I went out at 10 pm to turn off the Christmas lights and discovered that there is a big coyote living under my front porch. Not exactly sure how I'm going to handle the situation yet, but I suspect that it will end badly for one of us.
I went out at 10 pm to turn off the Christmas lights and discovered that there is a big coyote living under my front porch. Not exactly sure how I'm going to handle the situation yet, but I suspect that it will end badly for one of us.
Spook it out then block if from coming back. It's really not hard or a big deal.
The mini 14 has handled many cases similar to that in cow pastures. Have to watch out if they breed with wild dogs, had that problem in FL, because it yields a smart coyote that isn't afraid of people.
I would seek some professional help such as a game warden or dog warden. They tend to watch the travel patterns of the coyote and would likely be very interested to know that it has chosen to cohabit with humans.
We have a neighbor the raises chickens. Every so often we hear him taking care of our coyote problem.
I've got a mouse in my pantry. Does that count? 
I've learned from looking at Wisconsin's DNR website that they have something for trapping live coyotes; it's called a cable restraint.
I don't know what you'd do with it after catching it since it's probably going to be pissed off and now it's attached to your porch...
They also have larger live box traps for coyotes.
Or you could exercise your right to bear arms.
bear arms?
But seriously, call animal control.
failboat wrote: bear arms?
I find that image very offensive. I think they should be banned!
You want to bare those bear arms?
The0retical wrote: The mini 14 has handled many cases similar to that in cow pastures. Have to watch out if they breed with wild dogs, had that problem in FL, because it yields a smart coyote that isn't afraid of people.
This. But if it's close range a shotgun would do it in too. Coyotes are pests. Or if you want a challenge, build a varminter AR and practice 300m shots!
Shoot it.
Coyote solution: install in a Mustang.
Wally wrote: We have a neighbor the raises chickens. Every so often we hear him taking care of our coyote problem.
My neighbor had chickens. One morning, they were gone.
93EXCivic wrote: Shoot it.
With this?
Lure it out with a mesh bag full of kittens, then just as it finishes eating - shoot it.
Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: Lure it out with a mesh bag full of kittens, then just as it finishes eating - shoot it.
Laughing here. Yes, I'm embarrassed about it.
number 4 buckshot works very well on that size vermin
The problem is that the backstop would be my house.
My wife and I were just talking about this and it's interesting that we have dozens of coyotes and we never see them. Oh, we hear them!
They sit about 200 feet from our bedroom window in a copse of trees and serenade us just about every night. I just smile.
When I was little and moved to Dallas I wanted to see the WEST and tumbleweeds, and cowboys, but my Dad said that all happened starting at Fort Worth. He never would take me.
Now I live just west of Fort Worth and I find he was right. The only thing missing is the tumbleweeds.
I have no words of advise on the coyote since we don't find them offensive and they don't bother our dogs.
I'd say enjoy it.
Call the DOW. They'll come take care of it. At least, they do around here.
If you want some tumbleweeds, I can provide some. Also, coyotes, mountain lions and prairie dogs with the plague.
Contact the wildlife agency, game warden, etc. Sometimes they'll handle it, sometimes they'll provide you the means and pick up the live animal later.
A trap - Havahart style is pretty safe for everyone involved - and a can of dogfood should yield one yodel dog at a time. Set it up away from the house, but where you can check it from a distance. Check a few times every day. Harbor Freight and Tractor Supply carry the no-kill traps.
Relocate Wiley or recycle him, your choice.
When the den, err ... porch is clear, find and seal off the entryways. Wear protective gear when checking - you might have missed one. You might install a light down there - most mammals prefer sleeping in the dark. That's also a good way to evict possum and skunk from underneath a house.
We where sitting round just after dusk at the hunting camp google map keaton beach fl and damn a whole herd coyotes where whooping it up to scare the turkeys that where roosting in trees . Craziest howls scared turkeys right out of the trees .
Keith wrote: Call the DOW. They'll come take care of it. At least, they do around here. If you want some tumbleweeds, I can provide some. Also, coyotes, mountain lions and prairie dogs with the plague.
I've got the mountain lions (cougars, bobcats & jaguarettes? - something that is smaller than a cougar and has been migrating north from South America), turkeys, fox, more deer than I can count but no tumble weed or prairie dogs either with or without the plague.
You can keep the prairie dogs.
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