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Coyotes kill Cape Breton hiker

Wild animals are wild animals. When wild animals act like wild animals people get perplexed about it. Not necessarily YOU people, but you know what I mean. Expect wild things to be and act wild and unpredictable!

Rattlesnakes don't always warn with a rattle, sometimes they are territorial and they will make an ass out of snake experts and they WILL come after you, same-same with a Cottonmouth, Copperheads are docile but look at them with a wary eye, etc., etc., etc., just treat wild things like they're wild...seems like common sense to me. You go walking around near wild things with an MP3/IPod and without a care in the world...well, some things will care about you being in their world.
 
A lot of folks don't know it but coyotes have long been termed 'prairie wolves' by my Indian ancestors and they do pack up in the fall and winter to bring down larger game. Many times I've been on mountainsides near Grand Junction, CO and watched packs of eight or ten coyotes taking on deer and elk in the deep snow of the valleys below. Kind of scary, really. That many of them could easily 'do in' a cross country skier or someone on snow shoes. I now live in the vicinity of Los Lunas, NM about 25 miles south of Albuquerque. I worked at an Air Force Base in Albq for 10 years and routinely used a back gate and then a small two lane road for a few miles into the base proper. Used to see coyotes almost daily in ones and twos. They would wait along side the road until there was a break in traffic, then dash across on their way into the base housing areas where they feasted on cats, dogs, and the pet food people leave outside by their doors. I also noticed the size of some of them and I would estimate 50 lbs plus for bigger specimens. Don't know if that was a result of plenty of food or cross-breeding with domestic dogs. Some of the really big coyotes had a German Shepherd look to them and were unafraid of cars and people.
 
Old CW4 said:
A lot of folks don't know it but coyotes have long been termed 'prairie wolves' by my Indian ancestors and they do pack up in the fall and winter to bring down larger game. Many times I've been on mountainsides near Grand Junction, CO and watched packs of eight or ten coyotes taking on deer and elk in the deep snow of the valleys below. Kind of scary, really. That many of them could easily 'do in' a cross country skier or someone on snow shoes. I now live in the vicinity of Los Lunas, NM about 25 miles south of Albuquerque. I worked at an Air Force Base in Albq for 10 years and routinely used a back gate and then a small two lane road for a few miles into the base proper. Used to see coyotes almost daily in ones and twos. They would wait along side the road until there was a break in traffic, then dash across on their way into the base housing areas where they feasted on cats, dogs, and the pet food people leave outside by their doors. I also noticed the size of some of them and I would estimate 50 lbs plus for bigger specimens. Don't know if that was a result of plenty of food or cross-breeding with domestic dogs. Some of the really big coyotes had a German Shepherd look to them and were unafraid of cars and people.
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reminds me of the coyotes that I saw while on FT. Irwin, in so. Cal.
They were BIG, and running in packs.:eek:
 
Zaner01 said:
See this story from the CBC. Also, this one from the Globe & Mail.

Note the wildlife biologist's advice in the CBC story: "Bancroft advises hikers to be alert and leave their iPods at home. He also suggests carrying a knife."

Vindication. :)
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Down here in Florida, If I see one hiking, I shoot it. Nothing like packing a .357 along the trail. :)
I carry a knife (or two) as well, but thats to skin the dead critter.
 
We've got lots of coyotes out here. Never heard of any bothering anyone. At night they can really set up howling and shrieking. I've been surrounded many times without concern. I'm perfectly happy to sleep in the middle of a howling pack. I love hearing them yammer away.

This incident is very strange to me; nothing like my experience of coyotes.
 
Rotte said:
I've been surrounded many times without concern. I'm perfectly happy to sleep in the middle of a howling pack. I love hearing them yammer away.
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I've had similar experiences. Kind of makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up at first, then it becomes a neat experience. :thumbup:
 
This is a crazy story! What makes it spooky for me is that the same time this past October I was in Cape Breton Highlands park, hiking that same trail:eek: My heart goes out to her family. What a way to go . . . .
 
Some of the really big coyotes had a German Shepherd look to them and were unafraid of cars and people.
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Sounds more like wolves than coyotes.
 
If i'm not mistaken Coyotes are kinda new to the Atlantic provinces?
I know for sure that here in Newfoundland Coyotes are not native, its only in the past 20 years they've ever been seen here.
Lately they are becoming a bit of a problem.
 
We have coyotes in my area, but I've never seen them in a pack. They are generally just scrawny, little fellas.
 
moonwilson said:
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.
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they were hunting in a pack. The C/O's (Conservation Officers) used a recording of a coyote to lure the others on the trail. To my knowledge as of this afternoon they have now shot 3 of them.

tragic, girl was only 19 and had a great career ahead of her. :(
 
Sad story..my prayers go out for the family. Usually the Yotes will run at first glance of people ! I've heared them in packs yipping & howling but I have not seen them in big packs. They do get pretty good sized though ! Here is a female my little bro(Turkey George) killed last year..she was decent sized for a female -
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Coyotes in my area are a nasty pest to the farmers and ranchers , it is not that unusual to see a coyote head impaled on a barb wire fence post if you drive long enough in the country.

The only thing I'm really worried about here are the occasional bear , human and most of all big cats.
I think it would be the worst running into a big cat... ouch.

Tostig
 
What people forget is that the coyote population is exploding. They have spread out into areas of the country they never were before.
Sometimes they moved in when the wolves were killed off, sometimes they followed the roads we built.
They were not natural in BC but followed the wagon trails over the Rockies, there have been attacks here in BC but usually they are on children.
First fatality I can remember.
Like all predators once they associate man with food, they may decide man is food
 
First fatal attack on an adult in North America, in recorded history.

Only one other fatal attack on record, and that was a toddler in California.
 
Something smells about this story... sounds more like feral/wild dogs than coyotes. I doubt the CBC will have any useful advice. Best to be prepared, armed, and vigilant.
 
Mannlicher said:
Down here in Florida, If I see one hiking, I shoot it. Nothing like packing a .357 along the trail. :)
I carry a knife (or two) as well, but thats to skin the dead critter.
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Soo...you shoot an animal that is doing absolutely nothing to you and is not a food source? :rolleyes:
 
I am surprised this does not happen more not with the coyotes but any large animal.. taikng out an unaware hiker... Ipods are great ,I have one but it never leaves my Truck. I do not carry my ipod anywhere and in the Great outdoors all ipods & cell phones(no recption anyways) are locked in my Truck console until trip is over.
Sad story..thanks for sharing
 
Sorry to read that yotes took a hikers life. First time I've ever read or heard any such thing in all the years that I've been hiking.

While out doing some stump shooting (roving) with the recurve and broadhead tipped arrows, a small group of yotes got in close on me and one bumped me a little. They can be a real nuisance to the individual, if traveling alone in their stomping grounds and are very capable of taking a human down. Carry a big stick and something sharp and I'd also suggest pepper spray if they are a real problem in your area.

I agree, what is with people always having an ipod plugged into their heads all of the time. Talk about being oblivious to the possible dangers around you. It could have just as easily been a Cougar, or a murderer/rapist, etc. People just seem to be getting dumbed down past the point of stupid these days.
 
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