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Post by tjwilhelm on Mar 4, 2013 20:19:08 GMT -7
I walked out the back door this afternoon and saw a black and red lump about 30 feet away in the middle of my backyard. Closer inspection revealed it was a relatively young lamb. A friend has about 400 sheep on the farmland adjacent to my 5 acres. Apparently a coyote snagged one of the new lambs, dragged it into my yard (probably to get far enough away from the Great Pyrenees sheep dogs), and quietly had its meal...  coyote snack 01 by tjwilhelm148149, on Flickr  coyote snack 02 by tjwilhelm148149, on Flickr  coyote snack 03 by tjwilhelm148149, on Flickr |
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Post by orly152 on Mar 4, 2013 20:37:05 GMT -7
Poor little thing.....somebody had a good meal in your backyard and you didnt get invited...lol Has this happened before in your backyard ? Hopefully it doesnt become the norm for this slick cayote. Thanks for taking the time of taking the pic and sharing.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2013 21:05:16 GMT -7
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Post by kutkota on Mar 4, 2013 22:05:28 GMT -7
Sounds like its time for a coyote hunt!
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Post by BORNTHATWAY on Mar 5, 2013 9:24:14 GMT -7
Well you know several years ago the government thought the coyote was going to be extinct so they put them in many areas and you were not allowed to kill them. Now they are such a problem that that we are trying to thin them out all over the country. Our govt is so smart and this was done by the agriculture dept. I think.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2013 13:19:10 GMT -7
We are loaded with coyotes...and over the last 30 years, coy-dogs have really been growing in numbers. My brother killed a female running with a pack of yotes that weighed 102# and was 6'3 1/4" from nose to tail tip. We weren't sure what she was, but she definitely looked part coyote. Conservation came out and looked at her, and informed us she was a cross breed of domestic dog and coyote, and that they were growing rapidly in numbers.
The REALLY bad thing is, they are running with the yotes, have their ways and knowledge...but have almost NO fear of people. This female was in our barn lot trying to take down a 4 month old foal, and when Tony went out there, she went after him. He shot her thinking she was a stray dog. That was a BIG eye opener! Yotes cause a lot of damage and cross breeding with dumped off or stray female domestic dogs has added another equation to the factor many do not think about.
This is an overall danger we need to keep in mind when planning and prepping for "come what may". Something that big and dangerous could easily leave a child laying there like that little lamb. Scary truth.
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Post by marc on Mar 5, 2013 13:42:39 GMT -7
.22 LR isn't my choice because I prefer a more assured and faster humane kill, but it's certainly a cheap way to keep the population down.
Around here, you don't need a license to take them: "If the coyotes are attacking, about to attack, or have recently attacked livestock, domestic animals, or fowl." (kind of covers it all)
I've seen 5 teenagers spread out over a ranch, take down 11 yotes in a single night. Two were carrying .22 LR and the others had AR's. They are smart critters, but hunger eventually gets the better of them.
Marc
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Post by kutkota on Mar 5, 2013 14:31:54 GMT -7
Ivwas just talking to some of the guys in my unit about a hog hunt on some private land. I guess a coyote hubt wouldnt be that bad;). I promise we will be semi well behaved!
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