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Plenty of fat rats in the City.

There was a story/documentary some time back of who-knows-which-station about the ‘coyotes’ in the City. I don’t remember if they ever mentioned that they were really coywolves, not true coyotes. If I remember corectly they managed to trank one and put a radio collar on him/her. They were surprised to find how far it roamed but also how successful it was at remaining out of sight.

I find that when they are roaming through here it is only rarely that I will be able to catch the glow of their eyes in my flashlight beam. They have gotten brazen and come up almost to the back door and howled - that was an interesting night (it was under the cedar tree which is about 30 feet from the back door.) More often they stay out in the fields just out of flashlight range and if one looks my way such that I catch a glimpse of its eyes it is only a fleeting sight - not long enough to get a pelt. If of course I had an implement that could assist in that endeavor. Unfortunately there was this accident.. ;-)

As an aside, NY requires you to have a hunting license to off varmints on your property..