COYOTE EXPLOSION

[leVieux]

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In recent decades we in the North America are not surprised if a coyote pops-up anywhere. But it wasn’t always so.

Being ancient, I well recall when we never saw a coyote East of Houston, and they were pretty rare East of Victoria.

I remember my first early AM hunts in South Texas, hearing the coyote wails & calls all around.

My Uncle @ Rockport/Fulton & other Uncle who had a multi decades lease out near Hondo said they had always had plenty coyotes in those places.

When I visited Dad in the mid-1970’s, the coyotes had invaded the South LA marshes 100 miles East of el Rio Sabino. I recall seeing them from the bridge of our sports fishing boat.

Then, they just exploded. Some were even reported in NYC’s “Central Park”, many miles from any wilderness.

Today, coyotes are considered native to 49 of the 50 States, all of Mexico & across Canada.

If you are old enough to have personal recall of this phenomenon, please add your comments.

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[BRD@66]

Heck, I thought this was gonna be a Roadrunner cartoon.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Back in the 60s, the ranch put out the mechanical/explosive poisoned bait traps for coyotes.

 

[G O B]

In the mid-Atlantic states, they drive around and look for cat bones in the culverts to track the 'yotes. Many are coydogs, and they are worse-more aggressive and not afraid of people.

 

[Lead Belly]

We need to get some bears to alleviate the coyote problem.

 

[Texasjack]

I spent 3 1/2 miserable years living in upstate NY back in the early '90's. The county I lived in had never had a single case of rabies, but suddenly it was showing up all over. There were two big reasons: The area had been overrun with coyotes. It's amazing how quickly they can breed and spread. The second reason was that the state had done everything they could to eliminate 'coon hunting. Years ago, people hunted them and kept the population under control. Now, if you drive through a town at night you can count hundreds of them going through garbage cans and such. People tried to convince the wildlife folks that coyotes were not an indigenous species and should be treated like an invader. The state refused the argument and limited shooting them to a short, 2 week season (as I recall).

Now, if a game warden in NY sees your family golden retriever running after some deer, he can shoot and kill your dog for harassing wildlife. If he sees a coyote, he has to leave it alone.

A guy in Syracuse got in trouble when his kids came in and told him there was a coon that was in the nearby park and was growling at kids (in the middle of the day). He got his father's pistol and went to check it out. The coon was rabid and so he shot it. Unfortunately, there was a news crew nearby who heard about the coon and filmed it all. They put it in the news as a "heroic action". The next day, the police arrested the guy and charged him with possessing a pistol without a concealed carry permit, discharging a weapon in city limits, reckless endangerment for firing a gun, and hunting out of season. All because liberals are mentally ill.

Coyotes and coons should be "shoot on sight" critters.

 

[Tnhawk]

Coyotes and coons should be "shoot on sight" critters.

Liberals, coyotes and coons should be "shoot on sight" critters.

 

[paknheat]

In the mid-Atlantic states, they drive around and look for cat bones in the culverts to track the 'yotes. Many are coydogs, and they are worse-more aggressive and not afraid of people.

Had a problem with coydogs at my old place. Shooting them on sight pretty much eliminated that problem in short order.


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[Army 1911]

Dogs no longer run free because of leash laws. That has allowed all sorts of critters to move in to suburbia.