Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Food Habits of the Coyote in Jackson Hole, Wyo
In the light of local conditions the writer desires to contrast the values of the stomachs and the feces used in the study. Examination of contents of stomachs from Yellowstone Park and of the data furnished for each revealed too great a preponderance of bait and carrion to give a true picture of coyote habits. It was a common practice of park rangers to shoot coyotes over bait, such as the carcass of a horse or other handy material, and coyotes obtained in this manner are likely to furnish evidence of carrion diet. It was evident that some coyotes had been feeding on offal from the bison annually slaughtered, and some evidently had had access to garbage piles. For this reason, in making deductions, less reliance was placed on the stomachs than on the feces, which were collected at random over the general coyote range of this section.
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