More information on Eastern Coyotes--kinda long

[seedcorn]

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& they take alot of fawns as well. At our farm here in Texas we shoot everyone we see.

I wish they would take some fawns out as deer are as thick as fleas here in NE Indiana. I'd hate to guess how many millions deer cost farmers up here while the coyotes cost us nothing keeping down ground hogs, coons, skunks, etc......... I'm told that when coyotes interbreed with dogs, they become fearless of people. I hear coyotes every night across the creek (300' from house) but in 15+ years they've never bothered my chickens.

 

[Chicken from the hood]

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Actually, the way I understand it they reproduce in terms of the room they have. Taking them out will just increase reproduction to make up for it. The general advice from the DEC is to leave them alone as long as they don't bother your livestock as they are very territorial and will keep possible stock killers out of their territory. Besides, in NYS they are protected with a open/closed season and you need a hunting or trapping license to take them. [I know SSS but don't get caught it is not only a healthy fine but confiscation of guns and traps as well as loss of hunting/trapping privileges.]

They can't reproduce if they're ALL dead. I can see letting some of the species live in other states where the citizens might want them, but not in mine. We got along very well without them when they weren't here.

I don't mean to start a fight but they are not just like dogs, they have been living off the land longer than humans and if they are native then they should stay. I don't know how it is where you are but here in B.C Canada I don't think anyone would want to shoot them all. Maybe sometimes a hunter will shoot one, but I'm totally against hunting, or killing anything for that matter, but thats just me. They have a hard life allready with all the humans taking over their land and killing them off. So no they should not all be shot, and if you think so then you must not understand about living things and wildlife. If they are killing your livestoke then it's your own fault, for not building a preditor safe area to keep them. Again I don't want to start any fights but that's just what I think.

 

[wildeflowers]

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Couldn't agree more.

We have a pretty large population of coyotes in the area. If coyotes become a problem for me, I would find the weaknesses in my system rather than blame the animal doing what God intended it to do, when I was dangling sweet chicken candy in front of it. I would get rid of an animal only as necessary, and I certainly don't think it is necessary to decimate the population just because I don't like them and want them gone. It's a heck of a lot easier to create a predator proof coop and run that it is to put an entire species out of business.

 

[woodmort]

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Read the article again--this really doesn't happen [there is another article I linked a couple of weeks ago that says the same thing]. They will become fearless of people if people feed them or allow access to feed because of poor sanitation around living areas. Right now they are about the only major predator on deer in the NE and, with the number of deer hunters diminishing every year, probably the only thing that stands between humans and major Lyme disease outbreaks.

 

[ChickyD]

My neighbor saw what he said was either a very large coyote or a wolf in the pasture with my horse it spooked her and she ran through her electric fence. This was late morning a few days ago. I was never nervous leaving my horse out at night let alone during the day. She isn't afraid of dogs at all. I can't imagine why it would have spooked her unless it was after her? We've never had them bother the horses. I grew up here and to be honest I hardly ever saw wild life as much as I do now. It is a little scary thinking they may be after my horse.

 

[caspernc]

Our animal control will put out traps for you. you have to man them. I can catch more than them. fish cat food.

 

[deerman]

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There is no way to make them "all dead". It's true if you have some in your area, like we do, and they leave you and your animals alone; you should leave them be. Otherwise, a new group will take over, and then you could start to have problems. Thinking you could actually kill every coyote in your area and keep them out for good is simply unrealistic. Get an electric fence, and keep your chickens in at night.

Tell that to the carrier pigeons and the dodo birds.

Joe, the carrier pigeon are still around.....you must be talking about the passenger pigeon. that man killed off, numbers were in the billions.

Glad Ohio have open season on coyotes 24/7 365 day

 

[joebryant]

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Tell that to the carrier pigeons and the dodo birds.

Joe, the carrier pigeon are still around.....you must be talking about the passenger pigeon. that man killed off, numbers were in the billions.

Glad Ohio have open season on coyotes 24/7 365 day

Thanks, glad you caught that.

I stand by what I said about most people in Indiana do not want them. We didn't have any here when I was younger. Studies showed they followed Highway 65 when it was built. I have neighbors who have lost their dogs to coyotes; they come in the yard to get them. If I have to choose between my two corgis and a pack of coyotes...
Whatever, I still say that with effort, they or any other animal can be eliminated totally where they aren't wanted.

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

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As long as they aren't bothering you, leave them alone they'll keep others out that might. BTW, where in Columbia Co? I grew up in the southern part--Germantown.

Nope, they aren't bothering me. I don't mind them, as long as they don't start trying to bust into the coops.

 

[woodmort]

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I just posted another thread on coyotes with a link to the latest newspaper article about them. Go to it and read the third page of the article. Frankly, it would be easier to eliminate humans than coyotes, the human diet is more restrictive.