TY - JOUR AU - Berentsen, Are AU - Timm, Robert M. AU - Schmidt, Robert H. TI - The Coyote Lure Operative Device revisited: A fresh look at an old idea JF - California Agriculture JO - Calif Agr Y1 - 2007/01/01 VL - 61 IS - 1 SP - 20 EP - 23 PB - University of California Agriculture and Nature Resources SN - 0008-0845 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.3733/ca.v061n01p20 L3 - 10.3733/ca.v061n01p20 AB - We field-tested the Coyote Lure Operative Device (CLOD), a bait delivery system for coyotes originally conceived by UC Davis researchers in the 1980s. Our objectives were to determine whether free-ranging coyotes would activate CLODs repeatedly when exposed to them over a 12-month period, and whether CLOD activations varied by season. We placed CLODs in pastures with a history of chronic sheep depredation at the UC Hopland Research and Extension Center in Mendocino County. Free-ranging coyotes activated the CLODs repeatedly, but more CLODs were activated during the winter months than at other times of the year. Our study suggests that the CLOD has the potential to become an important tool for managing coyote predation on livestock when used to deliver contraceptive or predacide baits.