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.
Surely you guys don’t expect people to believe that there are Coyotes in the metro area.
Thats as laughable as believing Wolves effect a Deer herd.
Surely you guys don’t expect people to believe that there are Coyotes in the metro area.
Thats as laughable as believing Wolves effect a Deer herd.
No we would never, just ask yourself this, have you seen less rabbits and squirrels lately? Probably just global warming.
We have coyotes in Richfield, just north of 494. Woodlake Nature Center harbors coyotes, deer, turkeys and more. Coyotes are not afraid of much, I’ve walked past them at 50 feet with my Springer on his leash. Cats and mini-dogs disappear in the neighborhood if not watched closely after dark.
Didn’t we just have this same conversation a while back? Except then it was about Wolves affecting our farm animals.
Minnetonka, hi way 101 and 7. I hear them at night sometimes less than 1/2 mile to the north. My neighbor has seen them outside our yards during the day. W e both have fences. Neighbors at the end of the street near a swamp have had them in their yard. There was a den a few years ago in Purgatory Creek Park just off the walking path that the authorities fill in.
My son found fresh tracks in the snow yesterday. Walked across our driveway and front yard. We live on the Crystal/Golden Valley border along Medicine Lake road. We have seen a lone coyote cruise thru the front yards last summer. I saw a coyote on the railroad tracks on 32nd Ave a couple of blocks away this winter.
I live in farm country and the sighting of a coyote during daylight is not common. They are highly targeted by everyone here. Well this morning my male yellow lab went out on his morning tour. I keep a good eye on him when he goes out back. The next thing I see is him and two coyotes running around with each other. Almost looked more like playing. I hollered for him to come and he came back wide open back to house. One of the coyotes followed the other hung back. There was a quick end. Something similar happened a few years ago so I’m always prepared.
I live in farm country and the sighting of a coyote during daylight is not common. They are highly targeted by everyone here. Well this morning my male yellow lab went out on his morning tour. I keep a good eye on him when he goes out back. The next thing I see is him and two coyotes running around with each other. Almost looked more like playing. I hollered for him to come and he came back wide open back to house. One of the coyotes followed the other hung back. There was a quick end. Something similar happened a few years ago so I’m always prepared.
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I live in farm country and the sighting of a coyote during daylight is not common. They are highly targeted by everyone here. Well this morning my male yellow lab went out on his morning tour. I keep a good eye on him when he goes out back. The next thing I see is him and two coyotes running around with each other. Almost looked more like playing. I hollered for him to come and he came back wide open back to house. One of the coyotes followed the other hung back. There was a quick end. Something similar happened a few years ago so I’m always prepared.
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But watch out somebody might end up with hurt feelers with the way your story turns out. 
For as much time as I spend hunting each season, I rarely see one. I see maybe one all year combined when I’m turkey, deer, and pheasant hunting. That probably equates to 20+ days afield. Seems a little odd.
I hear what your saying John. If I am hunting them calling etc. there are no boundaries. But they pushed the boundaries this morning. If they enter the maintained area of my farm yard they don’t get a pass.
Gimruis. They are smart animals. Here they get hunted heavily. They are call shy and like I said we don’t see them in the open during daylight. The guys that get the most coyotes here besides the trappers are the landowners that are always ready. We have a better chance of seeing bobcats when predator calling them a coyote here. Trail cams show here they are very nocturnal.
I hear what your saying John. If I am hunting them calling etc. there are no boundaries. But they pushed the boundaries this morning. If they enter the maintained area of my farm yard they don’t get a pass.
Hope you didn’t take my comment the wrong way I support killing predators especially when there on your lawn hanging with your dog. By the way I have a 11 yr old yellow male myself.
No I didn’t take it the wrong way. What you said is true. My lab is 5 and solid muscle but he is not aggressive in anyway so before he could realize there a threat he could be in trouble.
The only way to know if your pet can handle his own with a wild animal is to have it happen. I have gone out of my way to avoid that first confrontation with all my dogs not counting prey animals of course. So far I have been lucky with just a few close calls but no contact.
When I was a kid my best friend had a small lean “lab” that would/could kill any wild animal with ease. I saw him tear through skunks, coons and opossums and he enjoyed it. Never saw him against a yote but my money would have been on that dog.
Coyotes on any of our land are fair game to be killed. However, an overlooked part of owning a dog is being responsible for both its safety and its actions. If your dog bites someone, that’s on you. If your dog gets killed running free by a wild animal, that’s also on you. For people on public land having dogs threatened, if you cannot accept the risks then you need to change your choices regarding when and where your dog runs. Coyotes don’t have feelings and blasting one after the fact isn’t bringing back Fido. Population control helps around here, but whenever we shoot one more will eventually take their place. You never eliminate the risk.
My in-laws have a Rottweiler mix that was a rescue and is a lean 105#. They don’t believe in buying puppies with the number of stray dogs and breeding costs. So far in the couple years of having it, it has brought back 2 dead coyotes along with a handful of raccoons, a snapping turtle from the pond, and an opossum. He’s never set foot off the 160 acres by the buildings and is well trained. When I asked my FIL about the dog and coyotes around he said “That’s the risk of a dog living a free life here. So far, the coyotes are losing.”
That’s badass, Bucky.
As far as my lab, she’s a 47 lb lean female, fully grown. The attacks have happened in the cemetery near the house and in the yard. At least two or three of the attacks have been with her standing 10-20 feet from me. I’m never too concerned about it turning fatal because I am always nearby and ready, and they’re not going to do that much damage in an instant, but I’m still conscious of the off-chance. Of those times, I’ve always ran after them yelling and waving my arms, but they’ll just trot away keeping about 30 feet in between us and stop when I stop, then come right back towards us as we go the other way. Have had them literally follow us outside of kicking distance for 200 yd walks back to the house. One time when it was 2 big males who were really scheming to get between me and her, had to literally carry her for about 250-300 yards because they were so close and persistent. This is in Eagan area remember. I watched one sneak up slowly across the yard behind her in the moonlight as she was focused on the dummy or ball or whatever at my feet. Little did she know I was watching and waiting and well-prepared. I don’t think that one lived a very full life… Watch your animals and have a plan.
I have one as a pet…. he stays in my cabin
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I shot this one on Tuesday. It had been showing up in our yard on a daily basis. In the past we’ve only heard them at night off in the distance but have started seeing them in recent years. This was the third one I’ve shot in two years.
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Coyote cheeks are AWESOME!
Boil em in 7up then dunk them in melted oleo.
Nuttin better.
That’s badass, Bucky.
As far as my lab, she’s a 47 lb lean female, fully grown. The attacks have happened in the cemetery near the house and in the yard. At least two or three of the attacks have been with her standing 10-20 feet from me. I’m never too concerned about it turning fatal because I am always nearby and ready, and they’re not going to do that much damage in an instant, but I’m still conscious of the off-chance. Of those times, I’ve always ran after them yelling and waving my arms, but they’ll just trot away keeping about 30 feet in between us and stop when I stop, then come right back towards us as we go the other way. Have had them literally follow us outside of kicking distance for 200 yd walks back to the house. One time when it was 2 big males who were really scheming to get between me and her, had to literally carry her for about 250-300 yards because they were so close and persistent. This is in Eagan area remember. I watched one sneak up slowly across the yard behind her in the moonlight as she was focused on the dummy or ball or whatever at my feet. Little did she know I was watching and waiting and well-prepared. I don’t think that one lived a very full life… Watch your animals and have a plan.
Badass? Maybe. I try not to feed into it with the FIL. I’ve tried to explain to him that the grandkids won’t be able to shrug it off so easily if the dog finally meets his match. So far so good though. Hopefully he doesn’t bring the Easter Bunny home soon…that’d be tough to explain to the little one. 
BB- that is hilarious. FIDO KILLED THE EASTER BUNNY!
On a more serious note, I’m surprised no one else here has had experiences like I have with suburban yotes… If anybody else has, I’d love to hear some of them. Sometimes I wonder what the odds are and what the results would be if my dog encountered some wolves while our grouse hunting. They’re definitely around the area I hunt in east central Mn near the border, by st croix state forest and park.
I’m surprised no one else here has had experiences like I have with suburban yotes… If anybody else has, I’d love to hear some of them.
I walked up on one this morning on my morning walk at about 20 feet coming out of someone’s backyard. I think we were equally surprised, and he was gone in no time.
They’re smart critters. Here’s one from this last trapping season. Most people can’t trap coyotes very well. They’re smart and have an extremely good sense of smell. The smallest mistake or cross contamination of scent on a trap will lead to a dug up trap.
Earlier this winter I was driving to work at 7:30 am and guess what was waiting to cross the road in town? Mr Coyote was standing in a backyard waiting to cross the street on a fairly busy road. I live up by Brainerd so there’s lots around, just never seen one in town like that one was. I live out of town so there’s not many around me because myself along with a neighbor down the way traps them. But they’re opportunistic. Let little fito sit in the yard alone a couple coyotes will hop on the chance at an easy meal.
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That’s a nice lookin yote!
We live in west Bloomington and coyotes are all over our neighborhood. I’ve heard them out in our backyard at night and find scat next to the house behind landscaping bushes.
On our neighborhood “Next Door” app there are always “sightings” and occasionally a post about missing small dogs and cats.
Talked to my neighbor yesterday. When she was seeing one of her kids off at the school bus stop at the end of the block there were some police sirens. The coyotes about 1/4 mile away starting “crying like babies”. It must hurt their ears. She said way different than when they yip/bark at night. I’ll have to go listen next time.
This is the biggest one I’ve seen. We live west of the Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge.
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