Any one have coyote problems?

Garycw · Nov 3, 2015

So far I've only seen one that tried to catch a deer. I'm not sure how it ended over the hill, but the deer saw him as he started the charge about 100 yards away. Recently my dog caught one I believe trying to eat his food. He not only killed the coyote , but also ate it. Not much left but the skin & fur.

He's tougher than he looks.

gwstang · Nov 3, 2015

Yes, those things have decimated the fawn population down here in my area. I get them on game cam occasionally. We have no more predators that could keep the numbers down so they breed and more and more show up. They were just howling in my front field a little bit ago. I have a green field for deer in the front pasture and the yotes have figured out the deer dinner table and they wait for them. Last year I was walking my wife's two small dogs for her and a fawn darted out between them and me...a few seconds later a coyote darted between me and them about 4 foot from me chasing the fawn. They were both hauling butt, I yelled at the coyote and it did not even phase him. My wife is complaining about them and worried because they are coming so close to the house and might get one of her small dogs or two cats. I'm going to get one of those coyote calls and see if I can get one or two and the others will go back down in the deep woods behind our house and stay there.

Wagtail · Nov 3, 2015

Nope.

Heck, I haven't even spotted one of those 'coywolfs' that I was warned to be on the lookout for in the "North East"...

Mind you, that thread wasn't too specific about what "North East" they were talking about. :confused3:

Jstpssng · Nov 3, 2015

Wagtail said:
Nope.

Heck, I haven't even spotted one of those 'coywolfs' that I was warned to be on the lookout for in the "North East"...

Mind you, that thread wasn't too specific about what "North East" they were talking about. :confused3:

OK, I have a dumb question you may be able to answer.

I was telling about noticing that my compass had reversed polarity because the sun doesn't rise in the west. Somebody said "It does someplace"
I was stymied... the planet only spins in one direction. (Or the sun only orbits around the planet one way, depending on your viewpoint.

)

So I need to ask you; "what direction does the sun rise from down there?"

farmer2009 · Nov 3, 2015

Have several large packs around here. I don't hunt them but will shoot on sight. Two years ago I had a big yote chase 2 does in to my deer stand. I shot him instead of the deer. Sitting here in the barn now listening to them. When They get in the backyard I'll fire a few rounds from shotgun and they'll usually stay away from house for 6 months or so.

CCWKen · Nov 3, 2015

We have coyotes all over the place out here. A few weeks ago, my neighbor thinks a pack killed one of his calves. The carcass was about 50' from our boarding fence. It didn't last long. Within a couple of days, it was a pile of fur and bones. Our new found rescue pup thought it was great. She keeps bringing bones into the yard.

About 5-6 years ago, we had two coyotes within 25' of the back door. The two dogs we had at that time chased them back into the neighbor's field. By the time I grabbed a rifle and bolted out the door, they were long gone.

I'm always packing heat whenever I need to go the barn from around dusk on. Or during the day if I'm in the back brush/wood area. There could be things that will eat you out there.

There's nothing like getting chills on a hot summer day after hearing a snort come from the brush and being more than two seconds from the tractor or a climbable tree. :shocked:

Rustyferrious · Nov 3, 2015

One ran across our drive as I was heading home last night. I don't let the corgis out alone at night, they go as a pair and I stay with them. Not sure how they would do up against a coyote. I have seen them in a fight with my son's 70lb dog, nearly tore him in half, dragon (50 lbs) went for the throat and magic (35 lbs) went for his back legs. Would have killed him for sure in a few more seconds if I wasn't there to break it up. He never again tried to sample dragon's food bowl after that! Coyotes kill for a living so I keep an eye out. Chickens are in a very secure coop at night.

Wagtail · Nov 3, 2015

Jstpssng said:
OK, I have a dumb question you may be able to answer.

I was telling about noticing that my compass had reversed polarity because the sun doesn't rise in the west. Somebody said "It does someplace"
I was stymied... the planet only spins in one direction. (Or the sun only orbits around the planet one way, depending on your viewpoint.)

So I need to ask you; "what direction does the sun rise from down there?"

:laughing::laughing: Rest assured Mate that the sun does indeed rise from the East.

They may have been confused by how the sun tracks across the sky though... yours tracks to your South whereas mine tracks to the North.

Jstpssng · Nov 3, 2015

That was what I thought, but I've never been across the equator and thought I may be mistaken.
Thanks

idaho2 · Nov 3, 2015

NOt since the wolves moved in. Yotes and the big mutts don't get along. Miss hearing the yotes at night.

idaho2

japody · Nov 3, 2015

Two weeks ago, I looked out the back door and saw one walking through the pasture. Then went to the side door to see where he was headed. There were 12 turkeys walking on that side. The coyote walked right past them, no more than 75 feet away. Of course, he was long gone by the time I got the rifle. Strange that he didn't pay attention to the turkeys.

Garycw · Nov 4, 2015

I'm surprised I haven't seen more of them here in SE KY. There is a bear that stays back up the road a cpl miles on a regular basis, also bobcats in the area. Luckily haven't seen any wild hogs or signs of them. I'm sure there may be some though. The neighbor across the street sees & shoots the yotes near cow pasture often. I'll be keeping a closer eye out for them and keep a rifle in the truck.

jack707 · Nov 4, 2015

Its been warm here in Northern Wis. today 70! there fur might not be prime now but I'm going to start calling them in and see if I can get that pack back in to shooting range! or maybe they will fine one of my dirt holes or snares.

Ed of all trades · Nov 4, 2015

A couple years ago we had 2 packs singing to each other from The hills on each side of my neighbors house, and one killed a cat in the corn field behind my house. Last year and this, no singing and no sign of them. I do suspect they are around here somewhere.

My sister has a place in central Va and has always had a lot of wild turkeys. For the last few years the hens will show up in the spring with a bunch of young and by the time spring is over they are by themselves. We assume the coyotes are to blame. Ed

mark02tj · Nov 4, 2015

I was grilling out a couple of nights ago and heard the coyotes going crazy not too far away. I'm sure they'd just killed their dinner. Prior to that, I hadn't heard any in a year or so.

A couple of years ago during a below-zero cold snap, I saw 6 of them coming up a run along the south border of our property. It was mid-day which is pretty unusual, but I'm sure they were pretty hungry. I should have called the neighbors across the road. I found out several weeks later that they lost several ducks about that same time. The ducks spent the rest of the winter inside one of their pole barns.

teejk · Nov 4, 2015

jack707 said:
Its been warm here in Northern Wis. today 70! there fur might not be prime now but I'm going to start calling them in and see if I can get that pack back in to shooting range! or maybe they will fine one of my dirt holes or snares.

They are pretty thick around here but they are hunted pretty hard once the pelts get to "prime" (I think it's just another opportunity to get the boys together to drink beer). I had several just west of our house a few weeks ago and I mimicked their calls. They shut up pretty quick (guess I need to work on my technique). Our bigger problem now is wolves...they are back on the protected list thanks to people that like them but don't have to deal with them. While that battle continues, we're back to the "shoot/shovel/shut-up" days. I get the feeling that the DNR will look the other way if anybody reports a shooting.

2LaneCruzer · Nov 4, 2015

Jstpssng said:
OK, I have a dumb question you may be able to answer.

I was telling about noticing that my compass had reversed polarity because the sun doesn't rise in the west. Somebody said "It does someplace"
I was stymied... the planet only spins in one direction. (Or the sun only orbits around the planet one way, depending on your viewpoint.)

So I need to ask you; "what direction does the sun rise from down there?"

I suppose if you are standing at the South Pole, then every direction from there is North. That means what is East at the Equator would be West, depending on how you are standing. Quite a stretch, both of the facts and the imagination.

orezok · Nov 4, 2015

Contrary to popular notion, coyote's out here in the Mojave are a good thing. Not being a farmer/rancher they provide a beneficial service. They keep the rodent population down. Food out here is very scarce so there are not many, but they will eat anything. A couple of weeks ago the apples on my 2 trees were just about ripe. They are young trees and only about 7' to 8' tall.

One night they cleaned off 90% of the apples. The only ones left were at the very top of the trees. I cage the trunks with chicken wire to keep the hares from chewing the bark off. Like I said, food is very scarce out here. The yote's used the chicken wire to climb the trees and it ended up in a squashed pile a the base of the trunk.

dmccarty · Nov 4, 2015

We used to see 7-9 does in the herd that hangs around the house. Now we see 2-4 does. Usually two though I did see a doe with two SPOTTED fawns a few weeks ago.

The coyotes have just torn up the deer herd here. I have found deer bones next to our front porch, deer parts back by the barn, and at least twice, the coyotes have been howling in our back yard, just feet from our room. I assume they made a kill in the backyard. A few years ago we heard them chasing a deer in circles on our place. I went out to see if I could see them but the deer senses us and ran off to the west with the 'yotes following.

The other night I heard the coyote pack howling to our east a good distance away. Sounded like they were on the south edge of a field that holds cattle but I think those beeves are too big to mess with.

Later,
Dan