According to native folklore...the recent full moon is called the "hungry moon" as natural food is scarce this month for both man and wildlife. It is also a month that cats and coyotes are getting ready to den and give birth.
Over the last week or so snow conditions have been poor for deer, shoeing the deer yard in the back yard, holding seven deer finds them just plain trapped. They sneak to the road and just stand on the edge as you drive by slow. The dogs and coyotes however are running on the crust. In the pasture the fox is trucking along, now the coyotes have appeared and are hunting the house cats and grain.
Every night he watch the shadows and listen to them for hours...running in the deer yard hoping to find and cause a cruel death to the deer. I have not check the last few days on the conditions of the deer, but I am sure that we have lost a few...as there is just no defense for the deer, no ability to fight back and no place to run.
With the appearance of the four or five coyotes everynight, and permits in hand the crew decided to make an attempt at controling the coyote population and protecting the farm critters, deer and house pets.
As we know from trapping and hunting, coyotes are the most diffcult creature to hunt and call....they are not stupid. We have been hunting three days...seeing the shadows, getting them with a 100 yards only to have them walk behind us and not allowing any shots.
If anyone has hunted at night can attest, it is diffcult to walk, hold the light and get a good sight with a rifle, must less with a shotgun.
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