When their numbers fall due to aggressive hunting, they start breeding at an earlier age, having larger litters and healthier pups, thus rebuilding the population. They survive just about everywhere, from the Rocky Mountains to the south Bronx. I would counter that they are resilient, intelligent, resourceful, and graceful. Coyotes are branded as livestock killers, pests, murderers of pet cats, and so on. There are popular contests around the country in which the hunter with the largest number of kills is crowned the winner. They are a favorite of recreational hunters. I am intrigued by coyotes and had been waiting to hear their voices on the family night hikes for which I regularly volunteer. It did feel eerie, though, to be on such wide, open land knowing predators were announcing themselves from not too far away. The kids were a little skittish, but we assured them that the coyotes wanted nothing to do with us. When it stopped, we continued our hike across the prairie. We shushed each other and listened to the howling. Then silence, so we kept walking.Ī minute later, they began again, now a group of three or maybe four. It shone bright in the sky over Armand Bayou.
One of the guides had just finished discussing the half moon with the two children along on the night hike. We left the forest and walked onto the prairie – two hike guides, a guest family of three, and me taking up the rear.
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