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Why coyotes need managed
Doesn't look that way, at least not by the data they provide. The "40%" drop they refer to is just them dividing the 2021 harvest numbers by the arbitrarily chosen highest year ever (2011), even though their data collection started in 2005. The obviously more honest comparison is beginning to... -
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I need to see the science on this one
Really good questions. I remember one pretty old study that was on sheep and was set up pretty well (proper control and whatnot). It found that hunting at the right time of year (immediately before lambing season) helped some. Coyote population measured in the summer never changed, so it was no...- MT22
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- Forum: Other Small Game
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Why coyotes need managed
You said non-native species, then listed a subspecies. Do you understand the difference? Those are drastically different things. The species is Canis lupus. Is Canis lupus native or non-native to where you live? -
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Why coyotes need managed
Well, we've been killing them for a coupe centuries and they are more widespread and numerous than at any other time in their history. So I guess the evidence somewhat supports your hypothesis. ;) I know we chatted about this in the other thread, but coyotes are (as best we know) completely... -
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Not above capacity, though as the original topic of this thread points out, there is some decent evidence that hunting tends to drive population levels up to some degree, so intense or erratic hunting of the population may cause momentary overreaches.- MT22
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- Forum: Other Small Game
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I need to see the science on this one
Not quite. Rather, they took an initial hit from wolves, then recovered, and now that things have stabilized coyotes respond to a high density of wolves much like they'd respond to a very high density of coyotes - their reproduction numbers decrease (in terms of litter size and subordinates not...- MT22
- Post #29
- Forum: Other Small Game
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I need to see the science on this one
Yellowstone coyotes took an initial hit from the wolves, but have rebounded to 75% or so of their pre-wolf numbers. Drastic changes in how many you see are likely more tied to behavioral changes than signals of abundance.- MT22
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- Forum: Other Small Game
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I need to see the science on this one
Ya, wolves definitely don't have those same compensatory mechanisms, for whatever reason. It's seemingly just about unique to coyotes. Part of it may be tied to both species' evolutionary history; before people were regularly hunting them, wolves had no natural predators. Coyotes, meanwhile...- MT22
- Post #25
- Forum: Other Small Game
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I need to see the science on this one
Do you mean to wolves themselves, or are you talking about coyotes' response to wolves?- MT22
- Post #23
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I need to see the science on this one
Immigration is a separate issue from the compensatory reproduction mechanisms. Both separately work to rebound local coyote populations. Anytime the local population falls, you create a territory vacancy that peripheral coyotes will naturally flood into, but via mechanisms listed in my last...- MT22
- Post #22
- Forum: Other Small Game
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I need to see the science on this one
This is a pretty well-researched phenomenon. It's certainly real, but the exact reasons are still argued; it's some mixture of the following: When the local coyote population declines, 1) litter sizes get bigger 2) subordinate ("beta") females that wouldn't normally breed go into estrus 3)...- MT22
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- Forum: Other Small Game
