coyote dispersal

[RandyRoede]

Again in this dimension of coyote dynamics there is no clear cut time or place for dispersal.

October in some groups YOY are run out of the home range and your on your own, others loosely broke up but still in contact in a given area and others still intact as a family group.

Close to breeding season another dispersal happens, pairs breeding and YOY tolerated in the area and others fleeing for their lives. This is when you start to see the bite marks etc when you skin coyotes.

No two groups of coyotes disperse the same at the same time, food sources, coyote density, weather, etc. figure into it all.

There are no manuals to call coyotes that work 100% of the time, you have to understand the coyotes in a given area and what is going on there. Then adapt to the conditions until you hit something that works.

If you do your homework before you hunt an area all the above mentioned things should show themselves. You can then adjust you calling accordingly. What you do before the hunt is more important than most realize.

The secret sound or magic bullet only lasts so long!!!

[Prairie Ghost]

Well put Randy!