Willie, your farm collie lab cross looks like an angel. I would love to have a dog like that. I'd be really proud to have your dog. But-
my farming days are numbered too, sadly. Which is why I bought the dog I do have, and not a "real" farm dog. Sold my bred heifers this fall, a sign the end is near. Husband lives at hospital, sons are gone, help= a hired man 4 hrs twice a week---an amount of "man work" not enough . We've talked about selling all our cows too. I can't bear it. That's the only reason we still have cows. We've talked about renting out the land. Husband would like that best."No more animals".

I am going to call the guys with hounds and try to have the coyotes thinned out that way. It's good advice, the right answer.

If that is the case, then getting some responsible hunters in there would be the answer for sure.

I'm sorry to hear that you are getting out too.
I understand though..and you got to do what you got to do......
It's so hard when there are health issues.
Hugs!!!!!

Betty, I’m sorry to hear that the farming days are numbered. You’re stories and adventures are so fun to read about. If you’re running short on man power though, I can see where that would be difficult.

As for the coyotes, we have an old generational family on our property; we figure about 15 at times. We’ve owned this property for 14 years now and kind of adopted a live and let live attitude with them. Currently we have 22, one and two year old cows on the property (belong to the neighbor) and have done this for the past 9 years with no attacks or injuries.

The neighbors all know about this pack and I’m the only one that’s ever wanted one taken out. The big old male really scared me one day. We haven’t seen him since. But all in all, I think this is nature working really well. They do a great job of keeping down the rodent population. No one in the area has any problems whereas a few miles down, the barns and fields are full of them.

With coyote issues, I’m always reminded that these guys have a great sense of smell (not unlike our canines) and are really sensitive to human urine markings.

One year we were having a bit of a function up on the property (family/friends camping) and one tent was being set up fairly near an area that we often see them. We had all the guys go out and pee a perimeter. Not one sighting the entire weekend.

As well, if we bag a deer locally, often we’ll take it up to the property to skin and hang it for a few days. Bob always marks his circular territory and nothing ever goes near it, our boys don’t even cross this line.

I was going through a few past posts the other night and came upon Mr. Rambeau’s nasty neighbor deterrent. I wonder if this stuff would have any effect on coyotes.

I could just see the look on your hired man’s face as you’re laying out the instructions for that day’s work.

I have guys pee around here all the time!!!!! I think it works too!
Live and let live is my motto too, but there are rules: no stalking cattle, no hunting near buildings.

I think I have figured out the problem: There has been 0 human activity on my neighbor's160 acre property since early May, (he's in the nursing home now) 80 acres of CRP border my land, with a running creek. I've got my cows pastured in the field next to this CRP. His coyotes probably think they own the field that my cows are now in, no one has been in that field since August when I cut hay.
Deer season is starting, that gives the coyotes tons of work (wounded deer) and food(gut piles), and something to think about, as guys with guns are wandering around everywhere.
We'll see what happens over the next few weeks. Perhaps the coyotes will back off on their own.

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We'll see what happens over the next few weeks. Perhaps the coyotes will back off on their own.

I hope they do! Good luck!

Just spoke to a friend of mine that lives only a couple of towns away (north east of me) & they have had Canadian grey wolf/coyote Xs in their area since last fall. She has 12 acres bordering reseavoir conservancey land that has a number of deer herds that travel those woods.

Her husband has a friend that is an animal biologist associated with the state (CT) & told him that they really are in fact grey wolf Xs. They have a large coyote pupulation in their area (as it is mostly high multiple acre zoning all around that area) She said that these Xs are very much larger then the usualy coyotes. They are also grey coated & very wolf like in appearance. She said that it looks totally different than the coyotes. So far this w/c x hasn't caused any trouble. She has 3 horses there also. One is a miniature hosrse. She she can't put them out too early or leave them out at night in the summer, due to the local coyotes & especially with this bigger guy in the area. At this point, there is enough deer etc for this guy & the coyotes to eat. Hopefully, that won't change anytime soon.

This animal seems to travel in & out of the area over the course of a couple of weeks or so at a time. He seems to be a loner, as they have never seen more than the one male ( has seem him marking areas down near the water) that appears to be the same one all the time.

She has to take her dogs out on leash when he is in the area, as her dogs really want to head out into the woods in the direction that they have last seen the wolf/coyote. They appear to be very adgitated & go a bit crazy, barking & running to the windows & pacing in the house, when they know that that he is in the area.

Don't know why she never mentioned it to me before. Maybe because she just saw him hanging around yesterday, & happened to think about it while we were talking. Ok, so now when I take my dogs up to her place to run my dogs, I will be very freaked out. Glad that they have a great recall. But not sure that I want to test it with this guy in the area.

Here is a thought. It is known that coyotes do not want to go into another's pack territory. If you have someone who lives near you-maybe in another part of your town, maybe they would consider taping the sound of the coyotes they see in their property howling. then you could take it home and play it and see it these sounds of another pack repel the pack from your property. You could play it first thing in the morning and then at dusk. Just a thought

That is a good idea.
Based on that thought process, when the LSGD were little we trained them to howl when they heard the coyotes yipping and such.
The dogs still do it now...when they howl, we know the 'yotes are out....lol or an ambulance....