I liked that but possibly read it wrong. To clarify I was thinking it's good if something reduces the population of unattended children.
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I liked that but possibly read it wrong. To clarify I was thinking it's good if something reduces the population of unattended children.
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Lol, was thinking about that as a joke, but would never post it
Lol, was thinking about that as a joke, but would never post it
Haha yeah.
But seriously - coyotes are not dangerous to humans in all practical terms. Even children. If you own a pool or let your child near a pool, or a road for that matter, or a pond, all are exponentially more dangerous than coyotes to children.
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did you see this
michael tero
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good sized maine coyote. Definitely some wolf in there. I want to say they've been shot up to better than 80 lbs.
MAArcher
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That is a good size yote. They are deceiving though. The one in the video is only 25lb or so. This one’s not much bigger.
A 50lb coyote is a beast. I think the record is 70+.
How many kids do you figure are attacked by domestic dogs for every one of those? They are definitely not even a little bit of a problem that way. Seriously domestic cats are probably more dangerous to children statistically.
I'm not saying if someone wants to hunt them that ought to be illegal either, just that the idea they are dangerous creatures holds no water and isn't a justification for it. I'd be more concerned about say raccoons living out back than coyotes if I had children, or moose for sure.
I'm a little turned off by their noises really closeby, late at night, when I'm walking up and down a dark driveway (building my boat), I may even keep a pistol around because it allows me to concentrate on what I'm doing. But nobody would let a small child wander the woods at night, or swim in the ocean at night for that matter, and to date living around them I've come across one (that is running away or trying to pass by on its way without me seeing it) very very few times. They are generally really scared of people.
Trains are not dangerous either until your run over by one
tailhook
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Got them in my backyard, just a matter of time till they take someone out, coyotes adapt to any environment..
chrishmcguire777
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Your talking about the kids right.
MAArcher
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I'm not really worried about coyote attacks, but it does happen. The only apparently professional assessment that I found is out dated now:
142 times on 159 people in 46 years and most of the attacks were predatory rather than due to rabies. "Investigative" attacks were those where they figured the coyote was testing, to see if the human could be prey. There's been a lot of activity and better reporting since 2006, I'd like to see an updated report. The only two known fatal coyote attacks have happened since 2006, one a little girl and 19 year old woman who was out hiking in Canada and was attacked by multiple coyote who attacked her all the way back out and she died of blood loss at the hospital a few hours later.
Long, incomplete, list of coyote attacks
As far as I can determine, most attacks have happened in California and incidences have increased greatly since Californians outlawed trapping in 1998.
Oddly, the coyote population in my neck of the woods seems to be less than normal this year. Maybe more people hunted them during COVID when we had an increase in hunting licenses.
142 times on 159 people in 46 years and most of the attacks were predatory rather than due to rabies. "Investigative" attacks were those where they figured the coyote was testing, to see if the human could be prey. There's been a lot of activity and better reporting since 2006, I'd like to see an updated report. The only two known fatal coyote attacks have happened since 2006, one a little girl and 19 year old woman who was out hiking in Canada and was attacked by multiple coyote who attacked her all the way back out and she died of blood loss at the hospital a few hours later.
Long, incomplete, list of coyote attacks
As far as I can determine, most attacks have happened in California and incidences have increased greatly since Californians outlawed trapping in 1998.
Oddly, the coyote population in my neck of the woods seems to be less than normal this year. Maybe more people hunted them during COVID when we had an increase in hunting licenses.
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tailhook
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Coyotes are looked at by hunters as a nuisance, fight a few off without a gun.. More worried about the older woman walking her poodle and gets caught in the middle of the whole thing. They have been quieter in my neck of the woods also but this summer and fall not so much.
That actually is a real thing, Coyotes I've been told will even act friendly toward domestic dogs and attempt to lure them into an ambush. I'd guess a real dog wouldn't be on the menu though.
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Two weeks ago I was out coyote hunting and a dog wearing an orange vest came running in and scared off the bobcat I was watching. Bobcat had come in to the call and was watching my feathered coyote decoy. A minute later a guy comes walking over after his dog. I waited until he was right next to the call (a remote electronic Foxpro) and blasted it full volume. Guy almost jumped straight out of his skivvies. I just started laughing and gave the guy a wave when he looked over. He just smiled, shook his head, gathered up his dog and walked off (after his dog tried to lick me to death). And that was actually the second time I've done that to someone. The first time was two years ago and it was a cross country skier blazing a trail through the woods. Both times a good ways off the beaten path too.
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Because its in the hunting sub forum.
MAArcher
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Out west they use grey hounds, among others, to run coyote down in open fields. Some guys even have "coyote decoy dogs" where the dog is trained to tease the coyote into following them into gun range for the hunter.
When my last dog Annie, a great German Shortair from Merrymeeting Kennels up in Brunswick, got old she slowed down a bit and the local coyote knew it. On a couple of occasions I let her out into the back yard at night to do her business and a pair of coyote tried to lure her off. She was 70lbs in her prime and loved to dispatch furry critters, even a pair of coyote wouldn't be a match. But those yote could sense she was past her prime. When she was young she'd chase them a mile. She actually got hit by a car, took the bumper off a Civic and spent two days in the ER, when she chased one across the road when she was just a couple years old.
tailhook
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They respond well to the old school fire truck sirens
