Notice of Hearing on the Application to Use Sodium Fluoroacetate ...

I1 with neck co1:ars. Coyotz density in the approximatsiy 1C0
square-mile study are3 was deternined co average approxi:na~s:y one
per square-qi le during the summer. The study <strong>of</strong> cay<strong>of</strong>e r,overnegTs
cancluded ?hat coyoizs cc~uld generally be clcssified in13 one <strong>of</strong>
four soci a1 benavior 110d2s : den breeders, den su2er nuxer?ries,
nonads and d' saers~rs . ;en bresctrs lrrere ;~cu 1 t pzten-5 3f a : : 7 ~27.
Den supernumeraries aere aaul ts and prooabl y pips frm /ere adult coyot2s, which l zf'~ the den area 2nd
?stab1 i shed 1 arg: :rzvei are2s. 3i sqer;al csyo~zs were young,
supernumerary or i njurzd den breaers wni cn 2er~zrentiy 1 e f the ~
study area. Den coyotes ccnstit~ted ~poroxinatelj LO 3ercant <strong>of</strong> tne
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nnnvl ,,,,l ati cn and naz nome ranses 07 three or four square ni 1 es . 3:hsr
coyotes ranged over areas from 30 to 50 squar? ni 12s. Dispers!ns
coyotes were killed by hunters a5 distances From 2isht to 95 qiles
from den sites. A conclusion <strong>of</strong> the study was that an effective
coyotg control progran must have the capability cf addr2ssing site-
specific problems caused by den coyotes with a very small home range
or site-specific problems caus2d by a nomad coyote or dispersing
juvenile coyotes. Pr~dation control was practiced on the study area
and it is questionable whether this study can be said to contradict
the Ryden and Camenzind theories r2ferred to in the preceding findings.
126. There is csnflictfng evidence in the record as to whether coyotes
become bait-shy. Ur. Crosby (finding 712) asserted that the
existence <strong>of</strong> such shyness was pure speculation. He acknowledged,