When to report coyote sightings to the sheriff

[paulri]

Any time someone painted a big rock to look like it was a long-winding road, was always a winner for me. Loved seeing one of them smash into the rock at full speed.

I know of 1 episode where the coyote caught the roadrunner, of course he went through a pipe that reduces in diameter first so he was about an inch tall. Couldn't do anything with the roadrunner.

 

[mccandish]

 

[IndyIan]

I'd say about 100'. Didn't want the mother coyote going after my 5 yr old daughter. I had to do something. They didn't eat the stuff. I just got rid of their house. Maybe the mother knew about an old den someplace else,,, and went there to live. I used about 3 cans of " Big Gap" foam filler. Deep den. The pups were pretty big, it was in August, so they had to be 5 months old already. The house was new construction, so they probably came back year after year,,,prior to the house being built....

Sounds like a pretty good solution, instead of shooting the mother.
I don't mind Coyotes around, but I don't like them habituated to humans like they seem to in the city, as a couple large northern ones are capable of taking down a whitetail deer, so most humans are easy meat compared to that, let alone kids or seniors. My neighbor just lost a calf to some which is rare, but it happens. I'm out in the sticks, so they keep a low profile, but the odd one is brave enough to get shot from the house during the day, which has been a good management policy for our hobby farm.