I fully agree I need to be armed while outside. I personally cannot at the moment. Trust me when I say both the shot gun and the rifles kick like the dickens. Either one could potentially undo everything the surgeon did for me a month ago. I can use and shoot the pistol properly. For a potentially quick moving target I do not feel comfortable with aiming properly and getting a good shot. If I have to go that route, I want a good clean shot. Just because they are a scourge and I hate them, I do not want them to suffer for a ill aimed shot either.
I have plan B in the works right now. I just need Betty's husband to have the moment to bring the solution to me with his truck as it will not fit in the back of the SUV, we tried.
Huge live animal trap. I saw it Monday when he brought it down to the diner and we tried to fit it in the back of mom's SUV. I was leery when he offered and described this trap because he told me to bait it with one of my chickens. I'm like, uhh, heck no. Then I saw the trap. The section the chicken would go in is fully enclosed with 1/4 in rat wire so the coyote cannot reach them. I then would also bait the part of the trap for the "animal" for sardines or cat food. Once trapped I can immediately remove my chicken without having to release the "animal". Technically I would not have to use one of my chickens but he said if it is coming for my chickens, then I need to lure it off the hill with what it is after to make it successful. Once trapped he said he would come get the trap and so not to offend certain neighbors deal with it elsewhere. He then said it might be worthwhile to reset it to see if it is a lone coyote or if I'm dealing with multiple.
Mom said it was big, but lanky and clearly not full grown. She thinks it is a youngster who got "kicked" out of his/her pack which is why my chickens may be easy pickings for it.
