Not a whole lot to ad to this. But, I spoke of this before.
A woman I went to school with raised Grey wolves, wolf hybrids & a few coyotes. Another woman a friend of her's also raised [just] wolves.
These two women, who were friends lived close to 9 miles apart, as the crow flys. [Wolf woman], the lady I know. Told me her wolve's & coyotes would communicate over this land space to the other woman's wolves. They did this frequently. BTW, she never did send me any of her canine pics.
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Coyotes; I spot/stalk them, have for many yrs. I've stalked them on light wind days, virtually no wind & high wind days. Ground cover over these times, have been bare soft soil[harvested cropland], soft muddy fields, soft[fluff] snow & hardpack[crusty] snow/ice cover.
A coyote miss's very little in it's surroundings, even in high winds & hills. Don't be fooled, just because they don't/won't look your way, as you make noise's with your calls or caller or walking in. Some are just "indifferent" et will not give you or your call noise, the time of day. Who knows "why"? I sure as heck don't.
I've been busted so many times over the yrs, stalking coyotes. I'm a very experienced & quiet stalker. Useing wind speed & direction, terrain & structure to help "mute" my noise, as I stalk in. Not to mention crawling, or tip-toeing for many yards. Regardess, of all my efforts, their hearing ability, is very impressive. Et many were staring @ me from afar.
Last Winter, I stalked a large gray nomad coyote. That laid in almost the same exact spot over a wks time. This coyote busted me as I slowly/quietly made my way closer. Ground cover was a bare harvested "frozen bean field.
Coyote busted me from a 1/4 mile & abit farther away. As I made my way closer in a hard quartering wind. Coyote heard, my foot snap a cut bean stubble. Three out of the 4x stalking in. The coyote was boring a hole in me as I crawled over the last high hill-top, all times but the last stalk. I grazed his shoulder that day, on a long shot.
Early on I stalked Red Fox with my Dad & his two friends, as a youth. We stalked them useing Grayhounds[which RARELY barked]on all kinds of ground conditions. Red Fox hearing is also quite impressive, but NOT near that of a coyote. Not to mention on average a Red, tends to "sleep heavier" than a coyote.
Whether in high winds or very little wind. A coyote will have the back of it's ears towards the prevailing winds. Which leave's the front cone of the ears, to pick up the slightest sound from afar. Especially up & down wind. If a hunter stalks enough coyotes, you'll understand what I'm talking about. They miss very little.
A woman I went to school with raised Grey wolves, wolf hybrids & a few coyotes. Another woman a friend of her's also raised [just] wolves.
These two women, who were friends lived close to 9 miles apart, as the crow flys. [Wolf woman], the lady I know. Told me her wolve's & coyotes would communicate over this land space to the other woman's wolves. They did this frequently. BTW, she never did send me any of her canine pics.
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Coyotes; I spot/stalk them, have for many yrs. I've stalked them on light wind days, virtually no wind & high wind days. Ground cover over these times, have been bare soft soil[harvested cropland], soft muddy fields, soft[fluff] snow & hardpack[crusty] snow/ice cover.
A coyote miss's very little in it's surroundings, even in high winds & hills. Don't be fooled, just because they don't/won't look your way, as you make noise's with your calls or caller or walking in. Some are just "indifferent" et will not give you or your call noise, the time of day. Who knows "why"? I sure as heck don't.
I've been busted so many times over the yrs, stalking coyotes. I'm a very experienced & quiet stalker. Useing wind speed & direction, terrain & structure to help "mute" my noise, as I stalk in. Not to mention crawling, or tip-toeing for many yards. Regardess, of all my efforts, their hearing ability, is very impressive. Et many were staring @ me from afar.
Last Winter, I stalked a large gray nomad coyote. That laid in almost the same exact spot over a wks time. This coyote busted me as I slowly/quietly made my way closer. Ground cover was a bare harvested "frozen bean field.
Coyote busted me from a 1/4 mile & abit farther away. As I made my way closer in a hard quartering wind. Coyote heard, my foot snap a cut bean stubble. Three out of the 4x stalking in. The coyote was boring a hole in me as I crawled over the last high hill-top, all times but the last stalk. I grazed his shoulder that day, on a long shot.
Early on I stalked Red Fox with my Dad & his two friends, as a youth. We stalked them useing Grayhounds[which RARELY barked]on all kinds of ground conditions. Red Fox hearing is also quite impressive, but NOT near that of a coyote. Not to mention on average a Red, tends to "sleep heavier" than a coyote.
Whether in high winds or very little wind. A coyote will have the back of it's ears towards the prevailing winds. Which leave's the front cone of the ears, to pick up the slightest sound from afar. Especially up & down wind. If a hunter stalks enough coyotes, you'll understand what I'm talking about. They miss very little.