Crows on a bait pile?

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So my uncle was chatting with a few guys he knows that hunt coyotes and these gents told him not to put the crows he kills on his bait pile. Reason being that coyotes know that crows are smart, so if they see dead ones around they'll know that something is up and won't come in.

I wouldn't have put much stock in it except that last year we did a lot of crow hunting around the area of the bait pile and put a bunch on it as well as left some where they fell. Only saw 3 coyotes there last year and only got 1 of them. The previous year we got 11 of them off the same pile.

This lead me to thinking maybe there is something to that theory. This year, we're not shooting any crows over there and already have 2 coyotes.

So, is there anything to this theory? Do dead crows make the coyotes nervous?
 
Originally Posted By: TCS Do dead crows make the coyotes nervous?

I highly doubt it. Probably see them as an easy meal more than anything.
 
If you got 11 eleven yotes in that area the previous year, and only 3 last year...

1.) You probably thinned them down pretty good when you killed the 11.
2.) You probably educated a few more in the course of calling that many in. So...
3.) Not shooting a bunch there last year probably did't have much to do with dead crows.


Only reason a dead crow might scare a yote off a bait pile, is it smelled like a human.
 
Originally Posted By: H82MissMaybe Crow tastes nasty.



A lot of things a coyote eats probably tastes nasty. Crow would probably be one of the tastier things.
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Althought I have not hunted over bait piles much, I have hunted areas that other guys shoot tons of crows each year. Everytime I set up there, there is always plenty of evidence of coyotes eating the crow carcus. It wouldnt bother me a bit to leave them there.
 
Originally Posted By: Rocky1If you got 11 eleven yotes in that area the previous year, and only 3 last year...

1.) You probably thinned them down pretty good when you killed the 11.


Quite possible. This year seems like the number is recovering pretty quickly though.
Originally Posted By: Rocky1
2.) You probably educated a few more in the course of calling that many in. So...

Didn't do much calling. Mostly just slept in the cabin and watched the bait pile. I believe we missed 2 of them so definitely there were at least 2 who were educated.
 


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