OUT OUR WAY: Coyote Smart

Out our way there are still prairie critters in abundance that we see nearly every day. Granted the vast bison herds are gone, relegated to a few parks and private ranches - and the grizzly bears that used to be a prairie animal are also gone from the region. But we still have antelope, elk, deer … and coyotes.

Years ago ,a friend told me about coyote smarts he had seen.

His ranch raised cattle, horses and sheep…and coyotes tended to pay regular visits. He would often see a few when he rode about to check the flocks and herds and fences.

“Now what is interesting,” he told me, “ is that coyotes...