Re: OT So just how smart is a coyote?

Posted by Hal/WA on April 27, 2005 at 22:29:40 from (148.65.0.200):

In Reply to: OT So just how smart is a coyote? posted by Rod in Smiths Falls, ON, on April 27, 2005 at 18:03:29:

We once lost a newborn calf to a coyote attack. My Dad saw it happening, but was too far away to prevent it.

One of our Hereford cows had just given birth out in a pasture about 3/8 of a mile from the buildings. A couple of coyotes decided to try to get the baby calf and the mama cow started to try to stomp the coyotes. Unfortunately she was right over her calf and managed to step on its head, killing the calf almost instantly. By the time my Dad got there, the coyotes had run off and eventually the cow calmed down enough for him to check the calf. He left the calf there, so I suppose the coyotes ended up dining on it anyway.

We hunted coyotes for years around our ranch. I don't think I ever got 3 in a year, but sure kept them very wary of humans. I took some long shots with my old 30-30 and saw a few seem to go down, but was never able to find the carcasses. I killed one less than 10 feet from me with a handgun--I wondered if there was something very wrong with that coyote, since I had never been that close to an uncaged live coyote before.

Our old ranch was subdivided into 10 to 40 acre parcels and now there are lots more people living around here than when I was a kid. So I have to be a LOT more careful about shooting. Funny thing is that there now seem to be more coyotes than ever around here. I hear them most nights and find tracks in my yard.

Others my disagree, but if I had a coyote denning on my property and had any chance to do so at all, I would shoot that coyote ASAP.

Coyotes are very smart animals, are interesting to watch and probably eat a whole bunch of mice and other small animals. But they will also take your barn cats and any other small animal you might have outside. In my opinion, a coyote is something I want to fear me and stay far away from me and my stuff. Good luck!

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