We will likely never see him again (the coyote/wolf). They generally don’t come out in the day time. The fact that we saw him mid morning makes me wonder about his health. However, he looked exceptionally healthy. The only time I’ve ever seen coyote here before was in the spring after a hard winter. They are skinny and mangy looking then.
This animal was so good looking that you have to wonder if he was somebody’s mixed breed dog. That would tear me up — to shoot somebody’s dog. But, it would tear me up worse to have something happen to my sweet, senior Golden Retriever.
The rabid coon I blasted in August looked ‘very healthy’ too...except for the part where she was attacking my dogs in my back yard in broad daylight.
The two ‘babies’ I found in the lane..well, not so much.
They were pretty far gone and easy to dispatch.
She was a bit of effort.
Better safe than sorry and if it’s somebody’s roaming dog mix that would hurt your sweet old pup, to me, there’s not a dime’s worth of difference.
It’s all about “mine vs. theirs” and I’ll pick ~mine~ any day.
If you’re really worried, fire a shot into the ground near it but not hitting it.
Whatever it may be, that will dissuade it from coming back.
Keep in mind the ones who stalked my dad did it around 2PM on a summer day with more than enough natural prey in the area.