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Title: Do coyotes eat apples?
Post by: Craig on April 22, 2009, 10:20:43 AM: I put some apples out to see if anything was around. Got a couple deer and a lot of coyotes. I think it's time to get the foxpro out.

Thinking about it
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got it
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I will take another one.
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Can you tell if a buck is going to be a nice one by looking at his bases? Looks like he has some nice bases to grow from.
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This new cuddeback rocks.
Title: Re: Do coyotes eat apples?
Post by: boneaddict on April 22, 2009, 10:23:21 AM: Yes you will often find coyote scat with apples berries, you name it in it.
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Post by: saylean on April 22, 2009, 10:26:05 AM: Pretty dogs~
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Post by: JoshT on April 22, 2009, 10:26:57 AM: Good looking coyote... especially for this time of year.

A good friend of mine lives up in Ferndale... he throws apples out by his trail cam all the time and has several pictures of coyotes snatching apples too.
Title: Re: Do coyotes eat apples?
Post by: Michelle_Nelson on April 22, 2009, 10:29:26 AM: Yes on the coyotes eating apples, berries, grass, etc. As for telling how big a deer is going to be by lookingat his bases. . . .NO. You can get an Idea and maybe mass at the base but won't be able to tell if he will just be a big 2 or a 4 or just a 2 with tiny crab claws, etc.
Title: Re: Do coyotes eat apples?
Post by: Alan K on April 22, 2009, 10:30:03 AM: Nice pictures, interesting the coyotes like the apples. . . I've never put bait out, I had no idea! Looks like that buck'll be a good one. He's got nice pedicles.
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Post by: Intruder on April 22, 2009, 12:14:08 PM: yup... just about anything.
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Post by: blindpig on April 22, 2009, 01:18:37 PM: Nice pics!
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Post by: lamar_hunter on April 22, 2009, 02:04:56 PM: oh yea. the best place ive ever gone coyote hunting was right on the edge of a big apple orchard in a cow pasture. ive never seen so many coyotes in one place.
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Post by: Coasthunterjay on April 22, 2009, 02:11:47 PM: deffinantly some good pictures......ive never seen coyotes eat em infront of me, but i have seen lots of scat with it....apples, apricotes, plums and what not....

And the deer......not to sure but he looks like a younger deer from what i can tell...that or maybe just not eating alot right now......Ide keep watching em and see if he fills out anymore, if so he might be older.....otherwise i think its probably a young 2 or 3 year buck. Doesnt look very old though
Title: Re: Do coyotes eat apples?
Post by: Huntbear on April 22, 2009, 02:26:32 PM: Growing up, I shot several coyotes that were eating cherries underneath the trees...
I think they will eat anything that does not try to eat them first.
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Post by: Houndhunter on April 22, 2009, 02:26:43 PM: lol lil basterds
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Post by: Ray on April 22, 2009, 02:27:20 PM: Look like little nubbins on that deer's head.
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Post by: jackelope on April 22, 2009, 02:29:32 PM: my dog loves apples...
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Post by: jdb on April 22, 2009, 02:31:11 PM: I hunt the edges of several Apple orchards and hell ya the eat apples! and cherries and pears and.............
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Post by: shadowless_nite on April 22, 2009, 08:13:53 PM: as nice as those apples are i would eat them if i walked by them lol. :o
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Post by: bobcat on April 22, 2009, 08:35:29 PM: I think one of the main things I see in coyote crap is blackberry seeds. And all kinds of various other fruit seeds. But at certain times of the year I'd bet blackberries make up at least 75% of their diet.
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Post by: Curly on April 23, 2009, 09:01:22 AM: Great pics.

My dog used to sit all day watching the apple tree. He would wait for an apple to fall and then run over there and eat it. :chuckle:
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Post by: deaddog on April 23, 2009, 12:53:31 PM: My best coyote calling spots are right next to apple orchards, the ground gets coverd with apple scat so bad you have to look for a spot with out crap to sit down.
Title: Re: Do coyotes eat apples?
Post by: sisu on April 23, 2009, 03:38:08 PM: Coyotes are omnivores same as black and brown bears.
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Post by: billythekidrock on April 23, 2009, 04:33:00 PM: Nice yote pics. That buck looks young. His face seems very narrow.
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Post by: furbearer365 on April 23, 2009, 07:57:43 PM: Why do i have this uncontrollable urge to go shoot my gun? :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
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Post by: coasthuntersdad on April 24, 2009, 09:51:22 AM: Judging by the pictures I would go with a yes on the apples. I would also put up a tree stand and nail that dog, he looks great.
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Post by: heavy hauler on April 25, 2009, 10:37:01 AM: cool pics here is one from blindpigs set up
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Post by: kitsap on April 29, 2009, 06:56:07 AM: Nice pictures. Thanks for sharing.

Yes, they do eat apples. Also they recognize a food source and are looking for anything else that might be there eating the apples.
Title: Re: Do coyotes eat apples?
Post by: wastickslinger on April 29, 2009, 07:53:52 AM: There was a particular spot I coyote hunted this year and all the yote crap was bright orange. I finally figured it out. CARROTS, of all things those mangey suckers love carrots. I never would have thought.
Title: Re: Do coyotes eat apples?
Post by: Slider on April 29, 2009, 08:13:22 AM: Quote from: wastickslinger on April 29, 2009, 07:53:52 AM
There was a particular spot I coyote hunted this year and all the yote crap was bright orange. I finally figured it out. CARROTS, of all things those mangey suckers love carrots. I never would have thought.

So do Deer!!! They Luv carrots. I have had apples out and Coyotes walk by and don't eat them? I have had deer do the same thing. Last year a Doe and two fawns were eating around my apples but not the apples? But in that area there are no fruit trees and not much for berries either.