rockinbbar
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Grasshoppers are easy to catch, high in protein, and have a high fat content. I think it does the coyotes good to eat them....Coyotes don't get much fat in their diet. Rabbits hardly have any at all.
Interesting thing I saw a couple of years ago, was when it started freezing hard you would walk by the hoppers frozen to the longer grass stems at first light. I even picked one off, and sure enough, frozen solid. Thought that would kill them all....Boy, was I wrong!
By 9:30 or 10:00 am the sun was out and the hoppers just thawed out and went back to hopping. I surmise that the hoppers have to have a more extended freeze time before it stops their clock. When the winter finally DID freeze the hoppers, it didn't stop the coyotes from eating them. The dead hoppers were laying all over the ground just waiting to be eaten by the coyotes, and the coyotes didn't even have to work for the meal. Just walk around & take as many as you wanted.
Interesting thing I saw a couple of years ago, was when it started freezing hard you would walk by the hoppers frozen to the longer grass stems at first light. I even picked one off, and sure enough, frozen solid. Thought that would kill them all....Boy, was I wrong!
By 9:30 or 10:00 am the sun was out and the hoppers just thawed out and went back to hopping. I surmise that the hoppers have to have a more extended freeze time before it stops their clock. When the winter finally DID freeze the hoppers, it didn't stop the coyotes from eating them. The dead hoppers were laying all over the ground just waiting to be eaten by the coyotes, and the coyotes didn't even have to work for the meal. Just walk around & take as many as you wanted.