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Posted by Melvin (Member # 634) on June 27, 2005, 11:08 AM:
I, didn't want to lead fellow members in another direction, from Rich's post,because of the similarity of the two posts and clutter it up by bringing this up there.
There are a lot of different sounds coyotes will respond and come to and i wanted to mention a couple i had read in a book,on coyotes...If you had a coyote respond and came to an odd sound,i'm sure most of us would like to hear about it..I will give 3 sounds that coyotes came to just like a prey sound
1.Two men were beaching there boat to do some hunting...They dragged there boat across some brush,away from the river..There in very short order showed up a coyote!...They wonderd why the coyote came and stood there looking at them...The only conclusion they could come up with was,the boat making a screaching sound,being dragged across the brush'..Was this a fluke?'they wondered?..Later that day they purposely performed the same procedure..Sure enough,A coyote showed up,confirming what they wondered.
2.A couple pulled there car off to the side of the road to change a baby's diaper..The baby was wailing and crying..They looked out the window and here comes a coyote to the crying of the baby!
3.A farmer was opening his barn doors and the screaching from the hinges had brought a pair of coyotes across his fields.
I'm sure there are many more sounds made in the oddest ways that will bring coyotes in..
I would be willing to carry a pair of old barn door hinges'If ,Tripp would bring along a wailing baby and 2dogs drag a boat to a good recommended stand site..(As long as it is no more than 2 or 3 miles to the stand)
[ June 27, 2005, 08:32 PM: Message edited by: Leonard ]
Posted by The Outdoor Tripp (Member # 619) on June 27, 2005, 11:55 AM:
In many instances, if the noise isn't perceived to be related to a human, a coyote may respond to almost ANY sound it's unsure of.
We get too hung up in our belief that coyotes simply hunt, eat, mate and challenge 24/7. What we frequently forget is that coyotes are quite curious, and will often show up to an unknown sound just to see what is making it.
My two cents.
Melvin -- Can the baby be a wind-up model?
[ June 27, 2005, 11:57 AM: Message edited by: The Outdoor Tripp ]
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on June 27, 2005, 05:56 PM:
Seems to me that Danny said once that he called in a coyote playing Merle Haggard?
No? Maybe it was Madonna?
Good hunting. LB
edit: "coming" has one "M"
[ June 27, 2005, 05:58 PM: Message edited by: Leonard ]
Posted by Melvin (Member # 634) on June 27, 2005, 06:11 PM:
Yep, I messed that up!..To late now ![[Embarrassed]](redface.gif)
Posted by Cdog911 (Member # 7) on June 27, 2005, 06:33 PM:
Variants of the old tale where "this farmer was trying to break a seized nut loose from a bolt and the twisting of the bolt produced a high-pitched squealing sound when a coyote came bursting from the grass."
I'd have never thought of the coyote as being all that curious until I began resisting taking the first shot opportunity and spending a little time tweaking their little brains. Since then, I'd go so far as to say they ran right past curious and landed smack dab in the middle of gulluble, at times.
(Edited for fat fingers and because it was difficult to write that first paragraph without someone coming back at me with some remark about a farmer busting his nut. Yeah, I know. You were thinking it.)
[ June 27, 2005, 06:35 PM: Message edited by: Cdog911 ]
Posted by Melvin (Member # 634) on June 28, 2005, 12:14 AM:
Thanks for correcting my spelling on this post, Leonard. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
I would never say anything about a farmer busting something like that!,Cdog...LOL
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on June 28, 2005, 08:12 AM:
No prob. Melvin. Seemed a little pornographic, huh?
Bust a nut. You kill me, Lance! If that works in Kansas, I'll eat my hat!
Good hunting. LB
Posted by 2dogs (Member # 649) on June 28, 2005, 09:17 AM:
2dogs, no drag boat, Melvin. How's about a feral cat w/shock collar on a stick? They like to much'em around my area ![[Cool]](cool.gif)
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cat-disliker dogs
Posted by Melvin (Member # 634) on June 28, 2005, 11:29 AM:
Thought i had a couple guys to help me out!..Hurt my feelings so bad,i throwed away my barn door hinges ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
...But i won't give up!..I know i got a nut and bolt around here somewhere?
Posted by DAA (Member # 11) on June 28, 2005, 12:11 PM:
Bill Del Monte told me that on a night hunt in Texas once, he had a squeaky brake or wheel bearing on one of his front wheels, and that a grey came running out of the brush and running along nipping at that wheel similar to what you see dogs do chasing vehicles sometimes.
- DAA
Posted by Cal Taylor (Member # 199) on June 28, 2005, 12:46 PM:
Along the same lines Dave, I was scouting some elk a couple years ago and driving a Chevy pickup. They are legendary for the brakes squealing when full of dust. I pulled out on a ridge and stopped with a big squeek and had a bull elk answer about 100 yds away in the timber.
Posted by 2dogs (Member # 649) on June 28, 2005, 02:35 PM:
Melvin, I'd hep ya carry in some TP. One of us would surely put it to use ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
. BTW, I still like the collared cat on a stick...heres the remote ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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[ June 28, 2005, 02:38 PM: Message edited by: 2dogs ]
Posted by bearkiller (Member # 675) on June 28, 2005, 06:52 PM:
quote:
In many instances, if the noise isn't perceived to be related to a human, a coyote may respond to almost ANY sound it's unsure of.
We get too hung up in our belief that coyotes simply hunt, eat, mate and challenge 24/7. What we frequently forget is that coyotes are quite curious, and will often show up to an unknown sound just to see what is making it.
I can't agree more.
I hear this all the time about bears. Gotta use this sound at this time and that tone at that time. When alot of it sounds the same but vary in pitch and tone. All animals are curious and will come to investigate if it feels inclined.
Posted by NASA (Member # 177) on July 03, 2005, 09:39 AM:
I can produce witnesses, that I had 6 coyotes come to the sound of an electric can opener.
Posted by The Outdoor Tripp (Member # 619) on July 03, 2005, 03:05 PM:
NASA,
How much you want for the can opener?
Posted by Bryan J (Member # 106) on July 03, 2005, 04:39 PM:
I was driving a two track road and my power steering pump was low on fluid screaming all the way but worse every time I turned the wheel. I was driving through some cover so I couldn’t see the coyote at a distance but when he suddenly appeared he didn’t look as though he had just been surprised, he appeared to be investigating. I have always credited the noisy power steering to keeping that coyote from acting like a typical Utah coyote when a vehicle is heard or spotted. However, I couldn’t say for sure. I will let you decide what you believe.
Posted by NASA (Member # 177) on July 03, 2005, 04:55 PM:
Aahhhh, you'd hadda' been there Tripper. They were clambering over each other to be the first to get there. The hummmm of that old Presto was like the irresistible song of the Seirenes to them. They lost all will and reason. They were mine to command, and could be manipulated like marionettes.
Posted by The Outdoor Tripp (Member # 619) on July 03, 2005, 05:15 PM:
NASA,
I've filled a cup, pulled up a stool and tilted an ear.
Tell me more.
(Honestly, this might make a damned funny story. Names to be changed of course.)
Posted by NASA (Member # 177) on July 03, 2005, 05:38 PM:
I'm just funnin' with ya Tripp, 'cuz you're the new guy. Most of the original members here already know I raised a litter of six 5-day old coyotes. I kept them in the house until they were about 10 weeks old. Got too messy indoors, so I gave them the back yard. Kept most of them until they were about 3 years old. One littermate even starred in a Disney movie. All the highlights and revelations of that experience have been posted here and on other boards. Even though it's old news, the story probably would make a good book.
Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on July 05, 2005, 09:16 AM:
NASA, I've caught bits & pieces of that story, but would love to hear the whole thing. It would make a good book, or at least a T&PC article.
Posted by Cdog911 (Member # 7) on July 05, 2005, 11:03 AM:
Kokopelli, It probably would, but then we'd destroy the image we've worked so hard to perpetuate that all fur harvesters and trappers are critter-hatin', bloodthirty barbarians. The last thing we want the John Q's to see is that we revere and enjoy that which we pursue.
Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on July 05, 2005, 02:44 PM:
Oops....forgot about the 'bloody barbarian' clause in our license. Maybe we could pass it around with a secret handshake or something.
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