coyoties

[mmaddie's mom]

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woodmort... on what do you base this statement?

 

[hiker125]

Sorry WoodMort, just going by what my conservation office neighbor told me. I figured that he knew what he was talking about, but maybe not.

Thanks for the clarification.

 

[PortageGirl]

mmaddie's mom :

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woodmort... on what do you base this statement?

Woodmort is right, fact and scientific knowledge which is contradicting folk stories, and wives-tales from years gone by. I don't have the specific studies at my fingertips now either, but woodmort is correct. They have been doing DNA testing on trapped coyotes and confirming this, the amount of domestic dog DNA matter which has been found is SO small that it is basically a statistical 0. It's not impossible that a coyote would breed with a dog, but generally they kill and eat pets, not breed them. They will eat small dogs and cats, but mostly larger dogs can fend them off, though being tied up is a handicap.​

 

[woodmort]

mmaddie's mom :

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woodmort... on what do you base this statement?

http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/9359.html

The coydog is kind of a myth-that-won't-go-away that arose when coyotes were first spotted in the east because the Eastern coyote is so much larger--about half again--than their Western counterpart. DNA testing combined with the breeding cycle has pretty much ruled out this cross and points more to a grey or red wolf/coyote cross being responsible for the larger size. There are still those, including some in the conservation field, that aren't convinced but the lab results don't seem to back them.​

 

[mmaddie's mom]

@ woodmort... Thank you for the information.

 

[woodmort]

Here's some more. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coydog I also, without any proof to back it up, feel that many of the reported "coydogs" are simply feral dogs which can be worse than coyotes in that they have no fear of humans. Given a couple of generations of crossbreeding in the wild many species revert to type. I watched a clip of some guy from Illinois talking about coydogs while also showing dead ones--most looked like poorly maintained domestic dogs. He seemed more to have an agenda of scaring people into not abandoning dogs and promoting the myth than offering any scientific proof. Of course people find it hard to believe that Fido and his buddies could be fierce and predators, the simple fact is that they can and will.

 

[harveyhorses]

They are everywhere, I feel like we are under siege, the only thing we have not had is bear and bobcat.
Yesterday, 1:30 broad daylight. Normally the girls would be out and about, as I would be too, but since I was doing surgery on a computer, I had put them up. My sister & I heard a HUGE kerfluffle, looked out and saw something bouncing around the gate, I said 'fox' (as we were barreling out the door) it turned to run and it was most positively and definitely a coyote.
I live outside Richmond, (VA) we had packs of 'wild dogs' when we moved out here 45 years ago. I was not allowed out of our immediate back yard, and remember quite vividly my Father and Grandfather racing out of the house and shooting 4 of them because they had our horse corned. The years pass, now it seems these vermin have moved in. I have received the neighbors O.K. to dispatch it if possible. One of them has two small dogs, an eight year old girl and a 6 year old autistic boy.
My big concern is this week. I am usually in and out, I work noon to nine, my brother is on dialysis (WAS!!!)
and he would get dropped off around 3, so people have been in and out quite a bit.
THIS week, my sister is donating one of her kidneys to my brother (WOOO HOOO!) so there will be much less traffic. My electric fence has three strands now, I have the chainlink of the converted dog pen, chicken wire inside and now hardware cloth skirted out about a foot, up about 2 1/2 feet on the outside. Also chicken wire and hardware cloth for a roof.

I have a motion sensitive sprayer that I used on my garden for deer, would setting it near the pen do any good? It makes a loud noise, and sprays water in about a 20 ft. circle.

Sorry for the ramble.

 

[herfrds]

Contact your local wildlife department. They might be able to get you in touch with a trapper in your area to help.
We had a coyote that would come in after my Corgi, took the trapper 3 tries but he finally got that one. Came out in a plane 2 years ago and flying between our place and a neighbors shot over 20 coyotes. I like them for rodent control and "garbage detail", but when their numbers get too big it is time to clear some out.

Had them in the coulee below our house this 4am howling like crazy. My birds are still locked in and will be til at least 10am. Just a percaution.

Oh the garbage detail is they eat the deer that are shot and left by careless hunters.

 

[harveyhorses]

Contact your local wildlife department. They might be able to get you in touch with a trapper in your area to help.


That is something I would never have thought of. Thanks!