I had my Aimpoint red dot on a coyote this morning. He didn't notice me at all. He was maybe 60 ft away. I couldn't pull the trigger on the little fella. My wife is mad that I didn't do it for the sake of our cats. I have lived in the country for 30 years here and this is the first time one has been in our yard. That I have noticed. Food is the reason he is around here. Argh

In PA those are kill on sight

yeah - I'm thinking I probably would have pulled the trigger. We've got two cats and a small dog that would all become a meal if the coyote was aggressive.

Wife also tells me they've seen a "sick" fox twice now. She wants me to shoot it if I ever get a chance. Not sure why they think it's sick...

Is there such a thing as a "less than lethal" .22 or .177 pellet out there? There've been a couple of critters around here I'd like to pop on the butt just to discourage them from hanging around.

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Originally posted by SBrooks:
yeah - I'm thinking I probably would have pulled the trigger. We've got two cats and a small dog that would all become a meal if the coyote was aggressive.

I've heard a number of stories about people being followed in the woods by coyotes. My daughter took the hunter ed course yesterday and the WCO guy brought up that you see them, you kill them.

They're making their way to into the suburbs of Philly now (where I live). My uncle hunts a farm around here, he said a few years ago he watched a pack of coyotes drag a deer alive out of the corn field.

They're not just a threat to small animals but small children also, especially in suburban and urban areas.

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Wife also tells me they've seen a "sick" fox twice now. She wants me to shoot it if I ever get a chance. Not sure why they think it's sick...

The mange?

Rodent control is the good thing they do. I hope I made the right decision. I guess I could have shot a few near missed that would have scared him off.

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Originally posted by kx90:

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Originally posted by SBrooks:
yeah - I'm thinking I probably would have pulled the trigger. We've got two cats and a small dog that would all become a meal if the coyote was aggressive.

I've heard a number of stories about people being followed in the woods by coyotes. My daughter took the hunter ed course yesterday and the WCO guy brought up that you see them, you kill them.

They're making their way to into the suburbs of Philly now (where I live). My uncle hunts a farm around here, he said a few years ago he watched a pack of coyotes drag a deer alive out of the corn field.

They're not just a threat to small animals but small children also, especially in suburban and urban areas.

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Wife also tells me they've seen a "sick" fox twice now. She wants me to shoot it if I ever get a chance. Not sure why they think it's sick...

The mange?

They also get rabies!

Had a couple of such occurrences down in SW Virginia a few years ago.

Foxes are good to have around to prevent Lyme disease. The female fox on my property has had the manage for at least three years.

They have moved their den to another site and I miss seeing the pups at the old den they used.

Foxes will kill cats and I had video of them at one place. It looks like they break their neck by shaking them.

We have both Coyotes and Fox around here. As long as they stay away from the chickens, the house and the dogs, they get to live.

We had a fox a few weeks ago low crawling toward the chicken coop, scared him off with a .22, but he was back the next 3 days. He won't be back again, as he became buzzard food.

I live on the edge of a suburban sub-division, with a 40 acre field behind me. Neighbors have seen coyotes, and I heard a rabbit getting killed by them in the field the other night. If I get the chance, any that I see back there will get shot, presuming a safe direction and backstop. For the distances I would have, suppressed 17HMR should do the job nicely.

here in my neck of the desert, coyotes are something I see almost daily - sometimes only one but occasionally two or three

I was out biking the other night and was about 30 yards from my house when I saw a bobcat (my first since moving here) and it probably weighed in at close to 60 pounds

coyotes seem to come in all conditions although I've never seen any that looked 'terrible' but I do worry about my dog so she is never in my yard alone.

Our problem is that the coyotes learn to be wary of humans, but they also are clever enough to tell whether you are looking for them or just out for a stroll. They're opportunists who don't get a second chance if landowners are armed when they see them.

Had a great client with 2 yorkies, out for a morning walk next to the woods. Coyote shot out of the woods, grabbed the one nearest the woodline, and shot back in within what felt like no time to my client. He gave chase, flip-flops and shorts not withstanding, and the little dog (to it's credit) came around and bit at the coyote. The combination was more than the 'yote wanted, so he dropped the dog and made a quick getaway. That little dog had a crushed chest and 4 puncture wounds, lived almost a week before dying from his injuries.

I have no love lost for coyotes.

We occasionally see coyotes here in our suburban St. Louis yard. We have seen foxes as well. We have woods behind our property. The cat stays indoors.

Very common here in the Yoop. I had one a couple of years ago who would hang out around my townhouse and did not seem afraid of me at all. When he saw me, he would stop and focus on me, as if I had something for him.
This led me to believe my idiot neighbors were feeding him!
Been lots of talk about deer predation here and deer hunting is a revered tradition in the Yoop. I think the deer losses are directly related to an increased Coyote population. Wolves too, but there are way less of them.
Being followed by a Coyote? Glock 20 time!

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Originally posted by Il Cattivo:
Is there such a thing as a "less than lethal" .22 or .177 pellet out there? There've been a couple of critters around here I'd like to pop on the butt just to discourage them from hanging around.

Shooting to wound or maim isn't the answer. If you won't or can't kill it, then please trap it or seek the services of those who will trap or kill. I can think of no good reason to cause even nuisance animals to suffer.

 
We see them crossing our yard all the time, but it is not safe to shoot here in the neighborhood. We also have one permanent one in our yard that my wife bought as a little joke. It is actually made as a decoy. It does cause some drivers' heads to turn, but then it is not really "real enough" looking to cause further interest.
 

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by YooperSigs:
When he saw me, he would stop and focus on me, as if I had something for him.


Exactly what I was thinking!

Lately I've had 3 young raccoons coming to my yard to eat the food I put out for my "outdoor cats" (there are 4 of them, and a very young kitten has been seen recently). I hope the kitten does not get killed by the raccoons--it does not stay in my yard and runs off if I go out.

flashguy

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Originally posted by Il Cattivo:
Is there such a thing as a "less than lethal" .22 or .177 pellet out there? There've been a couple of critters around here I'd like to pop on the butt just to discourage them from hanging around.

These are often still lethal - it just takes the critter a week or two to die from infection.

Coyotes kill the natural fauna, a friend has pics of one walking by with a fawn in his mouth...there are no more quail near me due to the coyotes...and other animals too..

If we see them we shoot them.

NC Wildlife says:
There is no closed season or bag limit. Hunters may use electronic
calls for coyotes and feral swine.