Coyote Problem

Not to be a naysayer here, but even though you may not be annoying your neighbors with 22 shorts, you're not doing the Coyote any favors. If you're going to shoot them, shoot to kill. I'm not saying they won't kill a yote, but
it's going to have to be a hell of a shot, otherwise you're going to have a wounded animal roaming your neighborhood
 
News Shooter... what is the difference in a coyote and an insect or rodent? Both of those are suffered a slow death routinely by both regular folks and professionals alike...
Brent
 
I have never seen a coyote in person, nor do i know an awful lot about them, BUT i do know something that could be useful in this situation, i don't recall where, but i remember someone talking about that sort of pest problem, in an area where shooting or trapping was not possible, neighbors and domesticated animals abound, the smaller of which were actually being attacked by the coyote, the solution they found makes sense to me after reading this, they spread gun powder around the areas they were coming from, some residents spread it around their yards as well, for good measure

i assumed it worked for a similar reason we put black pepper out to keep stray cats and other little critters out of the garbage at night :D but maybe its the fact that coyote are smart enough to smell gun powder and think, i might get shot here.. :eek: or maybe they just have an aversion to the sent for another reason

just thought i would share, since it was just "hear say" from a camp fire story teller, i don't know how much truth there is, but its an idea, safer and cheaper than shooting them or otherwise probably
 
The buggers are smart

I routinely head out just after a fresh snowfall and follow tracks on my sled through the swamps. I can tell that they know I'm after them when the tracks change from a meandering patternless search for food to a beeline into a stand of black spruce (where I can't follow). They then pop out erratically and head for another stand. It means I have to circle the stand trying to pick up the tracks again, burning a lot of daylight in the process. Most times they get away...


Maybe you could find a nice shooting area just outside the neighborhood a bait them in for a shot? It seems like they are concentrating on your neighborhood so this might work. They are spread so far & wide here I'd be waiting for days, but you may have luck with this (assuming it's legal).
 
News Shooter

Don't underestimate the CB short. A guy I worked with had a cow moose chasing him around a tree and all he had was a .22 revolver loaded w/CB shorts. One shot behind the ear did her in. If the shot is well placed the yote will die quickly; if the shot isn't well placed the yote will still die.
 
Get a coyote sized live trap. Bait it with some wet dog or cat food or sardines. Kittens and small puppy's work to.:D You will most likely catch a bunch of critters cats and whatnot but you should catch enough coyotes to convince them to go elsewhere.

I started doing this when I had a racoon problem. Caught 3 racoons, 4 cats, and 2 oppossum. Don't see racoons anymore and the local stray cat population is down to 1 black cat that ignores the trap.

Dallas Jack
 
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