NH F&G

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A member of our NH site spoke with a wildlife biologist. Some of the stuff that this biologist said raised some questions with me so I E-mailed them myself.

This following response will give you guys who are not familiar with this area a taste of what we got as far as coyote studies and knowledge.

Here is the response to me.

Hi Mike,


I am un-aware of any mange or distemper outbreaks in the state of New
Hampshire. The population of coyotes is NH are statewide and believed to
be relatively constant. We do not expect the population to
significantly increase or decline; as the species has been in the state for many
years now and have adapted to any weather/habitat situations they may
encounter. The population is stable statewide with constant densities
throughout the state.

Given the eastern coyotes group hunting style, territorial behavior and
New Hampshire's thick wooded habitats calling coyotes can be very
difficult. There behaviors are very different than the western coyote and
provide for very different hunting strategy.


Talking with other coyote hunters, I have been advised that hunting
frozen swamps during the winter moths works best. Successful hunters set
blinds with in the cattail reeds where long distances can be viewed and
call from there. Though, they have admitted hunting coyotes in NH is
extremely difficult.

Some hunters use bait sites to attract coyotes, this technique may or
may not be suitable for you. If you do choose to use baiting, there are
rules and regulations you need to follow.

To give you a refernece of the difficulty in harvesting a NH coyote;
557 coyotes were harvested statewide last year by NH trappers. The number
of licensed trappers is approximately 370 and not every trapper
targets coyotes. The department does not have records of the number of
  hunter killed coyotes, though hunter interest is less than trapping.


The first biologist told the other member that mange and distemper are killing the coyotes and our coyotes ONLY live around farms.