[at-l] Coyote Attack

[David Addleton]

oh, can you give more details? Jackals have distinct calls forming a
hunting party, directing the pack on the hunt, closing for the kill,
and suppertime is NOW . . . did the acoustics change between passing
the shelter and the kill? any sense of how many in the hunting party?
was there a moon? did you find/see the kill/remains the next morning?

On 10/29/09, Jim Stewart <jim.stewart at usa.net> wrote:
> had the bajeebers scared out of me last November at Hawk Mountain Shelter -
> pack went right by the shelter and pulled something down - deer? - about 50
> - 70 yards south.  Didn't sleep a wink after that....  I will never forget
> that sound they made...
>
> I've also read - on Whiteblaze? - about coyote sightings up near Cowrock.
>
> On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 19:54, JPL <jplynch at crosslink.net> wrote:
>
>>  I've heard them in Shenandoah NP, so I assume they're along the trail.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> *From:* David Addleton <dfaddleton at gmail.com>
>> *To:* at-l <at-l at backcountry.net>
>> *Sent:* Thursday, October 29, 2009 7:31 PM
>> *Subject:* [at-l] Coyote Attack
>>
>> http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/10/29/canada.singer.killed/index.html
>>
>> This attack was in Nova Scotia.
>>
>> I've heard coyotes only in Cohuttas, late one night falling asleep
>> after a long hike.
>> I heard their calls to chase prey and I heard their foot steps very
>> close by in a dark, moonless night.
>> Their calls are not dissimilar to the jackal calls I knew as a kid in
>> south asia.
>> I've known ferrel and trained dogs to attack humans, but I wasn't
>> aware of coyotes doing this.
>>
>> Has anyone heard coyotes along the AT?
>> They must cross it or run near it in some places.
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