Face to face with a Coyote

[RobertBrown]

The distance traveled by healthy coyotes in studies, is not incredible to me.
But, the rabid yote from your story, sick enough to attack a human and her dog, that traveled 7 miles in 3 hours to do it, is incredible to me.
And as I mentioned, the distance thing is only one of the reasons that your story sounds incredible to me.

The average human can walk 2.5 to 3.5 miles an hour so, easily 8-9 miles in 3 hours. Why is it hard to believe that a coyote can travel at a slower rate?

 

[powerpace]

That Coyote did not have the manner of a "hungry" Coyote. It was more of a curious Coyote that has been around humans.

 

[arrow]

The distance traveled by healthy coyotes in studies, is not incredible to me.
But, the rabid yote from your story, sick enough to attack a human and her dog, that traveled 7 miles in 3 hours to do it, is incredible to me.
And as I mentioned, the distance thing is only one of the reasons that your story sounds incredible to me.

I'm reading this again and perhaps you are under a miscomprehension. The coyote did not go 7 miles just to attack a walking pooch. He just happened to go 7 miles as a result of his movement habits and while in the area spotted the pooch who's owner just happened to go for a walk. He could have reached the area an hour before and simply rummaged around until he spotted the walker. He bolted from the woods and attacked the pooch who was on a leash . This behavior in itself can show something not right and could very well have been the beginning stages of a dog who is neurological. This was simply an unfortunate coincidence of being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

 

[Kyle241]

No worries about meeting a coyote or a pack of them, been there done that and don't need to be armed. Don't believe in shooting something for the fun of it or fear of it. If though you feel real threatened then it's your choice what you do. For Coyotes, 99.9% of the time they will know where you are and you will not know where they are. They will keep their distance unless you have something they really want, a small dog, a cat, chickens, etc. Now if I had cougars/mountain lions and bears (brown or grizzly) then I would be much more careful about walking around at night in the country. They are a whole different creature than a coyote.

 

[Taylortractornut]

That yote i nthe video was playing with him the whole running at and away from him. A few years ago we caught 2 orphaned coyotes that denned in a hole at work. THey were manged covered and we got a permit and caught and rehabbed them for a coyote program. Thats how they play just like that in the vids.

 

[D7E]

I've never seen so many coyotes here last few years in the fall they are running alongside the tilling tractors catching mice turned up by the cultivators . Local retired guy who hunts for pelts turned up on the yard with a bottle of whisky for us last week as he claims to have shot over 150 on our 1400 acres since christmas without all the other land he hunts !

 

[big e]

None of us knows the other, so rather than question someone's honesty, I just believe what I reason to and let the rest go, because whether or not I see the veracity in it has no bearing on whether it's true.

So you are saying that you do believe part of the story... and as for the other parts of the story that you do not believe, you are going to "let the rest go."
You are wise. Wish I was reading about tractor maintenance right now myself!
As for me, as I said before, if it happened it happened. And yes, our opinion has no bearing on the story's truthfulness. I simply find the story as a whole incredible.

 

[big e]

The average human can walk 2.5 to 3.5 miles an hour so, easily 8-9 miles in 3 hours. Why is it hard to believe that a coyote can travel at a slower rate?

It is not.

 

[big e]

I'm reading this again and perhaps you are under a miscomprehension. The coyote did not go 7 miles just to attack a walking pooch. He just happened to go 7 miles as a result of his movement habits and while in the area spotted the pooch who's owner just happened to go for a walk. He could have reached the area an hour before and simply rummaged around until he spotted the walker. He bolted from the woods and attacked the pooch who was on a leash . This behavior in itself can show something not right and could very well have been the beginning stages of a dog who is neurological. This was simply an unfortunate coincidence of being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

For the third time, "the distance thing is only one of the reasons that your story is incredible to me."
Time to wrap this up and get back to reading about coyotes... or anything.

 

[toppop52]

So you are saying that you do believe part of the story... and as for the other parts of the story that you do not believe, you are going to "let the rest go."
You are wise. Wish I was reading about tractor maintenance right now myself!
As for me, as I said before, if it happened it happened. And yes, our opinion has no bearing on the story's truthfulness. I simply find the story as a whole incredible.

No, I wasn't saying I believe or disbelieve any of it, not relevant. I believe it's possible and not knowing him, have no reason to doubt him.