Doe left overnight..total annihilation by coyotes...or was it hogs

Those dang yotes!! Sorry to hear your story, that's a bummer they got to her before you did, but still congrats on the doe.

 

on my aunt and uncles land we skin and cut out all the meat we want and take whats left to a ditch out in the woods, on a morning kill the leftovers are gone by lunch. It's amazing i've thrown guts etc in that ditch and then hunted over it that evening trying to catch a coyote never seen one...smart little buggers too.

 

You are probably right. I just assumed hogs cause I've never seen one eaten this complete and quickly even though I have experienced one coyote mishap before, just nothing like this.

I typically go on out during the night after an appropriate time lapse dependent on shot information. I got lazy this go round.....and paid the price.

 

Jack,

Back in 1990, I was hunting feral hogs in New Zealand. As my Kiwi landowner and I were driving back into an area we came across a dead cow in the middle of a two track. I asked John if he wanted help dragging the beast from the middle of the road. He said, "No mate, it will be gone in the morning!" I sat there totally puzzeled. I thought, "what the heck is going to eat an entire cow , and do so in a single night?" So, I asked. John looked at me and without hesitation shouted , "BLOODY PIGS!" Naturally, being a stupid yank from Colorado, I had my doubts.

We drove pass the same spot the next morning. The cow was completely gone. Again, not hide nor hair remained. The ground was uprooted 100 yards in all directions from the spot the cow originally died. I could not believe what I was seeing! Pigs are ruthless...I am convinced, they'd eat each other alive if they could!

LOL, two years ago, I was back on the North Island hunting feral hogs. I came across another dead cow. I approached it from down wind-mainly because I could hear pigs squealing. I managed to get within six feet of the carcass. There was a huge boar inside the stomach cavity eating away. The pig was literally lifting the cow from the ground. When he emerged covered in goo, I put an arrow through him.

 

Dang! That must have been quite the experience skinning him out .

 

Seriously, Has NO ONE seen Hannibal??? lol.
I thought everyone knew that pigs can and will devour everything except for fingernails, and teeth.

 

Over time. Not sure about 1 night :D

 

Yep, pigs are nuts!!! They'll eat anything and everything. When I was a young pup we shot about 200 carp one day with our bows. I know there was well over 1,000lbs of carp. We cleaned a couple dozen to smoke and gave the rest to the pigs. They ate It all up In a few hours, not even a scale left to be found.

 

There is no way I could leave one overnight and expect it to be whole the next morning. I'm going to do something about it this year and hunt the bastards after deer season is over.

 

I may start next week.. That will give me something to do..I saw a beautiful coyote this year on the one neighborhood farm, and I know there is more.

My butcher will give me all the scraps I need. How much in advance should I put them out? One night? I never hunted Yotes..and I want one real bad. I have electronic callers (we use for Crow Hunting). I have all types of calling CD's..I could use any advice.

PS it won't be with a bow..initially 6mm Remington.

 

Stinky meat works well on pigs but yotes like it fresh, the fresher the better. They use their nose well so get whatever you use tethered off the ground. The wind will carry the scent (bloody meat works better). Set up cross wind and back aways. The dogs will always come in from down wind. You can expect the same approach when calling. I use a chicken wing tied (with fishing line)to a bent wire hanger, poked into the ground, as a decoy. The wing flutters in the wind while their ears hear a distress. The wing serves as eye candy- it is that little extra to make them fully commit. Bang...lights out for Wiley!

Jeff, Pigs devour bone!

 

Thanks Will..good advice there.

 

Wow thats crazy, that thing is cleaned up!

 

This may be one of the coolest threads I've read in a long time! :D

Makes me wanna get to work on my traps even more; I was planning on dyeing them and waxing them this weekend in preparation for us diving into our trapping season here in the next week or so... now I'm really stoked!

Will, the wire hangar and bird wing is a favorite tactic of trappers, especially when targeting cat and grey fox. Most of us go for subtlety on the yotes, but trapping and calling is a bit different. I understand it gives them something to focus on when coming to the call...

Good stuff, regardless.

 

Yep, my brother does the wing thing too. He's already started trapping here Greg earlier this week.

 

I'm getting antsy, Steve... if their fur were already primed, I'd already be hard at it. Fox probably already are, but our cats don't prime up to mid-December and that's my main target. Nothing cooler than a bobcat, IMO.

Oh, did I tell you a couple nights ago when I shot that doe that I got to watch a bobcat at 20 yards ALMOST catch a squirrel? Coolest thing ever.

 

Nice, that had to be neat!! We don't have hardly any bobcats here but up In northern Mn we've got them. He's heading up there to dads to try and get his 1st cat whenever the season opens for them. Best of luck this year trapping Greg!!

 

Believe me, it happens to turkeys to sorry for your loss

 

try a few hours dude.... wait till pigs hit your area. you wont be able to kill em fast enough, and its coming.
They are about the worst thing i can think of happening to an ecosystem, short of parkinglot.

 

Definately aliens I'd kill every coyote or hog I saw on my hunting land.