How to deter coyotes

[Ford850]

Lots of good advice above.
My house is 1/4 mile off the road and there are no homes within 1/2 mile in 3 directions around me. Yet, coyotes don't alter their path one bit if they want to cross through, and will come within a few feet of my house rather than circle around it. I've seen them slowly trot across my front yard during the day, while they stared straight at me watching from the window. At various times during the year, coyotes and red fox both have multiple 'scent post' markers around my property. My dog marks them daily, and the coyote and fox do the same. They are in a territory battle. They visit areas we camp on the property, regardless of all sorts of our scent, including urine. A few years ago a red fox was watching our house daily. I could see from his tracks in the snow that he circled the house and sat in the yard observing at night. Then he urinated on the front porch in a drift of snow. My dog retaliated with the same. After a couple turns from each, the fox ended the battle with a dump on my front porch. He didn't return the rest of that winter. These canines are much more bold than people realize.

 

[amberg]

I have had good luck using trench sets. dig a trench about 3 or 4 feet long 4 or 5 ins. deep and 4 ins. wide and set a no. 3 bridger at at each end where the trench slopes up. you don't need any lure or bait at this set as coyotes like to walk in these furrows and you will catch them at one end or the other. dogs don't usually like to walk in trenches so it is less likely to catch someones dog. you will need a catch pole in the rare case you catch a non target animal. We never had them around here until about 10 or 12 years ago, now they are every where here.

Wear rubber boots and use a kneeling pad when sitting the traps to help keep your scent down.

GOOD LUCK1

 

[Navasot]

Lots of good advice above.
My house is 1/4 mile off the road and there are no homes within 1/2 mile in 3 directions around me. Yet, coyotes don't alter their path one bit if they want to cross through, and will come within a few feet of my house rather than circle around it. I've seen them slowly trot across my front yard during the day, while they stared straight at me watching from the window. At various times during the year, coyotes and red fox both have multiple 'scent post' markers around my property. My dog marks them daily, and the coyote and fox do the same. They are in a territory battle. They visit areas we camp on the property, regardless of all sorts of our scent, including urine. A few years ago a red fox was watching our house daily. I could see from his tracks in the snow that he circled the house and sat in the yard observing at night. Then he urinated on the front porch in a drift of snow. My dog retaliated with the same. After a couple turns from each, the fox ended the battle with a dump on my front porch. He didn't return the rest of that winter. These canines are much more bold than people realize.

:laughing:

 

[TheSpoon]

After a couple turns from each, the fox ended the battle with a dump on my front porch. He didn't return the rest of that winter.

2 things come to mind with this.
1. That's one heckofa crap for him to want to stay away for a whole winter ("Hey Frank! You should have smelled this load I left on their porch!")
2. It's all fun and games until a fox craps on your porch. At least he didn't leave it in a paper bag, light the bag, and ring the doorbell.

 

[Ed of all trades]

2. It's all fun and games until a fox craps on your porch. At least he didn't leave it in a paper bag, light the bag, and ring the doorbell.

Give them a year or two. :laughing: Ed

 

[MossRoad]

Apparently black vultures are also juvenile delinquents...

Black Vultures Damaging Vehicles At Fairfax - WBIW.com / Local

 

[the old grind]

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_vulture

The black vulture also occasionally feeds on livestock or deer. It is the only species of New World vulture which preys on cattle. It occasionally harasses cows which are giving birth, but primarily preys on newborn calves. In its first few weeks, a calf will allow vultures to approach it. The vultures swarm the calf in a group, then peck at the calf's eyes, or at the nose or the tongue. The calf then goes into shock and is killed by the vultures.

No fun for ranchers, and I'm reminded of the antiquated and also IMO needless 'protection' placed on crows by our fed some century or so ago. I doubt they're any more 'threatened' than the $#%@! coyotes. (!)

Note the crows' racket in the campus coyote video, much like when they're squabbling over dinner on the ground and can be a signal to settle in the blind and get on your sticks.

btw, Not 'gunning dogs' lately :bawling: but several coyote snares reset after recent snow. Snared one grey fox yesterday and fingers crossed for Wile E and Co in a day or three.

 

[MossRoad]

Indiana has a very liberal crow season
Crow July 1, 2016 – August 15, 2016
December 13, 2016 – March 1, 2017
No Limit

There's a flock (a murder) of crows that hangs out in our town all winter. There has to be well over 50,000. Very loud.

 

[MMagis]

I belive all states have very generous crow seasons. It's up to the state to set the dates, but federal regulations allow for xxx number of days/year. But still, point taken. The federal protection over all native birds was too much.

 

[Navasot]

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_vulture



No fun for ranchers, and I'm reminded of the antiquated and also IMO needless 'protection' placed on crows by our fed some century or so ago. I doubt they're any more 'threatened' than the $#%@! coyotes. (!)

Note the crows' racket in the campus coyote video, much like when they're squabbling over dinner on the ground and can be a signal to settle in the blind and get on your sticks.

btw, Not 'gunning dogs' lately :bawling: but several coyote snares reset after recent snow. Snared one grey fox yesterday and fingers crossed for Wile E and Co in a day or three.

we usually loose 3-5 calfs and lost 4 kid goats last year to them...