Re: Coyotes- help please!
[Re: Sheila Buckley ]
#294961 - 09/06/2010 12:46 AM |
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Okay, I LIKE coyotes.....and that doesn't stop me from chasing the (absolutely ADORABLE) yearling pups out of the dumpster with a shovel in the middle of the night.....I'd never feed them either
seriously though....they're are quite cute....there's a new spunky young male who plays with an old volleyball someone left out in the field...I don't have the heart to throw that nearly flat ball away....he looks like he's having to much fun!
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Re: Coyotes- help please!
[Re: Will Rambeau ]
#294965 - 09/06/2010 06:45 AM |
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The wolf re-introduction to Idaho has been a horrible failure.
The wolves that they used here were not our old native species of wolves, instead Fish & Game placed Canadian Grey wolves here, which were *much* larger than our old species. They have devastated the Elk herds ( which were a large portion of livelihood of the hunting guides here, which has resulted in many of them going out of business, and a domino effect on hotels, gun dealers, etc. ) - we had nearly 15k Elk in our area on the last count before the wolf re-introduction, and now the Elk counts are in the mid 3k's.....that's what happens when a non-native predator is introduced into an area under the direction of the idiot environmentalists.
So we have the wolves to thank for job losses, significant cattle losses, and loss of dollars in general to our entire area. The only people happy about this are the hippie environmentalists who almost all live in Boise ( most of whom almost moved here from California and brought their idiot ideas here, grrrr! ) and never have to deal with the wolves, period.
And now they put the wolves back on the endangered list!!
Our local plan for the wolves? The three S's..........shoot, shovel, and shut up.
I'm sure that the people in my county will do their part!
So true, my brother has a ranch in Montana, Elk hunting last year was a waste of time, plus, the wolves are now bothering the horses.They had a foal taken down last year.
Coyotes have been a problem for many areas of Massachusetts for sometime, the east coast coyotes are much larger than other parts of the US. We have had a significant problem with them in our town, I frequently see them on the other side of my fencing. Years ago they raided our ducks and chickens, but have since installed fencing that is much better at keeping predators out, well, except for the nasty fisher cats! After coyotes followed a runner, with her four large dogs, the town decided on putting a pit at the end of my street, this is now where all of the road kill goes! They have always run away when I have encountered them. Make yourself look very big if you see one, hands up over your head, open a jacket up wide. Most on our street have lost their cat to one, and it is amazing, like Will said, that people will get another cat and let them out! I have three cats, indoor, and two small dogs that I would never let run in my yard, fenced or not.
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Re: Coyotes- help please!
[Re: Sheila Buckley ]
#294966 - 09/06/2010 06:58 AM |
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Speaking of coydogs... someone said they saw what looked like a dog with them... that's when I really started to worry. They took a cat from neighbor's porch three years ago in the middle of the day.
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Re: Coyotes- help please!
[Re: Linda West ]
#294967 - 09/06/2010 07:13 AM |
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The wolf reintroduction was such. a. dumb. thing. Sheesh what did they think was going to happen when they brought those huge predators that were used to bringing down moose? I know, they didn't think.
We have a few cougars in lower Michigan, but the DNR keeps saying no way. Well, when a horse is attacked in it's pasture and it's back is all clawed up and neck bitten up, it's not a coyote.... Cougars scare me much more than coyotes. If one came around here SSS would most definitely be put into action
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Re: Coyotes- help please!
[Re: Mara Jessup ]
#294971 - 09/06/2010 08:39 AM |
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In late winter our coyotes get hungry and bold. Deer crowd around our buildings when the snow and cold are bad to avoid the coyotes, and the coyotes come in close at that time.
We shoot at them. They are gunshy. Some we kill. Last fall I hauled a dead cow (she had a heart attack, was old) to the most remote point on our farm, that seemed to keep coyotes away from the buildings last spring. In May there was nothing left but hide and the biggest bones. There was a den 50 ft from her carcass.
Now we have wolves too, but not many, thank God. Much bigger, different howl. Cougars are reported too. If I see a cougar I will shoot it if I can.
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Re: Coyotes- help please!
[Re: Betty Landercasp ]
#294974 - 09/06/2010 09:54 AM |
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Betty, I am not moving near you any time soon, that's all I can say!
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Re: Coyotes- help please!
[Re: Linda West ]
#295040 - 09/06/2010 09:07 PM |
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My first advise is to NEVER, NO NEVER, take your dog out without it being on a leash. We have coyotes here too, they are used to humans and are not afraid. Did anyone hear the story recently, I think it was in L.A. California, a family takes their two dogs out, terriers, one leashed, one unleashed. they walked the same route every day at the same time. Unknown to them a coyote was hiding in the brush as they passed by their little dog was grabbed as it was walking right next to them. The Coyote was hiding in the brush and as they passed it snatched it and killed it, there was nothing they could do. It happened in minutes. They went on TV and warned people keep your dog on the leash!
Never underestimate them, even when you are in your own back yard. They can climb a 6 ft chain link fence without a problem. Supervise all your pups time outside.
Do not leave pet food outside and clean the bowl the next day. They will kill a dog and cat in a snap so be on your guard.
Sharon Empson
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Re: Coyotes- help please!
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#295044 - 09/06/2010 09:12 PM |
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I heard on Fox News that 2 children were bitten by coyotes (separate incidents I believe) in Rye, New York. Wild animals are unpredictable and should always be treated as just that ...wild.
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Re: Coyotes- help please!
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#295046 - 09/06/2010 09:27 PM |
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Re: Coyotes- help please!
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#295047 - 09/06/2010 09:33 PM |
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I do not have a problem with Coyote or wolf, (of course we have no wolves here) however, I think if people are going to move into their territory they need to expect that they will encounter them and be prepared. Get some trash cans they can't get into , do not leave pet food out or pets. Do not feed them. Watch your children, do not go out alone, be prepared to protect yourself.
I try and let my pups out before dark. We have a fence very close to the house, and although it is very small it serves as a potty place. I go out with them, and if I can with my husband. They go out and in quickly. We have had coyote in our yard. I have come face to face with them. I have hiked out in our nature preserve and have encountered many coyote, and even found a den area with a large pack out there.
We leave them alone. can you believe it, our nature preserve has just let people take their dogs into the nature preserve! Of course they ask that the leashes remain on, and of course people unleash their dogs as they enter the preserve. We have mountain lions, coyote, and of course rattle snakes. What are people thinking?
Sharon Empson
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