Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-07-03
NEVADA COYOTES.
Tho kIllful Way in which They Round
Up 70 Herd of ack- Rabbits.

Tho skIllfuI Way in which They Rount
Up u Herd OF Jack rabbits.
you never saw the artistic way Tho
Nevada wolves would round up the
jack.rabbits. suppose" remarked
Joseph Grandelmycr tho old-timo Ne
vadan. ut is the clevercst bit OF
strategy | ever heard of There arc
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 n military line, oftimes along
some old road. as have most fire.
quently seen them. and thus SYSTEM
atically go on regular drive.
They stretch out over great area
of country. the coyotes being stationed
somewhere near milo apart. Oico
they get sight of jack-rabbit his namo
is Dennis. He may take to tho sago-
brush and eludo tho coyotes for
time. Fifty or hundred coyotes can
thus in short timo rake in q terrible
lot OF rabbits If tho coyotes arc
hungry it is about tho rarest sport orc
can witness They go at the 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 fox. and always with
an oye cut for No. he generally has
his belly full and lots Of fat sticking
to his ribs; but II the weather has boon
bad and lie gets separated from his
follows on accommodating tour no
may have q hard time Of IL
'9n the sage crush jack rabbit can
generally manage to clude n coyote.
He can get in and out quicker. while
tho coyote. being bigger, Is delayed
by tho brush and don't got In and out
like rabbit
But after q lot Of hungry wolves
have held council OF war and de-
cided TO go on hunt 1t is time for
the rabbits TO hunt thoir holes There
Is always music in the air about that
time. and the weird bowls 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. 1t is not long. however, till tho
wolves marshal ihor forces They
begin by making a wido detour over
the hills, lcssoning tho size Of tho
circle rs they advance. and holding
all the rabbits they got in as skillfully
as q fisherman handles his seine.
Tho jack rabbits arc all of trem-
BILE when they sec how their enemies
have them hedged about and jump
helplcssly into the air and utter pitiful
cries The wolves merely watch tho
sides warily and look on vlndictively,
with tongues lolling out through their
white teeth, and eyes sparkling, OK
pressive of tho knowledge that thoy
will soon have some iino eating
"As the wolves draw nearer together
the quick snap, snap of their jaws Is
heard as they snip tho threats Of their
victims. and they fall dead from
loss of blood. When every
rabbit Is killed the coyotes sit
down on their launches to very COM
Portable banquet, and never lot up
until they have taken aboard so much
rabbit meat that they can hardly stir.
Then they slowly meandcr of to their
homes wherever they may be, and il
there is n lot of rabbit meat left, rs
there may be, they put in an appear
ance again at stated intervals, until
the whole is consumed.
AFTER lot Of coyotes have had q
talk, so 10 speak. and decided to go on
hunt they will sometimes 90 to q
rough region, whore they know the
rabbits abound, and lay siege for them
In another way. Certain brigades
will Chamber upon tho high rocks and
hill-tops surrounding n canyon and
drive the game down into tho depths
below, other relays of wolves having
previously boon placed Mt 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 carly
morning that the coyotes sound their
reycillo and go after the rabbits ~
81 Louis GlO6e-Democrdk