Had an unexpected visitor this weekend

NATURE!

We are overloaded with yotes here and live in a farming community, we have raise goats and have a donkey in each pasture, they protect the goats and will kill any dog or yote that comes in. They have decimated the turkey, quail and rabbit populations, not to mention the chickens and put a large dent in the deer population, we have an agreement with all of us hunters to kill any that we can, even if it means letting a deer pass by, we figure that if we kll one yte it saves lots of other animals.

Everything has it's place. I'm glad you enjoyed your one Coyote sighting.

But, in my area they have gotten so think they have become pests. They are over populated and causing damage to other wildlife. They are hard on my cat population. I must keep my dog tied up at night to keep her from chasing them. And the HOWLING can get bad. Drives the dogs nuts.

Nature, it's why we camp. Very cool!

We're like the chicken farmer and don't like coyotes. Shooting them isn't a long term solution; a new one will move in. We have Sam (Maremma) and Wendy (Kangal) to protect our flock.

No Mountain Lions/Cougars confirmed living in MD.
Black bears typically don't kill livestock (know they are around, have not seen one); we're 14miles from where the woman in MD was attacked in her drive by a sow with 3 cubs.
There are lots of foxes; see them frequently during the day and hear them at night.
Know coyotes are around (wife saw one earlier this year running across top of field), have lost a few lambs to them (added Wendy, our second LGD to prevent this).

Mark

Now that is the fun of camping. Thanks for sharing.

janstey58 wrote:
We saw a mountain lion one night 50ft from our campfire in Iowa no less last year. Talk about nearly wetting yur pants! We quickly moved inside.

LOL! Figures!
I grew up in Iowa/Illinois, the closest I ever got to seeing a mountain lion was the neighbors cat.
Have lived in the West for 20+ years now and never seen a mountain lion:(

I have seen them and a lot closer than that photo
one of our favorite parks is a designated wildlife refuge area
coyotes in urban areas are pests, they loose their fear of man and attack animals and people

We enjoy watching the big gray herons hunting gophers and other rodents

Even saw a red tail hawk swoop in and steal a herons meal after the heron caught it, and before he could swallow it

We saw a mountain lion one night 50ft from our campfire in Iowa no less last year. Talk about nearly wetting yur pants! We quickly moved inside.

romore wrote:
We hear them yipping and occasionally see one cross the pasture below the house, the cat goes nuts looking for a place to hide. She must have had a run in with them. We find them interesting but the farmer's hate the beggars, one woman is trying to find someone to shoot them all. Apparently they find her chickens quite tasty.:B

Mighty neighborly of the chicken lady to stock the coyote feeder like that, eh?