The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-03
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father feared trouble might result"
The coyote has one qualification
even that the gray fox does not pos
scss," declares Benbow, and that is
that he VIII turn on the hounds and
give them a gbod stiff fight for his
life. Whenever the hounds close In
on coyote, tho fur will sure fly
for some time and the dogs coon be-
come wary of him They must learn
new tactics In putting the finishing
touches on "A chase, for otherwise
tho dogs are liable to suffer numer-
Gus wounds before death comes TO
their victim"
Through the capturing OF coyote
puppies and domcsticating them
until they become as friendly to
man az dogs, Benbow has learned
that these animals are exceedingly
keen ana bright and have n lot of
native shrewdness and ability. The
domestlcated coyote has hard time
OF IT. however. for the man with a
Run never realizes the difference
between him and his wild brother.
a coyote IL n coyote with a bounty
on his head and IL he appears with
In gun-shot distance he is a doomed
animal Benbow has raised several
to accompany him during his cow
boy days, but every one OF them was
killed by hunting parties.
81 think the brightest stunt that
/ ever knew coyotes to do was to rob
line. stretched across a river. of
the meat placed on the hooks as
bait, but we had two coyote puppies,
nearly grown. that accomplished
/ that trick frequently. The stun.
was pulled several times before we
I knew that the coyotes were guilty.
| Flually we hid In some bushes, after
| setting the line, TO see what would
/ happen. our coyotes, who had al
ways accompanied us on setting the
| line, appeared as soon as we we're
| out of sight, drew in tho line STEALTH
| lily and robbed each hook OF its piece
| OF meat until the whole line was
empty. After that we shut our
puppies up until the fish had an
opportunity TO get some or the bait"
The coyote, according to Benbow,
is the rrairie wolf of some sections
OF the west and is n different ami
NAL, In some respects, 10 the lobo
wolf that abounds along the Red
river in Oklahoma and which was
hunted there by Colonel Roosevelt
on several occasions The "loafer'
wolf originally found here. was the
most dangerous Of the breed, for he
would cut the tendons In the legs
OF cattle and horses and bring them
to the ground, even attacking a
horse on which a man was riding.
There are still a few of the Okla
homa coyotes back in the Green's
boro country. where / sent them to
hunting clubs" says Benbow, ''but
they have been pretty well killed off
by the hunters. who regard them
the same there as does a man with
a gun in oklahoma. When they
were first turned loose, the report
got abroad that there were wolves
I'm that vicinity and for some time.
in the rural districts in particular.
4 women and children, and the men,
too, in some instances, were afraid
to go out after dark. / never
learned OF any actual damage they
did, however excepting to rob hen
roosts"
! Benbow went back TO the Greens
boro neighborhood a year ago 10
, visit old haunts and says that the
entire district is now under lease as
quail preserves to hunting clubs, the
members of which pay all the taxes
I on the farms and some other ex.
p, pense in addition in order to have
e the shooting rights. Men are EN-
Y ployed TO remain there. the yeai
4 round, protecting the interests OF
o the club members by preventing
8 other parties from hunting on tn.
4 grounds.
i The coyote still abounds in thi!
J, portion OF Oklahoma, where tn,
y Ponca, Otoe, Pawnee, Kaw ant
= Usage Indian reservations offer hin
n ample opportunity TO ply his tradt
Y as in the olden days, and he is still
- a robber OF hen roosts and carrie
off pigs and lambs from the farm
o ers fields. Annually there are nu
o merous coyote hunting parties here
1 but the coyote does not seem to di
I mnish In numbers. His is a pro
c life family. Notwithstanding the fac
\ tnat no is hunted numerically will
r hunds and in these later days ever
o chased in automobiles
h Some packs OF blue-bloode,
n hounds are now being built up her
S with view OF giving coyote hunt
d ing all the thrills that accompan,
the fox chases In other localities
d and several experimental chase
n have been held here this fall.