Coyotes on Sleepers Island

Pineedles · 05-09-2012, 08:08 PM

That sounds like a highly unlikely scenario. I think your hunter wanted to start an urban legend of his own. Behavior of coyotes doesn't match this type of scenario. I should add that I am a hunter.

Belmont Resident · 05-10-2012, 07:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Pineedles

That sounds like a highly unlikely scenario. I think your hunter wanted to start an urban legend of his own. Behavior of coyotes doesn't match this type of scenario. I should add that I am a hunter.

Well from what I understand bear bait makes for a great meal and it would stand to reason that two feeding animals might want to protect their meal.
Given coyotes growing unpredictability in their interaction with humans and other animals, mainly our pets as a food source, I find it hard that someone who supposedly calls themselves a hunter would discredit this from happening.
Given this hunter had absolutely no reason to make up a story about what just had happened, maybe you don’t spend enough time in the woods to have gathered enough information to base your disagreement on.
Although I do not hunt myself, I do watch a lot of educational programs on TV. Many of these programs are focusing on what effect urban sprawl is having on animal behavior and how climate change is causing many animals to change as well.
To say that this could not happen pretty shows that you might be somewhat ignorant to wildlife behavior. Calling yourself a hunter and understanding animal behavior are two different things.
After all there are many who call themselves hunters who drive around the backwoods of NH and ME looking for something to shoot at, AKA heater hunters. Unless your trudging through the woods stalking your prey or setting a tree stand in a likely spot that you have scoped out your not really a hunter.
I found it odd that a coyote would drag a deer under a house because they are not known to come around where human scent is unless they are looking for food. To hide a carcass under a house is most unusual for a coyote, but being it was an empty camp maybe not.

Pineedles · 05-10-2012, 08:01 AM

I'm not "ignorant" enough to get dragged into a name calling fight with you BR.

SIKSUKR · 05-10-2012, 08:46 AM

I'm not a hunter but I did stay in a Holiday Inn.

AC2717 · 05-10-2012, 09:02 AM

we should send Siksukr after it, he is a tazmanian devil after all

islander10 · 05-10-2012, 09:20 AM

Thanks again. I don't think the deer was dragged under the porch. It was just laying there, rotting. It has been dragged since it has been up in the woods.

SteveA · 05-12-2012, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by SIKSUKR

I'm not a hunter but I did stay in a Holiday Inn.

Ya.. but, was it a Holiday Inn 'Express" the regular Holiday Inns make you less smart!

dippasan · 05-10-2012, 09:43 AM

It amazes me, in the very short time that I have been a member and reading the forum, how many threads end up getting nasty.
I'm convinced that a thread about baking brownies would make someone mad.

RailroadJoe · 05-10-2012, 10:30 AM

DIPPISAN You don't remember the Girl Scout cookie episode?

dippasan · 05-10-2012, 10:37 AM

Ha Ha Perfect!
Tagalongs or Samoa's...could be war!

Rattlesnake Gal · 05-11-2012, 08:35 AM

Is it possible that the deer was sickly and was trying to hide under the deck and the coyote happened across an easy meal? I know for a fact that animals do venture under camps during the winter.

islander10 · 05-12-2012, 04:57 PM

So, one neighbor saw a coyote twice last year and two have heard it howl, this year!
Guess it is a coyote!!!

dpg · 05-14-2012, 07:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Rattlesnake Gal

Is it possible that the deer was sickly and was trying to hide under the deck and the coyote happened across an easy meal? I know for a fact that animals do venture under camps during the winter.

In my opinion that's exactly what happened. It very easly could of been wounded and chased under the camp. The last thing you want to do after hunting and wounding a deer is start after it right away. Best to wait awhile if it was wounded bad enough it will bed down somewhere and die there.

dippasan · 05-14-2012, 08:59 PM

Well, I was on my deck around 11:00 pm last Friday night and heard several "howls". Had 4 other guy's come out of the house to hear the sound and we all agreed that it had to be a coyote. I am on the southern side of the island and it sounded pretty close.
It sounded as though there was only one and we heard no "return" howls.
Keep a close eye on your pets. Coyote's will eat just about anything.

meredith weekender · 05-13-2012, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by dippasan

Ha Ha Perfect!
Tagalongs or Samoa's...could be war!

DOSIDOS Rule!!!!!!!!!

05-10-2012, 08:01 AM	#3
Pineedles Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Moultonborough & CT Posts: 2,550 Thanks: 1,072 Thanked 672 Times in 369 Posts	Really I'm not "ignorant" enough to get dragged into a name calling fight with you BR.

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05-10-2012, 10:37 AM	#10
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05-09-2012, 08:08 PM	#1
Pineedles Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Moultonborough & CT Posts: 2,550 Thanks: 1,072 Thanked 672 Times in 369 Posts	That sounds like a highly unlikely scenario. I think your hunter wanted to start an urban legend of his own. Behavior of coyotes doesn't match this type of scenario. I should add that I am a hunter.

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islander10 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Sleepers/Florida Posts: 17 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanks again. I don't think the deer was dragged under the porch. It was just laying there, rotting. It has been dragged since it has been up in the woods.

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Rattlesnake Gal Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Central NH Posts: 5,253 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 1,455 Thanked 1,357 Times in 476 Posts	Deer Is it possible that the deer was sickly and was trying to hide under the deck and the coyote happened across an easy meal? I know for a fact that animals do venture under camps during the winter.

05-12-2012, 04:57 PM	#12
islander10 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Sleepers/Florida Posts: 17 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	So, one neighbor saw a coyote twice last year and two have heard it howl, this year! Guess it is a coyote!!!

05-14-2012, 08:59 PM	#14
dippasan Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Hooksett NH and Sleepers Isl Posts: 400 Thanks: 295 Thanked 192 Times in 85 Posts	Well, I was on my deck around 11:00 pm last Friday night and heard several "howls". Had 4 other guy's come out of the house to hear the sound and we all agreed that it had to be a coyote. I am on the southern side of the island and it sounded pretty close. It sounded as though there was only one and we heard no "return" howls. Keep a close eye on your pets. Coyote's will eat just about anything. __________________ Luck is when preparedness meets opportunity