re: Our cat is missing. This coyote appeared in the yard this morning

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Im not against shooting them but "killing dominant pack members breaks the social structure. This allows younger or subordinate females to breed, often producing much larger litters than normal."

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Yeah, one person isn't going to make a dent in a rural coyote population. I'd shoot it out of principle but livestock dogs or a donkey will make them look elsewhere for an easier meal.

Here's the play by play scenario of a donkey playing rag doll with a coyote.

How a donkey can chase down, catch, and kill a coyote if it enters its territory.

Speed and Stats

• Coyote Top Speed: 35 to 40 mph (56 to 64 km/h)

• Donkey Top Speed: Around 15 mph (24 km/h)

• Weight Difference: A coyote weighs 15 to 45 lbs (7 to 20 kg), while a full-grown donkey weighs 400 to 800 lbs (180 to 360 kg).

How the Chase Works

• Over Short Distances: While coyotes are much faster over a long stretch, donkeys have explosive short-distance bursts and sharp eyesight/hearing.

• The Reaction: Donkeys do not flee from canines like sheep or deer do; they have a hardwired instinct to charge, bray loudly, and attack.

• The Catch: If a coyote is caught off guard, cornered, or slow to react in a pasture, the donkey can run it down over a short distance, grab it with its teeth, slam or toss it, and stomp it with its heavy hooves.

Because of this aggressive "herbivore tank" behavior, ranchers frequently use donkeys as effective livestock guardians against predators.

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Shoot the motherfrickers. Youre endangering you family by leaving those around.

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wondrous ignorance

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Shoot the motherfrickers

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I bought the scope, this morning, to do it.

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Youre endangering you family by leaving those around

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I'm not "leaving those around." That's why I got the scope.
*you're

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And you take a pic?

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Yes. The better to identify. Turns out my sister caught what looks like the exact same coyote on camera across the road near a stand. And it took me a moment to realize it wasn't her black dog who comes over sometimes. Gathering info is OK.

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fricking shoot

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With the gun I didn't walk around with while making breakfast and drinking coffee, while wearing my pajamas, when my dog started randomly barking? And as my dog approached the thing that I only saw as I just stuck my head out the door? I shooed it off and took a pic. Then I gathered info and made a plan.

You sound like a try hard.

We moved very remotely last year (been here almost a year). I have large acreage plots all around me. We literally cannot see or hear our closest neighbor. I was (quietly) worried about yotes when we moved but miracously have not seen or heard any.

We have a cat that leaves and stays gone for days at a time (I just cannot make myself have ole boy cut).

Having said that, if they do ever show up around here frick social structure. I'm killing every one I see. We enjoy seeing the turkey and deer around here and I'll do my part to keep predators away.

The Coyote will get. Cat Scratch . Fever

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I had no idea until now that a donkey is coyote protection

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A good one is protection against anything that is trespassing.

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Too many freeze and hunch over

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I didn’t realize they did this. Seems natural instinct would be to take off

we have a solid black version with white patch on the chest....beautiful!

But kill them ALL!