(NY)11-pound Lhasa apso is carried off into woods (Coyote Alert!)

The Associated Press ^

[joesnuffy]

They aren't too good for your house pets, but I've always been intrigued by coyotes. There's something about a smart, cunning animal like a coyote that's always fascinated me.

Yes filthy stinking vicious diseased predators are always intriguing......that's exactly why liberals protect them and their two legged versions....

I am so intrigued that I can hardly wait try out my new Ruger .204 with Hornady V-Maxs on their filthy no good varmint hides... :)

[Labyrinthos]

I'm not even sure you can fire any kind of firearm off range or outside the boundries of a rod & gun club in Westchester County. The issue in Westchester County is not so much anti-gun as it is population density, particularly in the lower and central parts of the County. Athough there is lots of open space in the northern part of the County, the space is owned by the super wealthy, who have successfully lobbied against hunting by firearm so that they can hunt with horse and hound.

[r9etb]

Have you ever thought about asking him?

Nah -- he'd just launch into one of those interminable doggy "I'm a big hero" stories.

[underbyte]

Local police shot a rabid coyote next to my mailbox couple of years ago. My wife saw it shot 5 min after my 3 year old daughter and I left on an errand.

Local friend took his six mo old terrier out for a 10 pm walk and a coyote snatched him not 20 ft from him and ran into the woods same month that the rabid one was shot, probably same pack.

Lots of leghold traps to make sure you get them all they are dangerous to have around.

[absalom01]

Wow! That's some kind of overkill!

Heh. Our neighborhood is right next to a few hundred square miles of prime coyote habitat, and I always advise new (human) neighbors to keep their little doggies and kitties inside -- part of our friendly little welcome wagon around here. Some listen, most don't, and the local Coyotes grow fat and happy.

BTW, I've been told, (though I wouldn't have any personal knowledge on account of the fact that discharging a firearm in these parts would be, uh, illegal) that a .22lr or .22 hornet is plenty for those arrogant Coyotes who haven't learned the proper fear of humankind and walk right up to you. IMHO, those are the only ones who need shootin', but as always, YMMV.

[12GA]

We really are two separate states, aren't we.

[r9etb]

More like suburbia is moving into the coyotes area.

Think about it ... suburbia is a perfect place for coyotes. Plenty of tasty garbage to eat, and easy-to-catch fresh pet meat if they have a yen for something raw. Lots of nice dry places to build a den. No competition, except from the odd skunk, cat, or car...

It's not at all surprising they'd move into suburbia.

[Eala]

It's actually going both ways. Population pressures are also pushing cougars deep into suburban areas such as Redmond, WA, where there had been no cougars for decades.

[Puppage]

suburbia is a perfect place for coyotes

I never said it wasn't.

[China Clipper]

I agree. These are nothing but "potential coat ruffs" in my mind as well.

[Labyrinthos]

We really are. Fortunately I don't live in Westchester Co.

[12GA]

Even nasty varmints like coyotes don't deserve to suffer. IMHO a .22lr would not ensure a clean kill - especially in the terrain that I hunt. Most the time there is some element of brush in the way which would easily deflect a .22 round.

[Kenny Bunk]

Stick to you principles, 12 GA. Leave the Thutty-Thutty in the closet and load your Iver Johnson with # 4 buck. Or better yet, get yourself one of those German drillings with 12-bore on top and .270 on the bottom.

Unfortunately, I have seen plenty of Coyotes, Coy-Dogs, or whatever the hell they are, but never when I was armed!

[SENTINEL]

Chesty eats lhasa apsos for breakfast and coyotes for lunch.

[Bikers4Bush]

Glad you and your family weren't hurt. I agree, very dangerous.

I saw one dead by the road the other day. I knew they were in the area but I wasn't sure how close to my home. This one was only five miles away.

Needless to say I don't even leave the bigger of my two dogs out after dark on her run unattended and I keep something next to the back door just in case.

[Born Conservative]

Believe it or not, poodles are fearless. We had a toy poodle when I was a kid, and he went after a doberman once (and lived to tell about it; the doberman was a wimp).

[scouse]

A pet dog was killed and carried into the woods by a coyote that jumped a fence into a back yard in Westchester

Kid's stuff. Down here in Fl. we have alligators that just love canines. We used to have a 'gator that lived in one of the lakes on the golf course. One day while playing golf,about 5 years ago, we saw a man, who had lately moved here from NY, nailing a poster to a tree. We drove the golf carts over to see what he was posting. He told us that every night he let his daschhund out to run around the golf course. He said his dog loved the freedom to run around when course was empty but the previous night the dog never returned. We never had the heart to tell him the truth and we drove away wishing him all the best in his search.

[pnz1]

Our dog was a stray, we caught her trying (without success)to play with a skunk the way she plays with our cat. Ick... Hopefully she's learned they are NOT cats.

[12GA]

No gators for 12GA!

[Charles Martel]

I'd be mighty tempted to try out one of those "wounded cottontail rabbit" predator calls - and a .17 Hornady Rimfire Magnum. That little bullet is said to make one heck of a mess when it meets Mr. Coyote.