his beagle dogs.  You would have a ball here!  
  As to the one banker caught today, I don't know if it was the same one that was there yesterday but it was a large mature female.  So was the old cripple yesterday.  My guess it is two different families in the same area. (all on the 320 acres)  Like I mentioned in the reply to IT15, I fully expect there are 3 families of coyote on this acreage as well as 3 families of greys.  
  It is also a major travelway that will produce several transcients during Jan and Feb.  And if I am lucky enough to reduce the population down to nearly nothing before then, I know there will be new ones taking up residence.

[KYtrapper17]

I have a field where I dumped a couple of deer carcasses. I have done caught 4 coyotes coming to them from another field, but yesterday and today I investigated the far side of the actual field where I dumped them. There are trails coming through the field leading up to the carcasses. The coyotes have been tearing these all to pieces. I put in a couple of snares where they are coming through a fence. I also put in a dirthole set, 2 walkthroughs, and a urine post about 10 feet from the carcasses. The dirthole and the walkthroughs are on the other side of the field, because when the coyotes come to the field they know where the food is. Hopefully one will get curious befor het gets there and work one of my sets. I would also say that there are fox working the area. I would like nothing more than to take my first canine in a foothold. Does this sound like a good setup?

Thanks,
Zach Ellis