A friend in a metro NC area was in a wooded area behind suburban houses, checking his trail cam. He saw young children playing in their back yards.
Out of the corner of his eye he noticed movement. A coyote was rushing him. A battle ensued, with my buddy kicking and stomping the animal. He managed to kill the thing.
Exhausted from the struggle, he thought no one would believe him, and went to his vehicle to get his cellphone. He also grabbed his hunting knife.
When he returned to the site where his trail cam was, he couldn’t find the body. Then he saw the dead coyote running down the hill for another attack. Again, he kicked & stomped it to death. Then he sliced its throat to make sure it stayed dead, and strung it up in a tree.
He called animal control. They determined the critter was rabid. My friend didn’t get injuries enough to need rabies shots. The city newspaper did a story about his ordeal. He now carries his knife & a gun into the woods.
Lately I’ve spent a few nights at my mom’s house. Being a restless sleeper I will sometimes go outside for a smoke.
Lately I’ve been hearing coyotes yipping and yapping not far off in the distance. I’ve tried to warn my mom about them but she won’t believe me. She says I’m hearing her neighbors dogs. Her neighbors dogs are pen kept and don’t move miles in a couple of hours.
Last Friday I heard what I took as several coyotes taking down a calf. Cows were bellowing and snorting then silence.
Most of the cattle owners have donkeys with their cattle now. The ones that don’t are losing a lot of calves.
Wow! That is quite an ordeal...your friend is one tough hombre!
He should get rabies shots anyway. It can be transmitted through the mouth or eyes not just bites. Rabies is nearly always fatal and can be dormant for years before it goes acute.
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/animal-bites-and-rabies
I have a friend who did rabies research. It’s much more common in wild animals now than in the past because of Hav-A-heart traps. People trap rabid animals and move them into new areas.