[Norm K]

Remember, there's a reason his name was Wile E.

Coyotes are highly intelligent. Chances are you'll get the first one pretty easily (assuming you can shoot). After that, it's a bit more challenging - but also more rewarding.

We had a young lion kill one of our next door neighbor's sheep several years ago. My wife, worried about our goats, chided me into screening them inside our horses' loafing shed until the immediate danger had passed. While I was working on that, the Fish & Game guy showed up with a bear trap (like a giant Havahart) into which we placed the sheep carcass, and wired it to the rear of the trap.

In chatting with the officer I asked him about shooting the lion, should it appear in our pasture. He was adamant that this is highly frowned upon, but that if it was clearly stalking (no different that watching your cat hunting a mouse or bird) livestock I could take it down. As for pets? Well, in the eyes of the State of Colorado, they're not so fortunate. Lions can be killed to protect livestock but not to protect pets. Right...

While on the general subject, I asked about coyotes, since they're so ubiquitous, not to mention viciously voracious. His response was simple; "No one will ever say anything to you about shooting a coyote." Stalking, walking, sunbathing ... didn't matter to him.

Oh, and we trapped the lion the first night. Got it on video.