Coyotes, not ‘Cougars’. So don’t purposely let yourself get caught.
Posted on 09/25/2020 1:58:32 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
Cape Lejeune Marine Corps Base on the North Carolina coast has issued a safety alert after multiple people reported being attacked at the military facility by coyotes.
At least four attacks have occurred recently on the eastern side of the base, near the Wallace Creek area, officials said in a Facebook post.
Investigators did not give details of the injuries, but noted all victims “were running after dark in the vicinity.”
The latest attack occurred at 4 a.m. Sept. 23. All the victims reported being near offices of the II Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group Command when attacked, officials said.
“Until further notice, please do not run in this area after dark until the animal can be removed,” the base said, adding people on base should “report any human encounters with coyotes.”
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556 verses Coyotes and the 556 is undefeated.
Make it a PT test - if you can outrun the coyotes or take one out with your bayonet, you get a 3 day pass and exemption from PT for a month.
He did mention that they were so interbred with red wolves, especially over east, that they are almost indistinguishable genetically.
Hey, to hear them tell it, a Marine runner would grab the coyote, reach down its throat, grab its @$$ and turn it inside out! Ooorah!
We are lucky here. We are a couple of block wide the no-man’s land between the coyote territory and the bobcat territory. Occaisionally one or the other shows up, but they tend to leave each other alone. The fox population seems to have a cohabitation agreement with bobcats.
[Shooting coyotes at night with a night scope is not as easy as it sounds.
In open areas like Texas and the plains states not so hard.
On the East Coast the coyote uses the brush to hide while he checks out the area and usually sees the hunter before the hunter sees him.
It is fun, but not something with immediate results.
Trapping is much more successful when done by an expert.]
Sometimes they are called Coy-wolves. They are more aggressive than the smaller western coyote’s because of the wolf in them. My sister moved here from Colorado two years ago. She told me about a pack of big dogs chasing her and her little dog to the house. I told her they were coyote’s and she said they were two or three times the size of the coyote’s she saw in Colorado.
Coyotes, not ‘Cougars’. So don’t purposely let yourself get caught.
Loose dogs can also be a problem.
We have a big problem with black bears here. Between them and the coyote’s you don’t let small dogs out at night.
Why not shoot them? I used to fly fish a stream not too far from my home. The coyotes would stalk. I started to carry a side arm and my hunting license while fishing. As long as it wasn’t Sunday it’s legal to dispatch them in PA.
I have no personal experience with hogs.
I know from reading that they are very smart but have no idea which is smarter.
My guess is that both are smart enough that the difference is immaterial.
Yes they can. These were coyote’s though. A lot of dogs that run loose at night are killed by them. She said they were yipping like coyote’s and looked like them but were so big she didn’t realize they were because the small ones out west were mostly afraid of people. I have two big Mountain Curs outside and their fence is 5 feet high. At 60 pounds each they wouldn’t have a chance against a pack of our super sized aggressive coyotes.
I wonder how they would respond to getting maced? Of course shoot them after that.
A perfect depiction!
Out here in AZ coyote are considered a nuisance animal. They can be shot year round with no permit. It’s actually encouraged. Sometimes they set up camp in an area near town then come into town at night to find small animals for food like rabbits, cats, and dogs when they can. The problem is it’s illegal to shoot a firearm within a quarter mile of any building so if they are in a “safe” zone it makes it harder to shoot them “legally”. A silencer would be a good thing in such a situation. A subsonic round would also be helpful.
It’s a mistake to think of them as dogs. They are wild predators and tend to over populate easily just like un-spayed/neutered dogs do.
“Coyote’s in the coffee shop
He’s staring a hole in his scrambled eggs
He picks up my scent on his fingers
While he’s watching the waitresses’ legs”
-Joni Mitchell
its NC not CA.
I found a few different maps of coyote subspecies, but they disagree quite a bit. Some seem to be outdated. (1978?) Does anyone here have one they can post that is fairly current and accurate?
Wha?.... Send in the Marines!
They will take care of the varmints.
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