Would you shoot this coyote?

I view coyotes like rattlesnakes. If they are around where pets or children might come in contact, they die. Regarding cats, I'll take the coyotes over feral cats. Cats are likely the the greatest threat to most bird species, especially ground nesters. You know the area, you make the call. But, they definitely appear to have left the "live and let live zone"
 
Shoot it

We have coyotes by us. We hear them all the time. If the pack stays away from the sheep, is afraid of the guard dogs and helps control the out of whack deer population then they can stay. If they start eyeing the sheep or ignore the dogs then we get them. Usually a pack that decides deer and elk and rabbits are the menu and doesn't' take sheep is good for holding the territory and keeping more aggressive coyotes away.

However, we had one that kept coming up the driveway every morning about 10am, would eye the sheep in the corrals, ignore the barking guard dogs and saunter on by, also ignoring us. Hubby finally got a safe shot and got him. He was the alpha male and once he was gone the pack dynamics changed and the new alpha doesn't try to come near our sheep.

They do kill fawns, but we are so overrun with deer that I'm not sorry for that at all. They also kill elk and again we have so darned many that it's good to have a few gone.

The behavior you describe is exactly that sort that will cause a problem later so in your case I'd have tried to kill the coyote.
 
Young curious coyotes grow up to be wise, sneaky, cat and dog and deer eating coyotes. Drop them where they stand and you save the prey animals on your land for you to harvest
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BaaBaa said:
Usually a pack that decides deer and elk and rabbits are the menu and doesn't' take sheep is good for holding the territory and keeping more aggressive coyotes away.
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Interesting point. A lot of people have never considered this.
 
Just curious: how do you pronounce "yote"? Does it rhyme with "goat" or is it like "yotie"?

We've got 'em here in southeastern North Carolina now, moving up from the south into the border counties and gradually further north nearer to where I live outside Fayetteville. My FIL has 'em all over his woods in the county south of here.

Personally, I think Fat Tom has something to do with driving 'em this way from where he lives.:D
 
Id say fire away to protect your pets and property... just dont shoot someones dog.
 
I was out checkin' cows one morning and came on one that was down in the snow, and giving birth to her calf.. She was kinda indisposed, don'tcha know. Two coyotes was back there bitin' on that baby calf before it was even borned and on the ground.

The ol AR-180 got warmed up that morning.:mad: Calf lived, coyotes didn't.
 
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I would have shot it.......even if it were nursing hind teat!!!
 
YOTES

I used to hunt on a cattle ranch and shot 2, caught in the act trying to get at calves. the one walking down the middle of my street on garbage night in a very suburban area, I'd of gone to jail over, so it got a pass. bobcats and lynx are special imo and I'd rather let others have a chance to see them in the wild also. even though they kill game animals and pets also. I haven't shot any of them yet. but would if the landowner requested it.
 
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/23/u...come-targets-in-utah.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Utah Legislature approved a bill and the Governor signed into law that anyone who kills a coyote will receive $50.

The State set aside $500,000 for the program.

Obviously there are some environmentalists upset but coyotes per article prey on fawn mule deer which is big bucks in Utah. Mule deer make white tail look like lap dogs in comparison.

From my reading hunting brings to Utah 2.3 billion annually.

Russ
 
redlevel said:
I still shoot 'yotes, but I can't really get my heart in it anymore. Every example of coyote scat I find has cat fur in it, and feral cats are a much worse problem on my place than the coyotes are.
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If you look at much coyote scat the only thing you see if fur and a few bones. Their digestive system lets them absorb everything else, even the collagen in a feather quill. It is really tough to determine their diet. I would not pass one up even to favor a house cat, but no longer go out of my way to hunt them.
 
Cats hunt birds, coyotes hunt cats, humans hunt coyotes, and crazy humans hunt other humans. At any given moment, nature can be really, really hard depending on one's perspective.

Now, that said, for the cat that comes (i.e., hunts) around the bird feeder in my yard, a coyote is the least of his worries.
 
They are incredibly adaptable and Wiley critters.I really don't think you could wipe them out.Ive heard that if you knock the numbers down,as long as there is food,they just have bigger litters.
 
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