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The link will take you to the MDIFW website…….all you need is proof of previous licensing as the site will specify ….and a credit/debit card.

It may be November….. but there are deer to hunt…….coyotes to shoot, and birds and bunnies to harvest.

See you in the woods!!!!!!

After you listen to this song, click on the “Prayers We Light” link ,awesome song too ……… such a waste of someone so talented.
” Lord… I hope you took this Angel home to sarinade the heavens. She died in a harsh way…. but had the soul of a believer. Let her light shine brightly in the Heavens…….over all of Cape Breton/Toronto/ and the world. Amen”

All of you avid anglers and latenight fly tyers should know I am hosting a tying contest on the sister-blog. Aroostook Flyers & Tyers. If you love to tye and want to play…….come on over. At the very least you can read some fun information……see some videos and learn to tye something.

Now my stats tell me that over a thousand readers a week come through here. Wow…..that is pretty impressive. Now if 10% of you join in my contest that is 100 possible contestants, per week. Now let’s stay at the 100 for a moment. If 100 tyers join the contest that’s 100 flies in the contest and only one winner. The winner takes all!! That’s right…the winner gets all the flies as the prize. So go over to Aroostook Flyers & Tyers…join the contest. Give it a try…….tye me a fly!!!!!

Was over to the MDIFW site today reading some reports and wondering how Augusta was doing. Couldn’t really tell much about the “effectiveness” of current government so I read some more stuff.

Predation Report

Now take your time going through that……pretty interesting facts and such. Anybody want a new career as an ADC Agent/ProHunter????

The thing that I found most interesting was that the consensus of opinion was that bears were killing 50% to 60% of all fawns taken by predators. I would of thought maybe 25%…….not 60%. Coyotes topping the list and bobcat factored in as well.

I won’t say more……makes for some dry reading but well worth the effort.

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Here’ a link to CBC a Canadian news agency reporting on the attack.
CBC Report

Here’s another report: Blogged on the UK blog “Tech”

A TEEN country singer has died after being mauled by coyotes.
Talented Taylor Mitchell, 19, was heard screaming for help while out hiking.
She was airlifted to hospital in Nova Scotia, Canada, where she died.
Cops shot and injured one of the animals.

The attack shocked wildlife expert Bob Bancroft, who said coyotes were normally shy.
He said: “It’s very unusual and is not likely to be repeated.”

Pretty Taylor, from Toronto, was touring Canada to promote her new album.
The brunette was hiking solo on a trail in Cape Breton Highlands National Park on Tuesday when she was attacked.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police spokeswoman Brigdit Leger said other hikers heard Taylor’s screams for help.Coming to her assistance, and chasing away the two coyotes attacking her.
Paul Maynard of the Emergency Health Services said Taylor was in critical condition when medics arrived on the scene. She had multiple bite wounds over her entire body.
Mr Maynard said: “She was losing a considerable amount of blood from the wounds.”

Coyotes, which also are known as prairie wolves, are found from Central America to the United States and Canada.

Taylor died from her wounds a short time after reaching the hospitol.

At last report one coyote had been found, shot and wounded. The busy trail has been closed until the two coyotes were found and euthanized. The wounded coyote has not been recovered but appeared to be healthy. Fueling further concern that more attacks could occur.

Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2704831/Killer-coyotes-maul-teen-singer.html#ixzz0VzTFJNEk

Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2704831/Killer-coyotes-maul-teen-singer.html#ixzz0VzTFJNEk

Here’s More:

Can Canada’s killer coyote species show up in Los Angeles?
By LA Weekly in Environment
Wed., Nov. 4 2009 @ 11:01AM
By Donna Barstow

Last week Taylor Mitchell, a promising young musician from Toronto, was mauled and killed by two coyotes while hiking alone in Nova Scotia. Other hikers heard her screams and she was airlifted to Halifax, but died October 28. She was a folk and country musician nominated for a 2009 Canadian Folk Music Award in the Young Performer of the Year category.

Just five weeks ago, an urban coyote scare hit Griffith Park when two men claimed a coyote bit them, going for their feet. Then the city’s Animal Services and Recreation and Parks folks called in shooters from the USDA to kill seven coyotes, getting City Hall in hot water.

Fish & Game and the USDA tell us that nine animals were killed, and that the medical reports show one man was scratched on his foot, the other bruised on his foot. And then we learned that one man was a city employee goofing off instead of working on the day he was confronted by the coyote, so the report lagged the actual attack.

The Los Angeles Times blog, Outposts, wondered how likely it is that a Canadian-style coyote attack could happen in L.A. Here’s the answer:

Impossible. Coyotes in eastern North America are a totally different breed–some call them coywolfs because they’re part wolf and 11 pounds heavier on average.

Griffith Park Ranger Tom Mendidles told the Weekly: “Those coyotes are called hybrids, half-wolf, but there aren’t any in the Park. Griffith Park is like an island, separated by houses and freeways from any outlying packs or interbreeding.”

Kevin Cooper, a federal expert, adds, “since they are part wolf, their patterns and behavior are probably going to be different, too, just as with wolf-dogs.” But L.A. coyotes are still predators, “so be careful with pets and small children.”

The Chronicle Herald of Nova Scotia is reporting that the Canada attack was bizarre because, as researcher Jon Way notes, “I don’t think they regard people, even kids, as an opportunity for a food source … They certainly are not like (big) cats that regard people as food, they just don’t do that.”

Tests were completed yesterday, and one coywolf killed by Canadian officials was a healthy female, not starving.

Here’s an interesting PS to this strange tale: In The New York Times on Sunday, Taylor Mitchell’s mother asked authorities to spare any remaining coyotes involved in the attack. A Parks Canada conservation officer responded, “We’re not out here conducting a general cull.”

Apparently Canadian officials don’t share the same genes as L.A. city officials.

Here’s MY VIEW:
All of this does nothing to mitigate that this young lady is dead.

Taylor Mitchell (MSNBC Photo)

In the past knowledgeable hunters and outdoorsman have foretold of this aggression. “Near death” episodes have become common knowledge. Packing coyotes are growing more and more aggressive. It is time to cull these things before we have to carry guns in town. Enough is enough!!!

                   NOW IS THE TIME!!!

 WE NEED EFFECTIVE COYOTE CONTROL!!!  BRING BACK SNARING…….AND GIVE US THE BOUNTY!!!!!

 ARE YOU WILLING TO LET ONE OF YOUR LOVE ONES DIE IN SUCH A HORRIFIC WAY!!!!!

  JUST TO SAVE THAT “CUTE LITTLE PUPPY” ???? 

 SAVE THE SENTIMENTALITY FOR HUMAN KIND…….TAKE THE ANIMAL OFF THE PEDESTAL.

 SACRIFICES ARE BEING MADE FOR THIS …….LET”S JUST NOT ALLOW ANOTHER HUMAN SACRIFICE!!!!!!!

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