Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-12-20

unkis tttE ianlhs are Old ehounh 10 lola
tie aafA ntnk This n che seaaoH o.
b0nehinQ for tho coyote he takes up
hln noaftlnn on the hillside behind
sene shrub Or brush and patiently
aalta nntil . lamb o. eve ntsays ftQmI
sAs aeek: Thsn = eulce sssh and, the
generally not fas distant. 70 feed ne.
Ger of young coyotes. who the next
spring WIN perform this same duty In
apcoFdanea with the dictates Of ma
tRSe. When ~ HiGht the sheep are
driven homo few lambs nff even
ewes may drop from the hand. ThlB
Haeaas that mornlng Will and the
ground atrewn with wool and carcass
ss4 OF such sheep - may have been
ieft out. In herding sheep In the
range country u frequently hAppenn
that . small band. even q huRdred az
two. may separate from the main
hand. The herder does not miss hla
loss. At least not until he counts his
sheep into the corral at night or out
Of u next morning. In any event the
lost sheep are destined 10 remain out
over night. This theg could do with
safety wero II not for the coyote.
However, IN ava cases out OF SIX the
shades OF evening cnd q bunch OF ave
gr sig coyotes eysy kI,ling Ahd MAIN MAIN.
finds llttis alive except the overfed
coyotes who have skunk on 10 q den
conscious Of the crime they have COM
mitted. Day and night the coyote II
on guard during the entire year not
fer distant from the flock OF eheep. and
those that stray beyond the protection
OF tha herder'a rife pay a tribute with
their lives to the cunning OF the coy
ots. The loss TO the sheepman from
eoy0ter IN n year IL so great as to be
appalling, and IL one Of the factors
concerned In limiting the hockmas"
ter'e proft. Plagued as IL the sheep
man by coyotes hiA loss In the aggre-
gate Il Caly greater than that OF the
farmer who IN trying to raise q nOck
OF poultry to supply his own needs az
well aG those OF the market. The
coyote has driven thousands Of farm
eFs out 6S tho poultry business. In
fact'tt IN neither profitable nor possls
bic 20 raise ~ Dltry In ,he range coun-
trs on &c count OF these "vaTmints," "
TurkeyS are especially the prey OF
the coyote. Their wandering dispose
ton leads them into his domain from
which they seldom return. Then the
chicken au1 duck are wanderers by
rbture, scnveL ging In the. surround.
lug fields from which they arc plucked
ore by one by Mr.. Coyote until none
remain TO tell the story.
The wo'f Being larger and stronger
than tho coyote seeks a stronger and
better quarry. The copote frequenta
scenes where settlement In we'll adj
vanced. But the wolf, knowing that
mankihgN understands TO n nicely his
destructive tendencies and feeling that
1 the hand OF every : man u raiaed
nma1Agt ntIn, aaaka seclusion Ia TIE
faDtneshea of the hills or safety upon
! the broad, unsettled ranges. Travel
ing sometimes In small packs ot three
OK four. but generally alone. the wolf
10 able to meet and conquer any do
l liiesesc animal OF any aise or age. Two
wolves will hamstrlng and slaughter
| fully developed horses and cattle. and
q single wolf finds IL pleasure 10 run
down a twO-yearsateer or colt In n
| few moments. II In not alone the
| fact that the wolf possesses this muir.
deroua power that alarmH the nt0ck'
man, but the fact that at each goins
Il forth he exercises II. Wolves are
naver numerous like COy0teH, but In
| eli the range country there exist q
| Tow which cause losses OF the great
l enl moment TO the stockmsn. FIRE.
| auently Il Ia their habit to remain
Rheet periods In one locality. and than
| when their depredatlons have arous
"a the community. move on 10 some
| other safer scene OF operation. Tit
lswplf like the coyote kills not alone
| for food. but more often for this ner'
| pleasure OF exercising his Fnurder0ul
| pfOclivltlea. One woif has been knows
10 kill as many aa sixteen head o
young cattle IN pasture In less thar
! q week, yet eating but few bite
ksoHn each CARCASS, and In some In
stances leaving his victim living bu
manned for life. After such an as
eguit a. this the wolf may move on
( probably not visiting the same pas
tuFe for months, but keeping up tn
work OF destruction wherever II goes
once stopped for a few days At