Look What Showed Up on My Game Cam

[Seahawk]

Growing up on a small ranch in the coastal mountains near Newbury Park, California, we shot Coyotes on sight...we lost goats and a lot of cats.

I set up two additional cameras around the stable today. My response to the Coyotes will be based on what I see there.

This issue is that I live on a Pennisula so, unless their range is more than I have been able to ascertain doing web homework, we could be Waffle House.

[Craig T]

Originally Posted by ben parrish

...the Coyote was a HUGE male.

That's a NICE yote! Must be 45 lbs. Never seen one so dark.

[look 171]

there are a bunch all over my hood. They sometimes come up to our deck in the backyard. I like to get rid of em' as they kill off all the stray cats who chase out all the rats. They are pretty big as many of our neighbors feed them. We have some good size ones.

[Evans, Marv]

Where we lived years ago there was a great amount of residential development going on which displaced lots of wild life. I won't list all of them, but one result was coyotes sauntering down the streets in broad day light. Another was lots of foxes accustomed to people and emboldened as a result. We actually had a fox in the house two times. They came in after my cat. We live in a country setting now and have everything from small rodents to mountain lions. That includes a population of coyotes, which we can hear yelping on an almost nightly basis. However there seems to be a balance within the animal population. I reason that's because the location is away from dense human population and development. However, people around here loose cats & dogs fairly regularly.

[Baz]

Great pic, Paul - thanks for sharing.

I'm more of a photo shooter of animals than a gun shooter myself but sometimes you have to deal with predators to protect the innocents.

Obviously with the Coyote you have a lot to be concerned with....good luck and keep your babies safe.

[rwest]

I walk my foster dog at 4:30 a.m. and we've seen a coyote about 4 times on the parkway path. This is in St. Paul MN, so not in the country at all. We chase them down- figure it's good for them to fear people and dogs. Last time we saw it, we chased it off several times, but it still followed us until we turned around to walk back home, he didn't follow us back, so I think he just wanted to go the way we were going- wooded area that way and we were probably just being a pain in his backside.

[Daves911L]

Originally Posted by Craig T

Rick V, I was just kidding about shooting them. I've actually made domestic pets out of several. They make great family pets! Here's a picture of one playing with my dog. Here's another of one napping on my patio chair.

LOL. Thanks for the chuckle.

[Daves911L]

Remarkable animals. Intelligent, resourceful, and rapidly evolving. Unfortunately the evolution is towards ever more effective and opportunistic killing/eating machines. They are shot on sight around our place. But still they thrive and prosper. Like the cockroaches, they will outlast us. Probably only a matter of time until they learn unarmed humans are easy prey.

[304065]

Originally Posted by nostatic

Well, I'm not riding my moto out to your place...

I nominate this post for funniest of November 2015!

[Jim Bremner]

One of our dogs got attacked in our backyard at NOON! I had chased off the yote around 10:30AM and the bastard came back. My Cattle dog chased off the yote and saved the 20#terrior but to be honest the Cattle dog is old and tired and would have lost to this yote. Kill any and all. SSS.

[Evans, Marv]

Daves911L. A few years ago here in the southern part of the state (don't remember the specifics), a young lady was killed by two coyotes. Apparently she was out walking or running & when confronted by them, tried to run away. Afterwards, they shot one or more coyotes but who knows if they got the ones that attacked her or not. Also in 1996 a woman was killed by a mountain lion in the local mountains where we hike some times. In that case they shot a mountain lion they were fairly certain is the one that killed her. For that reason I always carry a hand gun with me when we go & insist my wife takes it with her when she & her friends hike around here. I also have a game cam I put out by the driveway when it seems we have some increase in activity. I've never caught a pic of a coyote - only turkeys.

[lowyder993s]

Originally Posted by ben parrish

Coyotes are getting to be a real issue all over the country. We have a farm in South Georgia. My dad has spent the last ten years and thousands of dollars developing it from a working farm to basically a wildlife management property. Acres of corn, millet, winter wheat, peas and other grains are planted for the quail, turkey and deer. We hunt the property selectively to maintain a healthy ecosystem. We have resident bobcats, hawks and other predators that help keep the small mammals, snakes and wounded animals in check.
A few year back, the Coyotes started showing up more and more and the small game like rabbits and quail have basically disappeared. We now have a standing rule that all Coyotes are shot on site. We see quiet a few on trail cameras but it is not often that we see them in daylight.
This one was taken by a friend two weekends ago...never saw him before on a cam. For reference, the buck in the photo was 195lbs...the Coyote was a HUGE male.

THAT is a wolf! No way in hell that's a yote! A Monster yote is 60#...if you've got more pix, pm them to me!

[ben parrish]

No more pics. We have seen quiet a few large ones on cam. I live about 5 hrs from there in the mountains; I have seen some big Coyotes up here also. I actually had a bead on one crossing my field but hesitated because I thought it was a large sheppard. Talked with a neighbor and he told me that he had three large ones chase his 3 legged Boxer and only retreated when she made it to the barn and him.
I always thought they were small but lately, we have seen some big ones.

[jyl]

Why, do you guys think, are coyotes thriving and spreading while wolves are not?

[stomachmonkey]

The bigger ones may be Coywolfs.

Coywolf: New coyote-wolf hybrid sees explosion in numbers | Science | News | The Independent

[stomachmonkey]

Originally Posted by jyl

Why, do you guys think, are coyotes thriving and spreading while wolves are not?

Coyotes deal with the presence of people better than Wolves.

[VaSteve]

I live in the burbs in a community, but across the street is a farm. At night I hear animal ruckus. I thought it was foxes all along but a neighbor said it was coyotes. She said they really get worked up when they get a kill. Any truth to this?

[gduke2010]

Originally Posted by ben parrish

Coyotes are getting to be a real issue all over the country. We have a farm in South Georgia. My dad has spent the last ten years and thousands of dollars developing it from a working farm to basically a wildlife management property. Acres of corn, millet, winter wheat, peas and other grains are planted for the quail, turkey and deer. We hunt the property selectively to maintain a healthy ecosystem. We have resident bobcats, hawks and other predators that help keep the small mammals, snakes and wounded animals in check.
A few year back, the Coyotes started showing up more and more and the small game like rabbits and quail have basically disappeared. We now have a standing rule that all Coyotes are shot on site. We see quiet a few on trail cameras but it is not often that we see them in daylight.
This one was taken by a friend two weekends ago...never saw him before on a cam. For reference, the buck in the photo was 195lbs...the Coyote was a HUGE male.

Do you have any more picks? I migbt be able to identify the dog.

[gduke2010]

It could be a sable coat carolina dog. They are a primative, rare bread that live in the Southeastern US.

[targa911S]

these showed up on my cam....