Predictions for deer season 26

[bucksnbears]

Still, (even if true), the lowest population of coyotes during a given year is springtime. Every coyote killed will save a newborn fawn

 

[wslayer]

Dirty bastard didn’t give me a chance last night. This is 50 yds from back patio door. By the time my phone got pinged and i got back to the bedroom and nightscope turned on, he was a goner.

 

[garden]

Still, (even if true), the lowest population of coyotes during a given year is springtime. Every coyote killed will save a newborn fawn

A rancher friend told me that he came on a den early last summer that had 9 fawn skulls around it. The pups were not old enough to leave the den he said. This is just 1 den. Do the math on that.

 

[1lessdog]

You can consistently kill 70% of the coyote population in any given year and not put a dent in it. All it will do is trigger the females to ovulate more eggs, to the tune of twice as many as normal if necessary to bring the population back up, or to even larger than before.

I agree with this, but what he is not saying is. If the food supply is low they also have less pups. When the deer and rabbit population is down. The Coyote numbers will be down. In wet years the population of everything goes up.

 

[bucksnbears]

A rancher friend told me that he came on a den early last summer that had 9 fawn skulls around it. The pups were not old enough to leave the den he said. This is just 1 den. Do the math on that.

Wives tale told for years.

 

[bucksnbears]

Every single person that deer hunts should (at least) go for a drive occasionally and try to kill a couple coyotes.
I myself and I know 2 others from MN that have traveled to ND and have killed over 100 coyotes a year each.

I've probably killed 400_ 500 coyotes in ND over the years and I don't even deer hunt (bow) there.

Kind of a rant but it gets kinda old listening to you ND guys bitch n moan about non residents « ruining« your state hunting pheasants/ waterfowl/ fishing yet the vast majority would rather park your ass in front of a t.v. watching the (Mn Vikings) play a stupid game instead of going out and trying to kill coyotes.

I've seen some great herds of deer and some GREAT bucks in Nd but that was years ago. It diminishes every year and will continue to do so.
Unless some habitat is restored/ coyotes # are controlled your shit out of luck.

 

[Eatsleeptrap]

Think about how much better all of your hunting could be in MN if you allowed non residents to trap anything there. You are welcome for the fact we are a hell of a lot more neighborly than you.

 

[Ruttin]

Habitat is never coming back in ND across the landscape. Sucks but it's the truth

 

[bucksnbears]

Think about how much better all of your hunting could be in MN if you allowed non residents to trap anything there. You are welcome for the fact we are a hell of a lot more neighborly than you.

Weird? I don't see many complaints about Mn hunting?
I can't trap ND?
I can't get get an over the counter deer rifle tag?

I have to wait a week before hunting plots land?
Non residents Mn deer tag is how much$ ?
ND non residents deer tag is how much.

Neighborly?

Lol.
Nice try.

 

[Kurtr]

Every single person that deer hunts should (at least) go for a drive occasionally and try to kill a couple coyotes.
I myself and I know 2 others from MN that have traveled to ND and have killed over 100 coyotes a year each.

I've probably killed 400_ 500 coyotes in ND over the years and I don't even deer hunt (bow) there.

Kind of a rant but it gets kinda old listening to you ND guys bitch n moan about non residents « ruining« your state hunting pheasants/ waterfowl/ fishing yet the vast majority would rather park your ass in front of a t.v. watching the (Mn Vikings) play a stupid game instead of going out and trying to kill coyotes.

I've seen some great herds of deer and some GREAT bucks in Nd but that was years ago. It diminishes every year and will continue to do so.
Unless some habitat is restored/ coyotes # are controlled your shit out of luck.

That’s why I got a thermal watch football during the day and kill coyotes at night

 

[Eatsleeptrap]

Weird? I don't see many complaints about Mn hunting?
I can't trap ND?
I can't get get an over the counter deer rifle tag?

I have to wait a week before hunting plots land?
Non residents Mn deer tag is how much$ ?
ND non residents deer tag is how much.

Neighborly?

Lol.
Nice try.

So Minnesota allowing non residents to trap coyotes will not improve Minnesota's deer season at all, but you coming here and shooting coyotes improves North Dakotas? Got it. Learn something new every day. What you just did is called deflection or spin.

 

[SDMF]

Dirty bastard didn’t give me a chance last night. This is 50 yds from back patio door. By the time my phone got pinged and i got back to the bedroom and nightscope turned on, he was a goner.

I realize some of his look/shape is due to already shedding some long winter guard hairs, however, the coyote in the vid appears to have a VERY full stomach as well.

 

[SDMF]

Grey wolf captured via deer cam near the Elkhorn Ranch, Badlands, North Dakota three days ago just north of Theodore national Park.

Mangy coyote captured via deer cam near the Elkhorn Ranch, Badlands, ND.

Body, nose, ears, and legs aren't long enough, head isn't big enough. A wolf is able to look @ you OVER the top wire of that fence. I realize the camera is shooting @ a down angle but that critter isn't anywhere NEAR big enough to be a wolf.

 

[wslayer]

I realize some of his look/shape is due to already shedding some long winter guard hairs, however, the coyote in the vid appears to have a VERY full stomach as well.

Looks to be eating well, but still needs to go down !
Really gotta watch the little dog when out doing her business at night.

 

[NDSportsman]

Gentlemans Barber Shop is a strange name for a trail cam.....

 

[Jiffy]

Urban coyotes LOVE little dogs and cats!!

Even their “country” counterparts will take them if given the opportunity.

Their diet consists of mainly carrion and rodents, but I’m far from a coyote aficionado.

 

[zoops]

I'll take my shot at armchair biology/wildlife management...I really doubt that the average coyote hunter killing a few or a few dozen coyotes over a winter is going to make an appreciable difference in the deer population. There's just never going to be enough people interested in going out in the dead of winter or investing the time and money to make a big enough difference and as most people said unless you really hit them the research shows they just breed more. Dedicated dudes probably help a little in a small area. Dedicated trappers probably help but again hard to scale that to a meaningful level.

Habitat is really the only answer, and much of ND just doesn't have much. Let's remember that whitetail deer were rare in most of the state until the last 50-75 years.

 

[johnr]

Gentleman's Barber Shop is a strange name for a trail cam.....

Its Luke Simmons barber shop, he is the fella that got bounced from the legislature for asking one of his female fella legislatures to grab him a cup of coffee or something sexist like that...haha