Colorado Coyotes
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I'm working my Catahoula on coyotes for the first time, he's 8 months old. He weighed 54# at 6 months and is going to be bigger than I thought. He's been on two called coyotes, one adult and one pup. The adult coyote stood his ground and my dog worked around him as expected until the shot.
Yesterday I was calling and had a coyote back door us. I didn't see him until my dog lit out after it. By the time I got up and ran where I could see the action they were out of sight. When I found the coyote, a pup, he was still going and didn't stop til he was at least 1/2 mile away. My dog was at the bottom of a little rise and apparently had quit the chase after 200 yards or so and was snooping around looking for something else.
I want my dog to work/keep the coyotes close and I don't think he will run an adult off like he did the pup. I didn't get the chance to call him back after the chase started but guess he scared the heck out of the pup, he came over a little rise and was at 20 yards when my dog saw him.
Question: Is my dog's size a problem? If he was smaller in size would a young coyote not be so intimidated? Am I going to have problems when a young coyotes responds to the call? Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Yesterday I was calling and had a coyote back door us. I didn't see him until my dog lit out after it. By the time I got up and ran where I could see the action they were out of sight. When I found the coyote, a pup, he was still going and didn't stop til he was at least 1/2 mile away. My dog was at the bottom of a little rise and apparently had quit the chase after 200 yards or so and was snooping around looking for something else.
I want my dog to work/keep the coyotes close and I don't think he will run an adult off like he did the pup. I didn't get the chance to call him back after the chase started but guess he scared the heck out of the pup, he came over a little rise and was at 20 yards when my dog saw him.
Question: Is my dog's size a problem? If he was smaller in size would a young coyote not be so intimidated? Am I going to have problems when a young coyotes responds to the call? Any suggestions would be appreciated.