When will coyote pups be born in Montana?

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coyote_220

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Can anyone tell me when coyotes in Montana will be giving birth? I would also like to know how long before the pups start to wander from their dens and hunt for them selves?

Thanks
Shawn
 
Coyote_220--We collected about 300 females for analysis of reproductive performance (1980-87) about 1/2 of which came from Montana as far west as the Jordan country.

Peak of whelping was around 15 Apr, annually. However, whelping by individual females occurs for about 50 days around this peak date (20 Mar-10 May). This occurs, because not all females come into estrous (peak is about 15 Feb, annually) at the same time. Gestation is about 63 days in coyotes.

Pups are about 4 weeks old before they come above ground for the 1st time, and will be about 1/2 grown by mid-late July.

I would suspect that these data would be at least reasonably similar to what you might expect to see in the Butte country.

What do you guys in other areas see in your respective areas re: whelping dates?
 
Thanks you guys for the info. I estimate that I should not hunt yotes untill mid to late august perhaps even mid september. Thank god for fishing season! Thanks all for the info Shawn.
 
Based on checking many female coyotes over many years, our observations suggest that most coyotes are born in the last week of April and the first week of May. 63 days prior to that, we see the bulk of the breeding activity. Wiley E
 
OOPS,
I was having trouble posting. Anyway, Wiley, you are right on as usual. Glad you and Steve and Doc are around. You guys are sure good to have a click away when questions come up.
 
I'm gonna knock the dust off this topic for a sec just to say that my area appears to parallel what Wiley said. From mid-April on seems to be when things start dropping.
 


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