re: Dealing with coyotes

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If it’s a coyote(s) you can coexist with, don’t kill them. Others will take their place that you may not be able to coexist with. Otherwise kill them I guess.

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This is the theoretical answer, having a coyote in proximity to humans generally means there is food and more will replace the one you killed.

Best answer is something like this:



Anatolian X Pyrenees

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country baws



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in your neighborhood?



Does not compute.

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have you people not seen country neighborhoods? do you live in the middle of a metropolitan area?

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Way true. They're really hard to trap for sure.

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I actually watched a documentary on coyotes a while back. They have inhabited pretty much everywhere in the US, even islands which had no known transport of them. Large ranches have started getting scrap from local butchers and dumping it out in the open to distract them from the calfs.

Out west, they have crossed with the Grey Wolf, and now they have Coywolves that are not afraid to go near people.

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They're very smart

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From what I understand there was/is a few coyotes running around from City Park into Metairie. They were attacking small dogs and cats. People found bits of feet and tails on their lawns.
An "expert" wrote on the neighborhood facebook page that the coyote will entice a dog to come and play and then the pack will attack and kill the dog..

Dead serious. Take a big sponge, cut it up in a few pieces, soak them in bacon grease and put them out in different areas. Bacon grease is a repellent for coyotes.

I had something completely different running through my head when someone mentioned cougars and coyotes together. It had more to do with older women and human smugglers, but we'll just leave it at that.

Choot em!

All for wildlife and what not, but not something that is actively searching for my pets to eat.

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Put a donkey in your back yard.

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Donkeys are bad asses.

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Athis, I've also heard about the coyotes enticing a dog, then the pack kills it. I guess if you're going to use a dog to scare away coyotes, it better be a big, savvy dog.

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I used to let our Australian Shepherd roam around in the woods behind our house while I enjoyed evening cocktails. She would often capture possums and bring them to me. I didn't worry about coyotes because she was decent sized and pretty feisty. I didn't think a coyote, typically smaller than her, would mess with her. Well, two of them jumped her. She fought them off and ran for the house. They cornered her again and she fought them off again and broke for the house. I could hear this happening, but didn't realize what was going on until she made it out of the tree line and I saw them corner her again in the yard. One feinted at her head while the other tried to get her down from behind. When I came off the deck, ready to jump in, they disappeared like two ghosts. She was shook up, and had a few bites, but was ok. It ended her possum hunting.

They are smart and I almost learned the hard way that they will take down bigger animals.

I've heard mixed reviews on the effectiveness of shooting them, but I think I could find satisfaction in it.