The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-07-26
NEVADA coYores.


rhs k,iifui way in which They Round
Up Herd OF jack Rabbits.
you never saw the artistic way tho
Nevada wolves would round up the
jack-rabbits. I suppose" remarked
Joseph Grandelmyer the old-time Ne
vadan. ut Is tho clevercst bit Of
strategy l ever heard Of There arc
several kinds of wolves all through
the State. but the coyotes nre by far
the plenticst In the Humboldt,
Smoky and other valleys the coyotes
form In military liue, oftimes along
some old road. MS have most frc-
quently seon thom, and thus SYSTEM
atically 60 on regular drive.
'They stretch out over great area
Of country. the coyotes being stationed
somewhere near mile apart Oico
they get sight Of a jack-rabbit his name
Is Donnis. Hc may take to the sage
brush and eludo the coyotes for q
time. Fifty or hundred coyotes can
thus In short time rake in terrible
lot Of rabbits. II the coyotes arc
hungry It is about tho rarest sport ono
can witness. They 60 at tho hunt with
so much ardor and with such perfect
system.
"A coyote on his own account can
Usually forage successfully for food.
He is sly, like a fox, and always with
an eye cut for No. he generally has
his belly full and lots Of fat sticking
to his ribs; but II the weather has been
bad and he gets separated from his
fellows on reconnoitcring tour ho
may have hard time Of Il.
I'm the sage brush q jack rabbit can
generally manage to elude n coyote.
He can got in aud out quicker. while
tho coyote, being bigger. Is delayed
by the brush and don't got in and out
like rabbit,
''But after q lot of hungry wolves
havo held council of war and de-
cided to go on hunt. It is time f,r
tho rabbits to hunt their holes There
ls always music In the air about that
time. and the weird howls of tho
wolves sound like distant reville.
1.-THE rabbits seem to understand
the situation. too. and scamper hither
and thither over the plains and rolling
hills It Is not long. however,, till tho
wolves marshal their forces. They
begin by making wide dctour over
the hills, lessening the size Of the
circle rs they advance. and holding
all the rabbits they got in rs skillfully
as q fisherman handles his seine.
''Tho jack-rabbits are all of q trem-
bic when they SEQ how their enemies
have them hodgod about and jump
helplcssly into the air and utter pitiful
cries. The wolves merely watch tho
sides warily and look OIL vindictively,
with tongues lolling out through their
white teeth, and eyes sparkling, ex-
pressive of the knowledge that they
will soon have some fine eating.
'.As the wolves draw nearsr together
the quick snap. snap of their jaws is
heard as they snip the throats of their
victims, and they fall dead from
loss OF blood. When every
rabbit is killed the coyotes sit
down on thcir haun ches to n very COM
Portable banquet. and never let up
until they have taken aboard so much
rabbit meat that they can hardly stir.
Then ,hoy slowly moander off to their
homes. wherever they may be. and IL
there is lot of rabbit meat left, as
there may be. they put IN an appear
anco again at stated intervals. until
the whole is consumed.
'After n lot Of coyotes have had q
talk. so TO speak. and decided to 60 on
hunt they will sometimes go to a
rough region. where they know tho
rabbits abound, and lay siege for thom
in another way. Certain brigades
will Chamber upon tho high rocks and
hill-tops surrounding canyon and
drive the game down into the depths
below. other relays Of wolv's having
previously been placed at the entrance
and at the weak places. They often
times get great many into canyon
in this way and thus speedily finish
them. It is generally in tho very early
morning that tho coyotes sound their
reveille and go after the rabbits. -
81 Louis Globe Democrat