Coyote sighting
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The last few winters up here have been Coyote OK. Based on what I saw and heard from other people we have a large deer population.
Just last night at about 3AM I heard in the distance a Coyote. With a few inches of snow on the ground already, it might be a rough year on the deer!
Just last night at about 3AM I heard in the distance a Coyote. With a few inches of snow on the ground already, it might be a rough year on the deer!
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I see a few in my area.
I'll hear 'em yapping occasionally late at night, but they really seem to come around during calving and lambing season.
THE PILGRIM
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Saw one this morning, it ran across the road and disappeared before I could a (camera) shot.
And if I had used a gun- Sig 365, he would probably yell - it’s only a 9mm!
And if I had used a gun- Sig 365, he would probably yell - it’s only a 9mm!
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Have had a lot around this fall. Big groups howling and yelling. Several nice ones on game camera. Shot one with bad mange last week about 50 yards from the house.
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Years ago my gun club had a Pa. Game Commission officer speak at our monthly meeting.
He said coyotes are in every county in Pa.
They found a dead female by the Squirrel Hill tunnels which is about a mile from downtown.
I imagine it’s only gotten worse.
He said coyotes are in every county in Pa.
They found a dead female by the Squirrel Hill tunnels which is about a mile from downtown.
I imagine it’s only gotten worse.
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We have them here in Indiana and I see one from time to time. I rarely hear one at night. (My hearing probably is not good enough for that sort of thing.) I gather they are bold enough to come up into residential areas to prey on small dogs, cats, etc. With that being the case, are there incidents of coyotes threatening or actually attacking humans? Are they only solitary hunters, or do they sometimes hunt in packs? I get a lot of local opinions about coyotes and these two topics. 
Seen a few here in my "Burb of the Burgh"...... just 9/10 miles to the "Point" as the crow flies!
Some nights Gracie [30lb Goldendoodle] is tail down looking deep into our 1 acre wooded backyard........clearly not a happy puppy!
Reports of a pack taking down a deer about 200yds from the house last winter. found another dead deer in our backyard two springs ago.... clearly being fed on!
Some nights Gracie [30lb Goldendoodle] is tail down looking deep into our 1 acre wooded backyard........clearly not a happy puppy!
Reports of a pack taking down a deer about 200yds from the house last winter. found another dead deer in our backyard two springs ago.... clearly being fed on!
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Most of the "Yote" hunters around here, wait until a good freeze,
to thicken up the pelts for sale, before going hunting, for them.
However if they are causing problems, the safeties go "Off".
I busted two, in a pack at a friends house that have been trying to pick off their two small dogs, that live out of city limits, about three years ago.
to thicken up the pelts for sale, before going hunting, for them.
However if they are causing problems, the safeties go "Off".
I busted two, in a pack at a friends house that have been trying to pick off their two small dogs, that live out of city limits, about three years ago.
When my father was working he did some work with a Game Warden from Ill. whose focus was coyotes. In Chicago. Wrote his thesis on the subject. They are very adaptable animals and do well in an urban environment.
P.S. When my dad told me he was working with a Game Warden from Chicago, I asked him, "What animals is he protecting in Chicago? Jimmy the Fish? Tommy the Squirrel? Vinny the Rat?"
P.S. When my dad told me he was working with a Game Warden from Chicago, I asked him, "What animals is he protecting in Chicago? Jimmy the Fish? Tommy the Squirrel? Vinny the Rat?"
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Had a coyote attack a little girl in north Colorado Springs by the Air Force Academy. Let's just say that he/she (coyote) is not long for this world as they are hunting it as we speak. Girl thought it was a dog while it crouching by a tree and went up to see it. Didn't work out well for her. Won't work out well for the coyote later.
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Here is a pic of the mangy coyote. I like coyotes and enjoy hearing them. But this desperate fella got too close to the house and pets. Ick.
I'm in a highly populated urban area and we have coyotes in the subdivision.
A neighbor lost a dog to them and the Mrs took out our mailbox watching one across the street one morning...
Another coyote was eying Mrs Chad and our pup Scout in the front yard.
This is the only Coyote I like seeing in the driveway every morning...
A neighbor lost a dog to them and the Mrs took out our mailbox watching one across the street one morning...
Another coyote was eying Mrs Chad and our pup Scout in the front yard.
This is the only Coyote I like seeing in the driveway every morning...
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kozmic
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We can always tell when they are in the area, but lately they've been MIA. Rabbits, squirrels, etc. are plentiful. Usual sign the yotes aren't taking up residence nearby. Fox on the other hand, are nightly visitors!
epj
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Had one pass through the back yard a couple of years back. Wasn’t running it got out of sight far quicker than I could retrieve e gun. This was in a suburb of Birmingham.
I once saw a pack of 6 running right up the middle of the street, past the police station. They took a left at the convenience store and ran up the street off into the neighborhood.
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We have the opposite in our neighborhood, coyotes have moved in. Not a rabbit or squirrel in sight. The feral cat that used to cruise by has disappeared. The local 'yotes still seem to be wary of humans, hope it stays that way.
We have a fair amount of them here in East Tennessee. My yard runs right up to the woods and they use it as cross over between the woods and a large swamp. I would see and hear them regularly till about 3 years ago when they went silent. Still see them and actually more often but no noise. They did not howl much just those cackling little yeps but now days they are very quiet. They do keep the cat population well in check.
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We average a few every week on our property. Have entire packs in our driveway at night.
I live on the edge of a very large state park that has a healthy deer population with coyotes to match. Occasionally, I see one crossing my street. I don’t leave my dogs alone in the yard.
I don't own an pets or livestock and appreciate all the wild critters I get to see out and about. Our local mule deer population is doing well, I see them almost daily down along the river at the rifle club I frequent three days a week. With snow on the ground I like to read the paw prints, we have lots or critters but coyotes are the most common, had a bobcat on the property last year and a cougar a couple years ago. Predators are doing just fine in the part of the country. I have a couple friends that shoot them with infra-red at night, one of them killed sixty last year. There is no money in it anymore, he leaves them lay unless he has an agreement with the land owner to remove the dead dog. Used to be you could get twenty bucks just for the dead dog.
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