I was thinking about making a Coyote post last night.
I’m rural. I’m sure a lot of you guys are. But in my rural area, coyotes are carefully tracked and talked about at the street parties, town events and get togethers at the post office.
A pack has been getting closer and closer to my house lately.
You see a little dog like that isn’t a problem. Not even to the family. He wants to avoid us more than we want to avoid him.
It’s the packs that bother everyone. A pack has no fear. The pack is what sees you, stops and gets low, and then the others get WAY closer than they did alone.
I had this last week. A single coyote ran by my door while I was outside. He had a rabbit in his mouth. He dropped it, looked at me, got low. I step off the porch and found 2 more coming up on my left.
Packs are a different ball game. A pack will coordinate to get my 2 year old.
And if I have pets, then I’ll hunt these little bastards down without them encroaching. Because pets are family and if a cat or something in my family is being threatened.
My granddaughter’s corgi was severely mauled in his fenced yard this last weekend. Vet thinks he will likely live. This happened in the Atlanta suburb of Dunwoody. Here in southeast Missouri coyotes are considered pests and are shot on sight.
Pack behavior is for sure a problem with coyotes, a single coyote will rarely go after a calf but a pack will really get after calves. I have seen coyote packs attack a cow having a calf, not a pretty sight.
People in rural areas used to routinely kill coyotes to keep the numbers down because of the pack mentality. Now most people don’t understand nature so think coyotes should be left alone.
People moving to rural areas are even known to feed coyotes, skunks and other critters... a really bad idea.
I live in the middle of Houston and we have coyotes right here. I have seen them in broad daylight. We also have swamp rabbits, possums, armadillos and skunks. So the coyotes have plenty to eat but small dogs and cats disappear from yards all the time.