Do coyotes "bark"?

[Sooner or later]

Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins

I'm sure it really was quite unsettling. Having hunted all of my life, I'm not sure I would want any part of that either. That said, that scenario plays out each and every day in their world - it's just that they are not often on the receiving end. I can't muster any sympathy. That doesn't mean I want to watch, though.

It wasn't upsetting. I watched every second with mouth hanging open.

That coyote was one tough sob and dealt out a hell of a lot of damage to multiple dogs.

[Jolly Amaranto]

My brother stopped to take a photo of a cow standing over its dead calf and a bunch of vultures gathered around waiting for a feast. Later, when he loaded the image onto his computer he noticed that one of the vultures was not like the others.

[RWebb]

Most exciting coyote thing I ever saw was a couple of coyotes chasing a yearling (black) wolf in Jellystoned Nat' Park.

A cougar was hiding nearby, got flushed and made it up the only tree anywhere near.

It sat there hissing and angry while the coyotes chased the wolf. And then... a few adult wolves showed up...

The 2 coyotes made it out of there intact.

I bet Stanley Young would have enjoyed it.

[BeyGon]

Surveying in the hills of Orange County we came across a Coyote with his throat bit or slashed out. Not another mark on it so it wasn't some Coyote fight. We guessed it had come across a Mountain Lion and maybe it's cub.

[HardDrive]

Up until 5 years ago, I heard every manner of Yote call. They bark, but mostly short yelps. Howling to each other at night.

We hunt in the Michigan UP, near Crystal Falls. About 5 years ago, we spotted much larger canine prints when we were deer hunting. The next year, we noticed...silence. No Yote calls. Wolves had arrived. We asked the DNR at the local station, and they confirmed, the it was wolves moving into the area. Pushed the smaller dogs out.

[KFC911]

No 'yotes on the cams....lotsa skwirls, deer, and the same fox a couple of times on a cam a bit deeper in the woods...I'm betting that fox "barks"....sly dawgy

[Rick Lee]

Coyotes around here are fearless and everywhere. I saw a very large one in Tucson once, walked right up to my car window and had a 'tude like, "When are you going to feed me like the others did?"

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Sooner or later

I went on a coyote hunt with greyhounds. One time. A group of dog owners would meet up and mark out territory to patrol. Communication at the time was by CB. When one guy spotted a coyote he would report the position and everyone else would haul ass to the location.

The coyote had the stamina but the greyhounds had the shorter distance speed. At full speed the greyhounds would catch him and roll him. He would roll back on his feet and kept trucking. About the time the first group of hounds were gassed another truck load of hounds would be released. We followed the chase from the truck.

That SOB ran for nearly 2 miles before he had had enough. He backed up to a culvert at a dirt road intersection and let the dogs know he would take em on one at a time or all at once. We were parked about 20 ft from the action.

He would get get distracted by one dog and another would dart in and bite him on the ass. Finally, all the dogs jumped him all at once. He lost but he tore the living crap out of a bunch of dogs.

It was absolutely the worst thing I have ever seen. Would never do it again.

I thought that greyhounds and other similar dogs had really thin, delicate skin. That seems like the wrong kind of dog to use to hunt other dogs.

[Sooner or later]

Originally Posted by masraum

I thought that greyhounds and other similar dogs had really thin, delicate skin. That seems like the wrong kind of dog to use to hunt other dogs.

I don't know if they are thin skinned but they are the dog of choice to hunt coyotes down here. They are faster than the coyote so they can run em down. The following link is behind a paywall but it about a hunter from Elgin, about 10 miles north of me. The dog box can be opened from inside the truck. Pic is from the article.


https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/26/sports/26greyhounds.html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=33EF5428A3DE4D1145D086580BB5FDA5&gwt=pay&assetType=REGIWALL

[Tobra]

Originally Posted by Sooner or later

I don't have a problem with him biting the dust. In the wild it is not unusual. I just don't want to see it happen up front and personal.

I don't want to see dogs get tore up like that. If you must run your greyhounds after something, find a rabbit.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Sooner or later

I don't know if they are thin skinned but they are the dog of choice to hunt coyotes down here. They are faster than the coyote so they can run em down. The following link is behind a paywall but it about a hunter from Elgin, about 10 miles north of me. The dog box can be opened from inside the truck. Pic is from the article.


https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/26/sports/26greyhounds.html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=33EF5428A3DE4D1145D086580BB5FDA5&gwt=pay&assetType=REGIWALL

I was curious, I didn't search on the thin skin, but I did search on hunting. I guess there are several types of greyhound, several used for hunting rabbits, some used for hunting foxes and even wolves.

[Sooner or later]

Originally Posted by masraum

I was curious, I didn't search on the thin skin, but I did search on hunting. I guess there are several types of greyhound, several used for hunting rabbits, some used for hunting foxes and even wolves.

I have no idea. I just know that on the one hunt I went on they looked to me to be general run of the mill greyhound. If there is such a thing.

[gatotom]

I hear howling and yipping almost every night from coyotes, some are real close like 100 yards.

Last yr I let my lab out in the morning who is 95 lbs. I went to take a shower and when I got out I could hear my dog barking, she never barks only when something or someone is threatening her. I went to the door to look and she was doing the Mexican hat dance with two coyotes. maybe 40-50 pounds each. The minute those coyotes saw me, they bolted because around here, they know I would go back and get my 22, end of story.

[flipper35]

Originally Posted by Sooner or later

I went on a coyote hunt with greyhounds. One time. A group of dog owners would meet up and mark out territory to patrol. Communication at the time was by CB. When one guy spotted a coyote he would report the position and everyone else would haul ass to the location.

The coyote had the stamina but the greyhounds had the shorter distance speed. At full speed the greyhounds would catch him and roll him. He would roll back on his feet and kept trucking. About the time the first group of hounds were gassed another truck load of hounds would be released. We followed the chase from the truck.

That SOB ran for nearly 2 miles before he had had enough. He backed up to a culvert at a dirt road intersection and let the dogs know he would take em on one at a time or all at once. We were parked about 20 ft from the action.

He would get get distracted by one dog and another would dart in and bite him on the ass. Finally, all the dogs jumped him all at once. He lost but he tore the living crap out of a bunch of dogs.

It was absolutely the worst thing I have ever seen. Would never do it again.

I am not usually too critical of the DNR here in WI, but when they allowed hunting 'yotes by dog I thought it was a bad idea. They will have 3 dozen dogs and space them out so when one group gets tired a new group takes over.

The reason they started allowing it was the 'yotes were starting to run in packs taking livestock since there were so many and there wasn't enough normal food for them. There are far fewer now. Here they run 40-45 pounds.

[Alfasrule]

They BARK and wake me up all the time, and then they howl. Loud!

[mattdavis11]

Last week I was dropping off some parts to a guy out in the sticks, not deep in the sticks, but far enough. As I left, I was checking things out, road signs, nature etc... One dirt road was named Coyote Run, not 100 yards later, there one was, right on the side of the highway checking traffic, and it crossed the road after I passed.

I used to do a lot of hunting in SW Texas, Del Rio area. No Coyotes anywhere. The ranch owner (place had been in the family for generations) said that in the 1940's there was a bounty put on them, and they wiped out the population. Goat country, ranchers couldn't have coyotes around.

[bkreigsr]

Here's one for ya.
While fishing on a lonely inlet in Cape Cod last month, I kept getting distracted by a dog barking.
Surprise, the 'dog' was actually a Herring Gull imitating a dog on the rear porch of one of the beach houses. (exactly)
Bah sez I.
But, he kept me company for the next four days and every time the dog started barking - the gull piped up.
Sly me - if only took me three days to figure it out.

Bill K