Once coyotes wake up we release them from their traps. Although we usually release them at night, occasionally the situation arises where we release them (always in more, rural areas) during daylight hours. For example, if we process an animal at 9 AM and it is back in the box trap starting to wake up at 10 AM we may get away with releasing it at 6 PM.

Glif getting the heck out of there!

Coyotes (and wolves) sometimes seem to literally float and bounce when they move.

A characteristic of all coyotes is to hightail it in the opposite direction when released.

Glope running away.

Tiny saying "see ya later". While most adult male coyotes are 40+ pounds on Cape Cod, this coyote was a meager 27 pounds when captured this past spring (2002). He does appear to be the breeding male of the Sandy Neck group, although the captive pup study and the Boston study are taking away time from radio-tracking on Cape Cod during summer 2002 and allowing me to confirm this.

Continue to radio-tracking coyotes in the field

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