A coyote was after my daughter and dogs!

[coyotero]

Late Saturday night when I got back from the Montana Convention my daughter,home from college for the weekend,told me how a coyote "stalked" her and the 2 young dogs.They were on a trail in the north end of the my pasture by the house when a coyote popped up in the tall grass downwind and started to advance.She said it would check the wind,advance,stop and "hop" up and look at them and advance some more.It didn't run off when she started yelling.The lab advanced toward it and growled,this stopped the advance.She and the dogs took off for the barn,there's a .22 inside the door.She said she shot at it but didn't hit it.It left,it would stop trotting and look back,then trotted off.
     I have snares in 2 fence crawl unders,2 dirtholes and 2 flatsets on the trails leading into the north end of the pasture.There's coyote tracks in the dust in the trails.I figure he/she was headed to the chicken coop when she took the dogs for a walk.I really wanted to wait 3 or 4 more weeks before going after these coyotes. That's not going to happen,my wife is pissed.
      I don't have to justify the 12 dozen traps I bought at the convention Saturday now. :grin:

[RdFx]

Yep as with all wild animals some are guttsier than others.  This yote probably was interested in the dogs yr daughter was walking...  If your  living up in mountains  i believe yr yotes wouldnt be too bad of fur this time of year.  Keep us posted on the situation....
  P.S.
       Give Wacky more bvr tips .... :wink: .....

[Asa Lenon]

Coyotero writes...
I don't have to justify the 12 dozen traps I bought at the convention Saturday now.

I won't tell your wife that was you dressed up in a 'yote suit, LOL! :grin:     Ace

[Wackyquacker]

I've seen yoy do some pretty strange things...once I had one come to the truck and investigate my springers which were out getting their first AM "p" break.  The only gun I had real handy (on my belt ) was a snubby 22.  With that and a flash light I walked toward the coyote and attempted to get a hide for inspection; I missed. My bitch chase the coyote over the hill when I called her back the coyote came trotting after her. I awakened Chet who FINALLY got the rifle out the window, as I stood on the running board shinning the like over the roof of the truck he popped her.  The yote wasn't 30 yds from the truck and plainly a pup.

[NONYA]

Came across three of those uneducated pups last week on our place near Augusta,now theres one EDUCATED pup left out of that litter,just got done dropping the second one and a skunk came running up out of the same draw,it was a regular shooting gallery! :wink:

[Asa Lenon]

I guess there is always some exceptions to the rule.  It reminds me of my Dad telling how he got a complaint call from a farmer when Dad was a Michigan State Trapper.  The farmer said there was three coyotes howling from his barn roof every night and driving him crazy.  Dad thought ""Ya right" but went on over to satisfy the complainer anyway.  Sure enough, the farmer had a tool shed built off the backside of the barn, hay piled up against the shed and tracks in the snow showed the coyotes were climbing the hay mounds, getting on to the lower shed and then right on up to the top peak of the barn to howl at the moon.  Ace

[coyotero]

One of the flat sets had an adult female coyote in it this morning.I also snared a skunk.I still can't figure out how he/she got in the loop(12" diameter,12" off the ground)?The coyote was pretty flat,I skinned her anyway.She had 4 scars in her uterus,looks like she had 4 pups.I saved the glands and bladder urine for when I go after the dog and pups.It froze again last night.

[RdFx]

Yotero, at least you got the boss of the gang, the pups should come easier if around and with the females fixens the ol man will come easy in a  post type set ....

[Wackyquacker]

Sounds like your skunks do like porkies do here...walk under loop and knock it down then on the way back walk through it.  Course anything could knock the loop down or your skunks could be on stilts.

[NONYA]

never know with skunks i caught an adult and 5 babys in a box trap I had set for fox one time,that was a big box of skunks!!