Ontario MNR article "dealing with coyotes"

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Have a laugh at how antis control coyotes:
http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/Business/FW/2ColumnSubPage/271326.html
Do not approach or feed coyotes

-Coyotes are wild animals, but can become less fearful of humans if they associate us and our surroundings with food sources.
-Teach children not to approach or harass wild animals.


If you encounter a coyote

Coyotes are usually wary of humans and avoid people whenever possible. Aggressive behaviour toward people is unusual, and is most often a result of habituation due to feeding by humans. If you encounter a coyote, remember the following:

-Never attempt to "tame" a coyote.
-Never feed a coyote.
-Do not turn your back on, or run from, a coyote.
-Back away from the coyote while remaining calm.
-Use whistles and personal alarm devices to frighten an approaching or threatening animal. :rolleyes:


Prevent predation on livestock

-Barns or sheds can provide effective protection from coyote predation for livestock that bed inside or nearby at night.
-Guard animals, such as donkeys, llamas and dogs can be a cost-effective way to protect livestock from coyotes. Guard animals will develop a bond with livestock if they are slowly integrated and will aggressively repel predators.

For more information on preventing livestock predation, please visit the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) website at www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/livestock/sheep/predator.html.
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How about... shoot the damn thing!
 
Coyotes with mange love to den up in barns, they also love to eat the farm dogs food and then eat the farm dog and cat? The MNR also forgot to give us a 1-800 coyote wise number like the 1 800 bear wise number? Leave the yotes alone there is enough pets to eat?
 
We had wolves eat 3-4 pets on the outskirts of the city this winter. A women who was interviewed after finding her dogs paws (that's all that was left) was quoted: You dont' have to hurt them just trap them and move them elsewhere :eek:!!!???
 
tactical870 said:
Actually there's a hell of a lot of cats and dogs running at large...... Anyone else here think raising coyotes is a hell of an idea? LMFAO......
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Amen to that! Personally, I'd rather see fat & happy coyotes - at least they don't crap on the lawn or in the flower beds. Here, kitty kitty kitty!:cool:
 
Tumbleweed said:
Amen to that! Personally, I'd rather see fat & happy coyotes - at least they don't crap on the lawn or in the flower beds. Here, kitty kitty kitty!:cool:
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My sentiments exactly.

It's funny though....when city people move out of the city to the acerage of their dreams...then find out that Fido or Morris have gone missing after just 2 weeks, they can't figure it out. Till the snow melts and they find his collar.
When it's suggested that coyotes are responsible, they say, 'it cannot be, we have never seen one'.

And thats just the way the coyotes like it......;)
 
Unless you're going to sit in a sniper tower watching your flock of sheep 24 hours a day, shooting coyotes isn't the only solution. That's where guard animals like donkeys and llamas come in handy. They keep the coyotes at bay long enough for you to walk by and see what's going on, then go fetch the rifle and resolve the problem properly.
 
The only ways to control the coyote population is by poisioned baits or trapping. Urbanites dont find either method very appetizing so I say screw'em. Let them keep feeding their pets to the coyotes.
 
Rocket Propelled Grenade?

I had a funny experience with a 'yote on Tuesday. Took my lab out to do some waterwork. Got to my training pond down a little logging road and was sitting in the car frigging with one of my contact lenses (damned pollen!). lOoked up and there was a yote coming down the trail and right past the car. I leaned on the horn and opened the door and yellled at him. He loped about 50 feet and sat down looking at me from the side of the road (WTF???). I got right out of the car and hucked a rock at him. He ran before it hit the ground and stopped again about 100 feet farther, sat and watched me again. I was pissed that this was a 'no gun' training day - but I did have my Dummy launcher for dog training (for those of you who don't know, this is a hand-held 22-cal launcher that shoots a plastic dummy that looks a lot like a rocket-propelled grenade as far as 200 yards if you use a heavy charge). I loaded it with one of the heavy loads (these are very hard on the hands when they fire). He sat there. I slid the hardest plastic dummy onto the end of the launcher. He sat there. Held the launcher up and pointed it right at his nose. Let him have it. The dummy hit the ground just about a foot to his right infront of him and nearly hit him on the bouce. He got the message. I had no idea how fast those friggers can run - he covered the 400 yards to the crest of the hill in seconds and was gone. Dog was going BALLISTIC in the car! Wonder what would have happened if I had HIT the bugger. Never really thought that through, but don't much are either! Today was another training day. There are 5 shells of 00 buck in my training bag along with our training blanks. My 08 license is good for yotes until the middle of July... Of course, I can't imagine he'll give me THAT chance again!
 
We used to shoot them all the time growing up.... my brother and I would grab our guns and shoot whenever we heard our dog pack yelling...

They were always after our chickens, rabbits, etc... Can't blame them but I am not here to make friends with them. I like seeing them in the wild, but if they are anywhere near livestock then its game over.
 
our neighbour used to hate us because we hunt coyotes with hounds. She said " thoughs poor hounds are forced to chase and kill coyotes!!!" she had no idea, the dogs loved it more then us. Then her cats started to disapear. Then she sees a coyote up beside her deck choking down one of her kitties. Then she comes over to our house and says " can you guys come shoot this coyote that killed my cats?" My dad asked her why she finds it alright to kill them now that they eat her couple of her useless cats, but when they kill sheep and calves "they are just doing what they are made to do" and "they have to eat too"



we quickey kicked her off our property and told her she blew her chance long ago when she used to yell from her back porch to us. Hell pretty sure I wouldnt even shoot that coyote if I seen it eatting her cats, Can't wait til it gets her dog too so she can complain more. She's only concerned about it when it affects her personally.
 
They don't bother with us much on the farm here, their quite scared of humans in this area. It's in the fall they get really active here - going through corn fields and ponds trying to "clean up" any slow canadian geese.

Also, its fun to have city people over to listen to coyotes howling and carrying on in middle of the night. For some reason they wont camp in tent in yard after that. :D
 
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