Coyote Question

I took a walk along the fence row this morning with the dog. As I got to a small slew area a coyote got up and walked 25 yards or so into a cut cornfield and stared at us. My dog saw it and started to head over, I stopped her but the coyote didn’t move, just sat and watched. I looked at the coyote waived my arms and started howling, didn’t phase it. We ended up walking past it and when we were 80 or so yards away it just walked back into the slew.
I’m thinking maybe it had a litter in there???

It’s a little early for denning.
Breeding season isn’t till the end of January through February.

Do males “tend” females after breeding?
Otherwise I’d guess it could have a really good meal it didn’t want to leave unless it absolutely had to.

It didn’t seem nervous at all and usually when I’m back in that area they take off like a tail hooked carp.
My Mastiff really wanted to go over and say HI but I didn’t think that would work well for either.

That’s why you should carry a pistol when walking.

buck-slayer wrote:

That’s why you should carry a pistol when walking.

Mastiff > Coyote

I’ve had two close encounters with yotes this week. Both times the same big one stood next to the road 20 yards from my stopped vehicle while a second smaller one stood a ways behind it.

It wouldn’t be pups yet. Coyote is getting too comfortable around people if it didn’t run.

Seems to be pretty common right now.
Nephew had his 10 week old pup out looking for antlers today. Looked over and saw a yote looking at the pup 20 yards away. Breeze blew his scent towards it and turned and walked away.
Have never seen 1 just walk away after getting a wiff of human scent.
He’ll be packing next time out for sure

The lone coyote will lure the dog off, often a female coyote in heat.
then the pack takes out the rear legs of the dog.

eyekatcher wrote:

The lone coyote will lure the dog off, often a female coyote in heat.
then the pack takes out the rear legs of the dog.

With a human standing there?
That’s scary.

Eelpoutguy wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>eyekatcher wrote:</div>
The lone coyote will lure the dog off, often a female coyote in heat.
then the pack takes out the rear legs of the dog.

With a human standing there?
That’s scary.

Absolutely what was going on. Was just going to say that. Sometimes they act like they want to play and lure the dog away from the owner then take off running with the dog following behind. Lures them right into the pack. My father in law seen this first hand in Zimmerman city limits.

Good for you for having a well trained doggie! Otherwise I don’t think it would have turned out well. I’m afraid if something like that happens with my dachshund those coyotes will have a wiener for supper! Other than potty training this dog is giving me a run for my money. I was amazed at how well potty training went. But he’s too damn stubborn for anything else. I think the only reason potty training went well is because every time my boys take him out, they whip theirs out and go too and he thinks he’s human so he goes. Thank god we live in the country!

Lived on a 5 acre pond close to the cub foods on 7 & 101. Saw yotes on the ice several times, only a pair, but heard the death cry from people’s pets twice a week, including direct neighbors. Wanted to blast these worthless monkeybutts to oblivion

Hmmmmmm,
Might have to walk back there tomorrow with a little decoy of my own.
4 buck decoy

My lab has been attacked/ambushed by coyotes at least 4-5 times. Have some crazy stories. Eagan/Mendota area

I’ve several means to remove these bas tards, but Tonka has laws I won’t cross.

This is a very good reason to always have a side arm

I think the common person would be shocked to see or find out that coyotes are living in a suburban environment. They are an extremely adaptable animal. Fluffy the cat or Milo the chihuahua makes a really easy target.

Wallyhntr1 wrote:

I’ve several means to remove these bas tards, but Tonka has laws I won’t cross.

Crossbow with night vision scope…
DT

I’m reasonably sure I could have hit both coyotes I saw and it seems like the only right thing to do BUT, BIG BUT, I would have been breaking the law big time shooting out of my truck and onto private property. Sometimes it seems like taking out a coyote circumvents all laws as long as its safe but in my gut I know its doesn’t.

suzuki wrote:

Both times the same big one stood next to the road 20 yards from my stopped vehicle while a second smaller one stood a ways behind it.

Had this same thing happen last week, I stopped and backed up so my son could see the Yote’s and one of them just kept trotting toward the road to about 10 yards from my truck and another probably 30-40 yards away. This was on public land, so I should probably go for a walk with my xbow.

If they are getting this close, the police just need to let us do some crowd control and look the other way. If the PITA crowd has any issues we can feed them there purse dogs. Sorry to any of you with purse dogs, just not my thing.

John Rasmussen wrote:

If the PITA crowd has any issues we can feed them there purse dogs. Sorry to any of you with purse dogs, just not my thing.

The solution is simple. Keep your ankle biter dogs and cats either in the house or on a short leash. A coyote is not a threat if your pet is in the house or in your physical possession.

Sometimes eagles don’t like you within 1,000ft, and sometimes they’ll be comfortable within 100′. Results vary when interacting with nature.

Same can be said for most wildlife. They tend to do one thing, until you get to witness them doing something different.

If you have your animal off leash it should be trained well enough to obey you. If not, then you are the one making a decision to put your own animal at risk. Keep your pets under control and you don’t need to worry about yotes.

That doesn’t apply if you’re on your own property. But people above are talking about walking public lands. You don’t set your pet loose on public lands with known predators about and then kill the predator because it was a threat to your unleashed dog. C’mon now.

Watched a coyote walk into a prairie dog town we were actively shooting. I’d say an easy 200 rounds in 10 minutes, and this dog came to within 400 before we “Chased” it away with a few close rounds…Landowner didn’t like us to shoot coyotes, so reluctantly, we didn’t.
New landowner doesn’t seem to care, and we haven’t seen one since. Go Figure.

Was quite amazing to see a “Shy” animal, walk into a warzone in broad daylight.

Just a thought;
One should ask themselves, Am I doing anything that will endanger my personal right to own firearms? In todays world you just never know who may or may not be watching either in person or with a trail cam.
Personally, I’d have to think long and hard about the possible consequences.

It’s the part of Mother Nature that is unpredictable. Plenty of theories and any one of them could be correct. Following breading this does seem more common. I see them sitting open in a field, walk to 20 yrds from me, as mentioned above, come out into a war zone while shooting p/dogs.

Some variables- how much human interaction in urban settings, condition to come out to get dead p/dogs, and so on. If they don’t feel a threat, why run??? Just like ke a whitetail walking up to a friend it away and smelling me. One thing for certain, they always seem to know when I have a rifle in my hands with the intent to plug Wiley Coyote

Spring is when a young coyotes fancy turns to thoughts of love…and we all know how clueless and bold the males can be when horny. Such as deer in the rut…I would never presume that males of the human species would ever act silly in the pursuit of a female to mate with.