Posted by JDseller on October 18, 2012 at 06:47:14 from (208.126.196.144):
In Reply to: O/T Coyotes posted by greenmachineman on October 18, 2012 at 05:48:21:
Well it seems that I will have to dis-agree with the others about Coyotes. I have had problems with them for the last ten years or so. On the back side of my place there is a state natural area. It is full of limestone bluffs. There are hundred of small natural caves there,ideal coyote dens. The Coyote population exploded years ago. I have issues with them dragging down smaller calves that may even be a few days old and new born ones are easy targets for them. Packs of 10-15 are common. Even a group of cattle can't keep them off smaller calves with that many of the coyotes working together. If you hear them and are not having problems yet then the population is not large enough yet. Give it a few years and then you will have problems.
Some of my relatives back in southern Ohio have them bad too. One of them let their little house dog out into a chain link fenced in back yard. It was in the evening. The dog was a little one. HE was standing on the porch watching the dog. A large coyote jump the fence and grabbed the little dog and jumped back over before he could do anything about it. So you will start to loose you cats and dogs when the coyotes get thick enough or brave/used to people.
Three years ago I lost 8-9 calves and had several hurt/wounded by them. That is when we really stepped up and started thinning them out.
The DNR refused to believe that they where a problem for years. We started hunting them 5-6 years ago. Really hard three years ago. We usually will get 40-60 of them each year. They have crossed with the domestic dogs and are more aggressive than they used to be. I will not walk my pastures without a fire arm. They are a few that are even out during the day.
The guy that said they will not go into barns or building is just fooling himself. They are a predator they will go where ever they think they can get away with it.
Had several of my farm dogs hurt and killed by them. They used to come around my buildings every night. I have started shooting them, at night, a few times each year and they mostly give my building a wide berth.
Our ancestors hunted the coyotes, wolves,mountain lions, and bears out of this area for a reason. Now the tree huggers think that they should be back. I have not seen any tree huggers lining up to pay me for livestock loses. So I am supposed to provide free food for another animal that the state DNR says is theirs to control and regulate. So take the walking rats called deer and then the coyotes the farmers get hammered both ways.
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