Coyote and Groundhog

[oosik]

2Lane - its simply getting too crowded for the coyotes. Given the choice - they have moved to more remote digs - ??? However it is strange - look at all the coyotes in down town La.

Out here in MY puckerweed area - I've been here since '82 and in all that time( 46 years ) there has been only one new family move into our area.

We got turkey about 15 years ago - from a transplant by one of the government programs. They have flourished(complete understatement) and now have become a true pest. Particularly if you are raising and feeding any type of farm animal on your property. The turkeys are more than pleased to share anything you feed your livestock. And on a somewhat smaller scale - they will do to your yard exactly what the wild hogs are doing to property in Texas.

 

[drizler]

2Lane - its simply getting too crowded for the coyotes. Given the choice - they have moved to more remote digs - ??? However it is strange - look at all the coyotes in down town La.

Out here in MY puckerweed area - I've been here since '82 and in all that time( 46 years ) there has been only one new family move into our area.

We got turkey about 15 years ago - from a transplant by one of the government programs. They have flourished(complete understatement) and now have become a true pest. Particularly if you are raising and feeding any type of farm animal on your property. The turkeys are more than pleased to share anything you feed your livestock. And on a somewhat smaller scale - they will do to your yard exactly what the wild hogs are doing to property in Texas.

It痴 never too crowded for coyotes! Back when I was a prison guard in the 80s I used to watch those things head into the suburban back yards at night without a thought. That was right on the edge of suburbia and that tower afforded a peffect view at night. Those things adapt no matter what.
I致e never seen any evidence that they migrate either. The ones around my place never seem to go away for long.

 

[DieselnHooters]

I think I saw a cougar about a month ago, down by the creek, but no coyotes.

I think coyotes wont stick around an area where there are cougars or wolves

 

[CowboyRon]

I think coyotes wont stick around an area where there are cougars or wolves

Yes, we have had a few black panther sightings on our property.
They are also more likely to be shot in the county than in the suburbs.

 

[CowboyRon]

Yes, we have had a few black panther sightings on our property.
They are also more likely to be shot in the county than in the suburbs.

Sorry, I meant country not county.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

I think coyotes wont stick around an area where there are cougars or wolves

Makes sense. There obviously aren't many cougars here...maybe a stray now and then...so I doubt that's the reason. It is true, that there is prey everywhere for them, not only in suburbia but in the country also. I see them occasionally in a wheat field, and a carcass along the highway, so they are here. Just as well. Don't need them hanging around in my yard...but the deer are the ones that are the real pests. They eat our flowers, nibble on the shrubs and a couple years completely destroyed my bed of Purple Hull peas. This Fall a young buck ruined a couple of Cherry tree saplings.

The turkeys keep the bugs down and clean up around the bird feeder and fertilize my deck and driveway. I am keeping a watch on the geese; don't care for those nasty things to hang around in any numbers. The Mallards; well that's another matter. I haven't seen a Mallard drake tail stuck in a picture frame for 50 years!

 

[oosik]

The deer.........around here they have a nasty habit of "tasting" everything you plant. The wife bought some shrubs that supposedly repelled deer - - they simply loved the shrubs and ate them right down to the ground. Wifey would get so upset - deer would nip off and taste the biggest nicest leaf on every plant - then promptly spit it out.

I really don't see the coyotes bothering the deer too much. Perhaps in the spring when they have fawns. Otherwise - the deer and coyotes are usually on totally different paths.

 

[dannoGT]

In our area we are getting coyote/wolf hybrids (confirmed by biologists) so these are smart fast and eat pretty much anything A local farmer was tearing down an old shed on his property and when he dug up the floor there was an old den under the floor what surprised him was the number of dog collars in the den!

 

[oosik]

An article in 2017 Scientific American by Monzon. Studying this cross-species in NE USA and Canada. Able to obtain the DNA from 427 specimens. Results show these animals are - 65% coyote - 25% wolf - 10% domestic dog. This was the average across the 427 specimens.

 

[BoylermanCT]

I have a coyote family in the woods behind my pond. We hear them all the time, but they have not caused any issues with the chickens,ducks, cats or dogs, so as long as they leave me and mine alone, I won't bother them.