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TN Predators News : Maine Hunter And Outdoor Writer Attacked By Coyote
Posted by ~Ace~ on Tuesday, June 10, 2008 (12:58:22) (1544 reads)

Here’s one story you seldom hear about. Maine hunter and outdoor writer, Blaine Cardilli - a contributing writer for U.S. Hunting Today - was recently attacked by a coyote while turkey hunting with a friend.

Cardilli was turkey hunting with friend Orrin Parker. The two were fully camouflaged and set up for turkey hunting. Cardilli was using a slate call to call in gobblers for his friend when he was hit hard from the backside and toward his left by a full grown adult coyote. Cardilli thinks the coyote had been stalking his slate calls and picked up on his movements while calling.

The coyote hit hard and quick. Cardilli described it to me this way.

The coyote launched itself with enough force to knock me over, the impact of which even knocked out a filling! The coyote bit through 3 layers of my shirts and left puncture wounds and a few teeth scratchings on my arm but it got away.

Parker whirled around in response to the attack in time to witness the coyote making rapid retreat into the dense forest.

Cardilli says he learned a valuable lesson when calling turkeys and plans to keep a closer eye out for stalking coyotes.

There is one other tragedy with this story. I talked further with Blaine and discovered that he is undergoing rabies treatment, the cost of which is around $1,600 - $2,000. He has no insurance and can’t afford to continue the treatments which could be a big risk. If anyone is so inclined to help Blaine out, please email me tom@ushuntingtoday.com and I will put you in touch with Blaine.

Tom Remington

TN Predators News : COPPER MOUNTAIN Colorado Coyote Attack
Posted by ~Ace~ on Tuesday, February 12, 2008 (04:40:14) (1109 reads)

COPPER MOUNTAIN – A man says his 3-year-old son was nearly attacked by an aggressive coyote while they were skiing over the weekend.

Rich Kladstrup told 9NEWS he was skiing at Copper Mountain on Saturday morning when he and his son saw a coyote walking in the middle of the ski run. When they stopped, the coyote headed straight for his 3-year-old son. They were able to scare him off and the child was not hurt.

Copper Mountain says it has been aware of the animal for some time and it has contacted the Department of Wildlife.

The DOW says it had planned to go looking for the coyote later in the week after receiving a report of another, earlier incident. DOW says in that case the coyote had tried to bite another person on the arm, but because of all that person's ski clothing, the person was not hurt.

After Saturday's near-attack the DOW went to look for the coyote and Copper Mountain shut down the nearby ski lift and closed the run during the search.

The DOW found and put down the coyote and it is being tested for disease.

According to the DOW, there is no indication it was sick, but it thinks the coyote may have been fed by humans and that is why it became more aggressive.

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TN Predators News : Residents along the Kuskokwim River want state game managers to allow them to ki
Posted by ~Ace~ on Monday, January 21, 2008 (22:44:34) (1262 reads)

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Residents along the Kuskokwim River want state game managers to allow them to kill wolf pups in their dens.

Wolf numbers seem to be rising in the wilderness around Aniak, McGrath and other villages, and the task once carried out by young Native men should be employed again to help moose populations recover, said Greg Roczicka, natural resources director with Orutsaramuit Native Council in Bethel.

The tribal government and a Fish and Game advisory committee along the central Kuskokwim River have submitted separate proposals asking the Board of Game to overturn regulations outlawing the practice.

The Game Board is scheduled to consider the proposals at upcoming meetings later this month and in February.

At least one group plans to speak against the idea.

"We're fervently opposed to it," said John Toppenberg, director with Alaska Wildlife Alliance. "It's been illegal in Alaska for a long time and deservedly so. It's a Stone Age concept of wildlife management and has no place as a management tool for civilized people. It's just barbaric."

The tribal council and advisory panel also want the board to let hunters kill bear cubs in dens. Along with wolves, bears are blamed for low moose numbers around central Kuskokwim villages, said Doug Carney of Sleetmute, former chairman of Central Kuskokwim Advisory Committee.

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TN Predators News : Drill instructor convicted in FEDERAL COURT after rifle jams
Posted by ~Ace~ on Monday, January 14, 2008 (13:20:12) (1417 reads)

Guardsman guilty of illegally transferring 'machine gun' after firearm malfunctions

Posted: January 13, 2008
1:00 a.m. Eastern

A drill instructor in the National Guard has been convicted in a Wisconsin federal court of illegally transferring a machine gun after a rifle he loaned to a student malfunctioned, setting off three shots before jamming.

The verdict of guilty on one count in the case against David Olofson was confirmed yesterday by the clerk's office in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.

That means now that anyone whose weapon malfunctions is subject to charges of having or handling a banned gun, according to an expert witness who reports that the particular problem is a well-known malfunction and was even the subject of a recall from the manufacturer.

"If your semiautomatic rifle breaks or malfunctions you are now subject to prosecution. That is now a sad FACT. I guess we know now what Sen. Kennedy meant when he said he looked forward to working with [Acting Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Director] Mike Sullivan on Gun control issues, after his committee approved him for full Senate vote," Len Savage, a weaponry expert who runs Historic Arms LLC, said in a blog.

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TN Predators News : Coyotes attack dog in Carol Stream
Posted by ~Ace~ on Friday, December 28, 2007 (22:42:27) (2551 reads)

By Jack Komperda | Daily Herald Staff Contact writerPublished: 12/28/2007 2:53

It wasn't uncommon for Loree Turano to see coyotes walking through her neighborhood.

She often heard stories from friends and neighbors about the prevalence of the critters roaming her streets.

But the Carol Stream woman was dumbstruck this morning to learn her 13-pound shih tsu, Bella, was attacked by a pair of coyotes outside her home.

Bella survived thanks to some quick thinking by family members who scared off the wild animals, but the attack left the dog with scars on the right side of its body.

"At first I thought they were other dogs," Turano said. "They weren't real big … but they went for the kill."

Bella became just one of several dogs attacked or killed by coyotes in the past month in the suburbs.

On Thursday, Lisle police received a call from a resident on the 800 block of Division Street after a coyote snatched the family's dachshund from the backyard.

Last week, a 3-year-old miniature pinscher named Minnie was killed in unincorporated McHenry County when two coyotes snatched the small dog from its yard.

The attacks are not surprising to wildlife experts.

Last year, 542 coyotes were removed throughout Illinois by licensed trappers. Of that number, 295 were from the Chicago area, according to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.

Chris McCloud, a spokesman for the state agency, said coyotes tend to be more aggressive and territorial toward other animals during the breeding season in January and February.

Since coyotes are considered wildlife, most area police departments will do little more than take a report about coyote attacks on pets.

That's little consolation for Turano.

"I thought this was something that happened in the wild," she said, "not in my backyard."

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