Coyote Problem *Update* w/ graphic pic

[aprophet]

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wait until the wind is blowing from them to you ,try to learn to imitate a pups squeal ,the easiest time to locate dens is when the pups are so small they are still in the den they wimper and cry a lot at this stage and make a scratching noise too the den will kina look like a smallish cave sometimes just a tree blown over up under the root ball

 

[Dogfish]

A .223 works well for me.

 

[ALRwild]

For our coyotes if you just shoot gun or gun type noise into the wilderness then it will scare them off for at least the night. If this isn't realistic for where you live (I live in Idaho) then get a Parsons Russell Terrier. This may seem weird, but although they will want to kill your chickens, they will also kill the coyotes! Well... actually they will kill anything...
Hope this helped (even though I don't think it did).

 

[debontheweb]

I had the same problem. She came back every few days around 10 or 11 and picked up a little something for dinner. We solved the problem by installing an electric chicken fence around our yard and we have had no problems since, Good luck.

 

[Java_chicken_man]

I just keep the food chain going.

1. I dispatch a coyote
2. I set the dispatched coyote in an area where it is visible from many angles
3. More coyotes come to eat dispatched coyote
4. Dispatch the other coyotes!!!!!!

this usually works very well in winter or in times where there is a limited food supply

 

[noitulover]

Thanks everyone!

We have enlisted the aid of a coyote hunter. She was a good friend of DH's grandmother and she is very excited to hunt them down and will teach DH what she knows so he can hunt them down too. Our current problem is that the wind hasn't been very good, plus the house and yard are up on a hill, surrounded by woods down below, which isn't good for scent to begin with.

Our coop and run have still not been breeched, but we found a spot where it looks like something big (coyote sized), was laying down outside the run and looking in. (It was an area where the grass had been laid flat on the ground.) We also found what we believe to be coyote dung not 10 feet from the house. Not to be graphic, but it was kind of like a big dog turd with hair all throughout it. We're 99% sure it wasn't our dog, but it was definitely a meat eater's dung.

The coyote hunter is coming out the beginning of next week, and until then DH is going to be out patrolling every night.

Thanks again for all the continued advice!

 

[rancher hicks]

I have a question. Is it against the law to hunt coyotes and fox? Seems to me it might be good to get them before they get you.

Rancher

 

[aprophet]

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it varys from state to state here in VA they are considered a nuisance animal I can kill them 24/7/365 other states have seasons

 

[woodmort]

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In NYS there is an open/closed season and, unless they (or mink, weasels,skunks, coons, possums, etc) are actually menacing your livestock, you cannot shoot or trap/kill them without a DEC permit. In short those that see 'em, shoot 'em during closed season are breaking the law and can be subject to fines/loss of firearms and licensing privileges. There is a movement afoot in NYS to have coyotes reclassified as varmints--they are currently fur-bearers--with a year around season but that hasn't happened yet. I suggest you check with your local wildlife department. IN NYS the only mammals one can kill without license and season are rats, red squirrels, mice, woodchucks, and wild boar.

 

[The Sheriff]

Here's my solution. This property had coyote scat all over it and the neighbors sheep were all killed in one week. No problems since Jack and Diana came to live with us! You just have to be careful with them around other livestock until they are very familiar with them.