2 that need to GO!

[Texas Star]

I saw one walking down Lover's Lane in Dallas, right next to the luxury homes in Highland Park. This is among the richest neighborhoods in America.

Time was about 3 AM. I was parked in a shopping centre and he walked by the wall beside the sidewalk and I had him cold in my headlights for several seconds. No mistake.

I think he was headed to a Jack in the Box down the street. The women there may have been feeding him.

 

[Absalom]

Oh the horror.

A predator which seems to be almost as adaptable to its environment, and new habitats, as man, and just as ruthless about killing anything edible.

And to add insult to injury, it's got the nerve to eat the supposed apex predator's pets!

Unlike other nuisance wildlife like Burmese pythons, feral pigs, and even the wolves re-imported from Canada, the coyotes were here long before us, expanded their range with us, and got where they are now entirely on their own.

I can't help liking the critter. Doesn't mean I didn't try to kill them whenever I got a chance, and I've taken several, usually incidentally, not planned, during my decades of hunting. But there is little point in hating an animal for just being good at doing what it's got to do.

 

[Watchdog]

I saw a coyote drinking a Piña Colada at Trader Vic's.
His hair was perfect.

(With respect for the late, great Warren Zevon)

 

[6518John]

I saw one walking down Lover's Lane in Dallas, right next to the luxury homes in Highland Park. This is among the richest neighborhoods in America.

Time was about 3 AM. I was parked in a shopping centre and he walked by the wall beside the sidewalk and I had him cold in my headlights for several seconds. No mistake.

I think he was headed to a Jack in the Box down the street. The women there may have been feeding him.

Jack in the Box hell! Them rich folks got good garbage! Coyotes aren't taking over by being stupid. Feral hogs use power and numbers, coyotes finesse and brains.

 

[billwill]

Hogs and coyotes both need to go. And yes I know everything is there to balance nature out but how do we deal with the problem today. To many around.

 

[Jack Flash]

Hogs and coyotes both need to go. And yes I know everything is there to balance nature out but how do we deal with the problem today. To many around.

And crows!

 

[Mexican Kerry]

I don't "hate" coyotes, they are predators of opportunity. You can't fault them for that, its what they do.

That being said, I know ranchers who have had coyotes come into the pasture and latch onto a calf/lamb that is being born, feet haven't even hit the ground yet. For that reason I will take a poke at one if asked to.

My loyalty is to the friend that is trying to support his family with the livestock he raises.

 

[Mexican Kerry]

I'll argue against shooting crows. I love those birds, and ravens too. I've been working on getting some to accept me for the last year or so. Nothing to report so far, they are a stoic creature. But I'm still trying.

 

[Texas Star]

And Burmese pythons in Florida.

Many Indian tribes have myths emphasizing how smart coyotes are. Maybe that's like Hispanics having Zorro and my people having Robin Hood...

But Robin was the Earl of Locksley. Never known a coyote to have a noble title. Or be thought to have any noble qualities.

 

[Texas Star]

I'll argue against shooting crows. I love those birds, and ravens too. I've been working on getting some to accept me for the last year or so. Nothing to report so far, they are a stoic creature. But I'm still trying.

Squawk! "Nevermore..." (I presume that you've read Poe on the raven.)

I was tempted to shoot at ravens when I was in Newfoundland, where they were plentiful and noisy. But a shot from my Husqvarna .270 or my .303 would demolish the bird and wind up...where? I decided it wasn't safe to fire at them.

I find baboons and hyenas to be despicable. Would thin them out a bit where I could.

 

[Salty RI]

I saw a young Fisher Cat yesterday, first one I ever saw during the day.

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[Salty RI]

I saw one walking down Lover's Lane in Dallas, right next to the luxury homes in Highland Park. This is among the richest neighborhoods in America.



Time was about 3 AM. I was parked in a shopping centre and he walked by the wall beside the sidewalk and I had him cold in my headlights for several seconds. No mistake.



I think he was headed to a Jack in the Box down the street. The women there may have been feeding him.

Going to Jack in the box, he must have been looking for a Weasel. [emoji1]

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[keith44spl]

Coyotes have just about cleaned out the turkey, bob-white quail, cotton-tail rabbit, red & grey fox,
ground hog, opossum populations and are working purty heavily on the white-tail deer in my neck of the woods...

They range from the farm and ranch land to the city streets, if left unchecked,
one of these days all we'll have around here will be coyotes and buzzards.

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[Eric300]

But Robin was the Earl of Locksley. Never known a coyote to have a noble title.

You're kidding, right?!

 

[Bullseye 2620]

Coyotes kill foxes, they don't mate with them.

Which is yet another reason to shoot 'em.