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Post by bogio on Jan 19, 2015 19:29:29 GMT -6
I was running out of room in photobucket and inadvertently deleted them. I'll try to get them loaded again.
My dog got a dose of fleas from the coyotes and was constantly licking and chewing that area of the belly inside his back legs. Started looking just like those coyotes. Frontline cleared up the fleas and his belly cleared up on it's own.
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Post by bogio on Jan 18, 2015 22:26:29 GMT -6
click it
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Post by bogio on Jan 18, 2015 21:52:03 GMT -6
O'GORMAN and KEG CREEK
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Post by bogio on Jan 17, 2015 2:03:45 GMT -6
Yeah you could say there is still some snow. This location from earlier was showing usage so I reset it. This is today's check. Spots that had blown clear are opening up nicely. Deep beds and dry dirt to keep things working.
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Post by bogio on Jan 16, 2015 0:21:58 GMT -6
click it
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Post by bogio on Jan 16, 2015 0:18:25 GMT -6
click it
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Post by bogio on Jan 15, 2015 23:41:18 GMT -6
O'GORMAN and KEG CREEK Like Marty said, two weeks to go and not quitting till then!
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Post by bogio on Jan 14, 2015 21:36:59 GMT -6
This goes out to the citizen outdoorsman who helped me out today by dispatching a coyote for me with the .378 Weatherby that you bought for that as of yet unrealized hunt for African plains game. I appreciate the effort and realize that someone who is unfamiliar with trapping might be concerned with the coyote escaping before I returned. Rest assured that the equipment I use is the best of the best and the chances of that coyote getting loose were very slim. Even though I wasn't there at the asss crack of dawn to retrieve him, he would have remained there comfortably until I was able to return in the late afternoon. If you have the time and are good with your hands, I could use a little help reassembling the jigsaw puzzle of a hide that you left for me. Again, THANKS A LOT!
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Post by bogio on Dec 22, 2014 20:57:45 GMT -6
Coyote dental floss!
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Post by bogio on Dec 22, 2014 17:01:58 GMT -6
Oh, O.K. Thick and Chewy you know! This particular area is rolling hills for the most part. The tops and less steep side hills are farmed. The steeper, rougher ground is pasture. There are some sizeable (for here) timber plots, maybe a hundred or so acres in size. Lot's of smaller woodpatches and ditch/creek systems. Most is gridded by the road system on mile squares. Some of the rougher goes two miles but most a mile. This in itself breaks up the continuous habitat of which you speak. Now if I move down by the river, it becomes somewhat more of what you describe. Continuous, unbroken timber that might run for several miles at a time. There are fingers coming up into the flat prairie/ag areas and a mixture of tillable and pasture grounds. In this country there seems to be innumerable possible locations to pick from. The saving grace is that it is relatively limited in depth, very long but not nearly as wide. Road access is not nearly as good with VERY few roads going down to or actually crossing the river. I get the impression your coulee country consists of high bluffs along the river system with very deep ditches/draws leading out towards the flatter agricultural lands with open ridges between the draws.
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Post by bogio on Dec 21, 2014 20:23:29 GMT -6
I like that pond location for sure. that first location is very similar to what I got on top- almost looks like an actual video of one of my locations for me, it goes down into valleys and coulees...what separates these type of locations for you? Not sure I am catching your questions completely. All three videos ARE the same location showing some of the coyotes that were caught while I was set up there. The pond is on the lower face of the end of a relatively short running bluff. Where my truck is parked at the top is a field road following the ridge in. It falls away in the other direction into a sloped ag field for a couple hundred yards before falling into a steeper wooded draw area. There is a large timber patch with a couple of small creeks here and two confinement buildings which have dead stock around them from time to time but no established dead pile. The pond seems to provide a focal point for them to come to and do whatever it is they feel the need to do. A couple of carcasses placed below the dam keeps them milling. I tried on top last year also but had no success there. This pond is where they are coming to.
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Post by bogio on Dec 20, 2014 22:06:42 GMT -6
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Post by bogio on Dec 17, 2014 5:55:41 GMT -6
I'll have to get a tape out on one to get the measurements but realize that once the screen cover slides in, the pan becomes everything you mentioned.
Jaw spread is going to lack that of the Bridger by a small amount but my catches are consistently deep, I see a fair amount of double foot catches and my misses are infrequent enough that it is not a concern to me.
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Post by bogio on Dec 15, 2014 21:21:02 GMT -6
Not sure without looking for it but think that I recall Glen using canvas or denim but I might be incorrect. I have been lucky in that I have never needed parts for one of my montys. Any damage, generally John Deere in nature, has been repairable by myself.
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Post by bogio on Dec 15, 2014 18:54:23 GMT -6
Bogio that is it exactly, with the screen cover. Tman pointed out a trap without it and I pointed out that because of the pan size and shape and trap size that the screen becomes more important. I know you and others who wouldn't set a trap without it. Yet there are other means and ways to achieve the same results. This is from the Bridger 3 post again this happens more than just a few times a year with PIT pans. click it Exactly. The #3 Montgomery with the screen is a system, a package deal and a perfect one in my view. This whole thing comes down to personal preference and comfort in terms of what leads to the results that each individual feels most satisfied with. I bought my first #3 Montgomerys well over twenty years ago after reading about them through the writings of Craig O'. They were new in the box Sterling Modifies from a fellow in Kansas. Later I bought the same used from a fellow in Oregon. Two years ago I found more in Wyoming. My only regret is that in each instance I didn't have the resources to buy every daamn one that was available. Through a little guidance from 1080, I've made a couple of changes to them and now feel that they are as good as you can hope for it to be. Find what you like, stay with it and become proficient with it. Every time you reach in the trap box the same piece of equipment should come out. It should require the same steps to plant it every time. This way it becomes routine and non problematic. The coyote himself is enough of a problem to deal with without having to put any extra thought into your equipment. The Sterlings see no benefit with screen. Even O'G said to just use waxed paper or if adjusted properly, nothing at all. As the video shows, I too see the two foot catches and feel that is just the result of using enough jaw spread and set construction. What is more important with the video is that it shows the importance of having a reason for the coyote to be there. The location geographically is attractive but the fact that livestock are regularly composted in the area make it a productive place to set. It makes it a consistent producer.
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Post by bogio on Dec 14, 2014 21:41:37 GMT -6
The montgomery would miss "some" because of the shape and size of the pan, With the screen cover, the shape and size of the pan becomes a moot point. Combined with the correct bedding material and set construction, it becomes an absolutely bulletproof combination in terms misses and weather.
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Post by bogio on Dec 14, 2014 18:19:42 GMT -6
click it Montgomery traps + stiff screens = coyotes that would be missed
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Post by bogio on Nov 6, 2014 12:23:48 GMT -6
the thing I believe bogio, is simply that there is no overlap "concentration" points. I think the store analogy is apt- while over time, multiple coyotes will visit most of the stores, there is no timeline, and no reason to visit THIS store during a set period. but you bring up an interesting point- how much social interaction occurs among non related coyotes, for no other reason than social interaction? And one must look at another facet of the equation- even in areas of overlap, main attraction stall out area overlap- is the overlapping (meaning use of same area)occurring at the same time (are there multiple coyote groups present at the same time)or is it a matter of, throughout the night/day coyotes from multiple groups using the same area, but at different times? lets make it a very real example- we have a deep rocky coulee- housing lots of small game, lots of habitat, for the most part unused by humans except during deer season- and we know coyotes are there- now, around that coulee you have multiple smaller ravines and coulees, all irregular in shape, and once on the flats, you have 10-12 farms adjoining that coulee- most of those having strip crops, and anywhere from 20-100 cows. so my question is- why WOULD there be overlap? What I am saying is: In an area with sufficient coyote population, is the existence of a singular dominant attraction paramount to the existence of an overlap area or rather do the overlaps exist by virtue of the coyote's being a coyote and having an instinctual/behavioral need for social structure and interaction?
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Post by bogio on Nov 5, 2014 23:25:07 GMT -6
while density is of course an important part of the equation, at the same time, the type of terrain must be taken into account as well. As well as the type and quantity of food available. never is dealing with, I'm guessing, for the most part big woods or other types of continuous habitat. And that is exactly the type of terrain I encountered on that loop- lots and lots of steep, wooded coulees and hillsides- with multiple small farms at every edge of these valleys and coulees. I think on a per mile, or per township measure, the density is probably the same as in other areas that are far more productive- the difference is in the number of destination points. since my coffee reference didn't satisfy all- look at it like a place with 1 store in a 10 mile area. Everyone in town, will be in that store sooner or later. Now compare that with towns that have a store on every corner....................far too many choices, and none stand out. I've been kicking this around for a few days as I, and I'm sure most others also, have areas similar to what you are describing here. While this loop might lack a large concentrating type of attraction like a dairy, it none the less does have smaller cattle operations which are going to serve as an attraction to the coyotes in the area. While pressure from hunting groups might knock out some coyotes later in the season, your statement above indicates that you feel that population densities are on par with your more productive loops. So we have attractions and we have a workable population. That leaves us with the coyote himself and the fact that he is governed by innate behaviors. Through these behaviors, social grouping and structure/interaction should be occurring which will give us the same types of overlap areas that are found in the more productive/conventional areas of our lines. If these overlaps are found, and the population is there, a loop like this one should be as productive as any other.
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Post by bogio on Nov 5, 2014 9:55:41 GMT -6
Harry Reid was the obstruction.
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