Coyote

[Young Salt]

I know ways to get rid of coyotes.....



one way involves painting a railroad on the side of a mountain - a brick wall will work, as mountiains can be hard to come by on the cape.

another way you'll need a 10,00 lb anvil and a steep cliff....a large red bullseye painted below helps with accuracy.

the last way involves the use of ACME exploding bird seed, which is all but impossible to get in MA in this post 9-11 world.

[Slipknot]

Originally Posted by Young Salt

I know ways to get rid of coyotes.....



one way involves painting a railroad on the side of a mountain - a brick wall will work, as mountiains can be hard to come by on the cape.

another way you'll need a 10,00 lb anvil and a steep cliff....a large red bullseye painted below helps with accuracy.

the last way involves the use of ACME exploding bird seed, which is all but impossible to get in MA in this post 9-11 world.

LMAO

[Raven]

a coyote will eat a baby too...

so, it's no laughing matter... they are smart enough to follow you around if your reducing the number of rabbits on your property....

i used to shoot 1-5 rabbits a day (we had zillions)(out west) and leave them for the coyotes to eat...
and it got to the point that i was followed by them....because they knew i was their meal ticket...and if i watched for them to take a fresh kill they were never seen....they were always in stealth mode or ghost recon mode...it got to the point where i had to whip my head around
as fast as possible to even catch a glimpse of one...

i once watched one run across the back of the hill....and i swear it was barely touching the ground...like floating on air, almost like the old man in that movie remo williams when he runs across the water blowing the minds of the marines that were chasing him...

[maddog2020]

When I was out in Oregon (~1983), my roomate and I would grab his .22-250 and his mom's 6mm and we would head out of town to call in coyotes. I set up off to the side and Drew would call. Over half the time he woulld ask me why I didn't shoot the coyote and I would tell him WHAT coyote?! LOL ... extremely stealthy creatures. He would catch flashes of them and I couldn't even see anything half the time.

Lots of time we would be driving down a dirt round and come around a corner and spook one - we would jump out and unload. Drew was really good at jumping out of the car and set up off the hook and would shoot before I got the door open (I waited for the his old small Bronco to STOP 1st). Some of my Grandest memories - best time of my life. Great friend: died few yrs back due to diabetes - gawd I miss him.

Coyotes are no joking matter - I totally agree.

[maddog2020]

Fishers love porcupines in the winter.

Coyotes are everywhere now. Virtually impossible to make them go away. Killing every one you see just leaves more food for the others. Animals in nature have their own balance. Problem is we as humans are scared of things we don't understand.

Many of my neighbors have lost their cats - simple solution: keep the cats inside. We have two house cats: though if the yotes at them I couldn't care less ..... lol (they are my wife's cats). Any pet left outside on a run/chain will become food to a hungry coyote. One of my neighbors (animal lover - she watches our cats when we are on vacation) was feeding coyotes out of her window few winters ago: her cat was batting the coyote for the ham ..... LOL).

I see them crossing busy roads in the middle of the day out around where I live (Framingham area). Unforunately the homes are too close to each other and I can't legally discharge a fire arm. I would shoot them as well at first chance, but they aren't stupid animals. If you don't hit it on the first shot chances are it isn't going to stand there for another. .22 LR HP will work then again any deer rifle or shotgun w/ larger shot will do.

Coyotes will be always be there. Like others have said: close up the trash, keep pets inside or watch them close when they are outside. Infants I wouldn't leave alone. Doesn't matter if you are on the edge of the woods or an urban area the coyotes ARE there.

I've read journal papers from back in the 1920s thru the 80s regarding coyote control plans (F&W service, Foresty Service, DEM) = guess what?! Nothing works. Higher the density of coyotes the greater the competion for food so the litters of young are smaller. They control their own densities. Poison baits are a bad idea!

I'm not just flapping - I have a degree in Wildlife Biology. If any one wants some shot (pests in general) send me a pm. As long as you are legal distance from a road and supply me some pizza & diet Coke, I'm happy.