Another reason open carry is a good idea.
California would let coyotes eat 1,000 people and it still wouldn’t budge off its doctrine of keeping citizens defenseless. The idiots here pass initiatives to let the cute wild kitties and doggies roam free in populated areas without a moments thought as to what it means for their kids or pets. Cat carcasses are now common in towns on the San Fran peninsula.
You don’t really need a gun to scare off a coyote though. Would make it pretty easy tho :)
two hikers, apparently adults, with two dogs against one coyote...you know coyotes are not that big....
Or concealed carry for that matter. I always carry (concealed) when I walk my dogs, and pretty much everywhere else I go where it is not prohibited.