Posted on 01/21/2012 11:42:28 AM PST by smokingfrog
Here in northern Texas where there have always been coyotes, there effectively is no feral cat population.
If the coyotes bother your cattle, put donkey’s in with them - always a simple old fashioned solution.
Here in northern Texas where there have always been coyotes, there effectively is no feral cat population.
I have been hearing a coyote for awhile here in Aiken County SC, where we are semi-rural. However, a week ago I actually saw one running across the road. That could explain why my neighbors free range chickens are “failing to come home” Or it could be the neighbor who is mad about what the free range birds do to his garden.
Here in northern Texas where there have always been coyotes, there effectively is no feral cat population.
I have been hearing a coyote for awhile here in Aiken County SC, where we are semi-rural. However, a week ago I actually saw one running across the road. That could explain why my neighbors free range chickens are “failing to come home” Or it could be the neighbor who is mad about what the free range birds do to his garden.
Topic Drift, but too good not to insert into any mention of chihuahuas:
Dog Gone
Coyote means “song dog” in one of the Indian languages. I refer to them as “target”.
Oh man are you guys in for an upleasant suprise. We are lousy with coyotes here in GA and still lousy with deer also. What happens is that the coyotes move into the burbs where they quickly realize its easier to run down and kill Muffy the cat/dog than a deer. We have had them make a run at our dogs two or three times right out in the street. We almost had to shoot one about 2 mos ago. They show little fear of humans. They have no natural predators and they cross breed with dogs so then you get a larger version called a coydog which is the type that will go after your kids. Coyotes are a total nuisance animal.
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I dislike coyotes greatly! It was shocking how easily he hopped over the fence. I am in a suburb.
Most of my family are on the Eastern Shore and they say the coyotes have mostly decimated the fox population, but there’s no reduction in the deer population.
I’m in the NM mountains and have a pack nearby. They are great to listen to at 4 in the morning when they get going.
But I don’t think they’re fuzzy bunnies or happy puppies. They know they are more prey then predator here, and it all works out ok.
Probably another DNR screw up.
Yeah it figures, I never know why people introduce animals that have been killed off because they needed killing off.
That’s terrible! My brother lost a couple of cats to coyotes in San Diego County. They also had a couple of dogs that usually looked after the cats, but still...
Do I really want to give them my email address?
Undocumented kitty control agents.
“If the coyotes bother your cattle, put donkey’s in with them - always a simple old fashioned solution.” Do burros do the same thing? How about horses? We see horses and cattle together, and we also see burros here, but I never thought about the purpose of arranging their living space that way.
I didn’t. The pictures appeared in a hunting magazine (can’t remember which one) and that’s where I saw them. I did go to the link & when they wanted an e-mail address, I figured I’d be satisfied with what I’d seen. Up to you. I’m thinking of setting up another free e-mail account for just such situations, ordering online, etc.
wrote this up from a recent wild pig hunt, amazing battle between wild boar and coyotes:
Across the canyon bottom, and going up to the top of a big hill beyond, is a huge slope, maybe 1000 yards of open uphill ground to a patch of deep brush cover at the top. A herd of big sows and piglets has broken from the canyon bottom and is going up hill, has gotten 200 yards from the top, in single file. Last in line is huge black and white sow, with a bunch of piglets, one piglet trailing. From no-where, a big coyote rushes the piglet and grabs it.
The sow spins and charges back down the trail, slamming the coyote, and knocking it back, the piglet gets away. The sow moves back up the trail, with the piglet taking cover between her legs. The coyote hangs back. The sow gets another 10 yards up the trail before the coyote attacks again. Same result, the sow fights him off, then gets a little farther up the trail. It seems obvious to both the sow and the coyote that the battle will turn on whether the sow can get the piglet to deep cover. She has around 150 yards to go. It’s also clear that the coyote is overmatched. The sow is really fast, and very aggressive. Coyote attacks another couple times, but the sow fights him off. Sow gains another 30 yards to the brush.
Now a second coyote shows up, smaller than the first coyote. It seems the first coyote must be the alpha dog. The coyotes attack together, but the smaller coyote, whether being younger or less experienced, misjudges the sow. He hangs in too long, and she rolls him, catches him on the ground on his back, bites down and is stomping him. But in charging the coyote, the sow has moved off the piglet, the piglet is exposed, and the alpha dog makes a run at grabbing it, the piglet wrestles a little, keeping the coyote from getting a good hold. The sow sees this, pulls off coyote two and charges the alpha, knocking him back. She gains another 10 yards, backing up the trail with the piglet under her. She is still too strong, too determined. If she can stay tight on the piglet, she can make it up the trail.
Now I think about what I should do. I am admiring the sow. She is putting up an incredible battle, against stacked odds. Can I get over there and shoot the coyotes? I look at the ground to cover, I want to shoot those coyotes so bad, but it’s just too far. Over 1000 yards. A lot of it uphill over two gullies. Looks like I am just a spectator today.
The sow continues to back up the trail, battling every step, the two coyotes attacking every 20 seconds. The smaller coyote has learned his lesson and hangs back enough so he doesn’t get caught again.
Now a third coyote shows up, about the same size as coyote two. For a bit all three hang back. And then the alpha dog does something really smart. Up to now he has led the attacks, but this time he hangs back. The two smaller dogs rush the sow, she fights them off, and like lightning alpha rushes in, sweeps up piglet in one bite, and takes a dead run down the trail. The sow takes a few steps, stops and moves slowly up the hill to the other hogs at the top. Its over.
I wonder what she feels. She just fought an incredibly brave battle for her piglet, and lost. Does she feel anything I wonder?
Alpha stops a bit down the trail and starts to tear chunks off the living piglet. Coyote two rushes over to get some, and is mauled by alpha. Coyotes two and three stand around 15 yards off and watch. We move on down the canyon.
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