[AT] Thanksgiving Day/ now coyotes

[charliehill]

Bob,  I went to school at NC State University but was a fan from the time of 
childhood.  The team is known as the Wolfpack and back in the old days, when 
I was a small boy, the team mascot was indeed a Gray Wolf.  Well about the 
time I was a teenager, Lobo the mascot wolf died.  The team soon got a 
replacement.  After a year or so the school found something out.  The new 
wolf was actually a Coyote.  Well it didn't take long for our in state 
rivals Duke, Wake Forest and hmmm what is that other little school... OH 
YEAH UNC to find out about our coyote and start to make fun of us.  Hence a 
new saying was born at NC State "Coyotes Are Cool".

Ok so much for my walk down memory lane.  NC State is a land grant college 
with a very well known and respected Agriculture school so this isn't all 
that far OT.
grins

Charlie Hill
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob McNitt" <nysports at frontiernet.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 9:15 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Thanksgiving Day/ now coyotes


> Just had to chine in with a observation about coyotes. I've hunted them 
> here
> in upstate NY for decades (using predator calls) and have noticed ours
> resemble gray wolves more than they do the Western 'yotes.
>
> I've also hunted gray wolves in Eastern Canada, and that helped me note 
> how
> much our Northeast 'yotes resembled the true wolves. Well, DNA testing now
> shows that what we refer to as "Eastern Coyotes" are actually hybrids
> containing both coyote & gray wolf genes, the result of crossbreeding in
> Eastern Canada, where the two species' ranges overlap.
>
> Since the hybrid offspring aren't accepted by the wolf packs, as more were
> born, they formed their own groups (wolf pack instincts) and each 
> subsequent
> generation purified itself, evolving into the large wolf-like animal we 
> have
> now in the Northeast and New England.
>
> They even exhibit the color phases of wolves, with traditional gray-brown,
> red, black, and blond specimens. And in winter, they'll hunt in family
> packs. Ironic how Nature fills a vacuum ... as deer and prey numbers 
> soared,
> lacking a major predator other than man, a new subspecies of predator
> surfaces, one that can adapt to our changing manmade environment far 
> better
> than the wolf, mountain lion, etc.
>
> And yes, they eat deer, pets and most anything else they can catch/find.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike" <msm10301 at juno.com>
> To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 8:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Thanksgiving Day/ now coyotes
>
>
>> Coyotes can adapt to almost any area. I live in SE Michigan and about a
>> year ago a coyote was found huddled in a cooler in downtown Detroit. I
>> live in the suburbs and coyotes are quite common and are causing problems
>> by attacking small dogs. Mike
>>
>> -- "Al Jones" <farmallsupera at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> YES!! The dog hunting/field trial folks around here are a different
>> breed.....about the same category as horse people! ;)
>>
>> Al
>>
>> (I should probably add tractor people to that category too!!)
>>
>>
>>> [Original Message]
>>> From: Mike Sloane <mikesloane at verizon.net>
>>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group 
>>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>> Date: 12/2/2008 6:11:42 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [AT] Thanksgiving Day tractor chores+trees
>>
>>
>>>. Strange people.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>
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