Coyote I.Q. by state/region

DaisyCutter

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Since we have hunters from most everywhere, I figured I might get I good idea of which state or region has the coyotes that would be most willing to donate their meager existence to my trophy room.

Also, which area has the most cagey, sly or otherwise wiley coyotes?

How do Arizona coyotes fit in?

DaisyCutter
 
I only found 5 that had I.Q.'s lower than mine during my rookie season(Oct.01-Mar.02.

But I don't think that is a good comparison,I kept getting schooled about every time I went out:).

That is ok cause I will be smarter when I start hunting them pesky yotes this fall, well I think so anyway.I might get some schooling early ,but that will only help me to remember what I learned as a rookie.You can't ever learn too much about them coyotes.And they are good teachers................
 
Wiley? Sly? Our Canadian coyotes look like the one in the logo at the top. The one with the Oh No! look on his kisser. We have too many, if that's possible. I guess it depends on your point of view. It is nearly impossible to go calling seriously and come home skunked. Winter coyote pelts here are awesome. I only see mange in less than .25%, That is not a typo. We don't have the plague or rabies. We get to hunt with no bugs, snakes,gila monsters etc. That's because they ain't tough enough to take the cold. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Redfrog
 
Jim, you need an adopted son...you really do.

This is a picture of me......Dad

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Hugs and kisses....Bobby

Daisycutter:

Coyotes around here, depending on the pressure, where they are in relation to hunters of all sorts, can be kinda leery about responding to a call. But, from what I hear, some parts of the upper desert like where Dogboy lives, Oak Hills, it doesn't matter. They have motorcycles screaming through their cribs, shotgunners blasting away...they still respond pretty well to a call. Coyotes are pretty intelligent creatures, but by reading some of the stories on here, they seem to have the IQ of a cantalope sometimes.
 
DaisyCutter,
Anywhere you find sheep or goats being raised the coyotes have been schooled. Straight farming country (few livestock, lots of mice) is usually good for a few dumb ones. Here in central Texas there's lots of deer hunters that harass them in Nov.-Dec. Ranchers hunt them year around!
 
Sorry Bob, I was good to go with the adoption, but "Yes Dear" says no way. She's afraid you'll scare the livestock. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
Redfrog
 
Well, could yall adopt me then??

I took the liberty of patching a picture of me in my Sunday clothes and all, and I even got myself all purtied up for the occasion, let me know iff'n your interested, cause Maw could shure use the money from my being bought...

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I woulda smiled, but Maw says it takes away from my photo genes or sumthin cause my tooth is crookid!!
 
Aaaaaah! Nope. I look at the pics of you boys and I hear dueling banjos. I cannot imagine being on a stand and trying to call with two guys who looked like that lying beside each other. :eek: :eek: Nope! Nope! Nope!
Redfrog
 
My belief is coyote IQ depends on environment. Coyotes here vary from MIT grads that are uncallable to coyotes that rode "the little bus" and would respond to a squeaky door hinge.

For me the pattern seems to be the more remote the area, the better the calling. The less they have seen pressure the better. Out west any place that looks like it holds coyotes, probably does.

I waste a lot of time calling areas with smart coyotes. They are usually coyotes living around livestock. It is usually a safe bet someone has been there before me to play gracious host and invite them over for dinner. When I'm successful in these areas it gives me a little extra feeling of accomplishment. But it can be frustrating too. Then it is time to drive a little farther and find Cletus the slackjawed coyote. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
I did not know there were any dumb coyotes! :eek:
The ones I have run into are smart and smarter. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

Call and they will come....sometimes!
 
We have tons of them here in Missouri,and your darn lucky to see one,unless your in a car at night and it runs across the road doing mach 10.
 
A coyote is a coyote is a coyote no mater where he lives providing he is full-blooded. It is the coyotes associations and proximities to people that promote certain behaviors that make him appear to be smart. In more densely populated areas the coyotes see humans more often and are consequently more leery. Out west coyotes are “for lack of a better word” less sophisticated than their eastern cousins because western coyotes don’t “have” to live close to humans if they don’t want to. Eastern coyotes for the most part don’t have that luxury. I think if you transplanted 100 western coyotes in PA they would adapt or be killed and like wise if you took 100 eastern coyotes to SD they would adapt or be killed. I don’t think just because they cross an imaginary line they gain or lose IQ points. Coyotes are simply products of their environment and they are not as smart as people give them credit for. It is their sneaky behavior and shyness that some confuse with intelligentsia. They are cunning to the max and can associate danger with gunshots, calls, roads, cars, tractors and what ever else that scares them. Only the coyote knows how long he can retain those associations. Eastern coyotes and/or any other coyotes that live near people are likely to be reminded more frequently of the danger that man possess than the western or the more rural coyotes making them appear “smarter.”

Just because a coyote is a coyote doesn’t mean he will act or respond the same everywhere. There are way to many variables to consider so there is no one technique or stile of hunting that is universal. Coyotes will respond to distress sounds and to howls. How you apply those sounds depends on geography, time of day, time of year, the weather and so on. Learning what works in your area is part of the fun and is what keeps you coming back.

Good hunting.

Q-Wagoner
 


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