The call of the wily, As Jersey's coyotes howl, officials pose two questions

star ledger ^ | November 20, 2007 | BRIAN T. MURRAY

[sionnsar]

In Seattle, they were on subway cars,"

That's REALLY wily!! Seattle doesn't have any "subways"!!

(But in the 80s or 90s one did get into an elevator car in the federal building downtown...)

[Publius]

In Seattle, they were on subway cars," Burnett said.

Here in Seattle, we don't have subway cars. All we have is a bus tunnel. What's he talking about?

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Someone needs to teach those New Jersey kids how to shoot!

[elcid1970]

Coyotes: you see ‘em, you kill ‘em.

You kill ‘em, you skin ‘em.

Leave the skinned carcasses where you last saw ‘em.

Coyotes aren’t stupid. They quickly learn where they aren’t wanted. Their own dead are proof, and they move on.

[vetvetdoug]

I gave a Mississippi coyote an enema with a .308 last week. The vultures have enjoyed my gift all week.

[JerseyHighlander]

Up in northwest Jersey the coyote population has completely wiped out the remnant fox population. I haven’t seen a fox in 5 years, and where foxes once were there are now coyotes.

in northeast Jersey the coyotes have literally moved into the office parks and condo developments. it’s illegal to hunt in those areas and the property owners have no reason to pay for the services of wildlife disposal experts to remove the population. Heck, the old MSNBC world HQ in Fort Lee NJ, directly across from Manhattan, has a resident coyote population.

[whitedog57]

We live in Phoenix on a park/nature preserve. Aside from the coyotes eating all the rabbits in the park, they also eat all the cats and small dogs. They gather behind our house and sing, if you call it that, at 3-4am. Yipping and howling, usually after tearing some cat to shreds. Always great to be awakened by the blood-curdling scream of a cat, rabbit or dog.

PEAT loves them. I hate the damn things.

[discostu]

Heck in Tucson they use the wash system as a freeway, coyotes are everywhere, I see them all the time. If you actually like your pets you keep them inside, especially at night. Heck even outside of coyote country you do that, owls, cars, snake, there’s a lot of stuff out there to kill domesticated animals.

[WLR]

$25 a tail... Problem Solved.

W

[Sherman Logan]

"Is it because they adapted to the environment out here -- because it's colder -- or is there more to it?" Kays asks.

New Jersey is colder than Montana?

I don't think so!

[Jaysun]

I used to shoot coyotes in Texas but the only time I’d see them is when they were attacking cows or chickens and that was at night. I don’t think I’ve ever seen one “in the wild”.

[Sherman Logan]

Western coyotes rarely take on the whitetail.

Perhaps because they have mule deer out West, not whitetails.

[Bringbackthedraft]

New Jersey is colder than Montana?

I don’t think so! .................. It sure felt like it back in 62’ in Wrightstown.

[HiJinx]

Western coyotes rarely take on the whitetail.

Perhaps because they have mule deer out West, not whitetails.

Actually, we do have whitetail deer out here...all over. And I have seen coyotes take on our whitetail. I'll tell you something else - I've heard coyotes mimicking the cry of calf elk, trying to lure them away from the herd for a midnight snack.

The writer is a bit misinformed.

[Eska]

Just be glad you’re not dealing with wolves.

[pallis]

Years ago, when coyotes were hunted, trapped and poisoned out of areas of New Mexico and West Texas, the deer and rabbit populations exploded. Ranchers down around Silver City and Deming, New Mexico had a real problem with rabbits eating all the grass, and the stretch of I-10 from San Antonio to Big Horn was littered with deer carcasses. I don’t know how things are around Jersey or Seattle, but in the Southwest, it pays to keep a few coyotes around, which doesn’t seem to be a problem now that they’ve quit poisoning them. While elk hunting in Northern New Mexico earlier this week, I noticed that the coyotes didn’t start their runs until well after sundown, and they ended them about two hours before daylight. I would guess that the varmint hunters have them well trained.

[DocH]

Great idea...

rudy sopRINO, "Knucklehead' kerik, and the rest of da gang can move in to Jersey and whack deez so-called "coyotes".

RINO-rudy for BRONX Dog Catcher!!!

Better yet...

RINO-rudy for Jersey COYOTE Whacker!!!

ANYTHING but RINO-rudy for REPUBLICAN President!!!

[Does so]

I’ve read that wolves will kill coyote pups—being competitors for the same prey.

[Sherman Logan]

I used to live out West. Mule deer, no whitetails. It turns out their range overlaps in much of the West, but I was basing my statement on personal experience, which was in the non-overlapping areas.

Mea culpa.