Controlling coyotes in your yard?

A live trap with bait will work. I wish that I had your problem with three coyotes. I have at least 15 mule deer in my neighborhood who continuously eat my flowers, shrubs, rub their antlers on my trees and kill my grass from urinating and defecating.
 
track said:
A live trap with bait will work. I wish that I had your problem with three coyotes. I have at least 15 mule deer in my neighborhood who continuously eat my flowers, shrubs, rub their antlers on my trees and kill my grass from urinating and defecating.
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It's something I've considered. I always try to find a way to live with local wildlife and only consider shooting it as a last resort.
But the coyotes are becoming a problem in the area and it's just going to get worse. They've already eaten most small critters including a bunch of local cats, and I've seen several "missing dog" posters up (for the record I think it's a really dumb idea to let small housepets out of the house unless you have a yard with a high fence). Considering the fact that most houses around here back right up onto woodland it's only a matter of time until they get hungry and fearless enough to make a grab for a kid.

They have no natural predators in the area so the problem is just going to get worse if they're left totally unchecked. And they are getting bold AF: I've seen them several times before sunset on the road.


What complicates the situation is I have no idea how my neighbours will react if they see/hear me shooting them. I haven't been around for a decade: my neighbours used to be all oldskool working class outdoorsmen types, but most have either died or sold their houses/cottages to rich yuppies and moved into town. I guess that also explains why there's a pack of coyotes running around unchecked in their yards and noone has done anything about it yet.
 
track said:
A live trap with bait will work. I wish that I had your problem with three coyotes. I have at least 15 mule deer in my neighborhood who continuously eat my flowers, shrubs, rub their antlers on my trees and kill my grass from urinating and defecating.
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same here but from whitetails,and i can assure you whitetails can eat a grat lot
 
Check your local municipal gun laws. Where I am (and I am rural) you have to be 100m from a building (even one you own yourself) to shoot a firearm (includes crossbows and bow) - that's in addition to the more than 30 m you need to be from the road.

If it is legal then .22LR CCI Quiet Segmented is pretty hard hitting at garden type ranges, provided you hit the right spot, and sound like moderate hand clap. Or maybe consider a crossbow?

If they are destroying property then at least in Ontario I don't think you need a small game license (or even have to abide by the hunting hours regulations) since you've now moved into "pest control on my own property" - check with your local provincial regs though.

Beware the side effects though. We had Coyotes who learned to eat all the neighbourhood cats (all gone) - so someone had the bright idea of shooting them all (which I think was of questionable legality given the location).

The next year we had an EXPLOSION of rabbits - which just decimated everyone's garden. 3 years later we were glad to see the Coyotes coming back.
 
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If you know when they are around. Try a mouse squeaker to call them in and use subsonic 22. Nobody ever knows where a single shot came from.
 
g-manz35 said:
If you know when they are around. Try a mouse squeaker to call them in and use subsonic 22. Nobody ever knows where a single shot came from.
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I've been mulling over shooting them when they're in my yard but there's just too many variables I can't control...
I might just be better off setting up with some predator calls a few hundred yards away in the woods and getting them where I want them, safely, and before sunset.
 
linux99 said:
Check your local municipal gun laws. Where I am (and I am rural) you have to be 100m from a building (even one you own yourself) to shoot a firearm (includes crossbows and bow) - that's in addition to the more than 30 m you need to be from the road.

If it is legal then .22LR CCI Quiet Segmented is pretty hard hitting at garden type ranges, provided you hit the right spot, and sound like moderate hand clap. Or maybe consider a crossbow?

If they are destroying property then at least in Ontario I don't think you need a small game license (or even have to abide by the hunting hours regulations) since you've now moved into "pest control on my own property" - check with your local provincial regs though.

Beware the side effects though. We had Coyotes who learned to eat all the neighbourhood cats (all gone) - so someone had the bright idea of shooting them all (which I think was of questionable legality given the location).

The next year we had an EXPLOSION of rabbits - which just decimated everyone's garden. 3 years later we were glad to see the Coyotes coming back.
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You can discharge within 100m from a dwelling for pest control aswell, from my understanding of the bylaw in my region.
 
J.Hancock said:
You can discharge within 100m from a dwelling for pest control as well, from my understanding of the bylaw in my region.
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That really is very municipality specific. I know in mine that would not be allowed. I can see why some places would allow it. Sounds like you have more sensible local councilors than me.

One of those times you have to go to the actual laws for your area I guess.
 
In NS the dwelling rules only apply if you don't have specific permission. It's legal to shoot of your deck as long as every other restriction is obeyed (390m from dwelling, 800m school, 30m roads etc)
 
I do ponder all these hybred claims.
" It's a Coydog, it a Coywolf... it's a Werewolf!"
Can't just be coyote, it has be a mutant beast.
Get a .22 and some empty 500 ml water bottles... don't ask why...
 
Paint ball gun can be used to discourage things and make your yard uncomfortable, and no one will be upset by nicely painted wildlife. Short range, but effective in the right circumstances.
 
c.t. said:
same here but from whitetails,and i can assure you whitetails can eat a grat lot
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Spread copious amounts of blood meal around your garden and flowers. That will keep the deer out of the yard. You may have to freshen every few weeks until the deer realize it's not a good place to be.
 
vmax204 said:
Spread copious amounts of blood meal around your garden and flowers. That will keep the deer out of the yard. You may have to freshen every few weeks until the deer realize it's not a good place to be.
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That won't work. Ask me how I know.
 
Motion sensor light with bulb replaced with screw in plug outlet an extension cord ran back to house plugged into a radio. Radio plays when motion is detected, if coyote is there one well placed .22 shot will do the trick. At 0100 one shot won’t raise any alarms.
 
manbearpig said:
I've been mulling over shooting them when they're in my yard but there's just too many variables I can't control...
I might just be better off setting up with some predator calls a few hundred yards away in the woods and getting them where I want them, safely, and before sunset.
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This is the answer.
 
manbearpig said:
Hi folks.

There are at least three coyotes patrolling my property at night - typically they're around between dusk and 2am. They've eaten neighborhood cats and small dogs already.
Raccoons, skunks, foxes make their rounds too but they don't bother me at all. But we have small kids playing in the yard sometimes and three large coyotes worry me.

What is the legality of shooting these? I'm not urban but not really rural either (if I was rural I wouldn't be asking). More like a vacation area that backs onto a Provincial park. I'm not a farmer and don't have any livestock.
I checked the by-laws and there was nothing about discharging firearms except one bit prohibiting the discharge of firearms/bows/crossbows/airguns on municipal property.

Coyotes/wolves are in season all year in my WMU (76). So with a small game license on my own property I can shoot them during legal hours?

Another problem is that I only see them rarely around dusk and they're on the road. They come on the property around 10-2am which is past the legal hunting times.
Any advice or suggestions other than "put up a fence"?

cheers
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Some people let a shot go safely now and then to condition the neighbors to not getting to excited. Like sacking out a horse. Then if a person were to need to dispatch a coyote or something, its just another shot. These people also say a 22-250 works well and not too loud. They also say a 22 mag good if critters are close to the house. These same folk advise not posting pics on forums, fb or what have you. Less said the better sort of thing. At least that is what I ahve been told.
 
Yeah even "just" 20 years ago you could get away with a lot more than you can now.

Unfortunately as a byproduct of housing bubble and the COVID situation encouraging people to work from home and move out of the cities a lot of former cottage and farm properties are now owned by spoiled yuppies who want to impose their #%@$ed up moralities on rural life.
 
find a pair of farm bred / raised heelers .... the bigger ones with a leaner body and longer legs ( they will be around 60 pounds ) , than the typical registered cattle dog .... my experience has been , one heeler can put a serious dent in a coyote population ..... 2 heelers working in tandem will wipe them all out .

the only downside is , if your not a "heeler person " .... you now have 2 dogs that are the closest thing to a wild animal you can get without a zoo license , living with you
 
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