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Coyotes kill Cape Breton hiker

Tragic. I was dismayed to hear this on the radio this morning.

I share my usual hiking grounds with a pack of coyotes. They are active at night, and they leave plenty of tracks, but I almost never see them during the day. Nevertheless, I am aware of their presence and I always carry a belt knife and / or hiking stick when I'm out and about.

I'm glad to see that the CBC has published the recommendation that hikers carry a knife - and the recommendation that they leave iPods at home. Situational awareness is key, after all.

- Mike
 
I'm glad to see that the CBC has published the recommendation that hikers carry a knife - and the recommendation that they leave iPods at home. Situational awareness is key, after all.

- Mike[/QUOTE]


VERY WELL SAID!!!!
 
Im amazed the number of joggers and walkers listening to Ipods on streets. You would think they would want to hear traffic.

Poor girl.
 
Pretty sad, about an hour from where I grew up.
Saw a coyote on thanksgiving weekend, the first one I ever saw, actually.
 
Very unfortunate for both the victim and the coyotes. I wonder how long it will be before some government higher up makes Bancroft retract his statement on carrying a knife.
 
Unfortunate and suprising.

Coyotes in my area are numerous but cowardly and will avoid all contact with humans.

I've never heard of such a thing in my neck of the woods.
 
IPODS are great distractions, but it's not a good idea to be distracted while in the wilderness.
 
Tostig said:
Unfortunate and suprising.

Coyotes in my area are numerous but cowardly and will avoid all contact with humans.

I've never heard of such a thing in my neck of the woods.
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This is my experience too. I've chased many out of my yard over the years...and they just run like hell. I do carry a knife on all my walks, and make my wife carry her pepper spray, to ward off any potential problems...human or non-human.
 
x39 said:
Very unfortunate for both the victim and the coyotes. I wonder how long it will be before some government higher up makes Bancroft retract his statement on carrying a knife.
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Won't ever happen. National and provincial park visitors guides typically advise that you should carry a knife, among other essentials.
 
Waaay out of character for coyote's.

It is amazing to me the nuber of folks I see walking around on trails wearing mp3 players, who can't sense a thing going on around them.

Tragic story.
 
Very unfortunate, only god knows what triggered this.

This is the kind of thing that could happen to a friend of mine. He just recently got a gps and is a little too eager to discover new grounds, never prepares right and does the most stupid shit I have ever seen/heard of. I have forwarded gear list and tips to him numerous times, but he's in his little bubble. I don't wish him any harm, but he's clearly asking for it. cooking in his camp, leaving food around, trash, listening to music and always intoxicated. It really makes me sad/angry to even think he's even going to the woods, or sharring them with me occasionally.
 
Sad story for both human and coyotes.

I'd imagine that the coyotes must have been desperate, or had rabies to attack a human. Anyone know if she was exceptionally tiny in stature?

Carry a knife, always, but for a hiker encountering coyotes, I think I'd rather use a hiking stick as my first line of defense in an area that doesn't permit firearms.
 
Tragic,
As to what triggered it, they were hungry... Koyotes, Cougars, Bears..even wolves...will start to have more and more contact with humans as they overpopulate the small tracks of land that we force them into. Factor in that humans arent armed as they were 50 or 100 years ago, and you have stuff like this happening. Wild animals look really awesome on TV shows and National Geographic magazine, but they are still a danger.
Hunting is down accross the board, less and less kids are following in Dads footsteps...people just take the wild for granted nowadays.
I didnt read in the article that she had on an IPOD, did I miss that? Not that it would suprise me...a fews years ago, Miss Deaf Texas, was killed walking around Austin TX, she walked in front of an oncoming train that she couldnt hear (she was deaf) while texting...sad.
The world can be a dangerous place if you go through it with blinders on.
 
That's a sad, bizarre story. Not a fun way to go out. There must have been a combination of unusual circumstances converging in that incident. Coyotes aren't very big, and are usually timid. There must have been a lot of them, that were very hungry, and the hiker must have been poor at defending herself. I can't recall ever hearing of a single instance where coyotes killed a human before. I wonder if some of the animals involved had been interbred with dogs or if feral dogs were involved. That would make coyotes much more dangerous.
 
It was a single pair of coyotes, according to reports.

Based on my reading, both coyotes and wolves are much more likely to stalk or attack humans if they are used to us. Familiarity breeds contempt.

(This is unlike black bears, where the typical predacious bear has no familiarity with people.)

Likely a combination of factors here: a pair of coyotes without much fear of people, hungry, the victim possibly taken by surprise, fails to take aggressive action to scare them off, instead perhaps trying to run away; perhaps they're stalking her, she trips and falls, and they take advantage. Anyone's guess, really.
 
Coyotes are a real problem where I grew up. We always used chase them and throw rocks and sticks at them to make them more afraid of humans. They're all over where I grew up, it's getting a bit out of control.
 
cuphead said:
Very unfortunate, only god knows what triggered this.

This is the kind of thing that could happen to a friend of mine. He just recently got a gps and is a little too eager to discover new grounds, never prepares right and does the most stupid shit I have ever seen/heard of. I have forwarded gear list and tips to him numerous times, but he's in his little bubble. I don't wish him any harm, but he's clearly asking for it. cooking in his camp, leaving food around, trash, listening to music and always intoxicated. It really makes me sad/angry to even think he's even going to the woods, or sharring them with me occasionally.
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Be thankful!

That way you don't have to try to outrun the bear. Just your ill-prepared, inebriated friend who's too busy jamming out to [whatever he's jamming out to] to notice the 1000 lb grizz that decided to follow that heavenly aroma...



Back to the topic:

You'll see things like this. The more people get out into the wild places, the more the animals gradually lose their fear of them.

Animals aren't dumb. They learn quite well and can readily recognize prey from predator.

An oblivious person with their back turned screams "food".
 
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