Coyote bait......

[deserteagle71]

Some of you may have seen the video from a couple days ago wherein a coyote had grabbed a 2 year old little girl and was dragging her away; the girl's father intervened and chased away the coyote. So today a "wildlife expert/journalist" provided a "how-to" article on how best to deal with such a coyote.....

All I can say is... the coyotes that hang around my place wouldn't be impressed much. Besides, not at all sure Nevada coyotes understand English all that well....so just wondering, what do you guys who deal with coyotes think of this advice?

I know which language I'd be speaking to a coyote dragging away a little kid. But this article gave me a good laugh this afternoon!

 

[bmg88201]

I have a close friend that could deal effectively with the coyote. His name is Mr. Mossberg. The conversation would be one sided, to the point and very brief.

 

[sea2summit]

Funny, from what I saw of that video the yote didn't respond to the father running or yelling...urban yote's are "streetwise" for lack of a better term and could care less about normal noises from humans. Smart critters.

The right answer is probably lethal force. My LGDs take care of most of my yote problems but we've had to shoot more than a few, especially if there's goat kids/young chickens/puppies around as they seem to be irresistible to yotes. If one ever got that close to one of my children I guarantee it wouldn't survive the encounter.

 

[Jstpssng]

i speak the same language as most TBN members here. That's one BIG reason I am opposed to introducung wolves here, as many would like to do. I'm not worried about them bothering me; yet do travel with my dog, and a wolf or wolves would make short work of him.

A bit off topic but years ago I was reading an article on predator calling. The author was experimenting with calls that worked... one of which was his infant daughter's crying. He said his wife would have killed him, if she had known.

 

[David in KY]

That advice brought to you from this:

 

[deserteagle71]

That advice brought to you from this:

People like this should never leave the city...totally clueless as to defending oneself in the outback.

 

[LouNY]

On my what a humorous video, I'm having to wipe the tears from eyes from laughing so hard.

 

[MAX-24-Dean]

Besides, not at all sure Nevada coyotes understand English all that well....so just wondering, what do you guys who deal with coyotes think of this advice?

I know which language I'd be speaking to a coyote dragging away a little kid. But this article gave me a good laugh this afternoon!

I speak 357 or 30-06 to coyotes that don't give me some distance.

I have noticed that the coyotes in larger metro areas are not shy around people like they are in the country. Coyotes here will run from any vehicle or person aproaching close to them, as most farmers will stop and start shooting if they see one. Trained response.

 

[Jstpssng]

I have noticed that the coyotes in larger metro areas are not shy around people like they are in the country.

I believe that's also the case with the bear video. I didn't see where it was but it appeared to be a park setting. That bear was in no hurry to leave.
As much as we laugh about it, if it was in a park she was limited to what she could do. I don't believe they take kindly to shooting a bear because it was doing property damage. I hope that she didn't need that kayak to get back to civilization.

 

[IndyIan]

Yeah, I don't really get the "let the coyote's live in the city park where they kids play" mentality. They aren't rare and while I guess they mostly eat other pests in town like racoons, rats or possums, having a couple 50lb predators watching you to see if you are watching your kids closely isn't a great plan IMO... I have no problem with them in the country away from my house and animals, but every few years we get a coyote that's a bit "brave" around the house, and if its easy to shoot, then I do.