that there critter looks like a relative of the coyote that I saw about 1 year ago in Rock Creek Park (DC).
The coyote's I can deal with, had a few up close and personal experiences with them... Having a fish thrown at me is a whole other story... WTF?
Devon....maybe the eagle was trying to slap you in the face with a wet trout?
Man...that was digging up the mIRC days. Whoever got that is old.
Splittter
Devon....maybe the eagle was trying to slap you in the face with a wet trout?
Man...that was digging up the mIRC days. Whoever got that is old.
Splittter
Saw a cougar once in Towson. Simply told it I wasn't interested and it went away.
Prolly a guy in drag anyway...you know you draw that type.
Those things were as common around Phoenix as rats in DC. We lived on a golf course and every night it was coyotes and rabbits playing chase (usually didn't end well for the rabbit). We would use a wounded rabbit call and spotlight them out in the desert. I've shot well into the hundreds. Meaty targets and nothing more.
I was dive-bombed with a fish by a bald eagle!
They're all over the place up here in HarCo.
I know the Proving Ground has listed them as a hazardous animal on the installation
(See Page 23) http://www.apg.army.mil/apghome/sites/installation/iso/PDF/LocalHazards/Chapter9.pdf
I would love to see one when I was out hunting...free target practice!
That's what I am always hearing. The rumor is that they were bought in and let loose in the PG in an effort to control the deer. In any event, I hear the coyotes are taking Harford over to some degree. There's enough running around that mangey ones are being shot or showing up on game cams.
For some reason, while yotes are where I am, they are still low in #'s. I've never snagged one on the trapline, and I also have not yet had a coyote rip a fox from my traps ( a bad habit they have- yotes hate foxes). A buddy of mine in PA did have something kill and eat the chest out of a grey fox he had caught. He also saw where it looked like a coyote had been bedding in snow, plus the tracks. The next deer season someone shot a coyote off that farm. I also was fox trapping at another PA farm, where when I set up, found a fairly fresh coyote turd. Never saw any new sign though. They come and they go.
2 years ago I saw what may have been fisher tracks right here in N Balto county- now that was neat. Thought it was a big mink's tracks at first, but as I followed it the the track and stride were getting too big for a mink, so I started thinking small otter. Hmm something doesn't look right as far as otter either, plus the animal veered away from all the creeks and streams and up a ridge into the woods. Otters tend to go from one body of water to another, and spend much time swimming and bank running.
Because of this, hunting does seem difficult to predict and I'm thinking of trapping them in western MD when I'm up there a few days at a time this winter. Been looking at a half dozen offset jaw quadded #2 Bridgers. You can get them already "coyote proofed", with crunch-proof swivels, reinforced base plates and the two extra coil springs. Already have a bunch of old double coil 1.75s for foxes, but I'd feel better with more holding power for coyotes.......They come and they go....
There IS quite a bit to it to be regularly successful, but there is so much info online anymore learning is accelerated. One is also up against a somewhat lesser intellect, so a little deviousness and attention to detail go a long way.Is trapping a hobby for you or more? I've been thinking about giving it a try but seems like there is a steep learning curve.
Is trapping a hobby for you or more? I've been thinking about giving it a try but seems like there is a steep learning curve.
When I think coyote I think the Ohhhhhhhhhhhh oh oh ohhhhhhhhhhh nighttime orgasmic yell you hear on old western movies. Haven't heard that yet but it would be kinda cool.