RUN, RUN and dont look back!

Carrie Lee, there is only one fool-proof method for getting rid of coyotes.

Firstly, you have to remove all of your clothes and smother yourself in baby oil. You then have to do a number of limbering exercises, with lots of stretching.

You should get a friend to film you doing this so that you can send it to us at the org for evaluation to ensure you are doing it right.

Once you have done all that you should scream at the coyotes and throw rocks at them til they fuck-off! This will give us a nice belly laugh ending.

I hope I've been of help and i look forward to the video.

bkw said:

tackam said:

I LOVE MY CAT!! It's her yard, if she wants to roam in it she can!

We didn't realize there was some fencing down so we're getting it fixed. And if they are in my yard again I'm hunting them down in the woods and shooting the fuckers. There are so many of them already, it's not like they're going to be distinct. We have woods right by my house and we've contacted the animal control, they said it's fine to shoot them if you are 500 yards away from a dwelling.

Yeah, I would watch your cat if I were you. They are known to get cats. My sister is always worrying about her cats because she lives in an area where there are lots of coyotes as well. And I also have a friend whose cat was killed by coyotes. Not to freak you out or anything!

here Carrie, check out these links...they should provide you with all the info you need. If you are a licensed hunter (which I'm sure you're not) The coyote hunting season is currently open till feb 28th but...you may live in a restricted area so...check out the links.


http://www.state.ma.us/df...dfwwld.htm

http://www.state.ma.us/df...dfwcoy.pdf

http://www.state.ma.us/df...c.htm#LAWS

http://www.state.ma.us/df...ason03.pdf

I'm not exactly sure but, I think in NH there is open season on coyotes all year round (for licensed hunters)...because they are over populated.

November 17, 2000
Web posted at: 11:53 a.m. EST (1653 GMT)

By Environmental News Network staff

Removing the coyote as a "keystone predator" reduces diversity of small mammal prey species and increases the presence of small predators like skunks, badgers and bobcats, according to a Texas study.

Scott Henke and Fred Bryant of the Cesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute in Kingsville, Texas, conducted a study of coyotes as keystone predators on four 5,000 hectare sites in western Texas. Two of the sites were kept coyote-free by aerial gunning; the other two were left alone for normal coyote predation.

Henke presented his findings at the Defenders of Wildlife's Carnivores 2000 conference, which concluded Wednesday in Broomfield, Colorado.

A keystone predator is one that is considered to be at the top of the food chain, and it is more than a little unusual to see scientists study coyotes as if they occupied the same lordly position as wolves, grizzlies and cougars.

Mark Twain once wrote that the coyote "is a living, breathing allegory of Want. He is always hungry. He is always poor, out of luck and friendless. The meanest creatures despise him and even the fleas would desert him for a velocipede." (You probably have a velocipede in your garage. It's a bicycle.)

The results of the study indicate that coyotes may deserve at least a minor rung on the ladder of predatory nobility. They seem to exert "a top-down influence in their prey community," according to the researchers.

In the study areas, there were originally 11 kinds of rodents in residence. Nine months after coyotes were removed, only one rodent species remained: Ord's kangaroo rats. "Rodent species richness and and diversity declined on treatment sites," Henke said, "while rodent density, rodent biomass and percentage of Ord's kangaroo rats within rodent composition increased on treatment sites."


Coyotes have considerable impact on the food chain and resident animal populations, according to recent research

In other words, there was a larger number of rodents on the coyote-free sites, but there was only one species where there had been 11.

In addition, the black-tailed jackrabbits increased from three- to 18-fold on the test plots without coyotes. Cottontails, however, showed no changes based on the presence or absence of coyotes.

The study also looked at the abundance of raptors and "mesopredators," smaller predators such as gray foxes, badgers, skunks and bobcats.

The study found almost no change in the number or mix of the 14 species of raptors, owls and scavengers that used the areas, whether or not the coyotes were present.

However, Henke said, the small predators increased dramatically in the absence of coyotes. All four of the species mentioned above showed a dramatic increase in their presence on the coyote-free areas.

Coyote removal, which any sheepman can tell you requires a herculean effort, occurred once every three months from April 1990 to January 1992. Some 354 coyotes were killed on treatment sites, but the overall coyote population was only reduced by about 50 percent. Coyotes migrate easily into areas unoccupied by other coyote packs. Such was the case in the study areas, despite the aerial gunning.

Henke said he was surprised that the Ord's kangaroo rat turned out to be the species that benefited most from coyote depopulation. But he noted that the last months of the study coincided with a drier than normal period in western Texas, and that coyotes are well-adapted to dry conditions.


That said...be careful and call your local wildlife agency or humane society (they can probably hook you up with someone who can help) -- I don't think dog catchers or animal control would do anything. The proper agency will know how to get rid of them...by trapping and moving them or by shooting them if there are too many in the area.
Keep your kitty cat inside...she'll probably be cranky, but it's better than being a coyote's lunch!

Thanks Shorty and Apples...

My neighbor is a hunter and he went looking for them in the woods but couldn't find them. I'm sure he'll keep lookin though...

My cat rarely goes outside. If she does she stays on the deck. In the summer she wanders a little but not too far, I guess this year she won't be able to.

CarrieLee said:

good luck with the coyotes! be careful!
oh here...I found this...thought you might think it was cute...but I like your boobies better