The animal lovers view coyotes as beautiful fuzzy wild animals and believe they should coexist because coyotes were here first. The coyote is a very intelligent animal that view populated areas where they're not bothered as an easy meal ticket.
“I go out every morning with rocks in my pockets, tennis shoes on, mace on my neck, a whistle on my neckand a foghorn on my leash, and I still don’t feel safe,”
They’re called “handguns”, ma’am. And they’re perfect for dealing with all kinds of predators both four legged and two legged. Look into them.
That’s why silencers must be allowed...the report hurts my dogs ears.
i would be scared too if i didn’t have my firearms. i’d shoot the damn things if they attacked, i don’t care what the government says.
I live in the western suburbs of of Chicago and the coyotes here have absolutely no fear of man whatsoever. None.
Wait till they start inter breeding with feral dogs.
“I go out every morning with rocks in my pockets, tennis shoes on, mace on my neck, a whistle on my neck and a foghorn on my leash, and I still don’t feel safe.”
Throw all that other stuff away and buy a pistol.
I told them to send him my way. Maybe he can thin out the possums and raccoons in our trees.
Too stupid to carry the ONE thing that can save her and her pets life!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/27/AR2010042705323.html
Rick Perry knows what to do about coyotes.
In California, they’re probably registering them to vote.
Our neighbors have had cats and small dogs go missing.
A few months ago I was up at dawn and watched one coyote jump the fence from the neighbors yard into ours.
While he stood watching at attention, five or six other coyotes jumped the same fence and quickly spread out and canvassed our yard entire looking for food or prey.
The look out coyote then bolted and jumped the fence into the next yard and was followed by the rest.
The whole thing took less than 30 seconds for a very large yard.
Guess we know why we don't see stray cats like we used to
We have a ton of Coyotes here in Tucson and they scare easily. Don’t leave your pets alone outside and this won’t happen. Here Wildcats are a bigger nuisance to pets than coyotes!!
What these folks in urban areas need is a 25 cal pellet gun: quiet, subsonic and the PETA neighbors next door will never know what happened to those cute coyotes.
Intelligent is not a strong enough word to describe coyotes.
They are nature’s tacticians. They scheme, use teamwork, feign friendliness, yet are utterly ruthless. The Native American saying about them is very accurate:
“Never trust a coyote”. They are the definition of cunning.
Oddly enough, east of the Mississippi, there have been confirmed sightings of what are called “Coy-Wolves”, a hybrid coyote and wolf. Typically wolves with kill coyotes, but somehow they crossbred. Wolves have about the same raw intelligence as a five year old child, or maybe more. And combined with the attributes of a coyote, you have a dangerous thing.
The Dept of Interior, in a rare bit a clarity, has issued a “shoot on sight” order for Coy-Wolves, as they have been described as “the canine equivalent of a leopard” as far as their risk to humans.
The *only* means to confront or engage a coyote should be with bullets. Unless you typically carry a good quality Katana with you.
I personally have had a coyote run across the front of my truck as I was returning from a late night class. This was in the inner sunset area near Grand View park. I thought that was the strangest dog I ever saw so I followed him. He ran up the slope of Grand View park( basically a hilltop green area). I drove my truck over the park curb and lit him up with my brights. Sure enough a large healthy coyote was staring back at me.
We have all kinds of critters in our area. They tend to take care of themselves if you don’t screw with the pecking order of things.
Instead of rocks in your pockets try a Keltec PMR 30 on you hip. Blast the little so and so’s.
I popped one out back with a 410, 3” 5 pellet buck shot. Havent’ seen one since.
A few months ago we lost a Shih Tzu to Coyotes.
We have almost every night visits by Coyotes up in the area between the Horse corrals, and the Barn. We see their prints in the loose soil in the mornings.
Our last Donkey passed away last December, or we probably wouldn’t have the Coyotes so brazenly running around the yard at night.
We keep the little critters kenneled at night not only due the Coyotes, but the birds of prey as well. If the area wasn’t growing I’d sit up, and shoot the b-stards, but there are too many homes around here now, and more being built.
We really wish for the old days when it was just us, and a couple of others out here surrounded by Orange groves. Orange groves are all gone now, and more homes in most all directions around us. Still rural, but not like it was.