Soapy 'yotes

[bdybdall]

A friend of mine who raises vegetables for the summer markets shared an experience with me. He lives down in Decatur County and he had planted a plot of strawberries. He used an organic fertilizer (fish oil and molasses) and covered them with plastic. He found that coyotes were breaking through the plastic to dig in the fertilized dirt and sought a way to dissuade them. He bought 6 bars of Irish Spring soap from Dollar General thinking that by placing them there the coyotes would be repelled by the scent of the soap. Instead, the coyotes were attracted to the soap and drug off the bars. He found that his bloodhound and some other dogs seemed to like the smell and flavor of the soap also. Has anyone else found 'yotes to be attracted to odd scents?

 

[Cpt Caveman]

They have real good sniffers. They were looking for the fish smell.
I wouldn't wanna mess with one that had soap suds around its mouth. Might mean something else entirely.

 

[A-savvy]

Maybe next time I go yote hunting, I might drop a case of Irish spring in the middle of a field.

 

[Jason R. Bruce]

K-9's do strange things when confronted with situations they don't understand. I see it on a regular basis with my beagle, she can't resist rolling in random smells. Example: While basting ribs on the grill with a viniger/honey mixture I flopped the brush dry out in the yard. Five minutes later, the beagle is belly-up, grinding her odor over top the strange smell she encountered.

I have the same theory about this coyote I called and killed several years ago in NW Indiana. As three coyotes came across the field I could tell this one was different... turns out he was BLUE. I'm guessing maybe this came from the marker-foam used on big telescoping sprayer booms. He sure got it in there good.

 

[jmichaelj4]

weird

A friend of mine who raises vegetables for the summer markets shared an experience with me. He lives down in Decatur County and he had planted a plot of strawberries. He used an organic fertilizer (fish oil and molasses) and covered them with plastic. He found that coyotes were breaking through the plastic to dig in the fertilized dirt and sought a way to dissuade them. He bought 6 bars of Irish Spring soap from Dollar General thinking that by placing them there the coyotes would be repelled by the scent of the soap. Instead, the coyotes were attracted to the soap and drug off the bars. He found that his bloodhound and some other dogs seemed to like the smell and flavor of the soap also. Has anyone else found 'yotes to be attracted to odd scents?

 

[70worm]

There might be something in it like animal fat.? Some animals eat mouse poison because they put p-nut butter in it to attract mice.

 

[Hookeye]

Any anise oil in the soap?

 

[Hammer]

The soap will repel deer from plants and fruit trees, but Yotes will take the soap. They are attracted to the fat ingredients. One way to keep them from hauling it off is to put it in a sock or stocking and tie it on a limb.