Lonny, the biologist said that they see more bobcats than coyotes and that they have been surprised at how few coyotes show up on their trail cameras. We knew that coyote numbers are low compared to places like eastern Washington, but I would not have guessed bobcats outnumber coyotes anywhere.
Interesting! And neither would have I guessed bobcats would outnumber coyotes anywhere they share the same range.
As a side note, my Dad grew up when coyotes were crazy thick (1940's) in these parts. He said deer, small game, bobcats, skunks, raccoons were few and far between when coyotes were really thick.
The government put out compound 1080 baits scattered all over the area for quite a number of years and the coyote population dropped off drastically. Within a few years after the poisoning started, bobcats and all the above mentioned critters that were few, suddenly exploded in numbers. He killed quite a few bobcats just by incidental shooting and seeing bobcats became common.
