St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-07-07
NEVADA COYOTES.
The Sktllful Way In Which Thev Round
Up y usrL Of Jack Rabbits.

The skil,rai Way In which They Round
Up y M.rd or Jack Rabbits.
You never saw the artistic way tho
Nevada wolves would round up tho
jack-rabbits. suppose" remarked
Joseph Grandclmycr. the old-timc NJ.
vadan. 1T is the clcvcrest bit Of
strategy l ever heard Of There are
several kinds Of wolves all through
the State. but the coyotes are by far
the plcniicst. In the Humboldt.
Smoky and o,hcr valleys the coyotes
form in a military line. of;imes along
some o,d roa.l. as have most free
quently sccn them. and thus system
atically 60 on n regular drive.
They stretch out over great area
Of country. the coy yotes being stationed
somewhere near mile apart. O,ce
they get sight of a jack-rabbit his namo
is Dennis. He may take to the sage
brush and cludc the coyotes for n
time. Fifty or hundred coyotes can
thus in short time rake in terrible
lot Of rabbits II the coyotes are
hungry 1t is about the rnrest sport ono
can witness They go al the hunt with
so much ar,lor 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 eye cut for M he generally has
his belly full and lots Ct fat sticking
to his ribs; but II the weather has been
bad and he gets separated from h,s
fellows on a reconnoitering tour he
may have hard time Of il.
In The sage brush Jack rabbit can
generally manage to clude coyote.
He can get in and out quicker while
the coyote. being bigger. is delayed
bv the brush and don't get in and out
like a rabbit.
BIT after a lot Of Aungry wolves
have held council d war and de-
cided to go on hun( it is time 'r
the rabbits to hunt their holes. There
Is nlw ays music in the air about that
time. and the weird howls Of tho
wolves sound lik, distant reville.
1.-The rabbI's seem TO understand
the situation. too. and scamper hither
and thilhcr overthc plains and rolling
hills It is no, long. however. till the
wolves marshal their forces They
begin by making wide detour over
the hills. lcssening the size Of the
circle as they advance. and holding
all the rabbits they get in as skillfully
as fisherman handles his seine.
Tho jack rabbits are all Of trcm-
bic when they sec how. their enemies
have them hcdged about aud jump
hclplcssly into ilsc air and utter risifnl
cries. The wolves merely watch tho
sides warily and look on vindictivelv.
with tongues lo!ling out through their
white teeth. and eyes sparkling, cx-
pressivc Of the knowledge that thoy
will soon have some fine eating.
..As the wolves draw nearer together
the quick snap snap Of their jaws is
heard rs they snip the throa's Of their
victims. and they fall dead from
loss Of blood When every
rabbit is killed the coyotes sit
down on their haunchcs to very COM
Portable banquet. and never let up
until they have taken aboard so much
rabbit meat that they can hardly stir.
Then they slowly mcandcr 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.
ancc again at stated intervals. until
the whole is consumed.
after lot Of coyotes have had a
talk. so TO speak. and decided to 60 on
a hunt they will sometimes go to a
rough region. where they know the
rabbits abound. and lay siege for them
in another way. Certain brigatlcs
will Chamber upon tho 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 a great many into canyon
in this way and thus speedily finish
them 1t is generally in the very early
morning that the coyotes sound their
rcveillc and 60 after the rabbits ~
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