TRACKS AND TRACKING 



The hunting methods are the same as for the 

 gray wolf. Where the latter, however, is looking 

 for the living, the coyote is watching for the dead, 

 and he rather deserves to be called the hyena 

 of the Western Hemisphere than prairie wolf, 

 for his main diet is carrion. His addiction to 

 carrion can be made of use to the hunter, in 

 locating big game which has been unfortunately 

 " shot to the woods," and of which he desires to 

 secure at least the antlered or horned head. 



In locating missing persons, who are supposed 

 to have met with a fatal accident or worse, the 

 trail of the coyote could be employed to advan- 

 tage and undoubtedly will be, if it is once a 

 matter of general knowledge that the prairie 

 wolf will always visit the immediate vicinity of 

 the remains of a hidden or buried human body, 

 and sound its dismal howl over them every time 

 it happens to pass through that part of the 

 country. 



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