Coyotes, such as the one pictured above, are being spotted in New Berlin. One attacked a poodle on Oct. 22 near its home.
Posted on 11/05/2015 9:54:05 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
New Berlin —In the wake of the Oct. 22 attack on a Bichon poodle in which a coyote carried the dog off but later dropped it, New Berlin police say they have information about what to do in coyote encounters.
In the Oct. 22 incident, the dog was near a patio when it was snatched up and the dog owner was actually on the patio. He and his teenage son gave chase making noise and finally the coyote dropped the dog who needed stitches to close its wounds.
The attack was the only one that police Capt. Michael Glider said he was aware of here. However, many city residents have seen coyotes in their yards and elsewhere, he said.
Police have information from the Humane Society of the United States on how to scare off a coyote. The advice involves making as much noise and commotion as possible.
Never run away
The society also emphasizes that people should never run away from a coyote.
Yell and wave your arms, use noisemakers such as whistles, air horns, bells, soda cans filled with pennies or dead batteries, or bang pots and pans together, the society advises in its "Coyote Hazing Guidelines." All these methods are called hazing.
It also says a more aggressive approach might be needed such as throwing sticks, small rocks, cans, tennis balls and rubber balls at them.
"Try squirting them with hoses, water guns with vinegar water, spray bottles with vinegar water, pepper spray, bear repellant or walking sticks," the guidelines say.
If a coyote has not been hazed before, he might not run away immediately.
Step up the effort
"If this happens, you might need to walk towards the coyote and increase the intensity of your hazing," it says. "If the coyote does run away, he might stop after a distance and look back at you. It's important to continue to haze the coyote until he leaves the area completely."
The guidelines say these methods also should be used if a dog walker spots a coyote. However, the guidelines advise picking up the dog, if possible, or placing him behind you. Then blow a whistle or air horn at it, squirt him with a squirt gun, yell and wave your arms, use a homemade noisemaker and throw things at it.
These methods can be used even for a group of coyotes because there is usually one dominant animal who will respond and the others will follow.
People might need to use several methods before the animals are scared off. The coyotes might come back after a single hazing but seldom come back after two, the guidelines say. Also, the coyotes must see the person doing the hazing. Trying to scare them from a car, a house or from behind a bush is ineffective.
Bow hunting allowed
Bow hunters in rural areas of New Berlin might consider shooting coyotes, as there is open season on them. However, they would have to meet city hunting requirements, Glider said. In general that includes being 100 yards away from buildings and shooting toward the ground, he said, but homeowners should check with police.
Coyotes can't be hunted with a gun because city ordinances do not allow firing a gun, except in self-defense or to defend a family member. However, Glider said that exception probably would hold for fending off an attack on a pet, although he advised against using a gun.
"You would have to be pretty good at what you're doing or you would end up shooting your pet," he said.
Coyotes, such as the one pictured above, are being spotted in New Berlin. One attacked a poodle on Oct. 22 near its home.
Doggie ping. Is this good advice? My neighborhood does allow shooting on large plots of property (over 10 acres).
Ping!
Or just shoot the @#$%ing thing with your handgun.
Coyotes (and wolves) increasing their presence in suburban Milwaukee. Does this advice from New Berlin work?
FReep Mail me if you want on, or off, this Wisconsin interest ping list.
Bear spray? Thirty foot range.
Depends on the neighborhood. You have to live on 10 acres, or more, in certain designated ag districts to be allowed to hunt varmints with a gun.
Can't tell you how many times I've had one of those on me.
Be prepared to follow through and beat the beastie with a shillehleigh or hickory stick. They’ll run when they see you mean business. He’s a dog killer and will have to be shot.
You could throw a lead ball at them, at 900fps or maybe even faster.
“Try squirting them with hoses....walking sticks”
I’d like to see the mechanics of this.
Also a sock full of nickles works pretty good to. If your wife still uses ammonia to clean, that mixed with water in a squirt gun will make any animal run away from you. I know this works from experience. My brother and I use to deliver newspapers and we needed something to scare away dogs that bothered us. It was my mom who came up with the idea. It works very well.
Biden says fire a blast into the air with your 12 gauge.
I haze coyotes with my rifle and then we hang the carcass on the barb wire fence as a warning to the others. I don’t know if that last part works or not but people around here say it does so we do it.
“Yell and wave your arms, use noisemakers such as whistles, air horns, bells, soda cans filled with pennies or dead batteries, or bang pots and pans together, the society advises in its “Coyote Hazing Guidelines.” All these methods are called hazing. “........
IMO.........There are a few permanent ways to be rid of coyotes, poison, bullets (includes shotgun pellets) and arrows, all others a just “temporary” measures.
“Yell and wave your arms, use noisemakers such as whistles, air horns, bells, soda cans filled with pennies or dead batteries, or bang pots and pans together, the society advises in its “Coyote Hazing Guidelines.” All these methods are called hazing. “........
IMO.........There are a few permanent ways to be rid of coyotes, poison, bullets (includes shotgun pellets) and arrows, all others a just “temporary” measures.
“The advice involves making as much noise and commotion as possible.”
BANG! is the one “loud noise” they omitted...
If it doesn't and starts coming towards you, is it ok to try and run away then? Climbing a tree might work.......
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