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trappnman
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posted April 16, 2003 10:18 AM
This falls under the catagory of "believe it or not", but I had a witness. Thought you might enjoy this.
This morning, I checked my coyote traps with Isabelle, the biologist. We had 1.3 inches of rain over night, temps falling, and a hard cold rain still falling. Had to trudge through plowed fields, etc to check the traps (now she understands why I only wanted a few traps out with this rain coming LOL).
Had a trap in a set aside. (CRP) I had driven the truck back and forth to make a good trial, and set a stepdown in a open spot. Got there this morning, had a big muddy catch circle, and a empty trap. I looked- and about 15 feet away was a muddy coyote. I told Isabelle it must have just pulled out when we pulled up. Then I noticed it was limping, and not moving away very fast. The field was all waist high, wet grass. I told Isabelle- I wonder if I can run her down- so I grabbed the catch pole and started chasing her. She had a hard time running through the grass- and she tried to hide about 150 yards out- so I caught up to her. She started running again when I got within 20 feet, and I yelled at the top of my lungs while running towards her- and she dropped down. I was first able to pin her down- very snappy- then got the noose on her. Wow- my heart is still pumping!
As I told Isabelle, it wasn't like the coyote was running flat out (all though it will get faster the longer I tell the story LOL), but still. I can't believe I tried it and it worked.
We had rain and thunderstorms, lots of wind since about 9 last night- all night- so I suppose she worked the trap hard. When we pulled up- she left two pads in the trap. I suppose this combined with fatigue allowed me to catch her.
But still.....
(1.75 unmodified, 9 inch chain)
[ April 16, 2003, 12:19 PM: Message edited by: trappnman ]
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Rich Higgins
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posted April 16, 2003 12:26 PM
Trappnman, after pinning the "very snappy" coyote I imagine you counted your fingers? I used to hunt with a couple of houndsmen in Ca. for hogs. When the catch dog would hook up with the hog these guys would grab it's hind legs and stretch it out and cut it's throat, let it bleed out. They weren't right in the head either.
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Cdog911
"There are some ideas so absurd only an intellectual could believe them."--George Orwell.
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posted April 16, 2003 01:49 PM
Trappnman,
We had the same wind last night. Gusts of 60 mph-+. Not much rain, but then again, it never rains here anymore. I've decided that Kansas is an old native term that, when loosely translated, means "water repellant". You did what I wish I'd done earlier this year. I called this big male coyote up to me and whacked him three times with 40-grain VMax's in .223. I emptied the clip on that dog and he still managed to get in the trees and onto posted ground where I couldn't track/ recover him. After the fact, it hit me... when I first put him down, I should have just jumped up, came out of hiding, and ran at him screaming like a wildman. he was only thirty feet out from me. Having caught a bunch of them in traps, I know for a fact that his first instinct would probably have been to turn and try to bluff me with teeth and growls rather than to outrun me wounded. What you say here just makes me wish all the more that I had. Good recovery.
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trappnman
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posted April 16, 2003 02:46 PM
It was the only thing I could think of to do- one of those odd things- with the noose on, she was as fiesty as any I have done. I said toes, but it was more like the bottom of the pads.
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Wiley E
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posted April 16, 2003 04:33 PM
Interesting T'man!
Live and learn!
24 hour check too right?
Cheers!
~SH~
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