COYOTE CONTROL BY ]\IEANS OF DEN HUNTING 



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Fisure 1. — A, Coyote and a litter of 10 taken from a den in San Luis Valley, Colo./ B, 

 coyote den (directly beneath hunter) in a hillside thicket in russed country. Lance 

 Creek, Wyo. 



are young, they die. If they are old enough to eat meat, the male 

 parent cares for them, as he does his part in providing food. 



DENNING SITES AND HABITS 



Coyotes do not select denning sites according to any recognizable 

 rule, but many of them return to the same general locality year after 

 year, even though the dens are regularly dug out and the pups killed 

 by den hunters. If the female is killed, the male may bring his new 

 mate to the same den the next season. A dug-out den that has not 

 been badly damaged in removing coyotes may remain unoccupied for 

 two or three seasons and then be used again. 



