The farmers in this area eradicated coyotes several years ago. They were tired of losing livestock to them. But more were brought back by the wildlife people and hunting them was verboten.
Not now. There aren’t bounties on them but people are allowed to kill them again to keep the numbers down. WAY too many of them.
And some of the females mate with domestic dogs and the offspring - we call them coye-dogs - are more dangerous because they aren’t timid. They’ll come right up to a house.
Several people around here have lost cats or small dogs to coyotes that got into fenced-in yards to snag them. grrrrrrr!!
Just realized it’s stopped raining. Heading to Wally World to get some groceries so I don’t have to do it in the rain tomorrow.
Be back shortly.
“coye-dogs”
“Dogyote” rolls off of the tongue better. ;-)