Posted on 09/04/2009 9:34:19 AM PDT by george76
Frank Gwozdz says coyotes have made a meal out of his livestock so often in the past several months that the farmer is thinking of leaving agriculture.
“They are wiping me out,’’ Gwozdz said ...from his 110-acre farm in Dartmouth in Southeastern Massachusetts.
In the past several months, Gwozdz said, coyotes have killed two cows, four calves, 14 goats, two lambs, two sheep, and numerous geese, ducks, and chickens.
“They are getting bolder and bolder,’’ Gwozdz said of the coyotes...
Gwozdz said he and his family have tried to deter the animals, sometimes by standing guard into the early morning and by erecting a 6-foot high fence around the animal pens.
The coyotes tunneled under the fence and attacked after the humans left.
Gwozdz also has tried to use his emus, large ostrich-like birds he raises, as watchdogs, given the bird’s ferocious kicks and razor sharp nails. But, Gwozdz said, the emus did not protect the goats he put into their pens. Coyotes attacked and killed the smaller animals.
Gwozdz said he has asked the town for help, but...
Laura Hajduk, a biologist with the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife...said the animals are in every community in the state.
She suggested keeping a can with coins in it handy so it can be used to make a noise that intimidates coyotes and can be thrown at them to reinforce the message they need to leave.
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
Want to deter a coyote? Shoot a few. After that, buy a donkey.
Suggestion: get a good guard dog AND a scoped hunting rifle!
“Throw coins”? How bout throwing some .223?
keeping a can with coins so it can be used to make a noise that intimidates coyotes
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I’m more toward the center of MA. I’ve been hearing a lot of coyote action at night. Haven’t actually seen one this year (yet).
Time for some varmint red mist. I suppose it is illegal in Massholetwocraps. Poison meat inside the fence line and high voltage as an alternative.
Just like a New England liberal, don’t solve the problem by eliminating it, just put money in a container and keep thorwing it at them.
Big coyotes to take on full sized cows. Are they sure they’ve identified the correct predator? And how come he doesn’t use poison or explosive bait?
“he has asked the town for help,” Weenie.
What happened to “shoot, shovel, and shut-up?”
When coyotes are hungry, not much will deter them. Years ago we proved that by going out in a field were they frequented. We layed in the bushes, fired our rifles, not trying to hit them, just scare them off. Then we had a rabbit call and called the coyotes back. They had no problem coming back. Rancers around here will shoot them, drag the body around the property and then hang the body on a barbed wire fence. Seems to work for them. He would have to check the laws in his county. Shaking a can full of coins is an idiots way of handling the problem.
Uhhhhh, we shoot em here in Texas. Use the coins for beer and BBQ after the hunt.
1080.
Oh wait! That has been banned by the US Gov.
I prefer a snare on a hole in the fence around the sheep pasture.
You can call them in at night with a tape recorder until you weed out the dumb ones.
Unbelievable!
Laura sounds like she might be Jennifer’s sister but Laura had to travel to points East to find a state that would hire her.
I’ve thrown small pieces of copper at coyotes but they weren’t coins, they had a lead core and were very effective. Once administered the coyotes’ tunneling days were over and their friends decided it was best to go elsewhere.
Use the coins for beer and BBQ after the hunt.
LOL
We hear them all the time in our neighborhood. When they start up at night, we do a cat count and make sure they’re all inside. They don’t bother the horses, and our border collies seem to keep them off the property itself. So we leave them be.
If they get pushy, well - so can we. Triple ‘S’ time.
Likely find out that there is maybe one or a pair of culprits doing the killing. They can be weeded out very easily.
You can leave them lay where they fall or leave them where they are digging under the fence, but if you hang them on the fence, that is displaying a carcass and it can get you some mega fines in most states.
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