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Title: I've never seen it.
Post by: pitw on July 16, 2022, 09:02:10 PM
On a forum up here a guy posted a pic.  I ain't never seen the likes of it.  I'm posting a link to the other forum as I ain't figured out how to do it different.

http://www.outdoorsmenforum.ca/showthread.php?t=413386
Title: Re: I've never seen it.
Post by: nastygunz on July 16, 2022, 11:02:33 PM
Very odd spot.
Title: Re: I've never seen it.
Post by: FinsnFur on July 19, 2022, 07:34:46 PM
Weird. Kinda makes me wonder if adverse weather or something ruined what WAS a better den and mother led them back when the dust settled.  :shrug:
Title: Re: I've never seen it.
Post by: 1snafu on July 20, 2022, 08:32:32 AM
It's been quite a few yrs now. A female had a single hole den in the middle of a large golf course in a large city. Groundskeeper invited me to come see it. Den entrance hole was around 14" high & maybe 4' deep, no exit. She had a few young pups inside. Other coyote dens I've seen had at least 1 exit hole.
Title: Re: I've never seen it.
Post by: Okanagan on July 20, 2022, 09:22:50 AM
I'm with Jim, that something really unusual is behind that pic of small coyote pups in the open.  I've never seen an above ground open coyote den, nor heard of one.

 For several springs in a row coyotes used a den under the roots of a big down tree where I picked mushrooms.  That one had three entrances as I recall.  I never saw a coyote there, in the woods, but never tried and there was abundant fresh sign.  Another multi entrance one was in a water eroded cut on a ridge in sage brush desert. 

Another coyote den I recall was a hole straight into the face of a steep hillside in the woods, a long way from any road. 
Title: Re: I've never seen it.
Post by: pitw on July 20, 2022, 09:30:14 AM
Quote from: FinsnFur on July 19, 2022, 07:34:46 PMWeird. Kinda makes me wonder if adverse weather or something ruined what WAS a better den and mother led them back when the dust settled.  :shrug:

I wondered that too but ya can see they is so small that they look blind yet.  The fur for the nest says they been in it for a bit.  Strange one for a fact. 
Maybe the bitch has claustrophobia. :wo:

I've seen dens all over this area and they all were underground.  But I guess if a fella can see one swimming it's probable that the odd one does nest above ground.
Title: Re: I've never seen it.
Post by: Okanagan on July 20, 2022, 11:16:30 AM
Quote from: pitw on July 20, 2022, 09:30:14 AMI've seen dens all over this area and they all were underground.  But I guess if a fella can see one swimming it's probable that the odd one does nest above ground.

:laf:  :yoyo: