stomach contents

Post by **Coyotehunter** » Wed May 16, 2007 1:33 pm

I gutted a male coyote the other day with 13 baby rabbits in his stomach. Are you looking at stomach contents and if so what are you finding?

Post by **LeviM** » Thu May 17, 2007 5:00 am

13 rabbits, WOW!! That was one hungray Boy!

Post by **Prairie Ghost** » Thu May 17, 2007 7:54 pm

Haven't been looking a lot but the ones that i have opened up were full of rabbits. At least its not lambs yet!!!

Post by **lyonch** » Fri May 18, 2007 6:48 am

can't say that i have ever opened the stomach contents of a coyote but i am sure i will do it sooner or later. I feel its a great idea to see what the local coyotes are eating in your hunting area. Its one more thing to add to the arsenal book and better edgucate youself.

Post by **Coyotehunter** » Sat May 19, 2007 11:26 am

I have been doing it for years. I have found Cedar berries, Kangaroo Rats, gophers, grouse, mice, grasshoppers, rabbits, horse, cows, sheep, .....You name it they will eat it.

Post by **Fallguy** » Tue May 22, 2007 6:09 pm

Jamie

I can understand seeing the difference between a grasshopper and a rodent. How do you tell the difference between whether a coyote ate a horse or a sheep? The hair?

Post by **Coyotehunter** » Sat May 26, 2007 6:33 am

Yep the hair is a good place to start. on smaller animals you can usely find a foot or two, tails, teeth....etc.

Post by **Coyotehunter** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 7:15 pm

Antelope, I am seeing a bunch of dead antelope.

Post by **LeviM** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 5:00 am

how does a coyote catch an antelope??

Post by **lyonch** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 10:52 am

you need to ask yourself the same questions about coyotes levi

how do i shoot coyotes

somebody has to tease ya fella

Post by **Coyotehunter** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 11:32 am

Antelope hate coyotes, and will chase them any chance they get. You will see dead antelope laying by the dens. They go to the dens to haze the coyotes and just don't know when to leave. They will get to chasing coyotes pups around a den and the adults come in and pull them down. They also decoy the Does away from the fawns and the other coyote will go in and find the hidden fawn. When they are young the coyotes have know problem chasing them down.

Post by **rhino** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 7:42 pm

how many coyotes does it take to down an antelope? antelope aren't too big.

Post by **Coyotehunter** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 3:00 am

kind of like how many guys does it take to screw in a light bulb

I do not know if there is a answer to this question. I am sure one coyote could take down a adult antelope. I have not seen one go down but I have seen several time were one coyote is working on fawns. I have also seen lots of adults dead by dens and would assume in most cases this is a pair of coyotes at work.

Post by **Prairie Ghost** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 10:11 am

In most cases my opinon would be two coyotes however i have seen still pictures of a single coyote taking down a fork whitetail buck and killing him.

Post by **LeviM** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 4:18 pm

I bet a big dominate male would can take down an average size deer!

I am surprised the deer population doesn't take a bigger hit than it really does. I know some areas the deer population is down because of coyotes.