Turkey-calling hunter attacked by coyotes
May 9, 2001 Posted: 7:42 PM EDT (2342 GMT)
CLIFTON PARK, New York (AP) -- An upstate New York turkey hunter is receiving rabies shots after he was attacked by coyotes. A wildlife expert says the coyotes may have mistaken the hunter for a turkey.
The man was hunting in an Albany suburb Friday when he was surprised by two coyotes. He killed one of them but the other got away after biting him.
A state wildlife pathologist says the coyotes probably were looking for food for their pups, and didn't expect to find a human. The man was camouflaged and calling turkey.
The wildlife official says coyotes normally avoid human contact and probably were just as surprised as the hunter. He also says coyotes rarely contract rabies, but the man was being given shots as a precaution.
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May 9, 2001 Posted: 7:42 PM EDT (2342 GMT)
CLIFTON PARK, New York (AP) -- An upstate New York turkey hunter is receiving rabies shots after he was attacked by coyotes. A wildlife expert says the coyotes may have mistaken the hunter for a turkey.
The man was hunting in an Albany suburb Friday when he was surprised by two coyotes. He killed one of them but the other got away after biting him.
A state wildlife pathologist says the coyotes probably were looking for food for their pups, and didn't expect to find a human. The man was camouflaged and calling turkey.
The wildlife official says coyotes normally avoid human contact and probably were just as surprised as the hunter. He also says coyotes rarely contract rabies, but the man was being given shots as a precaution.
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