Posted on 04/27/2011 10:46:47 AM PDT by altura
Anyone who has the opportunity to get a CHL in Texas an doesn’t should.....
To easy to get such an carry when out an about here.
If she’s of age a small .22 snub like the SW317 is a great little trail rig if that is all she is concerned with is two legged threats ....
Good luck an stay safe...
mmmmm...puppy
the other white meat
Seriously, she needs to find another place to walk
Wile E. may be waiting tomorrow, with friends
Coyotes have killed humans. This poor gal was mauled to death and she wasn’t even walking an appetizer on a leash
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/story/2010/05/06/ns-coyote-caution-cape-breton.html
What is it with people????
Oh yea. Also if its a two legged predator they are going to the E.R. because it doesnt wash off..Won’t be hard to locate that person.
Believe it or not sling-shots are outlawed by ordinance in some towns.
I’ve lived in the LA foothills all my life, and for as long as I can remember, Coyotes will “take a look” at a solo walker/hiker/dog combination. Sometimes they can be aggressive, as when in a pack. But, for the past many decades, I’ve found that invariably they can be dissuaded from hanging around by simply bending over to pick up a rock. I seldom get the chance to launch it at the canid, as they generally scoot. If they don’t, I’ve never seen one hang around for a second rock. My scairdy-cat dogs always insist on going straight home after encountering a ‘yote, though.
But a strap gives a certain peace of mind that geology may not, if she would consider it.
They have pretty much killed or chased off the turkeys and might be going after fawns.
Usually they leave you alone but sometimes they get aggressive. So do the deer for that matter.
Just to make things interesting some locals like to let their large, mean dogs loose there overnight as well.
A firearm would be the best bet but I haven't needed one so far. I carry a good knife and try to keep a large walking stick with me.
Recently the cleaning crew has had encounters with them around our dumpster. They always go to it in pairs now and I know one of them carries.
The worst encounter I had was not with a coyote but a K-9 dog. I heard it coming and thought sure it would attack. I grabbed my knife but the stood still with my arms folded and the knife hidden. The officer got there pretty quick but I was so shaken I angrily told him that if his dog had attacked the knife would have been in his neck. He apologized and we later would sometimes meet during my walk and laugh about the incident. I think he has retired, I don't see him there anymore.
well, he’s from Arizona.
*I believe you meant that the suburbs are moving into the coyotes....
Gimme a break people. A coyote is nothing. That puppy will be plenty enough deterrent to a coyote once it grows up. I could take on a coyote with my bare hands.
http://www.midwayusa.com/viewproduct/?productnumber=344219
The people that have reintroduced mountain, wolves and coyotes into our mountains and woods think your daughter is the one with on right to be there..
I don’t know about that. I once had a coyote standing on the steps to my back deck, coming after my dog who was tied to the deck (we lived on a golf course).
When I went to the door to see what the commotion was all about, the coyote just stood still, staring me down. I’ll admit, the coyote ran when I shouted at it and stepped forward. A coyote did kill another dog that was tied down in a yard along the golf course. (the course obviously was not very busy).
a shotgum
I had one of these things looking at my little girls once- you have no idea what kind of a feeling that gives you... when an animal is stalking your children
It was dead that day
“Yeah, my daughter-in-law carries because she walks her dog in the Davis Mountains, but I never thought my daughter would encounter one right by a city in Grapevine, Texas.”
I would call Grapevine “semi-rural”.
Just because there’s a mall, subdivisions, etc, doesn’t change that fact.
Did you ever see Grapevine twenty years ago?
The coyotes have re-grouped, they are multiplying with horrifying birth rates, they have no respect for the borders of Grapevine, and they have the ACLU backing them up all the way.
\sarc
But only a little.
The suburbs are moving into coyote land.
A .22 revolver is the best defense but I am guessing it probably isn’t legal. In the old days, certainly. Today, I doubt the law allows a child to carry a loaded .22 around. If the law allows for that, that is your best bet.
If not, then the Wasp spray is a good idea. I would also get her a blank firing .22 starter gun, which is not illegal for her to carry. It migh make enough of a loud noise to scare a coyote away.
Pending that, what about a higher powered pump pellet gun. That is pretty unwieldy to sling a pellet rifle over your back, but at least it would give a coyote something to think about getting hit by a pellet from a pump rifle.
I don’t like the slingshot idea. Holding the puppy, she won’t have 2 hands free. Slingshots don’t come loaded and you don’t want to drop your steel ball and take your eyes off the coyote looking for it.
.22 revolver if possible is the best.
Then Wasp spray & starter gun or other noise maker.
Then pellet gun of some sort.
I had a coyote problem at my small farm here in semi-rural western Washington. They kept killing my chickens.
Besides the weapon idea, which is a good one but brings other problems. Your daughter can get an adult dog to accompany them on their walks. I bought one of these; http://www.cowboydogtrainer.com/index.htm
My McNab is now almost two and since he was 8 months old, he knows when a coyote is anywhere close and he goes to work. Haven’t lost a chicken since. The dog is a house pet and he can be asleep at my feet while I’m Freeping, he’ll wake if a coyote comes close to our property, it is magical how he knows.
The dog fits well with other pets and the family, the McNab is extremely intelligent and wants to please to a fault. Your daughter would never be accosted again. But of course her pup will grow and the coyote will not be a problem unless the coyote is suffering from rabies or late term distemper, then the weapon option becomes even more viable. LOL!
He said he user a Ruger LCP with a CT laser sight on it ot kill the coyote. I have the same setup I carry in a wallet type holster, it is a very light, handy gun and the laser makes it easy to hit with. I carry mine loaded with Winchester PDX1 rounds. The new gen .380 ammo is very good compared to what was available just a few years ago. I would confidently use it on a coyote if I had to.
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