Coyotes prowl for pets in rural area

[Jeff F]

They are getting pretty thick out here where I live. I've killed three in my yard so far this year. The first one was stalking the wifes little terrier, I happened to be looking out the bedroom window and see it going down and was able to grab a shotgun just in time. We just found out a couple months ago that an old Japanese lady up the road a ways has been feeding them at night.

 

[Oana]

We just found out a couple months ago that an old Japanese lady up the road a ways has been feeding them at night.

Lesson #1: DON'T FEED THE WILDLIFE!

 

[loneviking]

Here's a fantastic coyote load that will really turn their heads around!

http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/66291-7381-110.html

 

[Ridgerunner665]

They are sometimes pack hunters...

I enjoy hunting (shooting is a better term) coyotes...but I also admire their adaptability.

I have seen what four 35lb. coyotes can do to a 80 lb Treeing Walker (coonhound)...they killed him. Just like they do anything else (deer, pigs, calves)...1 or 2 will get the attention of they prey animal....2 more will hamstring it (the large tendon running down the hind leg of all 4 legged critters)...its crippled that fast.

I have seen them do the same to calves weighing nearly 200 lbs.

1 or 2 will distract momma...3 more will go after the calf...they are very efficient hunters, and they will eat damn near anything if they are hungry.

That said...they are no match for a well placed bullet fired from a looooong way off....easy pickin.

 

[moojpg2]

coyotes are bigger around here

even big dogs like wolf hounds and newfies aren't so safe around here in western ma, the coyotes around here seem to be on steroids or something, i know people who have killed yotes that were damn near 80lbs and most of the ones i've seen around here weren't much smaller than my german wire haired pointer, i've seen big deer carcasses, turkey, and a couple years ago they killed and partially ate a fully grown dairy cow on a local farm

mass wildlife was kind enough to extend the last season and there has been less of a problem

 

[Ridgerunner665]

season???

Its year around no limit here...

The biggest I have killed was 53 lbs.

 

[moojpg2]

well here in taxachusetts there's a season, i don't think our anti gun legislature could handle all of us crazy gun nuts running around the woods year around :banghead:

 

[H088]

They come all over where I live, I don't care. They were here first, usually they kill old turkeys but I did see one have a dead ca.

I bring my pets in at night so its a none issue.

 

[U.S.SFC_RET]

When I was stationed in Ft Lewis, Washington State.
Yep I had a cat, lazy thing and I hated it. That lazy cat would do nothing but lay in wait until you walked by and meow it's a@@ off at you until you fed it constantly. I would let it out and wouldn't you know it a coyote had it for supper.
All of that kinetic energy from the fat of that cat went from that lazy shiftless cat straight to that momma coyote. Silence in that house after that cat was gone was music to my ears.

P.S and I thought Coyotes were useless.

 

[MDW GUNS]

See moojpg2, you should catch some of those coyoties and let them out in the Boston Common (town park)!
I bet you, that would change gun politics in Boston!

 

[Pilot]

Coyotes are all over the suburbs in Colorado. A coyote jumped over my sisters six foot high backyard fence and snatched their cat in a matter of seconds.

Absolutely. My house is adjacent to open space in the back that's an easement and walking/biking trail so there's a lot of space for Coyotes to roam. I've seen them staring at my dog in our fenced in yard. He's a big dog, so they've never tried to jump the fence to get at him, but at night he's rarely out unsupervised and the back yard is well lit. Very few outdoor cats in our neighborhood if any.

 

[Bubbles]

My male GSD weighs 105 pounds. Last year he ran down and killed a coyote that had been in our back yard. I know that they normally travel in packs, but just saw the one. The time from when the dog saw the coyote, to when the coyote was dead, was maybe eight seconds.

By the time I realized what had happened, that danged dog was prissy-trotting back to the house - if you've seen a happy GSD you know what I mean.

 

[ZeSpectre]

Well this is interesting reading. We had a large fox population move in to my old neighborhood and it created quite a dent in the feral and domestic cat population...wonder what a few 'yotes would have done.

 

[MD_Willington]

Not normally pack hunters, but there's documentation of females in estrus going into a neighborhood to scent mark and lure the male dogs to the waiting pack. Shrewd critters...

Yep, have seen this here in SE WA, my friends dog was being "lead a stray" buy such a female, his place is higher up than where the other coyotes were waiting and he could see what was going on. He put an end to that situation pretty quick though.

 

[Cyclimus]

When I take my dog for walks in a park systems around here, we have a habit of going off-path so to speak and every now and then I'll spot coyote tracks and I live in a very built up area (city/suburb). They're getting too used to us. I figure a few .40SW JHP will handle any coyote I come across should it get aggressive.

On a related note, I used to help a buddy of mine take out coyotes on a cattle farm not five miles from my house and that was about 7 or 8 years ago. Heard that our mountain lion and wolf populations are getting big here too. Might start taking the AR with me on walks

 

[dogrunner]

My Walkers have caught and killed 'em in the Ocala National Forest, Florida....That said, I've a friend with Beagles that's had 'em injured by Coyotes. Funny thing is that when jumped they run more like a deer than anything, but put a good pack of hot running Walkers on 'em & theyre dead meat! Once the first dog tumbles one the other'sl pull it apart in double quick time!