Over the last few years I have noticed some of the coyotes in our rural Illinois area have lost all fear of man. If a predator looks you square on and moves towards you they very well may be sizing you up to attack.
“ Over the last few years I have noticed some of the coyotes in our rural Illinois area have lost all fear of man.”
Here in DuPage one snatched a child’s lunch as he was waiting for the school bus the other day.
And just wait until the Coydogs get started….
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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.
We have a pack of coyotes living down in the green zone behind our neighborhood. They run through the yards every night. Every time the fire trucks roll out of the firehouse down the block and crank up the sirens the whole pack starts howling.