Tips on getting Game Wardens on the ball?

[sundance300]

I never meet the right horse people sadly enough. Major reason I don't have connections with the horse world now, just what I learn from my farrier.

The anatolian shepherd looks alot like my dad's chow cross. I was thinking of getting a big dog because I live by myself, maybe an Aussie Shep or a golden retriever. I've never seen an Anatolian advertised, they pricey?

My mother reminded me I have a step-uncle that hunts. Gave him a call and he's going to spread the word as well, he knows some guys who used to hunt them all the time. He was going to rush down thinking they were attacking them now. So I hope it pans out.
Wish me luck and lots of prayers.

I really do appreciate you guys. The BYC forums have always been helpful and supportive when I've had a chicken crisis.

 

[switchback]

A golden retriever isn't going to be any help, I'm afraid. An Aussie has a lot more courage but is no match for large, bold coyotes, especially if they are working together. I see Anatolians and other LGDs occasionally but didn't pay much attention to prices as I was only casually reading the classifieds. They are more common now than they used to be, though.

What breed was your neighbor's dog that was attacked?

 

[Tala]

I have no experience with livestock guardian dogs, but my grandpa used to raise hog hunting dogs. They will fight a wild hog. That's the kind of dogs I would get in your situation, heck I'm gonna get some anyway when I get a bigger place, but you'd need real hunting dogs and not puppies either.
I seriously doubt you can get the right kind of dogs fast enough to solve the problem, and as you already stated feeding them would be an issue.

 

[noodleroo]

I never advocate breaking the law, but everybody has to do what they have to do. Sometimes the consequences to NOT breaking the law are worse than breaking it. I wouldn't get my hopes up for help from a government agency either. Law enforcement can only enforce the law; helping you may not have anything to do with their jobs so you may be on your own.

In an emergency situation, I would do what I had to do and worry with the consequences later. And, if you have a helpful state legislator, you might try getting legislation introduced that would give residents the ability to legally dispatch predators to livestock in a way that is more helpful.

 

[Ariel301]

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I don't know about Anatolians, but Pyrenees run $200-500 here for ones from working parents. Yeah, pricey...A Golden won't do a thing, the coyotes would kill it faster than your livestock. Not a very good guard dog, they are too outgoing and trusting. You could try a German Shepherd, pit bull, or coonhound though. Those would be a nice guard dog for yourself and for your property and animals.

 

[Drk_Wlf]

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Genetic testing (done here in my home state of NY) has proven that they have indeed cross breed with wolves, this does not make them more human aggressive (it actually might make them less so, "wolves are among the least threatening (to humans) for their size and predatory potential") just more likely to work in packs and bring down larger prey ie horses. They SHOULD NOT be stalking people, it is not normal behavior. Is their a shortage of deer in your area? That might make them more likely to cause so many problems. We have the eastern coyotes here and I have yet to have a problem, except for an occasional missing feral cat. Once we get a bigger herd of goats and sheep we plan on getting a VERY large herd guard dog to live with them just encase.

 

[Bear Foot Farm]

you might try getting legislation introduced that would give residents the ability to legally dispatch predators to livestock in a way that is more helpful.

It's already legal to shoot them any time.

It's probably legal to set live traps too, but it would take a very large one for a coyote, and the odds of it going in one wuld be slim.

The best way to eliminate them would be bait, call and shoot.​

 

[aprophet]

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It's already legal to shoot them any time.

It's probably legal to set live traps too, but it would take a very large one for a coyote, and the odds of it going in one wuld be slim.

The best way to eliminate them would be bait, call and shoot.

unless it is pups it is really hard to get yotes into live traps steel traps and snares are much easier/faster


that being said here is the aprox sized trap you would need

http://www.rmrs.nau.edu/publications/Kolbeetal/Kolbeetal.pdf

 

[Jeeper1540]

i cannot believe you have a season for coyotes there. we have open season all year long on coyotes, as they are seen as a pest. if you get within 200 yards of a coyote and they see you, they turn tail and run off. mountain lions you have to have a tag, witch costs around 10 bucks, but you still can shoot one if you see one, anytime of year. living where i do, i cannot imagine being stocked by a Coyote, cuz like i said, they will not get close to you. i hope you guys can figure something out about the coyotes, i can imagine thats pretty scary, and i'm sorry about all the animals you have lost this year.

*sorry if the grammar is bad in this post, its early in the morning*

 

[Bear Foot Farm]

steel traps and snares are much easier/faster

Yes, but they are illegal until the regular trapping season opens.

i cannot believe you have a season for coyotes there

They don't have a "season for coyotes" other than nighttime hunting
They can be SHOT year round

They have a "trapping season" for other fur bearing animals, and it's illegal to set leg hold traps or snares BEFORE that season opens, since traps can't discriminate.​