Exterminating coyotes?-scary story

[bearpaw]

Hi All,
Coyotes can be a problem. However if we kill them off completely we will have a bigger rodent, racoon, possum,and weasel problem.
Coyotes keep the populations down. A good fence and a good dog or two of the protective breeds such as German Sheps will help in keeping out the
Coyotes. Those that chased the man could have had rabbies. I have been around them most of my life here in Arizona. They have been known to steal small dogs with owners
right next to them but to outright attack an adult, never heard of it. I have personally chased three at a time away. I have two large dogs and a wolf and I turn the German Shep out at night in our block walled 1/2 acre. She keeps them away from my 7 roosters and 28 hens. Try a good fence and large protective dogs. A good livestock guard dog perhaps. Many cats have been killed with the antifreeze idea and a few neighborhood dogs as well.
Bearpaw

 

[ConchRepublic]

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OOPS!! Just saw the responses as to what a LGD is. That's probably out of the question at my house.

As have been said, poison is illegal in most areas. One thing I do know that I forgot to mention:

Take a bone that you are able to bend, sharpen both edges, bend it so that a 'yote can swallow the bone whole, put it in a chunk of meat so that it's hidden and freeze it so the bone stays bent.

When the 'yote eats it, it will thaw and straighten up, piecing his innards and typically leads to a short death. Only usable where it will be freezing temperatures for a few days in a row, can't even hope that it will work here lol.

 

[BuckeyeDave]

My fix to the predator problem was buying a male and a female Great Pyrenees, the male is only a year and I bet he pushes 135 Lbs, the female is 3 and is preparing to have some puppies!! We built a dog run around the chicken pasture. It works GREAT!!! If a raccoon gets over the fence they are in a dog run with 2 very very large and protective dogs. They have the deepest bark I have ever heard and I honestly think that that by itself keeps most would be predators away.
The 2 things I don't like about them is if they are out of the run they will roam and then come back and only come back when they are hungry, and they aren't more protective toward people that come on my farm, they are everyone's best friend. Other than that and 25 lbs of dog food a week they are perfect.

I have not lost a bird to a predator since we got the GPs! It is surprising how well they work and how vigilant they are.

 

[vicki2x2]

I bought my Maremma pup when he was 5 months old and put him in with my goats as he had previously been with goats. Since he has been here we have not lost anything to predators. Before he came we had lost chickens, ducks and geese to stray dogs, fox and coons. Even though he is not in with them, he is enough of a deterrent that they steer clear. He has been introduced to birds, he just isn't in with them. This summer I am going to try running the geese in with the goats like I did before he came. Right now they are in two different pastures.

I would love to have another, but could only afford one right now and since we haven't had any problems with large predators, one should be fine. Someday I will get another, probably when Remi is old enough to train the next one for me!

 

[peggym]

My husband is a trapper and he uses a leg hold trap, and then shoots the coyote. Personally I don't approve unless they are getting my chickens. Here in NY, The DEC has done research and have determined that are coyotes are wolf-hybrids. The DNA confirmed it. Now that's a scary thought

 

[Mahonri]

I had two coyotes come right up behind me when I was on a trail in the preserve just after sunset once. Thought I was going to have to change my pants. I simply reached down, grabbed a rock and threw it at them... they went running. After that, I always carried a light in one hand and a big rock in the other.

If I were in that situation, I'd get a light and a scope on a good gun and do away with them..