Always shoot coyotes?

[jbourget]

you did do the right thing, in fact you probly wait a bit longer and get its mate/ litter

 

[flowerchild59]

I knew a student in biology and he did a big paper on coyote food ingestion. They are opportunistic in their food choices, but mice and rats were a majority of their food intake. I try not to kill any living creature, if they are a nuisance, I take care of them. I have shot feral dogs, coyotes, and racoons that were messing with our livestock.

 

[aprophet]

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their diet varies greatly based on geography in a lot of places it is roughly 30-35% whitetail fawns in a more urban setting it may be the same number just feral cats instead of fawns

 

[weimanator]

they are not shy at all. my friends and I were cookin out last night and they came through the field behind my house and sat and watched. i got my mouth call and let out a howl and they answered and for 20 minutes it was a game. if you fire a warning shot all you do is educate them and they get smarter. they can time you and know whens a good time to strike and when you or the dogs will be home.

 

[Tracydr]

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Coyotes usually hunt by themselves. I've hunted coyote "fox hunting" for over 10 years and have only once or twice seen a pair of coyotes, never a pack. I've seen a lot of coyotes in my life, since I've usually lived on large chunks of land out in the middle of nowhere.
If the coyote are hunting in packs, I suspect they are not purebred coyotes but feral dogs or hybrid dog/coyote mixes. Unless it's on the northern tier near Canada, could be wolves, or, Southern AZ where there are a few Mexican Gray wolves.

 

[weimanator]

sometimes the pack is the pups hunting with their mother or a few young males that havent seperated yet. i've hunted them for years and have seen a lot with them guys. many a time while i am on my tractor they like to watch and run around it a bit.

 

[al6517]

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Warning shots won't do much good: The coyote will be back. Shoot to kill.

Bill

X100 I am not a preditor fan so the fewer the better.

 

[Tracydr]

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This is usually because the coyote wants to play with the dog. Coyotes are actually very playful animals. They do like to play and they seem to play games with the foxhounds when we are out hunting, leading them on a chase, going slow until the hounds get close, then taking off. They are not evil, vicious animals.
I can't imagine one attacking a man, unless it was cornered or trapped, or rabid. They are generally shy and timid.
For a better understanding of fox and coyotes, the Rita Mae Brown fox hunting mystery series is a fun series to read. Not a lot about coyotes as it's mainly written in fox country but there's enough about coyotes to gain a better understanding than most non-hunting folks have. Plus, the books are entertaining. Great for animal lovers.
Again, if you would like to relocate your coyotes, contact your local fox hunting club. There's a list at MFHA.com. Fox hunters are really into saving the coyotes and foxes. They would much prefer to trap/relocate your predators than to see them shot. The fox hunting in the US is no-kill. It's just for fun, just chasing and never killing. ( I have rarely seen a jackrabbit killed when it practically committed suicide by jumping into the mouth of a beagle but for the most part the fox-hunting ( to include all English style hunting with hounds and horses coyote/fox/jackrabbit no-kill but not coon or lion hunting)

 

[cmom]

We raise Pheasants with our chickens. The Pheasants do have their own coop. We had a Bobcat not long ago kill several of our Pheasants. We put traps out and eventually caught it. It has been permanently relocated. I have an electric fence around the chickens coops and yards. The Pheasants yards were covered and we didn't have electric around their yard. I will be hatching more out after the first of the year and their coop and yard will have an electric fence too.

 

[aprophet]

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This is usually because the coyote wants to play with the dog. Coyotes are actually very playful animals. They do like to play and they seem to play games with the foxhounds when we are out hunting, leading them on a chase, going slow until the hounds get close, then taking off. They are not evil, vicious animals.
I can't imagine one attacking a man, unless it was cornered or trapped, or rabid. They are generally shy and timid.
For a better understanding of fox and coyotes, the Rita Mae Brown fox hunting mystery series is a fun series to read. Not a lot about coyotes as it's mainly written in fox country but there's enough about coyotes to gain a better understanding than most non-hunting folks have. Plus, the books are entertaining. Great for animal lovers.
Again, if you would like to relocate your coyotes, contact your local fox hunting club. There's a list at MFHA.com. Fox hunters are really into saving the coyotes and foxes. They would much prefer to trap/relocate your predators than to see them shot. The fox hunting in the US is no-kill. It's just for fun, just chasing and never killing. ( I have rarely seen a jackrabbit killed when it practically committed suicide by jumping into the mouth of a beagle but for the most part the fox-hunting ( to include all English style hunting with hounds and horses coyote/fox/jackrabbit no-kill but not coon or lion hunting)

They mostly "play" with a dog to lure it away so they can kill and eat it we lose "lap dogs" here a lot to yotes feeding.