coyotes

When we lived on the farm, sheep farmers were getting wiped out by coyotes. Lots of people in that area were expert hunters/trappers, and they had very poor luck trying to eliminate the coyotes. They are so smart and have such superior senses. One rancher told me the coyotes would figure out his/wife's schedule. They knew the difference between his truck and her car. When he went to work, they went to work.

I have seen coyote in Florida and they are as you describe. They are very elusive but I am informed that their numbers are increasing here in Florida.

I had what looked like a gangly dog jacked up on stilts run in front of my MH in Florida. My Floridian friend riding with me said that is was a coyote.

Apparently the species of coyotes are different looking depending on what area of the states you are in.

In Wisconsin they are a whole lot smaller than the ones here in Florida!

down home wrote:
I may have to get someone to hang some big meat scraps from a tree in the open and sit watching it for a few days.

Why? I wouldn't want to do anything to attract them or encourage them to hang around.

I saw . . . something . . . earlier this week. I hope it was a plain old coyote, but if so it was a really big one. I haven't heard of coywolves in this area, but who knows?

Coywolf

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/11/111107-hybrids-coyotes-wolf-virginia-dna-animals-science/

http://www.livescience.com/39184-what-is-a-coywolf.html

You cannot remove coyotes from your environment. It has never worked and never will. Two things will control coyote populations....spay/neuter or actually vasectomy/tubal ligations, and wolves.

Since you are not in a position to employ either of those, your best bet is to deselect only those annimals that are aggressive about approaching your home and your animals from the gene pool. Leave those that are not that way alone. This slants the dna passing competition to favor less aggressive animals.

Deer do not need protection from predators. Deer need protection from humans that kill off the predators that control their numbers and thus prevent mass starvation and disease resulting from deer overpopulation.

Meep Meep! You need to get in tough with the Acme company. They have all sorts of stuff detrimental to coyotes.