A pack of coyotes in my neighborhood - and a bobcat!

[ancient-one]

I live in a gated old farts community and we have a phone system where the office can reach every one with messages at one time. We have had one coyote on the property and one bobcat on the property warning.
Across the four lane road on the north side of the property there is a couple of wooded creek bottom areas. A couple of days ago I was going out the gate and just barely 20 ft. from the road a hen turkey was peacefully feeding.
My daughter who lives in the same area hears coyotes at night when a train goes through about a mile away. With my hearing, don't bother me.

 

[SMSgt]

When I built my house in a relatively undeveloped area, I had quail, rabbit, the occasional bobcat, turkeys and a few peacocks wander through my back yard. As the neighborhood grew, the quail disappeared and the number of rabbits fell. Then I noticed the housecats slinking around. That explains the loss of the quail and rabbits. I still see a bobcat on occasion, so there is still enough game available to fill their needs.

 

[Jack Flash]

... Sometimes the coyotes sing to me in the early hours of the morning.

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We hear their raucous "singing" in the wee hours sometimes. Makes me wonder if that's where Yoko Ono got her inspiration.

 

[VictorLouis]

Paladin, I had a livery job for a few years. I drove all around our valley from Johnson ranch in the far east, to past Buckeye out west. New River in the north, to Ahwatukee in the south. I live near the main VA Hospital uptown, and I have seen 'yotes on occasion in MY century old neighborhood. The wildlife traverse our washes and canals like their own private road networks. If you have parks or golf courses near you, then you have rabbits, which is a huge attractor for them.

I've had folks who've had their Fido picked up and taken by Great Horned Owls, too! The Bobcat will see him as easy lunch, also. The Bobby mothers LOVE our walled-in yards to drop their litters. It's a lot of protection from the other desert predators. IF you have grass/rock JUST outside the doggie door, consider getting a large kennel. You can park it up against the doggie door so your little one can go in the night, with at least a cage between the dog and the predators.

 

[Doug M.]

Booger does not go outside alone at any time ever again. If you are more than 2 feet away, pay someone to slap you until you remember not to let that happen. Be armed. Most predators will not want to close with you, but if they do they are a threat to you. If you can't articulate that threat yet, work on it.

Take a close look at your no shooting law - there may be some exceptions in it for self-defense and the like; there should be. It may be in case law. Personally, I would do what's needed and pay for a good lawyer if there were formal consequences.

 

[Kenna]

Well just this am wife let out dog and all of a sudden we hear hear go off, wife heads out and finds her 5 houses down. She whistles and dog returns.
The only times she has left the yard is chasing coyotes!! Dog is 100lbs female GS, problem is shes 11 and acts like 5!!

 

[PALADIN85020]

Well just this am wife let out dog and all of a sudden we hear hear go off, wife heads out and finds her 5 houses down. She whistles and dog returns.
The only times she has left the yard is chasing coyotes!! Dog is 100lbs female GS, problem is shes 11 and acts like 5!!

It's not the size of the dog in the fight that counts; it's the size of the fight in the dog!

John

 

[ajgunner]

When I built my house in a relatively undeveloped area, I had quail, rabbit, the occasional bobcat, turkeys and a few peacocks wander through my back yard. As the neighborhood grew, the quail disappeared and the number of rabbits fell. Then I noticed the housecats slinking around. That explains the loss of the quail and rabbits. I still see a bobcat on occasion, so there is still enough game available to fill their needs.

You can bet there is also plenty of raccoons and skunks eating the bird eggs, not to mention you probably have plenty of snakes around.

We had quail and doves around 20 years ago and despite my taking out every coon and skunk I get the chance to (well over 100 in 20 years), still no quail and only occasional doves.

 

[italiansport]

We've decided to close the doggy door at night; Booger's just going to have to suppress her urge to go out at night to pee.

Gracias, amigo.

John

I live in N Scottsdale(very suburban) and we had a Bobcat on our patio wall last week.