tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953681015185820780.post3410230416263940047..comments2024-02-21T01:37:44.813-08:00Comments on Trevor Herriot's Grass Notes: Coyote—predator as scapegoatTrevor Herriothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11129533251670929001noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953681015185820780.post-40088849221551897192009-11-25T14:31:26.806-08:002009-11-25T14:31:26.806-08:00Thanks Craig--I have been telling your story to pe...Thanks Craig--I have been telling your story to people whenever the topic of coyotes comes up.Trevor Hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953681015185820780.post-75268623369161126762009-11-25T14:30:23.252-08:002009-11-25T14:30:23.252-08:00Thanks Stephen--Girard was on my mind all the way ...Thanks Stephen--Girard was on my mind all the way through the writing of GSS.<br /><br />I will watch for your review and make a link to it.Trevor Hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953681015185820780.post-92088591148042116382009-11-21T16:51:36.843-08:002009-11-21T16:51:36.843-08:00Thanks for this Trevor...
...follows on my recent...Thanks for this Trevor...<br /><br />...follows on my recent experience: http://nativeshores.blogspot.com/2009/11/three-timbre-wolves-and-whitetail-buck.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953681015185820780.post-37303500862277541822009-11-21T13:23:39.784-08:002009-11-21T13:23:39.784-08:00Thanks for this Trevor. Never anticipated a Girard...Thanks for this Trevor. Never anticipated a Girardian take on the fate of coyotes. But how appropriate. And bless the Piggots of our land who understand context and natural boundary as a way toward inclusion.<br /><br />And huge congratulations on your latest book...looking forward to reading it. (Watch for a Grow Mercy review)stephenhttp://www.growmercy.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953681015185820780.post-43543318699393498352009-11-20T09:25:31.380-08:002009-11-20T09:25:31.380-08:00I found your comment about British farmer’s low to...I found your comment about British farmer’s low tolerance for predication interesting. I remember about a year back I came across an article about a population of Ravens in Scotland that had learned how to kill young sheep. The number of losses was small, and geographically isolated, yet the farmers wanted a wholesale open season on Ravens across the country. Thankfully in this case, the UK government took a more sane approach to the issue.Brett Qnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953681015185820780.post-23131383436037408612009-11-19T21:48:51.700-08:002009-11-19T21:48:51.700-08:00It's not just a few anger farmers who cry &quo...It's not just a few anger farmers who cry "wolf" or "coyote" in this case. Calculation tests are done to see if there really is a problem first. This is also done with deer, moose, elk, etc. Then the amount is set for hunting. Mother nature's way is not surviving mothers to breed more rapid at all, but rather rapid breeding coyotes will cir cum to disease and starvation. Unfortunately, with livestock producers, food is plentiful. Walk on the wild side, and see for yourself just how many coyotes are out there. This happens ALL the time. Over the years the numbers grow, bounties are set after farmers are sick of lost profits, torn animals, vet bills and a lot of blood, coyotes dwindle in pop only to return again years later. There is nothing new here. And do you honestly think that $20 is worth it to shoot a coyote???? Honestly, producers shoot them all the time, now there's paperwork involved.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13002726195740439548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953681015185820780.post-12113602377251900932009-11-18T08:38:17.163-08:002009-11-18T08:38:17.163-08:00Pete:
I have got to read that novel--this is at l...Pete:<br /><br />I have got to read that novel--this is at least the third time someone has told me something interesting about it.<br /><br />Trevor HTrevor Herriothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11129533251670929001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953681015185820780.post-7094796020522972132009-11-18T08:34:55.244-08:002009-11-18T08:34:55.244-08:00Thanks for that story, John. I imagine that is not...Thanks for that story, John. I imagine that is not very helpful either, but at least it is a local solution created by the local ranchers.<br /><br />Trevor HTrevor Herriothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11129533251670929001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953681015185820780.post-6773131698543187432009-11-18T04:08:46.326-08:002009-11-18T04:08:46.326-08:00By strange coincidence, I am rereading Barbara Kin...By strange coincidence, I am rereading Barbara Kingsolver's Prodigal Summer, a multi-story line novel that deals, in part, with the very problematic attitude toward predators in general and coyotes in particular.<br /><br />Much of what you just said (minus the British farmers section) appears in these pages, and it all makes sense in a world of nonsensical policies.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16052081819882002321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1953681015185820780.post-9336028412100899932009-11-17T19:00:00.064-08:002009-11-17T19:00:00.064-08:00Trevor,
This side of the Medicine Line in Valley C...Trevor,<br />This side of the Medicine Line in Valley County, local producers have a self-imposed tax on every head of livestock that goes through the sales ring to fund a full time predator control person. He has it made. The coyotes keep reproducing and he keeps his job. I think that you are right in that many producers keep looking for anything they can control in a livelihood that they often times have little control over. The things they feel they can control are often merely illusions of control and they wind up wasting hard earned money, making matters even worse.John Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04334146055880895411noreply@blogger.com