Observing various coyotes behaviors;
One Winter I decided to identify three alpha pairs. Which all 3 pairs had adjoining territories. From what I have decided based on continual sightings. I figured their territories, over lapped 1/4 mile swath on average. I also noticed depending on wind...
1st off I had stage 4 cancer a year ago last Spring. My Oncologist gave me two options; 1. We can watch it & see how you do. 2. Take chemo infusions (12 infusions total, 2 infusions over 2 days every month). The flipside of me doing nothing. I will most likely be dead in 5 years. (I had a slow...
Cancer treatment(s) other than chemo, radiation, surgery, immunotherapy.
Anyone fighting cancer. Be aware/research. Fenbendazole & Ivermectin. Both are anti-parasitic medicines. That have been used on domestic animals as well as humans for many decades. Whom have parasites. Those two medicines...
Having watched many pairs & family groups of coyotes on the open foothills. Almost always, it is the adult female who is most wary. Whether she is with her mate or in a family group. She is the last coyote to lay her head down when they bed down & nap for the day. I can't say for a fact why that...
I've read for many years now. Some experienced coyote people making some bold claims. Mostly made by Biologists & or Dr's. of Biology. As they have proclaimed. What a coyote is expressing in their vocals. Some of those Biologists claim a vast array of so called "truths". I would like to know...
Whether I'm stalking in on a sleeper coyote. Or walking in to call a stand of timber. In a perfect World. I sneak in to within a 1/4 mile of the timber stand. From the 10:00 or 2:00 angle. The coyote or ground cover being the center of the clock dial. Reason being, I'm angled up & cross wind...
60 yard pattern test. 20" barrel Rock Island, AR V60. Using 12 ga 3" mag. I'm using Rem 3" mag BB load. Left end of the sunken river branch. Is roughly 4' long...
I hunt North central plains/or foothills. One Winter day it was bitter cold near -30 wind chill. I seen a pair of coyotes a tad over 1/2 mile out with my binocs. So in I snuck, slinking my way near for a prone shot amongst the foot hills. My last hill top. I stopped & went prone. The nearest of...
Circa Fall; 1983. I was a career city firefighter. I helped fight a business fire one fall day in my home town. Capt's truck responded to the store front on main st. Lt & I responded around back in an ally. We seen heavy black smoke wafting up around a below ground stair well wooden door. We...
Open chest wound; How I would treat myself.
In Emergency Services, the phrase "Golden Hour". Refers to the likely hood of survival in a serious trauma incident. Getting that victim to advanced emergency care/treatment within that 1st hour. There are many factors that play into that 1st hour as...
Closed chest wound; I have experienced that while being a medic. Multiple adjacent rib fractures are called a "Flail Chest". Flail chest injury is when a person has multiple broken (adjacent ribs). One can palpate/feel the area & or sometime see the outer chest wall abnormality. Especially noted...
My quest for the ever elusive Mountain Lion. Since my 1st sighting in Winter of 2006. I've hunted hard every year. To find a fresh track. The two snow tracks are from the same lion. Track print is roughly 4.5" wide. The other tracks are from smaller lions. I found all of these tracks during one...
A few points of basic knowledge/skill; Basic 1st aid does not always require specialized equipment/knowledge. A layperson can often get by using common sense(Best to remain calm). Stopping bleeding; Direct pressure over the wound is best. Arterial or large vein wounds can often require extremely...
Coldest day I've hunted coyotes was -40WC. I've hunted numerous times >-20WC. One hunt worth noting was around -28WC. I snuck in on a pr of coyotes 5/8 mile from the road. I shot the closest one once I went prone on a hill top. Hit that coyote midship. As the coyote ran in circles & pronked like...
Outdoors men & women. Having a basic understanding of human anatomy(Airway, Breathing & Circulation). It is wise to review the importance/understanding on how too keep ourselves alive, let alone someone else. On the internet, anyone can find videos & or human anatomy charts. To assist us in...