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Barnyard Buddies:  Coyotes!  |
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Rea231
True Blue Farmgirl
139 Posts
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 Posted - Mar 29 2010 : 08:02:41 AM
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The coyotes are getting brave! There was one in my yard harassing my Bluheeler male the other night. I am worried. Any sugestions?
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
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Posted - Mar 29 2010 : 08:05:56 AM
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shoot, shovel and shut-up, if they are in that close, they will be attcking and killing soon, where there is one, they is most likely a pack in the back ground.
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Faransgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
895 Posts
Beth
Houston
Texas
USA
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Posted - Mar 29 2010 : 08:11:51 AM
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Well, short of getting a donkey I think Teresa is right. We use to have a female donkey that killed all that came inside the fencing. They learned to stay on the outside of the pasture fence. We kept three donkeys at the horse rescue I worked at and we never had them inside the fencing. The females donkey's seem to be the best at keeping them out. But, otherwise I don't know what to do.
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Candy C.
True Blue Farmgirl
823 Posts
Candy
Mescal
AZ
USA
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Posted - Mar 29 2010 : 09:14:49 AM
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We have a pack in our area that has gone after my 100-plus pound Anatolian Shepherd twice. DH will shoot them any time he gets a chance. We have contacted Game & Fish and they don't seem to be real interested.
Candy C.
Farmgirl Sister #977
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Annika
True Blue Farmgirl
5602 Posts
Annika
USA
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grace gerber
True Blue Farmgirl
2804 Posts
grace
larkspur
colorado
USA
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Posted - Mar 29 2010 : 2:26:58 PM
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Anytime they are coming in that close they are a real danger - they will even attach humans.
I have three Great Pyr's also several trained Llamas. My Llama boys have killed three coyotes over the time we have lived here. The dogs keep them at bay and attacked one but did not kill it - I did. Then there is those who ran into a bullet. The DOW will not help so do whatever it takes because trust me here in Colorado we are having more coyotes attacking humans, children and dogs - this is in the city.
If you do not own a gun you can always hire one - some of them do it for free so they can have the pelts. Good luck and be safe.
Grace Gerber
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Keeper of the Past
True Blue Farmgirl
925 Posts
Sarita
Battle Creek
Michigan
USA
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Posted - Mar 29 2010 : 6:20:38 PM
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Rea, I suggest that you put a bullet in that coyote before he kills your dog or your livestock. Dept.of conservation offered to show me how to set snares to catch coyotes but I was afraid that I would get one of the dogs in a snare. I carry a 22 pistol with me most of the time.
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prariehawk
True Blue Farmgirl
2914 Posts
Cindy
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Posted - Mar 29 2010 : 9:38:04 PM
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Please keep a close eye on your blue heeler. I've heard that a coyote pack will send out a female in heat to attract a male dog. Then they attack and kill the dog. Coyotes are smart and they sometimes lie. If I were you, I'd shoot them if they got too close.
Cindy
"Dog is my co-pilot"
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happydaze
True Blue Farmgirl
136 Posts
lorraine
atlanta
ni
USA
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Posted - Mar 30 2010 : 5:12:05 PM
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| Shoot em if you can. They seem to pose in front of our gas tank, or chicken coops, so we cant shoot. Big dog and a bunch of little dogs keep them out of the area, but they sure have to work hard all night to do it. Only time the coyotes arent near by is when the bears are. Farming in the woods has its challenges! |
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Mar 30 2010 : 7:29:24 PM
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One of my outside cats had four kittens that were ripped open and killed by coyotes. I sat and waited for days for them to return, but they never did. I was sitting with my gun, waiting patiently.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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Rea231
True Blue Farmgirl
139 Posts
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Posted - Apr 01 2010 : 04:34:14 AM
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I have been hearing the babies at night now so I know it is a pack not just a random wanderer. I dont have a problem with shooting them but it's so dark when they come around that I don't get a good view. Full moon is in the sky this week! Wish me luck!
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
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Posted - Apr 02 2010 : 03:40:42 AM
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I've seen where hunters can use unfrared sensors to hunt at night.
Look to see if you can order one maybe from Cabela's or if you happen to have a Bass Pro Shop nearby.
Set yourself up to protect those pets!
Poor kitty who got ripped up. That's sad |
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sherrye
True Blue Farmgirl
3775 Posts
sherry
bend in the high desert
oregon
USA
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Posted - Apr 02 2010 : 07:33:54 AM
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hire a gunman like suggested. they will go get more of their buddies. where my jersey is living 2 nights ago she had a bobcat and baby on her front porch. we have yearling calves there. scarey isnt it. she shot the gun off. she had coyotes last month. too much good food for them in close to people. and we are taking all the land. sad but must protect yourself. just thoughts sherrye she took photos of the foot prints in the snow AT her front door.
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Keeper of the Past
True Blue Farmgirl
925 Posts
Sarita
Battle Creek
Michigan
USA
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Posted - Apr 02 2010 : 08:37:39 AM
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We had a cow to have her calf and the coyotes had ate the guts out of it by the time we found her. We usually get the cows up in a lot closer to the barn but I didn't catch this one. She had it in the night and my dogs guarding the sheep were throwing fits but they were in the sheep lot. She still had the after birth hanging out of her when I found her yesterday morning. You could see where she where she tried to defend her calf. I worked hard to buy this cow, cost at about $2000, I build fences, I buy feed and hay and mineral...then I have to be awake night and day to guard and protect a creature that is penned up and can't escape these wild animals. The conservation department and the parks department has many thousands of acres of land...I pay taxes to support these acres...build some tall fences and let all the wildlife you want to roam those acres and leave my animals alone!
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Laugh often, long and loud.
Laugh until you gasp for breath.
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peapicker
True Blue Farmgirl
716 Posts
texas
USA
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Posted - Apr 02 2010 : 09:04:09 AM
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Keeper of the Past.... I feel your pain. We lost a calf to either coyotes or wild dogs just about a month ago. We put a wildlife camera on the dead calf just after they got her and saw both dogs and coyotes standing there just minutes after we put the camera up in the morning daylight hours. We try to get the cows up closer also when its time to calve, but we have a very wooded 80 acres with a creek running through it that they stay on. Our corral is small, so I don't like to keep them there for more than a day or so. I guess I will clean out a space in the barn and sleep there to keep watch when we make the corral a little bigger.
Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.
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Cindy Lou
True Blue Farmgirl
2325 Posts
Susan
Lonsdale
MN
USA
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Posted - Apr 02 2010 : 09:06:12 AM
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We have them here in MN too. They seem to have moved into the area in the last 10 or so years. One neighbor raises small dogs and has secure kennels. Her husband says the coyotes hang out at the edge of the trees surrounding their yard and make "little dog yipping sounds", trying to lure any little dog out. We hear them howling at night, especially at a full moon. We have two young Aussies, we had hoped to leave them out at night to keep deer out of the orchard, but now we are keeping them in at night. There should be space for wild animals, but these coyotes are getting too numerous and bold.
"You can't roller skate in a buffalo herd.....
But you can be happy if you've a mind to. All you've gotta do in knuckle down, buckle down and do it, do it, do it!" |
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Celticheart
True Blue Farmgirl
811 Posts
Marcia
WA
USA
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Posted - Apr 02 2010 : 11:18:09 AM
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I just had a young fox kill one of my chickens this morning, right beside our house. We just live 2 miles out of town and we have coyotes all around, plus many other forms of wildlife...cougars, bobcats, even wolves and haven't had any problems until today. We knew there was a fox den on the hillside across the road because we have seen the bigger fox way up on the hillside, but there has never been any sign of them coming into or near our yard. I guess because it's pretty open all around our house and they don't feel safe and we do have a very noisy dog.
"Let us never forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man. When tillage begins, other art follows. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of civilization."
Daniel Webster
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brightmeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
2045 Posts
Brenda
Lucas
Ohio
USA
2045 Posts |
Posted - Apr 11 2010 : 8:41:15 PM
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We just moved to Michigan. When there was still snow on the ground I took a walk through our backyard and commented to my husband that it looked like somebody was letting some really BIG dogs run loose.
Then talked to some of the neighbors and I am hearing that we have them too. Seems that ducks and geese around here are short-lived, and sometimes cats.
I haven't seen or heard one yet, and I hope I never do!
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
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msdoolittle
True Blue Farmgirl
1145 Posts
Amanda
East Texas
USA
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Posted - Apr 12 2010 : 11:47:10 AM
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I lost 2 ducks and 3 geese to coyotes in the span of about 48 hours. In May or June, they typically give birth, so they are feeding their young, which is when this happened. I was LIVID, I tell you! So, we penned up everyone much more securely at night and got a clamplight and pointed it in the direction of the woods. Also, my husband brushhogged the woods closest to the pens. No problems since. However, I know they'll be back. I have a local friend and hunter who is jumping at the chance to come hunt on our property. I did consider getting a Great Pyr, but honestly I do not want another big dog. And, I don't want to fool with another big animal like a donkey or llama right now, either.
I try to live w/ wildlife as amicably as possible, but coyotes will wipe you out. And they are SMART, too. Ugh. I tracked these guys through our woods using their paw prints they left (which I measured to be sure it was coyote) and followed the trail of feathers they left. It was so disheartening!!!
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