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Posted on 08/07/2022 10:19:13 PM PDT by xxqqzz
Coyotes have become practically ubiquitous across the lower 48 United States, and they’re increasingly turning up in cities. The draws are abundant food and green space in urban areas.
At first these appearances were novelties, like the hot summer day in 2007 when a coyote wandered into a Chicago Quiznos sub shop and jumped into the beverage cooler. Within a few years, however, coyote sightings became common in the Bronx and Manhattan. In 2021 a coyote strolled into a Los Angeles Catholic school classroom. They’re also appearing in Canadian cities.
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“Control them? How about eliminate them? They serve no purpose!”
Actually, they kill rats, mice, and feral cats. Also pet cats of course, but you can always get a new one. An article said 1/3 of the diet of urban coyotes was cats.
Coyotes are here to stay in North American cities – here’s how to appreciate them from a distance
08/07/2022 4:06:09 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 100 replies
ktla ^
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4083835/posts
They call those “Lurchers”.
I’d have grabbed it and made a pet of it.
;D
Nope.
A pack stalked my dad in broad daylight.
The only time in his life he didn’t have a gun on him, he’d gone up on the ridge to fill the deers’ apple bin.
He didn’t dare turn his back on them so he had to walk backwards down 100 yards of stony ridge, never taking his eyes off of them.
They kept coming right up until the time he got to his truck and pulled out his Browning.
As soon as they saw the rifle, they took off.
Too savvy for their own good.
People do and they also seem to be doing a great job taking themselves out on the interstates.
First one I ever saw, I pulled off the highway to go check for license tags on the “German Shepherd” I thought someone had hit, only to find myself staring at a huge coywolf.
Let’s see, how to appreciate them from a distance?
With a scoped rifle.
It’s a potential problem for me. Being an amateur astronomer, I need to get out in the country under dark skies if I want to see more than planets and bright stars. Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin are definitely coyote country.
Also sightings of possible mountain lions an even a bear.
Part of my astronomy gear anymore is my 9mm handgun.
Better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it…
Bow and arrow?
Crossbow?
My go to is a Savage 110 Predator Max in .223 with a Nikon 3-12 calibrated to .223 load of a 55 grain boat tail and a Harris bipod. Add in a Nikon rangefinder and it’s a done deal.
This looks good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YPS00lU7rQ
“Thermal Predator Hunting | 45 Coyotes Down with the IR Hunter MKIII” South Dakota
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Epic thermal predator hunting footage from O’Neill Ops. 45 coyotes down captured through the Trijicon IR Hunter MKIII 35m thermal scope.
Why do we hunt coyotes?
Coyotes are presently the most abundant livestock predators in western North America, causing the majority of sheep, goat, and cattle losses. For example, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service, coyotes were responsible for 60.5% of the 224,000 sheep deaths attributed to predation in 2004.The total number of sheep deaths in 2004 comprised 2.22% of the total sheep and lamb population in the United States, which, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA report, totaled 4.66 million and 7.80 million heads respectively as of July 1, 2005. Because coyote populations are typically many times greater and more widely distributed than those of wolves, coyotes cause more overall predation losses. The United States government agents routinely shoot, poison, trap, and kill about 90,000 coyotes each year to protect livestock.
Coyotes typically bite the throat just behind the jaw and below the ear when attacking adult sheep or goats, with death commonly resulting from suffocation. Blood loss is usually a secondary cause of death. Calves and heavily fleeced sheep are killed by attacking the flanks or hindquarters, causing shock and blood loss. When attacking smaller prey, such as young lambs, the kill is made by biting the skull and spinal regions, causing massive tissue and bone damage. Small or young prey may be completely carried off, leaving only blood as evidence of a kill.
In the absence of the harassment of coyotes practiced by rural people, urban coyotes are losing their fear of humans, which is further worsened by people intentionally or unintentionally feeding coyotes. In such situations, some coyotes have begun to act aggressively toward humans, chasing joggers and bicyclists, confronting people walking their dogs, and stalking small children. Non-rabid coyotes in these areas sometimes target small children, mostly under the age of 10, though some adults have been bitten.
We have a number of coyotes on our farm and have never had a problem with them attacking livestock. They seem to prefer rabbits, moles, voles and similar smaller critters.
Nasty animal here in Missouri. 2 weeks ago they destroyed 75% of my chickens...30 of them gone and feathers every where. Hunted the last 2 weekends...dropped 6 of them. Getting processed into beautiful gloves and boots.sold the other 4
5.56mm should do them quite nicely. Heck, 9mm with a good hollowpoint should do.
That’s nature. Red in tooth and claw.
A 55gr V-Max passing through the coyote’s engine-room is also nature red in tooth and claw ...
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