coyotes getting bolder

[Wedge]

Similar incident happened close to our house. A dog got out of her yard and was attacked by a coyote.

 

[hemiram]

Most of the dogs in my area are big enough that one on one, a Coyote is not going to do too well, but there are a few little dogs running around, and a ton of cats. If a Coyote is dumb or desperate enough to go after my dogs, if he's alone, he's probably not going to make it out alive, my female will attack anything on 4 legs that comes into the yard, and if it doesn't get out, she will really "get radical". My other dog will help his sister out if she gets into it, but mostly he's there to "supervise". Big dogs have come into the yard by jumping the fence, and they usually leave yelping. She is deadly serious. The last possum died so quickly I though it had just frozen up, but she had killed him. it only took a few seconds.

When she got into it with a huge Raccoon, I was concerned, but she mauled him to almost the point of death, and was about to finish him off when the neighbor's kid grabbed her tail and broke her concentration. I've never seen her that angry before. Animal control ended up taking him off the neighbor's porch the next morning. He was almost dead at that point. They tested him for rabies and he was clear.

There are a lot of Coyotes around the Toledo, Oh area now, I saw one coming to work last night.

 

[ceetee]

What is a fisher cat?

I didn't know either, but Google is your friend:

Definition:large, dark brown North American arboreal, carnivorous mammal.

In fact there is no such thing as a fisher cat. It's not actually a cat but rather a member of the weasel family.

Link to a page on Fisher Cats

 

[KaceCoyote]

Yotes are a good thing. They're clearing out feral cats, feral pigs and liberal hippy hiker types. Keep your cats inside, keep your small dogs close at hand and realize you live in America. Land of the free home of the brave, buffett of the Coyote.

 

[rantingredneck]

Last deer season I was walking back from my tree stand at dusk and there was a coyote sitting in the middle of the field watching me. It didn't react at all to my presence like you would have expected. It just watched me with that "I wonder if I could take that thing down by myself or if I should call for backup" kinda look. I would've had to come within 10 yards of it to get back to my truck if I'd let it live. I didn't.

 

[SWModel19]

http://www.azgfd.gov/h_f/game_coyote.shtml

Hunting and Trapping History
The sport harvest of coyotes has been relatively stable during the past 10 years, about 13,000 hunters taking an average of between 30,000 and 40,000 coyotes a year. Most of these animals are taken while "varmint calling," while hunting other game, or simply as opportunities arise. Formerly, trappers rivaled sport hunters in the number of coyotes taken, but the reported take of trapped coyotes during the past 10 years has averaged only a little more than 1,000 a year-a far cry from the yearly harvests of 10,000 or more coyotes reported in the late 1970s. Although some of this decline may be due to coyote population vagaries, the principal reason for this reduced take is undoubtedly a decline in trapping effort.

Looks like another unintended consequence of political correctness.

 

[another okie]

I don't mind them taking stray cats or rats, but I have two fox families that live on my place, and the coyotes have killed several of them, along with a family of turkeys.

 

[RancidSumo]

Sounds like the coyote population has out grown it's environment’s ability to support it, so they are out looking for food. Sounds to me like they need a good ol’fashioned town hunt to reduce the numbers of coyotes, or you could have the governor give me a free hunting license and I'll come take care of em for yall

No license is required to hunt coyotes. They are considered a pest and can be shot on sight if in a place that is legal to shoot. In some places they even pay 50 bucks for each one you get rid of.

 

[JesseL]

No license is required to hunt coyotes. They are considered a pest and can be shot on sight if in a place that is legal to shoot. In some places they even pay 50 bucks for each one you get rid of.

That may be true where you are, but it is definitely NOT true in Arizona. A license is required to hunt just about anything.

Heck the Arizona Game and Fish Dept. has been really pushing for people to eliminate the invasive and destructive crayfish, but they still make you get a fishing license to catch them.

 

[Aguila Blanca]

If it had been me I probably would have fired at them, but I'm not really sure what the threshold for an animal threat is to justify discharging a firearm within city limits.

So call and ask. Arizona is typically pretty gun-friendly. Is the city of Prescott served by a municipal police department, or do you fall under the country sheriff's jurisdiction?

 

[ArfinGreebly]

Buffet

Land of the free, home of the brave, buffett of the Coyote.

Too good.

Gonna borrow that one.

 

[leadcounsel]

Too many people with too much stuff and too much waste, continually pushing mother nature against a wall. We make fun of fat lazy Americans, but how about the other stereotype of people that just like to KILL for the sake of KILLIN'. Not right in my book.

 

[obxned]

If where you live you cannot shoot them, then you have lost your position at the top of the food chain.

 

[rantingredneck]

If you do a search of Foxnews' site you'll find two stories regarding coyote attacks on children in one NJ township within the last 3 months. One was a toddler and the other was a 5 year old. Both suffered bites and were saved by older siblings/family members.

They are becoming a real problem in NC. They are non-native to this area. There are various theories as to how they came to be so prevalent ranging from migration to NCWRC introducing them to control the deer population to fox hunters letting them escape from fox pens. Probably some truth to 1 and 3. I think 2 is mostly a conspiracy theory.

As they have no natural enemies here with the exception of man, man must either control them or learn to live with the consequences. See above.

 

[U.S.SFC_RET]

That's a fact. Coyotes made lunch off of a cat of mine. They are getting bolder. I have seen em in the middle of the mohave desert and all of the way through Georgia.

 

[DillHarris]

I believe coyotes are one of the few animals whose range is extending now. I don't remember there being any around here (St. Louis County, MO), when I was a kid. They're definitely here now. My mom's friend lost a dog to one. It seems they think of dogs (regardless of size) as competition and will kill them for that reason (of course if the competition is big enough, they'll leave them alone). I saw what I think was a coyote less than a mile from my house in a field by a busy road during morning rush hour. Below is a good article form the Missouri Department of conservation. The only kicker is that they say hunting is the best way to deal with nuissance coyotes. St. Louis County is pretty gun-ophobic and discharging a firearm is gonna get you in a lot of trouble where I live. Of course, where I live there isn't a single shot where I "can be sure of my target and what lies beyond it". Besides the law, I'm stuck with protecting my weiner dogs (who I know wouldn't be scared of a coyote) with the nearest shovel, axe, or whatever for safety reasons.

The Link:

http://www.mdc.mo.gov/areas/stlouis/wildlife/coyote.htm

 

[PercyShelley]

I saw this yote lope down a trail I frequent:



That photo was captured using a cell phone camera; you know how bad the lenses are on those.

He couldn't have been more than six feet away.

Someone was feeding him. No fear of me at all.