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Index of Subjects ---517069186-1010214835-1357306913=:36644 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I can assure you Gayle DNR never planned to use fireworks or any other=A0no= ise makers to scare the coyotes - and they weren't planning to goout on the= ice to get the carcass either. The day for Polar Dips is past!Today its ge= ese frozen in a pond somewhere - probably make the news tonight.Have a good= 2013 - =A0looking forward to your postsPaul --- On Fri, 1/4/13, duartess@ns.sympatico.ca <duartess@ns.sympatico.ca> wro= te: From: duartess@ns.sympatico.ca <duartess@ns.sympatico.ca> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Coyote and deer carcass. To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Cc: "Rick Whitman" <dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com> Received: Friday, January 4, 2013, 5:05 AM 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 & physica= lly remove it, it still will remain there! This winter seems to be a lot co= lder than last winter & I doubt that the ice will melt anytime soon.=20 Perhaps they think that people who do live out there will be disturbed to a= ctually 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 co= yote, after all. Just my opinion, of course. Gayle MacLean Dartmouth ---- Rick Whitman <dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com> wrote:=20 > 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. >=20 > 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. >=20 > Rick W. >=20 > On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 9:33 PM, garymurray <garymurray@ns.sympatico.ca> w= rote: > > 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 cours= e, as > > we all know it is impossible to control or eradicate them. > > Parks Canada=A0 used to use "bangers", kind of like a firecracker to sc= are > > 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 se= e > > him. He was coincidentally on the news last night about coyotes in Laur= ie > > 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 seem= ed. > > > > 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 th= at us > >> not their job. They did say they were going to send a tech out there w= ith > >> 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 wa= s a > >>> deer carcass in the middle of the lake being picked at by 3 Ravens. H= overing > >>> a few hundred metres away was a large Reddish Coyote which was reluct= ant to > >>> go near it with myself and another vehicle parked watching it. It eve= ntually > >>> left, I assume it would return after things quieted down or after dar= k > >>> 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 looke= d like > >>> a whole animal, not just the pelt etc.. that a hunter would be gettin= g rid > >>> of. > >>> The red colour and large size made me wonder about the Red Wolf speci= es > >>> in Algonquin Park and if this was an off shoot of it or something. Pr= etty > >>> 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 ---517069186-1010214835-1357306913=:36644 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <table cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" border=3D"0" ><tr><td valign=3D"= top" style=3D"font: inherit;">I can assure you Gayle DNR never planned to u= se fireworks or any other <div>noise makers to scare the coyotes - and= they weren't planning to go</div><div>out on the ice to get the carcass ei= ther. The day for Polar Dips is past!</div><div>Today its geese frozen in a= pond somewhere - probably make the news tonight.</div><div>Have a good 201= 3 - looking forward to your posts</div><div>Paul</div><div><br><br>--= - On <b>Fri, 1/4/13, duartess@ns.sympatico.ca <i><duartess@ns.sympatico.= ca></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style=3D"border-left: 2px solid rgb(16= , 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: duartess@ns.sym= patico.ca <duartess@ns.sympatico.ca&am