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Originally posted by irreverent:
My only comment here is that I’ve read stories that indicate depleting the population only causes a massive input. It’s like they sense the depletion in numbers and reproduce 10fold to counter it. Ymmv

I read that on the link I posted as well, that we should just hide the food and pets, leave them be, until you read the section where the only time the wildlife group will come to deal with them is if they find the coyotes are eating protected sea turtle eggs..

GO figure, perhaps we should put in some sea turtles...

I got 2 Anatolian shepherds, 120lb and 90lb, they keep the coyotes in check on my side of the fence.

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Originally posted by Gustofer:
Had one run through just the other day. I can tell you that they're no match for a 45-70.

I can't divulge my source, but I have it on good authority that a one ounce 12 gauge slug drops them in their tracks, lights out.

 
They come through here and sound every night. Our dogs go out to greet them, but there is a 6ft fence separating the dogs, thankfully.
 

We have one that shows up on the game camera every few weeks. He's skinny and I suspect he has a big parasite load.
They seem to come through the area every few years. Last time we heard the pack all summer and they moved out in the fall.

When we first built on our somewhat remote property in 2002 we often heard, and on occasion saw, coyotes. They were never a problem as far as we were concerned but must have been for others in the county because the county put a $35 bounty on them for a year. Getting paid to hunt and kill coyotes got almost every hunter along with every redneck to the task. Poison was most effective even though it was indiscriminate and a year later no more coyotes so bounty was not extended.

This year I can say they're back again having heard their yelping in hunt in the woods right near our campfire. Yelping became more and more intense, sounded like at least 5-6 of them, then they became quite after the deer or whatever was taken, or possibly escaped.

Still not a problem as far as I'm concerned but the neighbors are all out for them "because they kill deer". Of course the neighbors all kill deer too because "hunting controls the deer over-population".

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I actually enjoy sitting out on my back deck and listening to them howling - they're all around us here - I hear them from every direction

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Originally posted by nhtagmember:
where I live, coyotes - perhaps a dozen - are a common sighting around here

They are a damn nuisance, but it's hard not to admire their ability to adapt to pretty much any terrain or area. They are well established even here in the Interior of Alaska over the last decade.

I've said this before: Shoot. Shovel. Shut Up.

Well the HOA put out notice on the Coyote and that some folks have reported to find Bear Scat in their yards, apparently we are now being infiltrated by bears.....

I'd have thought the gators would take care of the coyotes and bears....

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However, if a coyote has lost its fear of humans or continues to be a problem, lethal control measures may be necessary. Such methods should be directed at specific coyotes or toward coyotes in a specific area.

Well they all look alike to me so....BANG!

I saw a big one only 20 yards away last night in my back yard. I have since placed a .410 by the back door. Its loaded with 3 000 buck pellets in each shell. I also get quite a few pics of them on my game camera out back.

I'm thinking of getting a decoy and bow hunting them. There's a cool one on Amazon for $50 that has a remote control moving thingamajig and has 10 different electronic calls.

Listen in the woods real late at night when an emergency vehicle's siren is wailing in the distance. All the coyotes instinctively start howling in response. Its a good way to understand how many are out there that you never see.

They were singing here south of Clermont and Groveland last night.

My wife and I love to listen to them sing. A couple of years ago we had a very young pup show up in our yard. My wife nursed it back to health and he stayed with us for almost 2 years then he struck out on his own and we believed he joined a pack. We have pictures and videos of him playing with us, including me holding him in my arms in our dining room. They are very cunning and they are thiefs. He would bring home the damnedest things. Shoes,gloves,garden tools,liquor bottles. Whatever caught his eye.

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Originally posted by RaiseHal:
Listen in the woods real late at night when an emergency vehicle's siren is wailing in the distance. All the coyotes instinctively start howling in response. Its a good way to understand how many are out there that you never see.

A locomotive horn has the same effect.