Posted on 06/09/2011 7:33:09 AM PDT by Notary Sojac
I’m in lower Orange County NY.
I live in the middle of farmland.
They run across the road in front of you, they will get close to your house, they will make repeat attempts to eat your pets.
They held a coyote hunt and thinned them out some, but that only works for so long.
Like I said further up thread, what we have here is a hybrid of coyote, wolf, and domestic dog that is beefier than your standard coyote.
There was also a rash of coyotes attacking children not too long ago.
Drifted out of the public eye because it was no longer exciting, not because it ceased.
LOL! I knew I would find you here!
“What we have here is a hybrid of coyote, wolf and domestic dog”.
A COYOLFOG? Seriously, it has to be a very unattractive and fierce looking animal!
That was a mess.
It looks like a coyote with a wider head.
And consequently a heavier bite force.
>> Most issues between humans and wildlife can be mitigated with a little foresight.
Yeah, most.
And for the rest — for example, coyotes, which are worse than worseless vermin in ranch country — there’s Winchester .243.
My wife’s uncle lives up in varmint country in central Washington, and his favorite ‘yote rifle is his Remington .22-250. Lots of punch behind the round and the gun is a lot of fun to shoot with a good scope on it.
It would probably serve you well to consider carcass disposal before you start shooting. You have to treat coyote carcasses as toxic waste, both because of rabies and canine diseases that could inflict your dogs or yourself.
This means no physical touching unless you decontaminate your gear after. The best disposal is probably a deep pit. Throw in the carcass, some quicklime (calcium oxide, which is cheap) on top of it, then a layer of dirt. And be mindful of fleas and ticks.
If the area is really rife with coyotes, your best bet is to set up ambushes for them, using vermin attractor to bring them in. You have to change the location of the ambush, because they can smell if another coyote was killed there. But this has a positive benefit of ringing your property as a “no go” area for other coyotes.
Why? I'm surprised there was anything left! ;-)
CZ Model 527 Varmint with Hornady 60g soft point-spire points. Hit hard. IMO anyway...
As an aside, National Geographic ‘studied’ them.
The locals call them coydogs as it is easier to believe that they are crossed with feral dogs, National Geo has claimed the wolf genes exist in them.
[Normally wolves will kill coyotes upon sight, making Nat Geos claim suspect at best.]
".... and it will blow your head clean off!"
12 guage shotgun with #3 Buck or a coyote load. You are in way too close on 7 acres for a high powered rifle. A .22 does not have the stopping power if you want to make sure to put them down on the first shot.
Im in Chemung County. I’ve heard stories and experienced them encroching camp sites but neve close enough to be seen and I’ve never heard of an actual attack. I’m more worried about the stinking inbred attack dogs the neighboors call pets.
A .22-250 has been my choice for the last 50 years. It punches hard and they don’t lope away suffering.
I live out in the county, and we’ve got a few coyotes, but they do seem more common when you go closer in. As someone pointed out up-thread, killing the ones you see is a fool’s errand - in fact it probably just makes them breed more. Animals can be a problem, but frankly, if you can’t outwit them, I suggest you go back to town and get an apartment. Of course that’s coming from a guy who last year left a ham bone for the dog in a cooler on the porch. The bear that ended up with the bone it enjoyed it, and the cooler was a total loss...
You are on 7 acres in a wooded area—22 long rifle is sufficient and you don’t have to worry about killing the neighbor. I see several posts here suggesting rounds that would kill a deer or elk at 400 yards. You don’t need that for a scrawny 40 lb coyote.
You’re farther north than I am.
Down here closer to the border between NY. NJ, and PA we have had problems with them to the point that people have begun to practice the three “S’s”.
Pretty stinking sad too.
The local wildlife official can’t be bothered to come out when they receive a notice that there is a problem coyote.
Another thing about ‘here’, the coyote here travel in packs, wholly unlike normal coyote behavior.
We have an annual coyote hunt, but the animal worshippers [PETA] and the anti-hunters shriek about it every time.
The coyote here breed large groups that end up unhealthy and sick.
Guess when the problems with them start...
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