Lost little dog to coyotes

[iagt]

First post here. Been lurking for a while. Really like the tips and shared knowledge of country living.

Last night the coyotes killed my mother's little rat terrier we were keeping for her. We let Prissy out for her business last night at about 8am. When she did not answer our calls, we searched for her. Eventually we heard whimpers across the fence in the 100 acre property behind us, then a louder moan with the yaps of coyotes. We knew immediately she was in trouble but our search until midnight was in vain. Our (larger) outside dog is usually nearby when she is out...but he was not this time apparently. Late this morning after more searching we found her body in another neighbor's pasture at least 200 yards away and thru fence line brush. Our guess is she was dragged there as I entered the larger acreage last night in the search. It is obvious from the injuries that she died quickly.

This is our first loss to the coyotes since moving to the "country" 14 months ago. Neighbors tell us of losing cats to the coyotes and to hawks too. We regularly hear them in the wooded acreage next to the 100 acre property. More recently they have been more bold...we have seen them in pairs on our driveway in the past couple of months.

Any tips on hunting coyotes?

 

[murphy1244]

Time to be the Hunter and not the Hunted.

 

[QRTRHRS]

A rather horrible loss which I am sorry for. Coyote's are tough but doable. Do a search on them. I can recall some postings.

 

[buickanddeere]

Happened right in town

Beloved dog lost to coyote attack | Kincardine News

 

[k0ua]

Yes I know the pain of you loss, and you have my condolences. We have lost two of our outside kitties to the yotes. I have seen our current Kittie come running home all fuzzed up and scared. It would hate to lose him and my wife really would be devastated if he gets eaten too. But he is an outside kitty in the daytime and it would not be fair to him to try to keep him in all the time. Maybe keep a .223 handy.

 

[Egbert]

I've seen some awesome electronic calls that do an amazing job of attracting a range of target animals. You just set it in some brush, maybe sounding like a dying rabbit, and just wait.

 

[troutsqueezer]

I lost a Pomeranian shortly after I moved to the country. Same deal, let it out for a bathroom break in the morning and found it down the hill later in the day. Have also lost numerous cats. Since then we stick to bigger dogs.

 

[dirt ditch]

First post here... Any tips on hunting coyotes?

Welcome to tbn. Sorry about the dog. I have lost a couple to coyotes myself. A really good book I learned from is Hunting Predators for Hides and Profit: Wilf E. Pyle: Amazon.com You probably aren't interested in keeping and preparing hides but the hunting information is top notch even though it's a 29 year old book.

 

[Stick895]

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[Ken45101]

Ten years back, we lost a couple of small dogs (beagle, Boston terrier) that we suspect the coyotes may have gotten.

Two years ago, our current dogs returned the favor, killing a coyote about 500' from the house in mid afternoon. That's one that we know about at least. But I worry about the 'yotes ganging up on the dogs, especially if they are out alone. As our German Shepard gets older, I worry about the day that he will be outmatched