Coyotes prowl for pets in rural area

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I have a friend who has been discovering dead animal parts in her yard. She just spotted the Coyote in her yard last week. It was eying her small dog.

This is in a well populated residential area. We've had two small kids dragged off by coyotes over the past couple of years. One child was rescued the other wasn't.
 
Except for Rattlesnakes and Copperheads I have pretty much a live and let live attitude but when a couple Coyotes chased my dogs up to the house one night they made my shoot on sight list.
 
The Coyotes in my suburban neighborhood are very active in keeping down the cat population. If Fluffy gets out at night its usually history.
 
Coyotes prowl for pets in rural area...

Why yes indeed they do, wish I had a picture, but the buggers will even come up on my deck and try open the lid on my garbage can...

The neighbor has a ton of feral cats this year so I expect the coyotes to be heading into town PDQ...
 
I enjoy Coyote sightings way out in the boonies. I do NOT want Coyotes in my back yard, or even with a half-mile of my back yard. Although most Coyote kills are predation...they've been known to kill without eating what they take...apparently for the fun of it.

They're a fascinating aspect of the ecosystem...but they shouldn't be taken lightly when they show up at the edge of your property.
 
I've had a number of coyotes coming much closer to my home than I appreciate, especially with my 20-month old son running around.

I even had one take a $%^# on my doormat. The next one I see isn't going to last long.:fire:
 


Coyotes are not bad things to have around. After all, they eat cats and poodles.


omitted the "NOT" the first time around.

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Just within the past month, 2 of my cats have been taken by coyotes. The critters have even ventured within 30 yards of my back porch. And neighbors within a mile have also had pets go missing, including more cats, guineas (which I could care less about, and chickens. These things are getting out of hand fast, we've never had a problem until just recently.
 
A yote will pass up a chicken to go after a cat. I surmise it's because they see the cats as competition for the available food resources. When you go out thru the countryside outside of Portland here, you will always see signs where people are looking for their lost kitty. I got news for them; their LOST kitty is now probably yote scat. :eek:
 
walking the dogs...

Walking the dogs for us involves honing our tracking and awareness skills so we know when and where not to cross. In the case that we do come across one of the bastards the Labrador wants to play and the Newfoundland wants to be the alfa. Not a good mix.
Thanks to the progressive politics of Illinois I am not allowed to protect myself, wife or dogs from said wildlife by carrying my .45, so a fairly good sized knife gets sheathed for every adventure.
I am most comfortable with this but am always nervous when the Mrs. takes one of the dogs for a walk alone.

There is push-back taking place here. Chicago cops shot a wild cougar this past spring. Last year a coyote walked into a fast food joint in downtown. In Rockford there are confirmed bobcats taking small pets and a cop in Oswego, just south of my, has a confirmed sighting of bobcat.

Part of me is really enjoying this, but am nervous just how far it will go.

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There is push-back taking place here. Chicago cops shot a wild cougar this past spring. Last year a coyote walked into a fast food joint in downtown. In Rockford there are confirmed bobcats taking small pets and a cop in Oswego, just south of my, has a confirmed sighting of bobcat.

Part of me is really enjoying this, but am nervous just how far it will go.
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I thought you were supposed to give the threatening critter what it wants and it'll go away.
 
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The Coyotes in my suburban neighborhood are very active in keeping down the cat population.
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Coyotes will go out of their way to kill cats... Actually, I think that this is a great "natural" check in areas that are suffering from Cat over population. So, just something to think about for all of you that shoot first and ask questions later.
 
Would they eat, oh, say, an annoying 7 year old neighbor kid? If so, does anyone know where one might buy several coyotes? :evil:
 
Having a 3 year old and a 7 year old (about to turn 8) I take NC's coyote problem pretty seriously and do my part to thin the pack.

I live in rural Alamance Co. and we've had several neighborhood pets disappear.
 
My 22-250 is a yote's worst nightmare and is the best solution I have found for them. When at my families ranch you hear them suprising close to the house at night. They have seen and shot some very near the houses down there.

I think that this is a great "natural" check in areas that are suffering from Cat over population. So, just something to think about for all of you that shoot first and ask questions later.
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many of the folks I know that go after yotes will take out feral cats as well for many of the same reasons.

Also coyote populations are real hard to curb. Around here they trap them, poison them, shoot them from airplanes and they are legal to hunt all year in just about any manner one pleases and the coyotes are still around in sizable numbers.

When I lived in CO they could be spotted in town right in town as well.
 
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Cats are coyotes favorite food......a delicacy so to speak. We have coyotes all over the farm, see them in the front pasture, hear them at night. When I bushhog, they lead the tractor by about 20 yards because they know I'll be scaring up rabbits, etc. They have their place in the grand scheme of things, keeping other smaller animals under control. Interestingly, they don't come near the house, although I have foxes, coons and cats that frequent the back yard. Come to think of it, I haven't seen the cat lately.................
 
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