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Capturing and Radio CollaringEastern
Coyotes(Canis latrans)
By Selinda Schlierman and Clinton Waddell
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Goals and Objectives
- Trap a coyote
- Place a radio collar on it
- Track its home range by radio telemetry
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History
- Canidae family
- Form packs, breeding pairs
- Carnivorous
- Live throughout upstate New York
- Population 20,000-30,000
- Highly adaptive
- Nuisance
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Geographic Range
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Study Area
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Methods
- Seven trap sets
- Number 2-Victor coil spring traps
- Bait and lure
- Increased pan tensions
- Different sets
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Trap Sets
- Small dirt hole
- Large dirt hole
- Step down set
- Blind set
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Results
- We were unsuccessful in capturing a coyote.
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Why?
- Previous trapping and hunting
- Negative Reinforcement
- Home range/territory
- Near Center
- Food availability
- Mild winter
- Abundant small game
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Acknowledgements
- We would like to thank Terry Johns for the use of
his property for our project. - We would also like to thank SUNY Cobleskill for
the use of a Radio transmitter and radio
telemetry equipment.
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Questions?
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