Coyote Attack!

DocHeb · Apr 21, 2005

( I am so tired of yahoos moving out into the country on 5 or so acres and just letting there dogs run)

I was unaware that all those roaming dogs were the result of those darn displaced city dwellers. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

But wait, in A good neighbor-Opions Please , we were told "get used to roaming dogs - that's the way us country folk do things", "quit being an uptight displaced city dweller." {paraphrased}

I am so confused!!! /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

Freds · Apr 21, 2005

/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif too much, Doc! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

I saw my first coyote last Saturday or Sunday morning. It was trotting from the front corner of my field diagonally towards the back corner, in the direction of where someone's small dog was attacked by one a month ago. They've been rumored to be in the area and the guy up the road 1/2 mile has seen 3-4 running together when working in his vineyards.

I'm kind of wondering if the idea isn't to get rid of them before they get a good foothold and before you become complacent to keep a couple "good ones" around... At least in areas where the neighbors don't all own several hundred or thousand acres.

hobbyfarm · Apr 22, 2005

( I am so tired of yahoos moving out into the country on 5 or so acres and just letting there dogs run. This is a much bigger problem then the coyotes....... )

But what about the yahoo accountants on 8+ acres?? /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

hobbyfarm · Apr 22, 2005

But seriously though, it's a good thing it's only coyotes and not bears or mluntain lions.

hobbyfarm · Apr 22, 2005

( Nothing but trouble awaits a dog off his property. )

Boy, that's the truth. In the early 90's south Texas had a rabies epidemic. Even the county officials asked for help in controlling the numbers of loose domestic animals. Basically, any loose dog was a target. For quite a while they even allowed spot-light hunting at night. Some local ranchers even offered a "bounty" for each pair of coyote ears turned in. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

Freds · Apr 22, 2005

That seems fair enough.
I'm going to be getting some chickens shortly and that's what I would tell my neighbor who lets his dog wander the neighborhood.
On the other hand, the coyote I just spotted has me locating the coop a little closer to the house than I first planned.

TBAR · Apr 24, 2005

Time for a government trapper with some M-44 devices.

Tbar

Electric_City · Apr 25, 2005

Should I have to buy more land to live in peace or should they buy more to do what they want??? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

MicroPilot · Apr 25, 2005

I was reading this thread last night, and stepped out to have a smoke. I had no sooner lit up than I heard 3 or maybe 4 coytoes howling. Close by, maybe a quater mile away on the other side of the valley. Then a whole bunch started yapping. This went on for about 4 minutes. then all was quiet except a dog barking over in the direction that the coyotes were howling.

I've heard them before, in the same general direction/area. Just hadn't heard them since last winter.