I talked to a friend today who told me about a friend of his that before season had 6 gobblers on there place-He said he has 1 now and they control who hunts their place- he went on to tell me that they killed a coyote the other day and checked its stomach and found 3 BEARDS!!! Sounds to me like we as turkey hunters need to start busting us some yotes! Dont know about ya'll but calling a coyote cant be much harder(No offense to you yote hunters) than what I have had calling turkeys the last few years!
its the turkeys fault!!! pop was hunting last saturday afternoon. didnt hear a peep til the yotes started up a little before dark. every time the yotes howled he gobbled. pop would have never known he was there, if it wasnt for the yotes. he was a nice one too:up: BG12
That was one skilled coyote. Three beards in his stomach at the same time. that means he would have had to have killed all three mature gobblers in a very small window of time. That is quite a turkey killing coyote. Also, those were some bored individuals, to cut open a coyote stomach, pretty nasty.
What do you think the chances are of a coyote catching three gobblers and eating them in less than a 24 hour period?
That was one skilled coyote. Three beards in his stomach at the same time. that means he would have had to have killed all three mature gobblers in a very small window of time. That is quite a turkey killing coyote. Also, those were some bored individuals, to cut open a coyote stomach, pretty nasty.
What do you think the chances are of a coyote catching three gobblers and eating them in less than a 24 hour period?
About three years ago, I had to get a depredation permit from the AGFC to kill coyotes on my property, because they started killing my baby calves. I killed 17 over the course of the winter.
I've got the batteries for the caller charged and ready for the first but like BDW we run cattle and if I see one on the farm he gets whacked or at the very least educated.
3 beards fully intact huh? I don't believe that for one second. Not you BG, but the guy that cut open the belly. The coyote would have to puposely not harm the beards and would almost know what it was doing. Any measurements on the beards by the way?
3 beards fully intact huh? I don't believe that for one second. Not you BG, but the guy that cut open the belly. The coyote would have to puposely not harm the beards and would almost know what it was doing. Any measurements on the beards by the way?
John I have seen some strange things in my life- I wasnt there so I cant verify nor deny the story I would think a turkey beard would be tough to digest though! And I know a yote can catch a turkey if the turk is in the wrong spot! I know we have some problems with our population and it goes further than the hatch issues! I know for one I will and always eradicate any yote I can just to dang many of them critters!
John I have seen some strange things in my life- I wasnt there so I cant verify nor deny the story I would think a turkey beard would be tough to digest though! And I know a yote can catch a turkey if the turk is in the wrong spot! I know we have some problems with our population and it goes further than the hatch issues! I know for one I will and always eradicate any yote I can just to dang many of them critters!
You think that's something? The black panther we killed at deer camp last year had a watermelon, an unponed can of busch beer, 1 cigarette, 2 squirrel tails and a dog tag that said "fluffy" in it's stomach
I had a July Walker once that found a rabbit nest and ate all the babies...whole, still moving and all. When I found her she was laying in the shade whining. You could hear the little rabbits sqeaking inside her. When we felt her stomach you feel them squirming. I am sure they didn't last long but still...I had a bad taco do that once so I felt for her.
You think that's something? The black panther we killed at deer camp last year had a watermelon, an unponed can of busch beer, 1 cigarette, 2 squirrel tails and a dog tag that said "fluffy" in it's stomach
When the waters rose at nimrod last year we caught a catfish way up in the trees that had a rabbit in his stomach! Musta found a rabbit hole when the water started rising! It was pretty interesting, caught another cat with a lizard in it..
I dont doubt the coyote having some turkey "feathers" in his stomach, but those 6 gobblers just naturally dispersed to their own grounds during spring breeding season.
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