dog1whckr
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Not all 'yotes were taken by 'copter. The best bang for your buck comes from fixed wing planes that cost 4/5ths per hour less than 'copter. Our fed guys tell me that if they don't average 2.7 'yotes per hour flying(plane) time they quit flying and resort to ground work(traps, calling). We keep some time reserved for the 'copter if we need it to fly the mountains, or, for the 'very large' predators where delivery, accuracy, and control are required. And, yes, all that extra help and money has made a difference in the remaining numbers of coyotes and fox. I've always felt that this 'effort' was made to allow the wolves the ability to expand into new areas by bringing up the survival rates of deer and pronghorn calves. Coyotes are real decimaters of those young.
MAGNUS Most, but not all counties are signed up for the program. Some counties opt for local control rather than hire the feds. I know that Sheridan is under local control. Park county was under 'local control'
until two years ago. How many others and where? That I am not sure of. This 'intensive' control has been going on for the last 2-3 (this being the third) years.....
Our county has had at least one trapper, using traps, dogs and planes for the last 40 years that I know of. ONE trapper CANNOT manage this county anually successfully. Their primary goal is to stop the killing of live stock by predators. There have been times when the trapper could hardly spin in his shoes for the killing tha was going on. I have seen a time 3 years ago that no matter where you went you could call in coyotes - even in my back yard(which I have done)...
MAGNUS Most, but not all counties are signed up for the program. Some counties opt for local control rather than hire the feds. I know that Sheridan is under local control. Park county was under 'local control'
until two years ago. How many others and where? That I am not sure of. This 'intensive' control has been going on for the last 2-3 (this being the third) years.....
Our county has had at least one trapper, using traps, dogs and planes for the last 40 years that I know of. ONE trapper CANNOT manage this county anually successfully. Their primary goal is to stop the killing of live stock by predators. There have been times when the trapper could hardly spin in his shoes for the killing tha was going on. I have seen a time 3 years ago that no matter where you went you could call in coyotes - even in my back yard(which I have done)...
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