Tagged coyote killed 107 miles from tagging location

[LonewolfNopack]

This is a good friend of mine who posted this, and yes he did have written DOW permission to tag it and collar it. I told him he should charge DOW for the free research. I find it fascinating.

 

[giles]

That is incredible!

 

[brock ratcliff]

Having seen that on Facebook, I was amazed by that too. It’s commonly claimed they are transient, but that dog took it to another level.

 

[finelyshedded]

Dang

 

[LonewolfNopack]

Having seen that on Facebook, I was amazed by that too. It’s commonly claimed they are transient, but that dog took it to another level.

I agree. Its definitely something I would normally question if it actually happened or not (can't believe much of anything on FB) if I didn't already know the guy.

 

[5Cent]

Wow! Thank you for sharing that info, I would have never believed it either.....wow!!

 

["J"]

I’d of liked too see a video of them collaring it! But that’s pretty remarkable too have it go that far in this day and age…..

 

[LonewolfNopack]

I’d of liked too see a video of them collaring it! But that’s pretty remarkable too have it go that far in this day and age…..

I think he just use a catch pole and had someone hold it tight while he put the collar and ear tag on it. He said it actually wasn't hard at all, because I asked him about it as well.

 

["J"]

I think he just use a catch pole and had someone hold it tight while he put the collar and ear tag on it. He said it actually wasn't hard at all, because I asked him about it as well.

Interesting….. I imagined a little scuffle Have you ever seen the husband wife duo release a wolf outta a leg hold? Worth it….

 

[Gern186]

We killed one with a tracking collar on it once upon a time.
Ended up finding out it was the local coyote hunters that run dogs. They caught it in a trap and collared it. Then turned it loose.. anytime they needed to keep their dogs sharp they could go out and find this coyote and let the dogs run it.. we gave the collar back..

 

[SNIPERBBB]

Some animals just seem to want to do a walk-about. I kinda wonder if this is more prevalent among tagged animals as a result of the tagging process. For instance, several years ago a nuisance black bear was radio collared in WVa and released outside of town. Came across the river and they tracked it all way to Zanesville before it was recaptured.

 

[LonewolfNopack]

Some animals just seem to want to do a walk-about. I kinda wonder if this is more prevalent among tagged animals as a result of the tagging process. For instance, several years ago a nuisance black bear was radio collared in WVa and released outside of town. Came across the river and they tracked it all way to Zanesville before it was recaptured.

That's a valid point, about the tagged animals perhaps acting differently then an untagged and collared animal would do. Its almost impossible to apply a "control" in this situation to actually see if the results are normal or only because of the situation. I will say that the coyote that he tagged was a male, and im guessing the bear you are referring to was a young male as well. These young male carnivores have been documented to travel extremely far distances in order to stake their claim to new territory. Also natures way to reduce inbreeding.

 

[giles]

They could always start tracking them like sharks.

 

[SNIPERBBB]

That's a valid point, about the tagged animals perhaps acting differently then an untagged and collared animal would do. Its almost impossible to apply a "control" in this situation to actually see if the results are normal or only because of the situation. I will say that the coyote that he tagged was a male, and im guessing the bear you are referring to was a young male as well. These young male carnivores have been documented to travel extremely far distances in order to stake their claim to new territory. Also natures way to reduce inbreeding.

Yep it would be hard to do a control. Obviously we wouldn't have some animals in spots we have them today if it weren't for some long range dispersal animals.

 

[Buckmaster]

I think Dave would have a major problem in finding that dog’s home den.

 

[Creamer]

I saw this on FB, also. Truly fascinating stuff! I knew they traveled, but dang.

 

[SNIPERBBB]

I saw this on FB, also. Truly fascinating stuff! I knew they traveled, but dang.

Its only a week's worth of travel if he went straight there. Likely he meandered a bit many times before it got to the final destination.