Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-07-20
NEVADA COYOTES.
The, Skillful Way in Which They Round
Up Herd of Jack-R Rabbits.

The, skillful 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, l suppose" remarked
Joseph Grandelmyer. the old-time Ne
vadan. 1T is the cleverest bit of
strategy l ever heard Of There are
several kinds Of wolves all through
the State. but the coyotes are by far
the plentiest In the Humboldt
Smoky and other valleys the coyotes
form in military line. oftimes along
some old road. rs l have most fire.
quently seen them, and thus system
atically go on regular drive.
'They stretch out over o great area
of country. the coyotes being stationed
somewhere near mile apart OAce
they get sight of jack-rabbit his name
is Dennis. He may take to the sage
brush and elude the coyotes for a
time. Fifty or hundred coyotes can
thus in short time rake in terrible
lot of rabbits. If the coyotes arc
hungry it is about the rarest sport one
can witness. They 60 at the hunt with
so much ardor and with such perfect
system.
IA coyote on his own account can
usually forage successfully for food.
He is sly, like fox, and always with
an eye cut for No. he generally has
his belly full and lots of fat sticking
to his ribs; but If the weather has been
bad and he gets separated from his
fellows on accommodating tour he
may have hard time of ii.
lin the sage brush jack rabbit can
generally manage to elude coyote.
He can get in and out quicker, while
the coyote, being bigger, is delayed
by the brush and don't get in and out
like q rabbit
But after lot of hungry wolves
have held council of war and de-
cided to 60 on a hunt it is time for
the rabbits to hunt their holes. There
Is always music in the air about that
time, and the weird bowls of the
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. 1t is not long, however, till the
wolves marshal their forces They
begin by making wide detour over
the hills, lessening the size of the
circle as they advance, and holding
all the rabbits they get in as skillfully
as n fisherman handles his soine.
THE jack-rabbits are all of trem-
BILE when they see how their enemies
have them hedged about and jump
helplessly into the air and utter pitiful
cries. The wolves merely watch tho
sides warily and look on vindictively,
with tongues lolling out through their
white teeth, and eyes sparkling, ex-
pressve of The knowledge that they
will soon have some fine eating.
"As the wo,ves draw nearer together
the quick snap, snap of their jaws is
heard MS they snip the throats of their
victims and they fall dead from
loss ofaM,ablood. ,'s When every
rabbit is !SkjAri sihe coyotes sit
down on their inaunches to very COM
Portable bsiiqact, and never let up
until they have taken aboard so much
rabbit meat that they can hardly stir.
Then they slowly meander off to their
homes, wherever they may be. and il
there is a lot of rabbit. meat left, as
there may be, they put in an appear
ance again at stated intervals. until
the whole is consumed.
':Aftcr lot of coyotes have had a
talk, so 10 speak. and decided to go OIL
a hunt they will sometimes 60 to a
rough region, where they know the
rabbits abound, and lay siege for them
in another way. Certain brigade:
will Chamber upon the high rocks and
hill-tops surrounding canyon and
, drive the game down into the depths
: below, other relays of wolves having
, previously been placed at the entrance
and at the weak places. They often
times get great many into a canyon
in this way and thus speedily finish
: them. 1t is generally in the very early
= morning that the coyotes sound theil
+ reveille and go after the rabbits "
ST. Louis Globe Democrat.