anyone know how to get ride of coyotes? (something easier then hunting them)
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You can poison them, but usually end up getting some other critters with a shotgun type approach. It could also be illegal in your area. You can kill a couple and then "post" them around your property like scarecrows, it seems to help a lot but is kinda morbid. Trapping is VERY effective for getting rid of them, but is also quite time consuming.
The only real way to get rid of them for good is to kill them all, or remove what they are coming around looking for. Neither is easy, and neither lasts long. To really put a dent in them you have find the dens in the spring and get the pups too, otherwise they just keep popping up. If you are in or near a suburban area you are stuck with them.
The only real way to get rid of them for good is to kill them all, or remove what they are coming around looking for. Neither is easy, and neither lasts long. To really put a dent in them you have find the dens in the spring and get the pups too, otherwise they just keep popping up. If you are in or near a suburban area you are stuck with them.
Why do you want to get rid of them?
Coyotes are the best thing going for keeping the rodent population down.
Probably won't be able to get rid of them anyways, once you create a vacuum in the habitat others will come to fill it.
I do shoot the ones that start getting too brave or appear injured hanging close to the house waiting to pick something off.
Coyotes are the best thing going for keeping the rodent population down.
Probably won't be able to get rid of them anyways, once you create a vacuum in the habitat others will come to fill it.
I do shoot the ones that start getting too brave or appear injured hanging close to the house waiting to pick something off.
Coyotes are good for getting rid of rodents like groundhogs and the such, but if you like to rabbit or squirrel hunt the can become a pain. Once they start getting stronger in numbers they start to run out of available food and get quite courageous. I have heard of and seen them go for hogs and young calves, then they start getting closer to people's houses eating dog food, killing house cats, and even smaller dogs. The only real way (that I have seen) to then get rid of them is to either set live traps or hunt them. If they do start getting close to your house, and you live in an urban area, the Department of Natural Resources is a lot of times the way to go.
Scott
Scott
there not too good for the new born calves that will be coming in the spring! I DO NOT want to lose any
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I have pretty much the same outlook as Illflem on coyotes, won't kill them unless they are brave enough to start hassling the stock or getting close to the house.
Down here folks have had some success putting donkeys in with their cattle and sheep to keep the coyotes at bay. My old ag teacher used to tell us that putting bells on the cows would keep the coyotes away as well due to the ruckus that is raised when they come after a calf and the cows start rousting around. Never had occasion to try it though so I can only report what we were told...
Down here folks have had some success putting donkeys in with their cattle and sheep to keep the coyotes at bay. My old ag teacher used to tell us that putting bells on the cows would keep the coyotes away as well due to the ruckus that is raised when they come after a calf and the cows start rousting around. Never had occasion to try it though so I can only report what we were told...
Got groundhogs?
I usually don't bother them if their not close by the house. In fact, this past spring/summer, I saw one with something in it's mouth. When I put the bino's on, danged if it didn't have a hog. I need all the help I can get so no way would I shoot him.
I always have plenty of guys wanting to hunt hogs on my property. Give someone permission and tell them to take out the coyotes too.
I usually don't bother them if their not close by the house. In fact, this past spring/summer, I saw one with something in it's mouth. When I put the bino's on, danged if it didn't have a hog. I need all the help I can get so no way would I shoot him.
Too many coyotes.
On the land I hunt just north of Auburn Alabama there is a railroad track. When the Norfolk Southern rolls through and the horn blows the coyotes go crazy yapping. Sounds like at least half a dozen.
Any time we have a coyote walk out on our green fields we see no deer for a couple of days.
My youngest son shot a female last season and I don't know if I have seen the elders any happier. "Son you killed 20 coyotes when you killed one female". Words can't describe how bad the b!tch smelled.
We do not have a rodent problem either.
illflem what kind a rodents do y"all have in Mont?I've never been up there.
Southern boy here.
Tim
On the land I hunt just north of Auburn Alabama there is a railroad track. When the Norfolk Southern rolls through and the horn blows the coyotes go crazy yapping. Sounds like at least half a dozen.
Any time we have a coyote walk out on our green fields we see no deer for a couple of days.
My youngest son shot a female last season and I don't know if I have seen the elders any happier. "Son you killed 20 coyotes when you killed one female". Words can't describe how bad the b!tch smelled.
We do not have a rodent problem either.
illflem what kind a rodents do y"all have in Mont?I've never been up there.
Southern boy here.
Tim
Re: Too many coyotes.
QRTRHRS, surprised to hear that hogs are a problem in PA, always figured them to be southern thing.
A lot of the guys running sheep in Montana have a couple of llamas running with their flocks. Llamas are very protective and well known for kicking the tar out of marauding dogs and coyotes. They are also excellent spitters, aim for the eyes and can hit you from 15 feet. The spit will temporarily blind you and smells like it should be brown.
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Tim, pretty much the same ones everybody has, mice, rats, gophers, ground squirrels etc.
QRTRHRS, surprised to hear that hogs are a problem in PA, always figured them to be southern thing.
A lot of the guys running sheep in Montana have a couple of llamas running with their flocks. Llamas are very protective and well known for kicking the tar out of marauding dogs and coyotes. They are also excellent spitters, aim for the eyes and can hit you from 15 feet. The spit will temporarily blind you and smells like it should be brown.
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Re: Re: Too many coyotes.
I was going to also recommend the Lamas. There are lots of guys raising them around here in Lancaster County. Not sure why, but I see more and more of them. Come to think of it, I am starting to see a lot of Ostrich here as well. Maybe the Amish are really giving in to the tourism trade.
I was going to also recommend the Lamas. There are lots of guys raising them around here in Lancaster County. Not sure why, but I see more and more of them. Come to think of it, I am starting to see a lot of Ostrich here as well. Maybe the Amish are really giving in to the tourism trade.
Re: Re: Too many coyotes.
I don't know how far north they occur but I shoot 3-4 dozen a year, sometimes more and only on my property. I try to shoot the adults before they breed too.
A buddy of mine pretty much lives for hog shooting. Custom guns and all. Him and another guy have exclusive rights to more big farms then they can handle. He did in two coyotes with one shot one day. First ones he had seen and bagged.
I don't know how far north they occur but I shoot 3-4 dozen a year, sometimes more and only on my property. I try to shoot the adults before they breed too.
A buddy of mine pretty much lives for hog shooting. Custom guns and all. Him and another guy have exclusive rights to more big farms then they can handle. He did in two coyotes with one shot one day. First ones he had seen and bagged.
Re: groundhogs
http://www.groundhog.org/
Think you have seen it all? We have people here in PA who celebrate groundhogs
http://www.groundhog.org/
Think you have seen it all? We have people here in PA who celebrate groundhogs
Groundhog holes are the big problem. You know it when you drop a tractor tire in one. You can tear up equipment real easy if you ain't careful to steer around them. When you see one hole, you have to look for the second one (they usually always have two holes). Groundhogs also make a pretty good bare spot in a beanfield.
My buddy's uncle would pump liquid manure into one hole and wait with a pitchfork at the second hole and get 'em when they would come out. Good redneck fun
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Scott
My buddy's uncle would pump liquid manure into one hole and wait with a pitchfork at the second hole and get 'em when they would come out. Good redneck fun
. Scott
Are groundhogs a problem?
A few summers back a had a nice stand of gourds running on the chain-link fence here at work. Then one Monday morning I came in and it looked like a hedge clipper had been on my gourds. I called the county extention officer to find out what kind of poison would kill the insects.
That afternoon I kilt a big ol groundhog.
Also we stopped killing armadillos after finding that they were tearing up YELLOW- JACKET nest. Man those jackets hurt bad.
Tim
A few summers back a had a nice stand of gourds running on the chain-link fence here at work. Then one Monday morning I came in and it looked like a hedge clipper had been on my gourds. I called the county extention officer to find out what kind of poison would kill the insects.
That afternoon I kilt a big ol groundhog.
Also we stopped killing armadillos after finding that they were tearing up YELLOW- JACKET nest. Man those jackets hurt bad.
Tim
i just want some info incase they start getting too close. i will not go and kill them for no reason
Coyote call
My boss go yote hunting all the time and favors calling them in with a Coyote call, then popping them with a 223 . The call imitates a wounded rabbit.
My boss go yote hunting all the time and favors calling them in with a Coyote call, then popping them with a 223 . The call imitates a wounded rabbit.
The best way, is to get the tape, play as loud as can be, have a few brews, and wait patiently... in some towns here, they pay you for coyote hides... Ahh, yes. . who can forget the other method... . shoot some little overpopulated cottontails, and use them for coyote bait too! That with calls will always get em' running!
-Chris-
-Chris-
I've seen coyotes here in southern NJ. There pretty big here, almost as big as a wolf.
They say that they mated with dogs while migrating east, and this netted a much larger strain of coyote.
They say that they mated with dogs while migrating east, and this netted a much larger strain of coyote.
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