Poser
WKR
We don’t have many coyotes in the higher elevation around here, but occasionally I’ll see or hear sign. Scoped out a basin this summer that had a large calving group bedded above treeline and a pack of coyotes lighting up in the trees each evening. I didn’t think too much of it as the elk seemed indifferent. I’ve never seen a coyote above treeline. I have seen a porcupine at 13,000 feet though.
We went back to the same spot during first rifle, threw up our first bugle and a coyote immediately responds with barking. Almost sounded distressed, but kept responding to our bugling every single time. In retrospect, I suspect it was more territorial: “don’t want none of your kind around here,” type of response. Upon stalking through the timber, there were coyote tracks everywhere. Post calving season, I can’t imagine elk are very concerned with coyotes unless it’s a very large pack. At the same time, I don’t reckon they are keen on sharing living quarters with one another.
What’s the consensus on elk and coyotes? If you have an active pack in an immediate area, best fo move on or more situational? Coyotes more of a threat to a herd in the fall or a nuisance?
We went back to the same spot during first rifle, threw up our first bugle and a coyote immediately responds with barking. Almost sounded distressed, but kept responding to our bugling every single time. In retrospect, I suspect it was more territorial: “don’t want none of your kind around here,” type of response. Upon stalking through the timber, there were coyote tracks everywhere. Post calving season, I can’t imagine elk are very concerned with coyotes unless it’s a very large pack. At the same time, I don’t reckon they are keen on sharing living quarters with one another.
What’s the consensus on elk and coyotes? If you have an active pack in an immediate area, best fo move on or more situational? Coyotes more of a threat to a herd in the fall or a nuisance?