Coyote problems?

[Cal44]

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[loknload]

Wouldn’t be shopping this catalog would they?

 

[Rustyt1953]

 

[cherrypointmarine]

After the laughter , had to add my 2 cents . You don't expect them in Florida , well maybe North Florida . We have a paved path , sooner or later to run across Fl. I was walking one of dogs mid-day when I saw what I thought was a dog coming out of the woods . Then behind came a smaller one , the female . Then it hit me , coyotes . I guess they really are in all the Lower 48 .

 

[BAM-BAM]

Was at the cabin in the Laurel Highlands the past 4 days..... heard multiple coyotes every night...... usually between 2 and 4am.... full moon 8/26 hummm.

 

[MRB1]

They carried off our 13 year old barn cat last month.

 

[Rpg]

They carried off our 13 year old barn cat last month.

They will do that now and again.

Smaller pets (cats and small dogs) need supervision in coyote country.

 

[yeti]

Amusing thread, but that isn't very funny. Sorry about old kitty.

They carried off our 13 year old barn cat last month.

Yotes are on our property quite a bit. There are too many of them in some places.
Yup, if you have a small pet do keep an eye out.

 

[Faulkner]

We have a target rich environment for coyotes around my place. Here's a picture of one I called up while I was sitting on my deck.

 

[WR Moore]

If that's for real, I've gotta give the Sheriff props for a sense of humor.

 

[Watchdog]

 

[4barrel]

Their favorite meal is chicken <not fried> and poodles in my area. They can eat frogs & grasshoppers to roots.

 

[vigil617]

We have a target rich environment for coyotes around my place. Here's a picture of one I called up while I was sitting on my deck.

What's his number? Do you know if he accepts texts?

 

[vt_shooter]

A few winters ago they cleaned out all the deer that used to visit my yard. 'Heard them howl every night, they and the deer disappeared about the same time, and neither have been back since.

 

[Toolguy]

Coyotes have gotten several cats and small dogs in the K.C. area. One woman pulled her dog out of the coyote's mouth. It had the dog by the back leg. It's taken the city people a long time to admit what's happening, now most of them bring their pets in for the night.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

Living on the Outer edge of the Metro Columbus Area, I see signs for missing pets all the time! When an ambulance goes by, you hear the different pack call.

My brother has a horse farm up the road. "The ambulance test" has revealed 5 packs within hearing distance of his place.

Most any morning, walk in the horse barns and find cats sleeping in the rafters. He had a barn cat make it 23 years, when one that old doesn't show up for dinner, you figure, she had a heart attack while hunting mice!

Ivan

 

[Wise_A]

Upstate NY. Suburban area with some surrounding rural, lots of folks moving from non-rural locations. A lot of missing pet posters.

We have red and gray fox in addition to coyote.

I can't get into coyote hunting m'self. Too similar to dogs, and I like dogs. Which, yes, given the number of dogs coyotes eat, is somewhat illogical.

 

[Watchdog]

I guess they really are in all the Lower 48.

They're in every state in the union. Except maybe for Hawaii, I guess. We have country/rural coyotes, urban coyotes, and city coyotes. Coyotes are probably the most hated animal in America.

They've been here for centuries, and they always seem to be one step ahead of us, no matter how many are killed. They aren't going away.

Photo courtesy of National Geographic

 

[vonn]

Coyotes are survivors and pretty smart puppies! You have to work at it to get a look at one. They will eat your pets if they get a chance.

 

[Rustyt1953]

 

[Stevens]

I wouldn't do it but I have heard of folks putting a chicken part out with a fish hook and tying it to a branch several feet of the ground the coyote grabs it and is caught, just like hooking a gator. Later dispatched one way or another. Pretty cruel, but, if your pet dog was eaten alive that's cruel too. My last dog died of old age, but a coyote killed and ate my neighbors dog a few years ago.
Steve W

 

[BAM-BAM]

East of the Mississippi they are suppose to have wolf DNA...giving us larger stronger and more aggressive Yotes .

I've seen coyotes during the day here in my northern Burb of the Burgh. And lots of reports of missing pets in the area....

We've also had a few bobcats at the cabin in the Laurel Highlands.

 

[jimmyj]

Coyotes

I live in North Central Florida and we have many coyotes

After the laughter , had to add my 2 cents . You don't expect them in Florida , well maybe North Florida . We have a paved path , sooner or later to run across Fl. I was walking one of dogs mid-day when I saw what I thought was a dog coming out of the woods . Then behind came a smaller one , the female . Then it hit me , coyotes . I guess they really are in all the Lower 48 .

 

[Drm50]

We had them bad in my area, SE Ohio. It seems they have hit
their high point and populations receeding. The wiped out the
small game and hurt the deer herd. I think they have moved on
to greener pastures. It will take a long time for populations of
small animals to recover.

The biggest indicator in these parts were ground hogs. You could
shoot groundhogs here until your barrel melted. Now they are
very seldom seen. I don't know how they got here but once
they got across Miss. river they will be in every state.

 

[WR Moore]

The 'yotes can cross with dogs. My older boy got one that apparently crossed with someone's German Shepard. Looked closer to wolf than 'yote for size but not physical characteristics. Figure feral dogs as mates or maybe if your Shepard occasionally goes walkabout for a bit, he may find a slutty yote.

We used to operate a horse facility in another county, I heard the stories about yotes and just nodded politely. Then one evening I heard them singing in the woods behind us. Sounded like the sound track of a B grade western. Our resident red foxes seemed to survive though. The vixen was smart enough to realize that if she heard one shot, groundhog was on the menu and she'd come a-running.

Florida is an ecologically weird state. I was there maybe 20 years ago. Armadillos were as common as flys, alligators seemed nearly as bad (OK, you kinda expect gators, but not some of the places I saw them), can't recall the other oddities.

 

[BAM-BAM]

I've read Coyote litters will vary with the amount of game available...... so their population fluctuates in areas as they over "graze" the local small game and pet population..... (also older pups move on to new territory)....... as the small game recovers the litters will get bigger again.

 

[loknload]

 

[BAM-BAM]

I wouldn't do it but I have heard of folks putting a chicken part out with a fish hook and tying it to a branch several feet of the ground the coyote grabs it and is caught, just like hooking a gator. Later dispatched one way or another. Pretty cruel, but, if your pet dog was eaten alive that's cruel too. My last dog died of old age, but a coyote killed and ate my neighbors dog a few years ago.
Steve W

Seen something similar done to trap snapping turtles...... one mean hook.

 

[keith44spl]

 

[Mule Packer]

The coyotes around here have done quite a bit of damage to the mule deer herds...so much so that the state has put a $50 bounty on them. It's certainly not enough for me to start a cottage industry to supplement my retirement, but it's enough to keep me in shells.

Personally, I love listening to them at night. During calving season, however, they can cost the local ranchers thousands of dollars. As a result, most of us carry some kind of light rifle in our pickups.