[Grammy]

Mr G and I heard coyotes last night on our 300 foot walk home from the office. We are considering walking armed at night.

[george76]

Might be a good idea.

We are considering walking armed at night.

[Billthedrill]

I missed your post, sorry. Yes, going armed is not a bad idea, and so is carrying a strong flashlight (Streamlight makes a good one). It's getting dark earlier these days. Light's your first resource - mostly they'll avoid it but when they don't it's nice to have a little friend with you.

It doesn't have to be big enough to hunt them, it only needs to be sufficient for self-defense; that is, short range and big enough to do the job within it. I wouldn't go with anything smaller than .38 special but you don't need to be toting a cannon either. Just my $0.02.