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Index of Subjects Yeah, it does seem to be a PR move more than anything. Everyone is in a frenzy about them now since the episode on the Skyline trail in the Highlands a few years back. We now know that Eagles do not carry babies away, maybe we need something else to aim our fears at. :) Gary ---- duartess@ns.sympatico.ca wrote: > Yes, I would also like to know DNR's rational for using fireworks to scare off the coyotes from the carcass. Unless they are going to go out & physically remove it, it still will remain there! This winter seems to be a lot colder than last winter & I doubt that the ice will melt anytime soon. > Perhaps they think that people who do live out there will be disturbed to actually KNOW that there really ARE coyotes out in 'them-thar' woods & yes, they have to kill animals & eat them to survive. > Even my husband said pretty much that. 'Probably, they don't want to scare folks with kids' living out in that area.' > AND birds (scavengers) are much less threatening to see than the dreaded coyote, after all. > Just my opinion, of course. > > Gayle MacLean > Dartmouth > > ---- Rick Whitman <dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com> wrote: > > It's quite likely that the coyote(s) killed the deer out on the ice in > > the first place. The carcass will be clean within a few days. If the > > coyotes can be kept off this carcass, they will need to kill another > > deer back in the woods. What a strange species we are. We don't want > > to know that coyotes kill deer. We don't want to know that coyotes are > > pretty much everywhere, except possibly downtown Halifax. > > > > And then we head off to the movies to watch orks, hobbits, gangstas, > > or an asteroid, kill off hundreds of hobbits, orks, humans whatever, > > in the most violent ways conceivable. Very rational, I don't think so. > > > > Rick W. > > > > On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 9:33 PM, garymurray <garymurray@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > > > Oops I did it too! > > > > > > > > > Sent from Samsung Mobile > > > > > > garymurray <garymurray@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > > > Hi, I wonder what if any harm it would do to let nature take it's course, as > > > we all know it is impossible to control or eradicate them. > > > Parks Canada used to use "bangers", kind of like a firecracker to scare > > > away the Elk when I lived in Jasper, but you gotta wonder how it would work > > > on wily coyotes. > > > > > > A neighbour's friend is a wildlife tech, so will ask him next time I see > > > him. He was coincidentally on the news last night about coyotes in Laurie > > > park. > > > > > > Yeah, the red, and size really stood out to me > > > > > > cheers, > > > Gary. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent from Samsung Mobile > > > > > > Angela <aljoudrey@eastlink.ca> wrote: > > > Part 2: I forgot to mention that he too noticed how red the coyote seemed. > > > > > > Angela in Windsor > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > > On 2013-01-03, at 8:37 PM, Angela <aljoudrey@eastlink.ca> wrote: > > > > > >> Hi there. My dad called to tell me about this. He called DNR who said he > > >> wasn't the first one to call. They weren't going to send anyone out bc the > > >> ice could be unsafe and they weren't going to call the fire dept as that us > > >> not their job. They did say they were going to send a tech out there with > > >> firecrackers- I kid you not- and try to scare the coyote off. However the > > >> deer carcass will still be there. > > >> > > >> Angela in Windsor > > >> > > >> Sent from my iPhone > > >> > > >> On 2013-01-03, at 8:00 PM, garymurray@ns.sympatico.ca wrote: > > >> > > >>> Hi all, > > >>> > > >>> Whilst driving by Barrett Lake on the Beaverbank Road today, there was a > > >>> deer carcass in the middle of the lake being picked at by 3 Ravens. Hovering > > >>> a few hundred metres away was a large Reddish Coyote which was reluctant to > > >>> go near it with myself and another vehicle parked watching it. It eventually > > >>> left, I assume it would return after things quieted down or after dark > > >>> whichever came first. > > >>> > > >>> Couldn't stick around due to an appointment, but will try to swing by > > >>> tomorrow to see if there is any activity around the carcass. It looked like > > >>> a whole animal, not just the pelt etc.. that a hunter would be getting rid > > >>> of. > > >>> The red colour and large size made me wonder about the Red Wolf species > > >>> in Algonquin Park and if this was an off shoot of it or something. Pretty > > >>> cool to see in any event. > > >>> > > >>> Lots of birds around the feeders today, mainly Redpolls, Goldfinches and > > >>> Pine Siskins. Plus Red and White Breasted Nuthatches, B.C. Chickadees, > > >>> Downy, Hairy Woodpeckers, 17 Mourning Doves, though it looks like the > > >>> resident ducks seem to have flown the coop with the lake being mostly frozen > > >>> over now. > > >>> > > >>> Cheers, > > >>> Gary Murray > > >>> Tucker Lake, > > >>> Beaverbank NS
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