This message is from: Julia Webb <jemw...@hotmail.com>
My area of interest during my Wildlife Biology studies was behavior among larger predators. You are quite right about the efficacy of shooting near them, rather than at them. At our "ranch" (can't call 35 acres a proper ranch) in Colorado, we had 3 separate packs roaming the open rangeland around our place. Once I started putting the bullets in the dirt at their feet, they became very wary and steered clear, the behavior changing from their over-confident malingering in the early days. With a very small amount of time, they learned to swing wide of our place, and when they did come in, they moved very quickly to cross it. Another benefit was that keeping the coyotes alive helped keep the plague-infested gopher population down. All the best, Julia The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing." Albert Einstein > Although I have, in the past, shot and killed coyotes that we found inside > our fenced pastures, the URI researchers suggested that the least > destabilizing approach to take was to shoot NEAR the predators, rather > than AT them. In this way, the pack territories are not de-stabilized, but > the animals learn that humans are to be feared, and will tend to avoid > those areas. Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw FH_L Shirts: http://tinyurl.com/8yky94l
