How to deter coyotes

[CR172]

22-250 does the trick around here......

 

[Ed of all trades]

I have been reading about yotes after reading this thread. The experts claim that if you kill a couple yotes they just breed at a higher rate and the population stays the same. ??????????? Who knows???? I know I don't. Ed

 

[Hoochy]

In my experince, snares are by far the most effective/productive method. They get wise to calling and become almost totally nocturnal.

 

[MMagis]

I have been reading about yotes after reading this thread. The experts claim that if you kill a couple yotes they just breed at a higher rate and the population stays the same. ??????????? Who knows???? I know I don't. Ed

I’m pretty sure that’s been proven many times over. I’ve always read that you have to kill 70% of the local population to start making any dent. I just know I kill every one I can.

 

[westcliffe01]

In the end, its not a question of how many coyotes there are. It is a question of how they behave around you, your family and your livestock. If they determine you are trying to kill them, they will remain scarce and look for easier targets. If they determine that you ignore them, they will become more and more aggressive until they are gnawing on old people sitting on their porches or snatching young kids or babies. California is the test bed of this concept with their almost universal prohibition on shooting inside city limits.

I have been reading about yotes after reading this thread. The experts claim that if you kill a couple yotes they just breed at a higher rate and the population stays the same. ??????????? Who knows???? I know I don't. Ed

 

[Ed of all trades]

In the end, its not a question of how many coyotes there are. It is a question of how they behave around you, your family and your livestock. If they determine you are trying to kill them, they will remain scarce and look for easier targets. If they determine that you ignore them, they will become more and more aggressive until they are gnawing on old people sitting on their porches or snatching young kids or babies. California is the test bed of this concept with their almost universal prohibition on shooting inside city limits.

That makes sense to me. I want a coyote or anything else that has the potential to cause trouble to be uncomfortable at my house and will do what I can to see that they are. Ed

 

[westcliffe01]

Just imagine what life would be like without a police department, or justice system ? If there were no consequences for criminal action, the number of criminal acts would increase dramatically. To maintain law and order, there have to be consequences, same goes for any predator stalking my property.....

 

[Ed of all trades]

I had a young bear hanging around my house and just would not leave. He went up a tree and stayed for about 3 hr's. My BB gun made him decide to leave. He was one mad bear, but I hope I saved his life. There are people who would have gotten something stronger than a BB gun if he had hung around their house like that. Ed

 

[Ford850]

Coyotes will adapt to about anything and survive. Google Chicago Coyote Study, and there's plenty of reading. I remember 10 or 15 years ago, they estimated there could be 100 coyotes in the city of Chicago. Now there are thousands. Of course, it could be the Coyotes know of Chicago's tough gun laws so they feel safe there.

 

[EddieWalker]

Of course, it could be the Coyotes know of Chicago's tough gun laws so they feel safe there.

Now that's funny!!!!