Coyote number,s up or down this year
 

I am down in down this year.

Up

Way up

As a property rights advocate I would agree with your statement.
The problem is that wildlife is owned by all citizens so yes a deer herd lives on a piece of deeded land but the landowner does not own them. A city backyard birdfeeder would be the same.
Toss in publically owned lease land where a rancher leases the grass but doesn't own the wildlife and you have another situation.
This is a complex question.

^^^^ did you reply to the wrong thread ? Lol

09:51 HRS... generally much too early to be under the influence???

Yeah I guess I did. No excuses.
Not trying to derail the thread.
#s seem good. Lots of pups.

I would say it’s up but the mites are as bad as I have ever seen. Talked to Two other skinners and they are seeing the same thing. Does anybody know why the mites are a lot worse in my particular area??

I would say my numbers are up but the quality of fur is down. Lots of mite damage.

What percentage of your coyotes have mites? I'm right around 25% same as last year

Numbers seem to be up here.
About 1/4 are sick,more with mange so far this year.

So far from 18 coyotes only 11 have been worth anything.

Lots of pups running around in this area. Adults have all been healthy but one pup had mange and two with mites. The only other thing that I noticed is that the coyotes were late reaching prime this year so I have some that may grade ELY. Fur was nice and thick the past week though. The quality of coyotes has improved at my bait sites since I got rid of the sick dogs in previous years. Last few days has been slow and I'm looking forward to a little colder weather.

Lots of pups here as well,and yes cold weather would be nice and less wind

Huh
 

Guess the numbers are stagnant...in the areas near birdfeeders:)

In my area the coyote numbers are up and for the most part they are healthy.

Yotes
 

seem to be up.......
one fellow has 70 caught as of last week an of those 26 were garbage due to shoulder mites an mange...... So about a 1/3 are a loss which seems high now....
sst

pup,s
 

How long in length do you call a pup ,[36"] and shorter on the board, form the tail head to the nose.

I don't measure them, I just know that they are pups by looking at them. They are a little smaller than an adult and the muzzle is smaller and not as long. The 36" length only determines the size at auction and under 36" will be given a M-SM size. Without measuring I'm pretty sure that all the pups that I've caught since I started in mid-November are all over 36" and will size XL-L.

Way down so far! Not doing anything different but maybe thats the problem, they have me figured out! These past two weeks of unseasonable warm weather cannot be helping though! Admittedly it has been a little frustrating!

mange
 

last year linden area mostly mange gave up hunting--so far this year seems a overall improvement--rosebud hutherite trappers report fur not bad---

I have about the same amount as last year at the same time. No coyote with mange yet but a lot with shoulder mites. Arround 1/3 of my coyotes got mites :(

coyote,s
 

I am at 33% to.

Doing better here on catches than I expected with the warm weather we had .. 43 since Dec 1

43!?!?! The master is putting on a clinic again!

Wow! That’s impressive. I went from two per day to one every two days with that warm weather. The one good thing is that I’ve had very few with mange or shoulder mites. We have the cold now and there’s a forty percent chance of a bit of snow tonight. Getting a little impatient.....lol.

Hahahahaha .. come on bud .. post up that pic you texted me tonight .Master ? I'll come attend your clinic anytime . :)

Well done!!!

Really good. I got a late start and didn't set the home bait until Dec 15 and caugbt 16 off it so far. Just set 2 other baits that first checks will be tomorrow.

Got more now than we had all last. Starting to see more with shoulder mites and mange showing up than we did earlier in the season.