Post by trappnman on Mar 27, 2012 7:02:20 GMT -6
LOL- the secret alien set again! Reminds me of the cover of an old Savoy Brown album- all we need is the gnome........
Your pictures tell me little other than YOU set there.
When you figure what it is I AM looking for,you let me know.
some things shouldn't be posted on the internet........
What out study here showed, was that yes, they do average about that 7 miles per night. What was interesting, was that it could be 7 linear miles- or could be 7 miles milling about in a field or two.
As I mentioned before, a common pattern was movement between 3 interest points- call them A, B, C.
and it was "common" for them, over a night tracking period to go from a, to b, to a, to c, to b, to c, etc....moving between the points
randomly.
and since this 7 -9 miles was somewhat consistent it means that the interest points, are within a relatively small area.
another thing from our study, was this: in areas where I traditionally would catch one or two, when putting collars on them (from those locations), almost always when they were to be located, go back to original farm, turn on the tracker and beep, beep, beep.
Now take those "party areas", ares in which I had my most success over the years insofar as 5-6+ coyotes a year, collared coyotes from there, scattered to the winds so to speak, and one never knew where they would be relocated.
some of those relocated could then be generally found in that general area in the future, others were never relocated or relocated a time or two, then went off the grid. Transients and traveling coyotes I'd assume.
the pic of the bales and the truck was one of those, as was the middle of the waterway where Lori says "3rd double of the day".
Spots that for 25+ years, have been consistent year after year after year.
now, I have other locations that ebb and flow- some years they are good producers, other years less so. and that, I think, can be chalked up to most years I'm on a litter in home ground, other years that's not happening.
and then some locations of the past would give me a coyote or twp every year. or even worse a coyote every other year.
so we have three distinct location types-
#1- stall out areas
#2- home ranges before dispersal
#3- sporadic traveling locations
and their importance to me, is also listed in same order as 1, 2 ,3
so the goal is to eliminate all the #3, and concentrate on #1s, with of course reliance on #2 locations as well.
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Which brings us in a way to dispersal. I read about it all the time, but when and how does it occur, and does it occur because of nature, or need?
Here, I don't believe true dispersal occurs, I think its more of a "go next door" type of thing- that if kicked out or just moving on, they don't go too far in that there is no need to. They simply move into the next "open" area to set up shop.
Edited: after reading some dispersal studies after posting this, I see "kicked out" is a myth per se-.
and don't forget the % of transients, ones that have no need to disperse, because they are not holding territory during the spring summer cause they are not raising pups.
where do they go during "dispersal"?
Your pictures tell me little other than YOU set there.
When you figure what it is I AM looking for,you let me know.
some things shouldn't be posted on the internet........
What out study here showed, was that yes, they do average about that 7 miles per night. What was interesting, was that it could be 7 linear miles- or could be 7 miles milling about in a field or two.
As I mentioned before, a common pattern was movement between 3 interest points- call them A, B, C.
and it was "common" for them, over a night tracking period to go from a, to b, to a, to c, to b, to c, etc....moving between the points
randomly.
and since this 7 -9 miles was somewhat consistent it means that the interest points, are within a relatively small area.
another thing from our study, was this: in areas where I traditionally would catch one or two, when putting collars on them (from those locations), almost always when they were to be located, go back to original farm, turn on the tracker and beep, beep, beep.
Now take those "party areas", ares in which I had my most success over the years insofar as 5-6+ coyotes a year, collared coyotes from there, scattered to the winds so to speak, and one never knew where they would be relocated.
some of those relocated could then be generally found in that general area in the future, others were never relocated or relocated a time or two, then went off the grid. Transients and traveling coyotes I'd assume.
the pic of the bales and the truck was one of those, as was the middle of the waterway where Lori says "3rd double of the day".
Spots that for 25+ years, have been consistent year after year after year.
now, I have other locations that ebb and flow- some years they are good producers, other years less so. and that, I think, can be chalked up to most years I'm on a litter in home ground, other years that's not happening.
and then some locations of the past would give me a coyote or twp every year. or even worse a coyote every other year.
so we have three distinct location types-
#1- stall out areas
#2- home ranges before dispersal
#3- sporadic traveling locations
and their importance to me, is also listed in same order as 1, 2 ,3
so the goal is to eliminate all the #3, and concentrate on #1s, with of course reliance on #2 locations as well.
-----------------------------------
Which brings us in a way to dispersal. I read about it all the time, but when and how does it occur, and does it occur because of nature, or need?
Here, I don't believe true dispersal occurs, I think its more of a "go next door" type of thing- that if kicked out or just moving on, they don't go too far in that there is no need to. They simply move into the next "open" area to set up shop.
Edited: after reading some dispersal studies after posting this, I see "kicked out" is a myth per se-.
and don't forget the % of transients, ones that have no need to disperse, because they are not holding territory during the spring summer cause they are not raising pups.
where do they go during "dispersal"?