Re: Coyotes getting established
[Re: JoMiBru]
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08/16/23 10:08 AM
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Bob
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We’ve had coyotes here forever. Still have healthy populations of grey fox, kit fox, and red fox. We don’t have the population density of either that you guys back east do, simply because the desert just doesn’t have the resources to sustain high populations like some of the habitat you guys in the east enjoy, and that may be why the coyotes haven’t decimated the fox.
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Re: Coyotes getting established
[Re: JoMiBru]
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08/16/23 11:34 AM
08/16/23 11:34 AM
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The Beav
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We have no reds or greys In my area of WI. Don't know If the coyotes are completely to blame but they are a big part of the problem.
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Re: Coyotes getting established
[Re: JoMiBru]
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08/16/23 04:49 PM
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Your ecosystem is unbalanced. You likely have no wolves,so the coyotes will over run and red fox will be the losers. With wolves in the ecosystem coyotes will not have a chance to overpopulate,and the red fox do very well following the wolves around.Wolves are a big benefit to all the smaller carnivores especially in late winter. However,the wolves need to be managed by the trappers or the boom and bust will be excessive. Wolves and beaver are the keystone species. Pay attention to the management of those two species on your lines and everything else will thrive in optimum harvestable numbers. Looking at your location,your habitat is likely too fragmented to be able to sustain a minimal wolf population so you will have to live with what is left there.
Last edited by Boco; 08/16/23 04:58 PM.
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Re: Coyotes getting established
[Re: Boco]
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08/17/23 10:15 PM
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Your ecosystem is unbalanced. You likely have no wolves,so the coyotes will over run and red fox will be the losers. With wolves in the ecosystem coyotes will not have a chance to overpopulate,and the red fox do very well following the wolves around.Wolves are a big benefit to all the smaller carnivores especially in late winter. However,the wolves need to be managed by the trappers or the boom and bust will be excessive. Wolves and beaver are the keystone species. Pay attention to the management of those two species on your lines and everything else will thrive in optimum harvestable numbers. Looking at your location,your habitat is likely too fragmented to be able to sustain a minimal wolf population so you will have to live with what is left there. Wolves in Maryland...that'll balance that ecosystem....
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