Do coyotes "bark"?
 

They've only appeared here in recent years, I've seen a few, but am not familiar with 'em. I "think" there was one behind my back fence....mebbe 20' into the woods...moved a bit deeper back when I lit it's eyes up and then strobed for a bit. Before I lit it up....I could hear it "barking"? Not a dawg bark, and not a fight or anything....

Game cams are out now...live & let live. But if yer a 'yote....you can't live here :(.

My 5 mo Lab does...and neighbors' dawgs too.

Yes they bark, they have many different vocals that they use to communicate with each other. Around here they can get up to 60-70lbs.

Yes they bark but typically it's a defensive bark and not a sign of aggression.

This sounded like a "bark"... intermittent, from a smaller critter. Not in distress...just perched back in the woods. Didn't scoot when I lit his eyes up at all...even the strobe took a bit. If it wasn't a transient critter...I'll get a look via the cams I set up...

I had one howling at me and my dog the other day. It wasn't so much a bark.

Raccoons make a barking sound. They have a wide range of sounds they make.

Two of my cats bark when they see squirrels on the back deck.

^^^ Been around 'coons since they raided the college apt. dumpster every day...did not know that. I have seen a 'yote behind my house....the behavior, "eyes", size....you might be on to something. I'll check the cams in a day or so....

Thanks!

A coyote's Latin name translates to Barking Dog.

A racoon bark is not very loud and is usually followed by a chattering type sound.

Raccoons are very smart. When it sees the game cam it will take a selfie...

I've had Bambi et al kiss 'em Eskimo style....then BOLT :)!

Selfie's on the still cams....I expect lots of 90 sec movie clips on the Moultrie...with audio :)

I gots critterz....

Wife and I arrived home late one night to sounds I will never forget. A group of Coyotes were taking down a young deer. It was very erie. Pointing a flashlight reflected six pairs of eyes in the woods. These guys mostly yipped. I went down towards them to shoo them off. They dragged their kill away and things quieted down. Came back into the house and my wife was in tears. The Coyotes get pretty big in this area.

The one I clearly saw twice a few years back was mebbe 35-45lbs. Another at my pond was a scrawny runt...

I know they are pack animals, but usually seen solo here, and not that large.

"There is something back there...." - My pooch....just now ;)...

Oh deer....

We have a lot of them around, they will trot down the middle of the street at night. Usually going after rabbits and cats, I've heard them bark but they're usually pretty stealthy.

You know when they've caught something because they will all start doing their little "Yippy yap" barking celebration, sometimes it seems there's 6-10 in the pack.

They live in family groups but usually hunt alone in pairs. They will hunt in larger groups but thst is not the norn.

I have a lot around my place. This pic is from a couple of years ago. Right in the middle of town next to a middle school. There was a cat under the car that they eventually snatched.


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No coyotes do not bark. They 'yip' and whine and howl, so if you want to regard those sounds as barking then sure, they bark. But they do not sound like a domestic dog. And yes, listening to a pack of coyotes taking down some prey is eerie.

Coyotes are target practice. They are basically large vermin. They are not endangered. They are a menace. They represent a danger to dogs, cats and potentially even small children. If I lived outside city limits and if I saw a coyote occasionally, I'd be taking those shots.

Yes they do. I have seen em barking. Plenty of vids of them barking.

The bsrk may be followed by yips and howls but they will and do bark.

https://youtu.be/0UlfAztN9i4

I don't think this was a 'yote. I knew something was back there...heard mebbe 3-4, single, low...didn't sound like a dawg, but deeper "barks"... a few minutes apart. Then I went in and grabbed my light....no more noise...just a small pair of eyes. Thanks all!

Does your dog bite?

Even worse, he judges...


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That's not my dawg....she seems to belong to herself and bosses me around tho' ;).

The alpha GSD next door too...

LOL...I've got my eye on you!

Saw a pack of coyotes kill a deer out on the ice of frozen lake behind the house one night. In the morning it looked like a deer ate a grenade. Parts and limbs and blood in a 50’ radius on the snowy ice. Since then, I keep an eye out for them. Come winter, they get real hungry 😋

Sounds like a line from Pink Panther. Peter Sellers asks does your dog bite (there is a dog near Peter) at a hotel. The person at the desk says no says no. Sellers goes up to the dog and the dog bites him. Sellers says, " hey, I thought you said your dog doesn't bite" The man replies, "that's not my dog".

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I used to hunt coyotes for their pelts. By the time I had given it up due to plummeting prices, I had lost track of how many I had killed. A couple hundred at least.

In order to excel at this game, one must learn to speak the language. Barking is very much a part of that language. The classic call imitates a dying rabbit, of course, but in hard hunted areas, coyotes soon learn to be extremely cautious about "dying rabbits". That is when one must change tactics and rather than sound like prey, sound like predator - sound like a coyote. They are very social animals. Learning their own distress calls, their "come on" calls, their challenges, their locating calls, and all of that will make one successful where the "rabbit callers" fail.

So, yes, they do "bark", kind of. But not like a domestic dog - it's not an alert or a challenge. It's a greeting, or a "gather 'em up" rallying cry, or a "whose there?" kind of thing. It works great when you know they are about, and want them to come in closer and show themselves. It's very disarming to them, so they get a little less cautious. Which is what we want...

Yes they do. Heard some again this morning.

Best
Les

Been quiet back there for a couple of nights now....I'll check my cams in a day or so.

Lots of coy-dogs in the mountains around here. They make different sounds and are usually much larger than a coyote. Perhaps one of those?

coyotes in the east (like NC) are very likely hybrids

It's a different kind of "bark" but yeah, they do it.

The hybrids account for the reports of outsized coyotes. "Purebred" coyotes just don't get very big. A 40 pound male is a very, very big coyote. Most go somewhere in the 30's, if that. I think the biggest pure coyote on record just topped 70 pounds, but that lands squarely in the "freak" category - kind of the Andre the Giant of the coyote world.

We have seen them in Dana Point a lot, some come walking through the street in the evening but we never hear them until they make their kill, probably someones cat of small dog, then they light it off, the celebration. I like the signs on the lamp posts, Reward for poodle, like those Coyotes can read. Dad just put them up to make mom and the kids feel better.

Yup - may also relate to higher aggression levels, like that woman who was killed a few years ago...

Ironically, in this state, the Coyotes are more of an urban and suburban problem. Very few of them in the more rural areas, where sheep are grazed in the spring. Mini 14's very popular with folks around here because high capacity magazines work well when shooting at a running coyote.

A cattle rancher near Adin, California I worked for during my 15th summer had a dog...a cross between greyhound and Irish wolf hound. Riding in a jeep, he'd jump out running if he spotted a Coyote. It was amazing to watch the distance shrink between him & the Coyote. When the distance closed? It wasn't good for the coyote.

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.

So that 'yote got exactly what he & his buddies do to cats and small dogs whenever they get a chance. Try to look at it that way.

[QUOTE=KC911;10551368] I "think" there was one behind my back fence....mebbe 20' into the woods...moved a bit deeper back when I lit it's eyes up and then strobed for a bit.

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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'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.