The 28 pound factor, I got this info from that Women doctor that did the NH study..She is a biologist and knows coyotes. This is the study that one of our previous members D A V E D U N B A R worked with..
I think what she used as a factor that MOST Eastern adult Coyotes weight is about 28 pounds.. So hence why a domestic dog of the same poundage to own up.. Now I said coyote... You start to go plural...two 29 pound coyotes... I think that same 29 pound dog is now in trouble..Should the coyote be like some of the monster coyote that I have seen taken in Pa...40-50+ even a 29 pounder domestic dog don't stand a chance up against a 50 pound coyote...Unless that domestic dog has more brain then weight of 28 pounds. I think what the good doctor was trying to say here is: If your dog is a Jack Russel, a Beagle, A dachshund it's a goner.. On the reverse take two 28 pound foxhounds and that 28 pound coyote probably a goner.. Unless his brain is a bit smarter then the two domestic dogs..Things don't win by strength alone...
Some other things I have caught from the doctor that they did in the NH study are:
That coyote core areas will be near water, swamps, or lakes.
That they group up in a pack and there are certain pack in different areas. This is why playing with their brain works so well!!!
That if a coyote is given the same food for an extended period of time that it will get to like it.. So those sheep farmers that keep throwing dead sheep out on a pile are really creating those coyotes in the area to have a hankering for mutton..
Now you would think that all the dead deer piles on all the PGL would truly make the coyotes in the area deer killers? I have hunted the piles for deer on a PGL but did not see any predators but I did see trails going and coming from the pits and SOME of the dead venison eaten. what a shame that your camera would be stolen on public lands like this.. you could truly see what does visit the PITS. You could take a chance that no one would find or see the camera?
Sadly I don't even know the name of this Doctor.. I could go and do a web check I suppose.. However would I like to sit down with her for supper one evening and pick her brain!!
