Examining coyote population dynamics

https://oodmag.com/examining-coyote-...tion-dynamics/

Coyote populations present a unique quandary to the world of wildlife management, appearing to contradict one of its most basic principles.

The concept of "compensatory reproduction" is the same theory OMNRF is using to prevent the hunting of Wild Boar (once the species is established in large numbers). As noted in this article,one "study" states it's a fact while the other states it's not. Nowhere is there credible evidence that either is correct. One thing is for sure,too often the government listens to "experts" rather than use common sense.

Maybe we just need more people out hunting Coyotes ? Basic math ; Keep subtracting from the Total Sum and eventually you will get to Zero. We (mankind) have managed to wipe out many other species on this planet so it should be easy, right ?

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Originally Posted by longpointer

Maybe we just need more people out hunting Coyotes ? Basic math ; Keep subtracting from the Total Sum and eventually you will get to Zero. We (mankind) have managed to wipe out many other species on this planet so it should be easy, right ?

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There is a very good book by Dan Flores "Coyote America" that make the case of opposite opinion.
Essentially, claiming that eradication attempts of coyotes in 20th century (by variety of methods) actually led to spread of coyote from Western plains into Eastern part of continent..



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People change the land.
Changes to the land give some animals an advantage.
These animals then reduce the numbers of other animals and become a nuisance to people.
People can then reduce the number or pay someone to reduce them (police kill coyote in back yard).
Are you ok with paying for police to control the animals? Maybe you should pay the whole bill.
Thank you.

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Originally Posted by glen

People change the land.
Changes to the land give some animals an advantage.
These animals then reduce the numbers of other animals and become a nuisance to people.
People can then reduce the number or pay someone to reduce them (police kill coyote in back yard).
Are you ok with paying for police to control the animals? Maybe you should pay the whole bill.
Thank you.

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Seeing as we pay for the police to "Serve and Protect" anyways plus they are allowed to carry and discharge their guns inside a city/town in the line of duty I would think it's OK. For those of us that live out in the countryside we can usually supply our own form of varmint protection.

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Originally Posted by trimmer21

The concept of "compensatory reproduction" is the same theory OMNRF is using to prevent the hunting of Wild Boar (once the species is established in large numbers). As noted in this article,one "study" states it's a fact while the other states it's not. Nowhere is there credible evidence that either is correct. One thing is for sure,too often the government listens to "experts" rather than use common sense.

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My thoughts too.l

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Originally Posted by newbiehunter

There is a very good book by Dan Flores "Coyote America" that make the case of opposite opinion.
Essentially, claiming that eradication attempts of coyotes in 20th century (by variety of methods) actually led to spread of coyote from Western plains into Eastern part of continent..



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Dan Flores is a writer, not a biologist....

A native of Louisiana, Dan Flores is a writer who presently lives in the Galisteo Valley outside Santa Fe, New Mexico, and is A. B. Hammond Professor Emeritus of the History of the American West at the University of Montana-Missoula. He is the author of ten books, most recently the New York Times Bestseller, Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History (2016), and American Serengeti: The Last Big Animals of the Great Plains (2016).