Guns_and_Labs
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Take it with the bow. Right behind the shoulder, same as a deer.
Aggressive, pet eating coyote advice
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ScottsGT
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Had a similar problem here in South Carolina. Called Animal Control. His response: You got a gun and know how to use it?
Me: Oh yea!
Him: Have fun!
Me: Oh yea!
Him: Have fun!
Vern Humphrey
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Ernie Pagette, who was on the NRA Board of Directors, had somewhat of a similar problem. He lived in Northern Virginia, near DC, and the area was overrun with deer. But the tree huggers wouldn't even hear of a controlled hunt.
So Ernie organized the women. The members of the County Board of Supervisors started getting calls at all hours, "There's a deer in my yard! My children can't go out to play." "I'm afraid my children will get lyme disease." "I almost hit a deer with my car -- and my children were with me."
Mobilze the local mothers and start them phoning the powers that be.
So Ernie organized the women. The members of the County Board of Supervisors started getting calls at all hours, "There's a deer in my yard! My children can't go out to play." "I'm afraid my children will get lyme disease." "I almost hit a deer with my car -- and my children were with me."
Mobilze the local mothers and start them phoning the powers that be.
NRA4LIFE
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Vern,
Brilliant (spoken like the guys on the Guinness commercials). It's for the children.
Razor,
Only problem with the bow is if the shot is missied lightly and having a coyote running around Mukilteo with an arrow sticking out of his head. We'd have some bleeding heart take a picture and next thing you know we got an initiative on the ballot next year to ban bow hunting. Then the HSUS will put that picture in 19 commercials the night before the ballot. Geez, that's never happened here before.
Shoot him. Period. Then PM me and I'll come and take that hide of your hands for you. I'll even donate some deer meat to you if you want. He looks like a beauty.
The bobcats are here. I've seen them on my property down near Maple Valley.
Brilliant (spoken like the guys on the Guinness commercials). It's for the children.
Razor,
Only problem with the bow is if the shot is missied lightly and having a coyote running around Mukilteo with an arrow sticking out of his head. We'd have some bleeding heart take a picture and next thing you know we got an initiative on the ballot next year to ban bow hunting. Then the HSUS will put that picture in 19 commercials the night before the ballot. Geez, that's never happened here before.
Shoot him. Period. Then PM me and I'll come and take that hide of your hands for you. I'll even donate some deer meat to you if you want. He looks like a beauty.
The bobcats are here. I've seen them on my property down near Maple Valley.
kungfuhippie
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Get a cage trap. Catch it. Take the Ferry Boat to Everett (I was in Mulilteo this summer, very nice place) and drop him overboard A coyote in a cage won't swim to well
Or just get him in one shot, .22lr (subsonic if you can) On a cold night no one will even notice a little pop. (windows closed, dark out) Just remember shoot, shovel, shut-up. You just get one shot, one night, then the neighbours will start to wonder what that pop is every night.
A coyote in a cage won't swim to well Or just get him in one shot, .22lr (subsonic if you can) On a cold night no one will even notice a little pop. (windows closed, dark out) Just remember shoot, shovel, shut-up. You just get one shot, one night, then the neighbours will start to wonder what that pop is every night.ScottsGT
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Ya'll need to add an "S" to the equation here.
Shoot it
Skin it
Shovel
Shut up
Shoot it
Skin it
Shovel
Shut up
hacksaw
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Hmmm
I thought I had mentioned skinning it...
Scottsgt, y'all have 'yotes up there in Cola?? Haven't seen any at the beach, sounds like fun though!
Hacksaw
I thought I had mentioned skinning it...
Scottsgt, y'all have 'yotes up there in Cola?? Haven't seen any at the beach, sounds like fun though!
Hacksaw
ScottsGT
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There's a few out in the country side, but my problem was with a fox in the neighborhood. It actually went away on its own before I could take care of the problem. Or somebody else took care of it. I did hear someone walking on the golf course one evening and yell out "Oh $&!t, it's a fox"! I'd take my surefire out in the evening and shine it in the edge of the woods at my back yard and see one wide pair of eyes and two small pairs of eyes, so she had some pups out there. Could be why she was agressive.
hacksaw
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Fox?
I have a fox that occaisionally crosses my yard, I back up on a swamp....maybe I'll put the .22 next to the 870 ...just in case....
I have a fox that occaisionally crosses my yard, I back up on a swamp....maybe I'll put the .22 next to the 870 ...just in case....
ScottsGT
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Make sure it's good and cold outside for a while so their fur coat will make a good pelt
Problem with mine was that it was during the summer and she looked like she had the mange. Apparently foxes lose their pretty coat during the hot summer months. Somewhere I have a photo of her in the middle of my back yard that the wife took. But I cannot seem to find it now.
kungfuhippie
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If the Coyote is rabid is it safe to skin it?
I still think a trip on the ferry boat to Everett with the yote in a dog transport box thing (walmart) is the way to go. Just put him on the roof of the car and park at the front of the boat or on the side. Then until box, throw it overboard and then scream, "Oh no, my dog came loose from the roof and fell in!"
Best to put a few bricks in the box so it sinks fast, wouldn't want anyone saving your "dog"
I still think a trip on the ferry boat to Everett with the yote in a dog transport box thing (walmart) is the way to go. Just put him on the roof of the car and park at the front of the boat or on the side. Then until box, throw it overboard and then scream, "Oh no, my dog came loose from the roof and fell in!"
Best to put a few bricks in the box so it sinks fast, wouldn't want anyone saving your "dog"
MatthewVanitas
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Not to be a jerk, but I'd argue that going way, way, out of your way to drown a live coyote isn't really THR.
If your 'yote isn't living up to his side of the "live and let live" bargain, find an ethical way to end him. I eat meat, have no qualms with hunting, but it seems bad stewardship to be malicious about it.
It bums me out to see folks advocating poisoning, gaffing, and drowning.
-MV
If your 'yote isn't living up to his side of the "live and let live" bargain, find an ethical way to end him. I eat meat, have no qualms with hunting, but it seems bad stewardship to be malicious about it.
It bums me out to see folks advocating poisoning, gaffing, and drowning.
-MV
kungfuhippie
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Should have put up my sarcasm sign:banghead:
voilating the law and potentially indangering others by discharging a firearm within city limits is not THR either. Or now is it "High Road" to advocate only obeying the laws that are convinent?
Drowning is fairly humane, much more than gaffing or poisoning is. If held under cold water (the sound is very cold, especially right now) the body goes into shock quickly and slips into a euphoric oxygen deprived death (this is why kids inhale spray cans, lack of O2 = getting high. Less painful than a poorly placed 22lr, and if you shoot and wound it's not like you could track animal through neighborhood with rifle to finish the job. If you had ever been to Mukilteo you'd know that there's no way you could actually drop said yote from the ferry without wittnesses. Discharging a firearm inside city limits is illegal, and very unsafe with all those people, homes, etc around. If you caught said coyote in a cage-trap and then released him away from town he'd just pester other people. He's become a nuisance animal. Golf courses that have skunk problems catch them in skunk traps and then drown them, this way when they die and let loose their muscles/bowels the skunk spray isn't gonna be a problem.
MatthewVanitas
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I'm not arguing with the drowning per se (if it were done as the most practical/humane option), but going out of one's way, even in jest, to make a big presentation out of it seems in poor taste.
-MV
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You can use a logging cant hook like the guy in Washington CT. The coyote attacked a jogger and few days later tried to attack the guy cutting logs. He beat it to death. It tested pos for rabies. Beware, the DEP does not know everything nor every wild animal in the area.
Glockfan.45
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Yeah all these posts about fishing, anti-freeze, and drowning yotes in a box bother me. I hunt so killing animals for game is fine by me. I hate yotes since some got my dog years back but animal cruelty comes to mind when reading some of the posts on this thread . Not high road at all. There are three humane decent ways to deal with a yote gun, bow, trap and relocate.
kungfuhippie
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I agree that poisoning and "fishing" for the coyotes is wrong and inhumane. I even agree that drowning is not as pleasant as a quick well placed shot. I do see drowning as a viable extermination method when other options are not possible (skunks). Though if you go to the trouble of trapping it, Why not just let the local Animal Control kill it, or shoot it out in the country? People have a natural fear of drowning/asphixiation, but scientifically, due to biological design, drowning and asphixia is not painful like poisoning would be, or an arrow that misses vitals (ever see the video of the goose with the arrow in it's head?)
I have to disagree with the idea of relocating under these circumstances (unless to coyote heaven) because the animal has lost all fear for humans and is stalking them, eating their pets, etc. Relocating the animal is just sending the problem to the next community. Even in the PRK they (offical types) will shoot bears that get too people friendly. They realize that a wild animal with no fear of man will cause problems and be dangerous. Bears will teach their young how to raid trashcans, eat pets, break into cars, etc.
side note: All the bears in the San Bernardino National Forest are offspring from troublesome bears that were relocated from yellow stone. The California grizzley bear was long ago extinct
I am surprised this hasn't been mentioned but why not get a wrist rocket (slingshot)? And I don't mean the Dennis the Menace wooden kind. They can be purchased at just about any place that sells bb guns, Wally World included. They sell some pretty decent pellets for them that are labelled "hunting shot," I think. Noiseless, cheap, and fairly easy to get good with a little practice. You wouldn't exactly be able to make 100 yd shots but if it's getting within 15 yds and even getting into the backyard? Should be able to get that good pretty quickly. Maybe put out the hamburger to lure it closer. Then skin and dispose.
"Coyote, what Coyote? That pelt? Oh I found that at a yard sale a while back. Cool huh?"
Failing that, wait for it to come into your backyard and shoot it, plain and simple. Shoot it. Use your CCW so it won't be suspicious, since you had it on already. If anyone asks, it came into your yard and showed enough aggression for you to fear for your safety, so you shot it. I doubt anyone will question that.
"What was that shot?!"
"Damn Coyote tried to get me!"
"You ok?"
"Yeah, but he ain't."
"Serves him right."
And NEVER, under any circumstances, should you relocate a wild animal, especially a predator. You may introduce diseases not present in the local populace. And in many cases, it is illegal.
"Coyote, what Coyote? That pelt? Oh I found that at a yard sale a while back. Cool huh?"
Failing that, wait for it to come into your backyard and shoot it, plain and simple. Shoot it. Use your CCW so it won't be suspicious, since you had it on already. If anyone asks, it came into your yard and showed enough aggression for you to fear for your safety, so you shot it. I doubt anyone will question that.
"What was that shot?!"
"Damn Coyote tried to get me!"
"You ok?"
"Yeah, but he ain't."
"Serves him right."
And NEVER, under any circumstances, should you relocate a wild animal, especially a predator. You may introduce diseases not present in the local populace. And in many cases, it is illegal.
SShooterZ
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Out of curiousity, what chance does a dog have should a coyote of this size attack? I would assume the toy breed / lap dogs would be no problem, but would a coyote stand a chance against bigger dogs?
Glockfan.45
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A bigger dog wins. Our German Shepherd runs them off all the time. Yotes are cowards, if its even close to their size they run.
Art Eatman
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Coyotes aren't cowards; they're smart. You wouldn't expect a lightweight boxer to challenge a heavyweight, right?
Three or four coyotes will work together, sometimes, and tear up most any domestic dog they find. They're typically much faster, and use a dash-and-slash system.
Coyotes are quite helpful if there are feral cats around...
Art
Three or four coyotes will work together, sometimes, and tear up most any domestic dog they find. They're typically much faster, and use a dash-and-slash system.
Coyotes are quite helpful if there are feral cats around...
Art
kungfuhippie
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I second the "not coward" statement.
Coyotes are by nature scavenger first hunter second. They will sooner scrounge up a meal that go attack a dog etc. to eat. Coyotes arn't going to attack for the hell of it, unless rabid or otherwise desperate or sick, or cornered. I just wanna know that question from a few posts back...Is it okay to keep the pelt of a rabid coyote? Is there any special things to do? I don't hunt fur bearers so I never considered it (rabbits don't count)
Coyotes are by nature scavenger first hunter second. They will sooner scrounge up a meal that go attack a dog etc. to eat. Coyotes arn't going to attack for the hell of it, unless rabid or otherwise desperate or sick, or cornered. I just wanna know that question from a few posts back...Is it okay to keep the pelt of a rabid coyote? Is there any special things to do? I don't hunt fur bearers so I never considered it (rabbits don't count)
How about leave the coyote alone? Second choice, get your mom a can of bear spray, and carry a 38/357.
People let pets out, think of the coyote as providing Darwin's natural selection.
I've got a coyote that we are pretty sure has been eating catfood we leave out for what we think was an abandoned cat, and our visiting skunk. One morning, crows are going crazy, Coyote is bold as brass, jogging straight to our porch, with eyes on it. Crows scared him off. I ran outside with my 300 mm lens, and Nikon, and, tried to take a few pictures. Meanwhile, the crows had warned all the cats, so they were now all on 2nd story perches, and, I followed the coyote. At about 140 yards, I got two pictures. I tried coming out of the bushes, and bracing against a tree, but, as soon as he/she saw me that coyote bounded into the thick stuff, and was gone.
Nature sure is amazing, and the way it works...
S
People let pets out, think of the coyote as providing Darwin's natural selection.
I've got a coyote that we are pretty sure has been eating catfood we leave out for what we think was an abandoned cat, and our visiting skunk. One morning, crows are going crazy, Coyote is bold as brass, jogging straight to our porch, with eyes on it. Crows scared him off. I ran outside with my 300 mm lens, and Nikon, and, tried to take a few pictures. Meanwhile, the crows had warned all the cats, so they were now all on 2nd story perches, and, I followed the coyote. At about 140 yards, I got two pictures. I tried coming out of the bushes, and bracing against a tree, but, as soon as he/she saw me that coyote bounded into the thick stuff, and was gone.
Nature sure is amazing, and the way it works...
S
grizz
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Umm. Injured rabbit call, .223 caliber rifle, 6 pack of beer.
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