Would a coyote do this?

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I was out of town about a month ago working, when I got home dad told me this story; It was early in the morning, and he was checking the taylor wood stove. He looked at his truck and noticed a dog had taken a leak on the tire. ( we don't have any dogs that run loose and don't get strays very often). Before he got right up to the truck dad said he could smell it and it reminded him of when he fox trapped. He also found a dead grouse laying beside the house. So he asked me if I thought a coyote would do this, my reply to him was, I've learned enough about coyotes to know I don't know very much about coyotes. So what do you guys think?
 
When my dogs are kenneled, I have found where a coyote has dumped right up by my house. I think they would probably pee on a tire ,if they are used to being around vehicles. They are simply marking their territory, they try to cover the scent of the last dog(or coyote)that peed on the tire.
 
I told Dad it wouldn't surprise me if a coyote would pee on a tire, but we were really stumped by the grouse. We came to the conclusion that either it flew into the side of the house and commited suicide or when dad went outside he spooked the coyote and it dropped the bird. I suppose we will never know for sure.
 
Grouse are some of the dumdest and easiest birds to kill that I've ever come accross (that doesn't mean that they are easy to hit with a shotgun) the stupid animal probably flew into one of your windows.

I feel a stupid grouse story commin' on.

When I was about 17 (the late 1970's) I was driving between Westport and Plattsburg (NY) on the Northway (I-87). It was just before bird season. That year there was a good crop of Roughed Grouse, the locals called them partridge. My grandmother and I loved roughed grouse. I was following a car at a respectable distance when a covey of grouse flushed from the side of the road right in front of that car. There were about 6 of them and darned near ALL of them bounced off that cars window, they were stone cold dead by the time they hit the ground. I stopped with the idea that I'd bring home a nice limit of grouse. Ohh I suppose that some of you think that this is nothing but road kill, but does a nice fresh window bounced grouse count as true road kill? Well anyways I was about to scoop them up when I realized that it wasn't grouse season yet and I still had to go to plattsburg, do my business and go home. Lots of oppertunity to get caught. I got back in my car and let them rot. Stupid but legal.
 
Since you mentioned road kill, I've got a story for ya. Back 15 to 20 yrs ago, dad had been laid off for a while and things were tight. Well, one night my parents had to go to the funeral home, so they were dressed quite well. On the way home, dad was following behind a semi and a young buck ran in front of it. The truck just caught the deer in the front shoulder and head, should still be alot of good meat left. So he stops, and has mom help him get it in the trunk. Well, they were driving down the road and start hearing this thumping noise, kept getting louder until they figured out the deer in the trunk wasn't dead. So it's thrashing, mom's freaking out, and dad's just trying to hurry home. He pulls up the drive way honking the and screaming get a gun and get out here. Of course I have no clue what's going on so I get excited. I'm running around getting a gun, and they are both out there hollering to hurry up. Well I get out there and he finally tells me what's going on, then we ease the trunk open, pull the deer out and shoot it. To this day that story gets passed around frequently, oh the good ole days.
 
I saw a big flock of pigions swooping around while I was driving this morning, and I thought, these stupid this are going to fly right out in front of me! They were just starting into my lane, then swooped back the other way, right into the grill of a dump truck!!!!!!
In my mirror I could see feathers flying over, under, and on both sides of the truck!!!
I just laughed and thought, glad it wasn't my truck! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
One day last year I was on my way back home after coyote hunting when the fattest coyote I ever saw ran across the road in front of me. It was funny, He was probably a very athletic hunter and good one indeed to get so fat. But he rememinded me of a big fat, lazy coyote. It appeared as though his tummy reached his knees.

Anyway, he was carrying a pheasant in his mouth when he crossed the road. I hit the brakes, and took off running after him. He stopped, looked back at me, dropped the bird, and took off running. What's my point? Well, I dunno!!!! Except that I know for a fact a coyote will get frightend and abandon his prey. (I assume he came back for it later.) But anyhow, I'm rambling now, I better go to bed! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
 


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