Neighborhood coyotes, advice needed!

[PirateGirl]

I agree getting some authorities involved is a must. Bold daylight attacks are a dangerous situation.
There may be some loophole in the law about protecting livestock and shooting predators. If not to kill I wonder if you could use rubber bullets as a deterrent method.

I will ask my sheriff neighbor about this too. More than once I've thought of getting a paintball gun. Plus then if a purple coyote is spotted we will know it's the same one that keeps returning

 

[FlyingNunFarm]

The paint does wash off. But getting hit with a paintball wouldn’t be fun either way. LOL

 

[WVduckchick]

There are also non-lethal rubber pellets, etc. Not sure I'd want to piss one off though.

 

[Percheron chick]

Down the hill the sheriff's department and DOW (as well as City of Boulder P&OS in my case) get involved quickly with aggressive coyote. Remember the kids who were stalked and bit by coyote in Denver a few years back?
Only reason I have 2 100# dogs.

 

[Morrigan]

If you don't already have it, I would put some electric wiring around your run/chicken yard. Apart from protecting your chickens, it may deter them from your entire yard.

 

[Molpet]

Electric fence is your friend
my cousin has the boat air horns that she blows when the coyotes are around.
Whenever I see one I chase it... I have an airhorn in the house but I see them when I am outside.

 

[FlyingNunFarm]

Wonder if they make sensor air horns? There is a sensor air blast canister you can get to keep small animals away from areas.
Then again random air horn in the night might scare the crap out of everyone--not just coyotes

 

[Ursuline Chick]

I would get animal control and/or DNR involved immediately. Sounds like that is your only option. There is a similar situation in a hoity-toity suburb of Indianapolis, but those idiots are trying to PREVENT some homeowners and DNR from intervening with coyote population, stating "they enjoy seeing wildlife, and they have a right to life too". We'll see how that goes once pets or little kids start getting attacked!

We have coyotes in New Orleans, and they have already attacked small dogs, even if they are on leashes. Dragged them off and eaten them in front of the poor owners. they are foolish if they think these are not a danger to both pets and people.

 

[bluejeans]

We have neighborhood coyotes.

I live on the edge of a small town. On one end of the street is a major highway. Houses are on small lots, neighbors relatively close. We have a school, grocery store, etc., but from end to end town isn't much more than a mile. On all sides are either ranches or National Forest. Locals refer to my neighborhood specifically as coyote alley. There is green belt that allows coyotes to pass through easily.

Due to the close proximity of homes, being in town limits, and land ownership issues, shooting is not an option.

Generally the coyotes just pass through. You might hear them make a kill in the night or see a straggler during the day, but they move on.

This morning 3 coyotes went after my neighbors' dog. The owner was outside with her dog and it's a large black lab. This is a first and it make us uncomfortable. The coyotes are bold.

What can be done? What should be done? At what point do we involve animal control or Division of Wildlife? Does anyone else have experience with this?

Things are clearly escalating and hopefully as the weather improves so will their food source, but we don't need a turf war between our domestic dogs and coyotes. We don't need a human getting injured either.

We have neighborhood coyotes.

I live on the edge of a small town. On one end of the street is a major highway. Houses are on small lots, neighbors relatively close. We have a school, grocery store, etc., but from end to end town isn't much more than a mile. On all sides are either ranches or National Forest. Locals refer to my neighborhood specifically as coyote alley. There is green belt that allows coyotes to pass through easily.

Due to the close proximity of homes, being in town limits, and land ownership issues, shooting is not an option.

Generally the coyotes just pass through. You might hear them make a kill in the night or see a straggler during the day, but they move on.

This morning 3 coyotes went after my neighbors' dog. The owner was outside with her dog and it's a large black lab. This is a first and it make us uncomfortable. The coyotes are bold.

What can be done? What should be done? At what point do we involve animal control or Division of Wildlife? Does anyone else have experience with this?

Things are clearly escalating and hopefully as the weather improves so will their food source, but we don't need a turf war between our domestic dogs and coyotes. We don't need a human getting injured either.

it's early spring dispersal time as the summer progresses things normally get better not worse . The younger coyotes the dumb ones will be killed off or run off or put in there place . No one wants there hides this time of year so you would most likly have to pay a trapped to call them in and shoot them or trap them for you. Or just Waite a while infill the dispersal time is over.And the dumb ones will be killed off for you run over by cars and done in by many other ways to.

 

[NanaKat]

Breeding season begins in late February and then raising pups begins. Food sources for mother become essential to the future of her pups. Once humans are associated with food (pet food, trash, benevolent animal lovers, poultry, etc) then humans become food (pets and children).
Contact any agency that can offer assistance.
Trapping and removal can help, but others will take their place until the coyotes are trained that the area is off limits and is not a safe zone.
We raise cattle and have dealt with coyotes for many years as they have co-existed, invaded, retreated only to invade again. It is usually a cycle. Right now we are in co-existence after a three year period where neighboring farmers and ranchers have worked together with Fish/Wildlife and coyote hunters.
Now we are dealing with wild pigs. The coyotes were hunting and killing piglets.