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58. We had a pack of around 12 run across our property

Fri Sep 5, 2014, 09:07 PM

Sep 2014

At 10am one morning. They took 8 chickens and were gone before I could get my shoes on. Shotgun by the door and didn't get a shot. Prior to that they got in the chicken house and took all but 2. They ran away and would never go back in the chicken house. We lose farm cats every winter.

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Coyotes 30 miles from wilderness, first time seeing it in my neck of the woods [View all] steve2470 Sep 2014 OP

Watch your small dogs and cats. Nt newfie11 Sep 2014 #1

Yes Tace Sep 2014 #7

+ 1 Botany Sep 2014 #29

Urban coyotes are pretty common. postulater Sep 2014 #2

I live in coyote country. Bring your pets in before sun down Cleita Sep 2014 #3

Sound advice. Gormy Cuss Sep 2014 #35

I can't have cats outside anymore. The coyotes keep killing them. littlemissmartypants Sep 2014 #4

The way wilderness has been disappearing, they have no choice. FLPanhandle Sep 2014 #5

Actually, coyotes do BETTER around people. We ARE their territory.... Bigmack Sep 2014 #24

They're all over my neighborhood graywarrior Sep 2014 #6

Mine, too, and I live in the suburbs Fawke Em Sep 2014 #19

coyotes justabob Sep 2014 #8

When we had sheep we lost lambs every year to coyotes tularetom Sep 2014 #9

Our neighbor in Nebraska lost 7 calves to coyotes newfie11 Sep 2014 #40

Rottweiler Rescues Chihuahua From Coyote Attack (video) wyldwolf Sep 2014 #10

That made me smile. Fawke Em Sep 2014 #20

The problem along the eastern seaboard is more the "coydog" Warpy Sep 2014 #11

Turns out that eastern coyotes are actually coyote - wolf hybrids. hack89 Sep 2014 #17

Those are what probably killed this young lady in Nova Scotia indie9197 Sep 2014 #28

They have no place in population centers... pipoman Sep 2014 #12

Have you noticed the decline in wilderness and rural areas? FLPanhandle Sep 2014 #13

Not where I'm at... pipoman Sep 2014 #21

The coyotes are not becoming urbanized because of the loss of habitat. Jenoch Sep 2014 #23

Thank you. cwydro Sep 2014 #52

have seen that in Oklahoma... carcasses hanging on the fence JCMach1 Sep 2014 #14

it does seem to work here pipoman Sep 2014 #26

I live in a moderately densely populated part of RI with lots coyotes hack89 Sep 2014 #16

interesting. ..didn't know that. .. pipoman Sep 2014 #22

They are incredibly adaptable hack89 Sep 2014 #25

I used to nail the carcasses to fence posts but it didn't seem to work tularetom Sep 2014 #33

i let them go too... pipoman Sep 2014 #39

They are all around where I live. cwydro Sep 2014 #53

We had a pack of around 12 run across our property pipoman Sep 2014 #58

Grrr. Makes ya mad ya know? cwydro Sep 2014 #65

Coyotes have made their place IN population centers.... Bigmack Sep 2014 #50

I live in the wilderness - Boudica the Lyoness Sep 2014 #15

We take our limit during trapping and hunting season here Hemmingway Sep 2014 #18

Feral cats are the pests wreaking havoc in my area bhikkhu Sep 2014 #42

Lots of them in Minneapolis/St. Paul suburbs. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2014 #27

I live in San Francisco near a canyon and one day while waiting for the bus one trotted by me kimbutgar Sep 2014 #30

The Presidio beltanefauve Sep 2014 #45

Glen park canyon kimbutgar Sep 2014 #59

I live in South Minneapolis. Puglover Sep 2014 #31

They are all over my NE GA area. CottonBear Sep 2014 #32

We have loads of 'em here in South Carolina, too. GoCubsGo Sep 2014 #54

Coyotes seem to be smart and adaptable. CottonBear Sep 2014 #60

Hunting Island is my favorite spot here, too. GoCubsGo Sep 2014 #63

We live in a semi-rural suburb of the city... Earth_First Sep 2014 #34

I live in the country cwydro Sep 2014 #36

There are bands of Urban Coyotes Texasgal Sep 2014 #37

They are bold animals. jen63 Sep 2014 #38

We are 40 miles from Boston and have coyotes. Warren Stupidity Sep 2014 #41

We don't see too many around here, but we have mountain lions show up in town sometimes. LeftyMom Sep 2014 #43

There's a coyote roaming my wild neighborhood of Long Beach CA taught_me_patience Sep 2014 #44

There are even coyotes on Terminal Island. denbot Sep 2014 #47

Half an hour ago a whole tribe of them were yippin' and hollerin' Zorra Sep 2014 #46

And you are Fox panader0 Sep 2014 #48

Seen them in downtown Chicago Kaleva Sep 2014 #49

Last I read, the coyote population estimate in Chicago is about 2,000. Lots of food. nt Bigmack Sep 2014 #51

Arizona here ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2014 #55

Three large packs hunt the fields around our place out here in the boonies. beam me up scottie Sep 2014 #56

I love to hear them on a quiet night. Actually riversedge Sep 2014 #57

Coyotes will be around long after the human species is extinct. Paladin Sep 2014 #61

I live in NYC and saw a coyote... meaculpa2011 Sep 2014 #62

I can one up your coyotes . . . Vinca Sep 2014 #64

These will solve the coyote issue on ones own land. beevul Sep 2014 #66

One of those will solve the JW problem, the nosy neighbor problem, other dogs peeing on your bushes beam me up scottie Sep 2014 #67