coyotes

sittin here on YT in the shop and three went by, man do they make alot of noise!

They sure do. I can hear them yepping and yapping a half mile away. Must be they caught something. Dunno, but they get to going at it every now and again, pretty loud too.

shoot as many as you can they will kill anything they can get a hold of

Got one the other day! Just need a Polaris Ranger, full tank of gas, and a splitting ax!
Good size 39lbs, loss a little in the chase!

We've got a BIG yellowish white Dog? running with the coyotes around here. He's much larger than the coyotes, and much bolder. I've shot at him a couple times - he tries to bait my farm dog out in the open. So far she's been too smart for him. He has to be re-educated occasionally, one of these days I'll get close enough to get him. I might have to get something bigger than a .22 - he stays just a little too far out.

Paul

Last fall my dog got on the trail of one and chased it across busy state hyway. Coyote made it, dog got killed. Damn coyotes.

Probably the reason for the disapperance of most of our outside cats. Not many cottontail rabbits left around here either.

I shot a young female coyote this past weekend, she came in the yard and grabbed one of my wife's laying hens in broad daylight.
The hen survived, but is missing a few tail feathers.

I shot one yesterday. I was bringing hay to the cows and spotted him sitting amongst the cows. I turned the tractor sideways and got the Ruger M77 .223 out. By the time I was ready he was out of site in a draw. Waited a bit and he came sauntering out of the draw about 300 yards away. Held a little high on him and knocked him flat. Funny thing is the cows were not paying a bit of attention to him and he was just feet from some of them.

They sure are wiley. Haven't seen one in a while though. I think we thinned them out pretty good on the Indiana/Michigan border center state. We'd take a few and chase the rest up north, and they'd take a few and send the rest back down our way, and back and forth like one of them pinball machines. Them son of a guns sure are wiley, aint they? They are smart, got a great sense of sight and smell, and get up and move out from zero to light speed in a second if you happen up on them. Not much in the daylight anymore, mostly in the middle of the night when we're sleeping, if they do. And by the time you hear them yipping, they're already passing at speed, so the only thing to do then is get up and relieve yourself since they woke you up, and then back to bed. Them son of a guns.

Mark

neighbor had 4 of them running amongst his cows while feeding, I guess they weren't too excited, I would bet if they had calves it would have been differen't.

I,ve got a bunch here. With the towns and city so close, they must like the tast of wild meat from my 37 acre hay field. I just watch my little wire hair terrier pretty close at night.Had two in the back yard last night.
Larry Coltrin

Have any of you seen the radio controlled squealer that is also animated? It has something fuzzy that pops up and then flops around, all the while squealing like a caught rabbit. A little remote control allows you to switch it on and off. It gets all kinds of predator's interested. Bad part is - it's small enough for an owl to fly off with. I guess it wouldn't be considered "self defense" to shoot an owl. . .

I haven't personally seen one, but talked to a guy who has used his only once. He had to turn it off and shoo the owl away.

Paul

Shot on two years ago while hunting deer. Chasing a squirel, at 40 yards it didn't see the 35 Remington coming.

Coyotes love cats for some reason.

I think the ingredients could be ordered on online.
coyote poison

Every night around here lately, then they're gone for awhile. The worst is when I am awakened by some poor victim being torn apart or otherwise agonized in the midst of a kill, I've actually gone down there, (its kind of a valley, I'm on a hill to one side) with my M1A1 in hand, then it stops, probably need to illuminate the area as though there is light from nearby areas, you still can't find em once they shut up.

They are downright annoying and loud, I find their droppings near the house sometimes, sounds like 2 dozen, but is probably 5 or 6, I've lost more sleep because of them, sure would be nice to rid the place of them, for awhile at least. Some of the agonizing sounds from down there, are just unreal, I have fired a few shots at night to shut em up.

During deer season, if you take one around dusk, you absolutely have to get it dragged out, I usually go up the hill get the tractor or the little quad, problem is in that time they'll already be on the carcass, this season, I had a friend watch over it while I went and got the quad, 3 of them showed up, he could see the silhouettes, made him nervous a bit, even though he was armed. never used to be like that, you had plenty of time to get up the hill and back.

Back in the 80's we were at a job site / farm. They always piled their dead calves till the snow left. Their was a wagon eight foot from the calves, my son and step daughter were in the wagon watching two cyotes eat the dead calves.

I was in the barn, and didn't see any of this. My step daughter came down to the barn to advise me my son was trying to sneak up and pet the cyotes. Yep, he was less than five foot from them when I yelled at him, and the cyotes just walked off about fifteen feet.

Those cyotes were suffering from lots of snow and cold that year, and had a good supply of dead calves.

Now it even scares me worse to think about what could have happened. And then when I see all my gray hair, I don't have to wonder why.

I have a electronic call, and what Cabelas call a Rictor rabit. The rabbit flutters around, kind of thumping and carring on. You must place it under some netting so halks can't get at it. I never seen one try, but was warrened about it.

I was at a friends who lives in a big old holler, and one foggy day the cyotes lit up the whole country side with their conversation. They carried on for I'm guessing fifteen min. Then it got totaly silent for one or two min. The farmer said there will be one more yelp, then that will be the last word. He was correct--one more yelp, and not another sound for the rest of the day.

Now I'm big and fat, and probably a little better tasting than the farmer, not to mention my good looks. I'm sure my hair on the back of my neck has settled down into place since then. That was several years ago, and now I can notice my hair on the back of my neck is starting back up since I started posting this.

I don't care who you are, it is creepy to listen to them critters.

Lots here. There is currently a $20 bounty on every one you shoot, if you take all four feet to the local RM office.
Chris

Coyotes like dark meat like cats