coyote carcasses

[trappnman]

boon or bane to other coyotes?

[romans117]

They will come in to check them out. I vote not a bane.

[ohiyotee]

Does a coyote Even recognize a skinned coyote Maybe by smell but what about by sight? I have them on my piles and catch coyotes around them every year. I don't think it makes a difference for the negative. greg

[frenchman]

poor bait for us in bait stations - coyotes do approach them, but not like they would a pile of dead coon or beaver.

Only good for bait stations, and even then, a poor choice at best.

I dispose of them that way, but wished somebody picked them up for any other purpose.

[trappnman]

Wouldn't the carcass be an interest point- aside from bait?

[ohiyotee]

Here in Ohio coyotes never seam to work a pile for the feed . In fact i can't even get them to take a bite out of a deer carcass. They just come , i believe out of curiosity as a dog would. I never set up close to the piles . I place them in tall weeds and brush areas as to facilitate a good snaring situation. greg

[Iowa Badger]

Haven't seen any interest

[Traveler]

A coyote carcasse is a very good point of interest for another coyote.This was one of Bill Nelson's little tricks back 50 years ago.I've heard it stated that coyotes visit their own dead more that humans.It's a good little trick.

[SteveCraig]

Traveler beat me too it.

They are a great draw for other coyotes. I have snared dozens of critters off of coyote as well as other carcuss's.

[irnhdmike]

I put them out wherver I want an attraction. Coyotes do come by and check them out. If I have an established bait station with coyotes visiting it I would rather use something they like to eat. I can show you skeletons from years past that have never been touched.

[NEPISIGUIT]

No trouble here. they come right in if area not visited too often.

[Iowa Badger]

What I have seen, is that i'll have piles of beaver or muskrats or deer and they get hit right away, add in some coyote carcasses and the feeding stops.

Now this was in fall conditions as I quit mixing in canids after this observance.

I know we are also talking curiosity as well as hunger for coyote bodys.

[Steve Gappa]

some western trappers swear by skinning at the site and tossing the carcass near the remake.....

btw- I throw al my carcasses together- beaver, rats, coon, canine, mink, etc- and the coyotes have no trouble eating what they want between the canine carcasses.

[17HMR]

The mangey yotes I catch get tossed about 5 foot out of the catch circle, it dont seem to make the set hot or cold either one.

[ColdSteel]

If I trapped near where I dumped my carcases I would catch every dog in the county.They are trouble enough already

[possumpincher]

I'll try to keep one in the vicinity.

[bobm]

Do any of you think the reason coyotes visit the piles so often is that the pile is a great attractor for mice,shrews, etc. and that's what they're really after?

[trappnman]

Yes Bob- I do believe thats a big part of the reason.

Take coon- perhaps coyotes don't eat a lot of coon (but they will) but it doesn't matter. A pile of coon carcasses is going to draw crows and/or ravens, hawks, eagles and owls. The resulting bits and pieces of meat make for easy pickings for smallers animals and birds.

lots of commotion, lots of activity.....a very good interest point, stall out location for a coyote.

I don't generally put carcasses by sets, although I would if out west where people wouldn't be a concern- but I do set traps by my disposal piles.

During the heavy action fall months, I use stock dumps so Im adding to the pile.

This time of year, I'm spreading rat carcasses out in a few places in case I snare. In any case, those are gone within days.