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Posted by Cdog911 (Member # 7) on February 17, 2004, 09:14 AM:

Maybe that should be the "luckiest" thing you've ever seen a coyote do. But nonetheless, tell us about the most mind blowing, I-can't-believe-it thing you've ever seen a coyote do that saved his bacon. I'm been tangling with a calf-killer lately that knows my s*it and has essentially beat me at my own game thus far, but I'll save it for a little while and tell it later.

Ready-set-go!

Posted by Bluetrapper (Member # 288) on February 17, 2004, 11:56 AM:

Not the smartest thing I've seen,but close.Watched a yote get in behind 3 deer that were spooked out of a draw, followed them for 3to 400 hundred yds.then jump a fence and go in behind a pack of dogs that were on his trail.

Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on February 17, 2004, 05:23 PM:

I've made mention of it before, but it really blew me away, and it's worth telling again.

We were making a night stand and killed a gray fox. Let's say that the wind was blowing from 9:00 and the animal was under a tree at 1:00, perhaps 75 yards from me. We let it lay and continued the stand.

Ten minutes later, I picked up a set of eyes at 9:00, out about 125 yards, or so? He started to circle downwind, counterclockwise. I could see him blinking intermittently through the brush, but he was moving purposefully, and would not stop, no matter what I tried, and he maintained his distance, too.

He circled three-fourths of the way to my 3:00 and started in, veering off about half way in and angled to my left towards the 12:00 position, moving fast.

That sucker had completely circled the vehicle and grabbed that fox and hit the afterburner. Caught me with my pants down, never gave me a shot and stole my fox, slick as snot!

A coyote will almost never circle downwind the long way around, and he seemed to know exactly where that fox was? Why he didn't approach directly, where it was more logical; I don't know? How he smelled that fox from upwind, I don't know? Was he downwind previously; but I just didn't pick him up? Unlikely. Did he see the fox when I had the light on it? I don't know?

I haven't figured it out, yet. But, he sure made a fool out of me! My hat's off to that rascal!

Good hunting. LB

Posted by Locohead (Member # 15) on February 18, 2004, 12:13 PM:

I see it all the time. ... RUN AWAY!!!!

Posted by bucksnort (Member # 202) on February 18, 2004, 01:05 PM:

A few years back, I was driving into Tucson on I-10. I was into the city part, just south east of Tucson. There were no cars in front of me for about 1/2 mile, and I see a coyote cross my side of the freeway, but he stopped in the median because of traffic coming the other way. When I got to where he was, he was just standing there, watching the cars go by. I went passed him and continued to watch him in my side mirror for about 10 seconds, when the coyote got a break in traffic and he just walked across the freeway. Smart coyote

Posted by Krustyklimber (Member # 72) on February 18, 2004, 04:10 PM:

Well since Loco started the, well, loconess...

Not being seen by me is probably the smartest thing I have(n't) seen one do so far.

That's my whole deal here at home, but in other places I've seen some wiley stuff.

In Joshua Tree National Monument there is a whole pack of coyotes that have learned to fake a limp, at one of the popular picnic grounds... they have been doing it for a few generations now (as of '98), this works better than just begging from tourists I guess.

We first learned of these coyotes a day or two before, during a campfire presentation put on by a Park Ranger on the big screen, in Jumbo Rocks Campground.
A couple days later we were there at the picnic grounds, retrieveing a piece of gear I had left on to the evening before (got too dark to go back up and get it the night before).

I headed around the back of the rock formation, and the easy way up.
As I reached the top of the rocks, I could see my buddy sitting on the tail gate below me. From the desert side of the rock formation, I see a coyote trotting his way towards the parking lot, he stopped briefly to check out the place we'd packed our gear, and had a snack the evening before.
Finding no scraps, he headed on to the picnic grounds, and past Shaun and his truck. Right as he cleared the last ocotillo bush at the edge of the parking lot, his right haunch came up lame... he limped about three times, spotted Shaun to his left, and switched to limping on his left hind foot.

I found it all so humorous, so I just watched it unfold quietly.

Shaun wasn't buying it, and jumped off the tailgate, and kicked dirt at the coyote "g'won get!"
Gee no more limp! Zoom!

Coyote goes through the center of the one way loop that goes through the picnic area towards the picnic tables, following an obviously well used trail, to emerge 25 feet from a table with a family eating lunch.
I can't see it very well, but out there in the desert, and from up on high, I can clearly hear a little girls voice say "Awww look mommy it's hurt, can I give it my sandwich, how's it gonna live..."

"Don't feed the wild animals" a deep voice booms... (from up on high) [Wink]

*On a side note,
I found a bobcat skull on the rock formation the day before. But it's the rockclimber's credo that nothing (that isn't dangerous) ever be removed from a climb, it might take away from the experience the next climber has.
So I placed the skull right in a place where the it would scare the crap out of anyone climbing up the route.
Got my buddy, Shaun, good!

GAWD! I need to spend a winter in the desert and warm my old bones again!!!

Krusty

Posted by Tim Behle (Member # 209) on February 18, 2004, 05:29 PM:

quote:
Not being seen by me is probably the smartest thing I have(n't) seen one do so far.

Does this mean something bad happened to the last coyote you saw? [Confused]

Sorry, couldn't resist [Roll Eyes]

Posted by tonlocus (Member # 254) on February 18, 2004, 05:50 PM:

Tim, That was mean.

Krusty, I now know what your problem is. You spend way too much time in national parks where they don't allow guns. [Wink]

Posted by Cdog911 (Member # 7) on February 18, 2004, 07:22 PM:

[ February 20, 2004, 02:24 PM: Message edited by: Cdog911 ]

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