[NatureNS] Coyote and deer carcass.

Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2013 9:22:54 -0400
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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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