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New tool to stop COYOTES

Udo - 8-27-2008 at 02:31 PM

fandango - 8-27-2008 at 03:43 PM

why would you want to?

not funny.

palmeto99 - 8-27-2008 at 03:48 PM

Perhaps , he meant the human cargo coyote.:cool:

Barry A. - 8-27-2008 at 03:49 PM

One of the most pleasurable times of day for us is sitting on our back porch in Borrego Springs watching the coyote families trot back and forth in the early morning, and evening. They are awesome characters, IMO.

Tho your pic is pretty funny, I too am not thrilled with your implication.

Coyotes rule, you know!! :yes:

Barry

vandenberg - 8-27-2008 at 03:55 PM

Udo,
I don't think those guys are getting the drift of your meaning.:biggrin:

Barry A. - 8-27-2008 at 04:03 PM

Udo--------if you meant the sneaky, low-down cross border types of "coyotes" then I am WITH YOU------blast away!!! but not until the canine says "ok, fire".

Barry

Udo - 8-27-2008 at 04:07 PM

In Mexico, the human smugglers are called COYOTES. Perhaps I should have worded the heading differently. But somehow human smugglers sounds more humane than COYOTES, who do anything to make a living.

Awesome characters, indeed

thebajarunner - 8-27-2008 at 04:35 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Barry A.
One of the most pleasurable times of day for us is sitting on our back porch in Borrego Springs watching the coyote families trot back and forth in the early morning, and evening. They are awesome characters, IMO.

Tho your pic is pretty funny, I too am not thrilled with your implication.

Coyotes rule, you know!! :yes:

Barry



I guess Barry and I are on a different tack here,
but I do have to respond to your remarks.
Here in Central California two of my neighbors have seen those sweet, loveable little critters departing the yard with their family's pet cats firmly gripped in the jaws.
Not a nice sight!!!

Udo - 8-27-2008 at 04:55 PM

Since we are on the subject of the canine "coyotes," here in Running Springs, CA., in the San Bernardino mountains, we see "coyotes", daily and nightly. We have a large pack of them living at the bottom of our canyon about 100 yards away. Within roaming range of the pack, there are no outside cats. Any one who owns a cat keeps it indoors. From personal experience, many years ago, they made a meal out of two of my cats.
I have no anymosity against the canine "coyotes", and I think they are magnificent creatures. We, the humans, are living in their environment, and it's their territory to do as they wish. Just like the bears and coons that raid our trash cans. I think it's cool. This is a wild environment just like Baja, and, we, have to be the ones adjusting to them.
Now, the Baja COYOTES are a different breed of slime who have no regard of human lves.
Nuff said!

Oso - 8-27-2008 at 04:59 PM

The slang term "coyote" is used for more than just human smugglers, otherwise referred to as "polleros". In the DF it's any operative on the fringes of the law who can "fix" things, often with connections in government.

I too, kind of like the trickster. But I'm sure I'd feel different if one ate a pet of mine. Don't let your dogs run loose, especially at night, when camping in Baja. Coyote packs have been known to use females in heat to lure male dogs away from camp where they are then brought down by the pack. Coyotes are hunted in Arizona. Other than a hunting license, no special permit is required and it is encouraged by AZGF.

ELINVESTIG8R - 8-27-2008 at 05:10 PM

A couple of years ago a coyote came into my yard and killed my old cat Tommy and drug him a couple of miles up a fire break in the mountains behind my house. Tommy suffered from old age and diabetes. Tommy had run out of the garage when I opened it about 6:30 AM. Around 7:00 AM I found Tommy’s fresh blood on the driveway and some of his orange hair and that is how I knew he was taken by a coyote. I was about 30 minutes behind them following the blood trail and the drag marks as well as Tommy’s fur impressions when the coyote would lay him in the dust to rest. I finally came upon the coyote eating Tommy on the side of the road. Needless to say I killed the coyote with 15 shots from my 9 mm. I have no regrets. I would gladly kill another if they harm my animals. If they leave me alone I do not bother them.

TMW - 8-27-2008 at 05:48 PM

I think if anyone had a coyote grabbed their kid they would have a different attitude toward them. I tolerate them as long as they keep a respectful distance, especially around my pets and grandkids.

CaboRon - 8-27-2008 at 06:02 PM

" The Dingo got your baby"

Bob H - 8-27-2008 at 06:33 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by udowinkler
Since we are on the subject of the canine "coyotes," here in Running Springs, CA., in the San Bernardino mountains, we see "coyotes", daily and nightly. We have a large pack of them living at the bottom of our canyon about 100 yards away. Within roaming range of the pack, there are no outside cats. Any one who owns a cat keeps it indoors. From personal experience, many years ago, they made a meal out of two of my cats.
I have no anymosity against the canine "coyotes", and I think they are magnificent creatures. We, the humans, are living in their environment, and it's their territory to do as they wish. Just like the bears and coons that raid our trash cans. I think it's cool. This is a wild environment just like Baja, and, we, have to be the ones adjusting to them.
Now, the Baja COYOTES are a different breed of slime who have no regard of human lves.
Nuff said!


We have canine coyotes roaming our canyon floors all around North County San Diego - we see signs of missing cats and small dogs, like Pugs and Chihuahuas, all the time. You just know it's the coyotes that got them.
Bob H

Barry A. - 8-27-2008 at 07:32 PM

We used to often camp out on the beaches of Las Animas bay------coyotes lured my son's German Shepard out of camp one time the first night there, and "Kenai" the shepard killed one coyote about a hundred yards from camp--------we had no coyote problems the rest of the time there, but we sure heard them every night. Like some have said, when in "their" country expect the consequences, but I admit that if they had killed a pet of mine near my house (I live in the city) I would have been really teed off.

Coyotes used to take a cat now and then (never a dog) at the family ranch in Owens Valley----we lost maybe 6 cats over 30 years. We had bear and cougar there too, from time to time, but they only caused the dogs (4 to 6 of them) to go nuts----nothing more.

I am thinking the citified coyotes are more aggressive, and bold????

Barry

Oso - 8-28-2008 at 07:56 AM

The citified coyotes have adapted, learning that there is an easy food source in pets and that most humans in the city will not shoot at them.

David K - 8-28-2008 at 08:00 AM

I can't get over this... :o

Fussing over a photo with a caption about shooting coyotes!:o

Anyway, I wish there were more coyotes around here... the rabbits are taking over, killing people's lawns... Not enough coyotes to balance it all out!

Now, how about some rabbit lovers to protest this!:lol:

bajaguy - 8-28-2008 at 08:01 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Oso
The citified coyotes have adapted, learning that......most humans in the city will not shoot at them.




Could be a bad assumption on the part of some coyotes

rob - 8-28-2008 at 09:32 AM

Here at Rancho la Aguja, we are surrounded by coyotes - not the big roving bands (my neighbor once counted 25), but small groups of 3-5. Apart from chewing up irrigation lines occasionally, they are not much of a nuisance (unless you love rabbits).

Our Rottweilers can spot them from the patio (we live on a hillside above the beach) and take off with roars of righteous anger - but it would be a cold day in hell when a Rotty could catch a coyote.

At night (being about 10 times smarter than Rottweilers), they simply give a couple of yips at the bottom of the hill, the Rotts respond with roars of rage (thus clearly showing location), and the coyoytes just trot around them.