Posted by Hal/Eastern WA on October 19, 2012 at 12:37:59 from (97.115.131.104):
In Reply to: O/T Coyotes posted by greenmachineman on October 18, 2012 at 05:48:21:
Back in about 1970, I SAW a pair of coyotes trying to get a just newborn calf. The momma cow was going crazy trying to protect the still wet calf, rearing up and stomping at the coyotes. Unfortunately, I was about 1/8 mile away, and without a firearm.
By the time I got to where the cow and calf were, the coyotes had run off. Unfortunately, the calf was dead. Apparently the cow had stepped on the calf"s head while she was jumping around. The cow was still really upset, and acted aggressively toward me, so I just left her alone. She stayed with the calf all night and half of the next day, but then she started feeding again. Within a few days, the coyotes and magpies had almost completely removed traces of the dead calf.
For about a year after that, I carried a scoped 30.06 when I walked out on the property and shot at every coyote I glimpsed, season or not. I mostly missed, but I know I killed one, since it was dropped right there, but I am pretty sure I hit several others, hopefully good enough to kill them. I tracked them, but never found a carcass. As you might have guessed, I have no use for coyotes.
We didn"t have any problems around our area with coyotes for years after that. We didn"t see them, and didn"t hear them at night. I hope it was because they were afraid of someone shooting at them in our area.
I still live on a corner of our old ranch, which my Dad subdivided into many parcels. I think there are 10 families living on the property now, so I almost never shoot a high powered rifle anymore. I don"t think it would be safe to shoot--too many people! And I hear coyotes almost every night. In almost suburbia, there is nothing to do about them anymore.
I wish the coyotes would take care of the young deer. We have WAY too many deer too.
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