Coyotes

[Buckterrier]

Originally Posted by MT930

A fox with a 220 swift can be hard on yotes.

Now that's funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Rick Lee]

Originally Posted by MT930

A fox with a 220 swift can be hard on yotes.

Only if he closes the bolt first.

[teenerted1]

http://news.aol.com/article/boy-9-fights-off-coyote-with-snowboard/271109

[pwd72s]

Good story Teenerd...and one tough kid!

[Seahawk]

My tenants complain about the attack goats on my farm (she sent me this pick Saturday):



They've got mean streaks a mile wide

I am not much of a hunter, birds mostly and the occasional ground hog. However, running rivers as both a kayaker and a boatman for the last 35 plus years has brought me into close contact with a number of woodland denizens.

Growing up we always used my father's .45 Colt Commander as primary defense while on the river, with me as bait.

In camp we did all the right things wrt food and other attractive nuisances and I got to man the 12 gauge with slugs.

We got bounced quite a bit but we never had to fire.

Pretty much the same when Jack and I camp today.

[turbocarrera]

I was scared up a power pole by a small pack of grey wolves once, about 80 miles north of Lac La Loche, SK. I was tieing-in some 25kV power-line, walking by myself from pole to pole, and heard light rustling just past the edge of the cutline. I sprinted(as best you can with hooks on your legs) about 50m to the next pole and straight to the top. I don't know if they ever came out of the bush, but I could see there were several big fuch-ing wolves. Sure wish I would have had a camera, but I was happier that I had a radio.

That was about 100miles west of where this happened:
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2005/01/04/sask-timberwolf050104.html

I also used to work out of a place called Points North, SK where Kenton Joel Carnegie became the first victim of a fatal wolf attack in over 100 years in North America. I used to jog around the camp but stayed far away from the camp dump. I guess this poor student ventured too far from camp, alone and in the dark.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenton_Joel_Carnegie_wolf_attack

If you spend much of time in the wilderness of the Canadian Far North you'll see many wolves. The biggest one I ever saw was at Syncrude's Aurora mine, north of Ft. McMurray, AB. It was the alpha male and was hit by a truck. It weighed 210lbs. I would never have believed it. Canis Lupus Horriblis Humungous.

Coyotes are dangerous? Really?

[dd74]

I met a man who trained wolves for the movie industry. He brought two of them over to our house. They were huge beasts, but also very intelligent and curious. And obedient. He told me it is possible to own a gray wolf in L.A., but for $20K or more.

In lieu of a guard dog, can you imagine owning a "guard wolf?"

[RWebb]

wolves - and coyotes are so dangerous b/c they work in packs

if I could only have a single animal for guard duty it'd have to be either a bear or a lion

lions are good 'cuz they can climb trees and poles - no hiding out and calling for help on the radio

[turbocarrera]

then i go out on the wire. :P

[slodave]

Originally Posted by dd74

I met a man who trained wolves for the movie industry. He brought two of them over to our house. They were huge beasts, but also very intelligent and curious. And obedient. He told me it is possible to own a gray wolf in L.A., but for $20K or more.

In lieu of a guard dog, can you imagine owning a "guard wolf?"

You should see the two wolf hybrids that Dave from TRE has. They are cool! They have all the characteristics of wolves.

[Rick Lee]

Just saw a few coyotes running between houses as I pulled into the neighborhood. Wow.

[RWebb]

Originally Posted by turbocarrera

then i go out on the wire. :P

smart animals bite thru the wire

bears are smart enuff to do that...