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Kali

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5. well, they are hard to see in the dark ;-)

Reply to csziggy (Original post)

Wed Dec 17, 2014, 04:00 PM

Dec 2014

last one around here took a hen in broad daylight about a month ago. it got stung with a .22 at a long distance and hasn't been back (at least not in daylight for chickens)

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Just saw a coyote out in our lower pasture - in broad daylight [View all] csziggy Dec 2014 OP

Increasingly common... Many areas of southern and western Denver suburbs have large numbers that are hlthe2b Dec 2014 #1

We're just outside Tallahassee Florida csziggy Dec 2014 #2

I have a lot of open fields nearby and used to see the occasional coyote in the wee hours of the AM hlthe2b Dec 2014 #3

Coyotes are really smart so I hope they will learn to respect our area csziggy Dec 2014 #4

well, they are hard to see in the dark ;-) Kali Dec 2014 #5

I don't have anything that could shoot at a distance csziggy Dec 2014 #6

I've seen them in my residential neighborhood, day and night Major Nikon Dec 2014 #7

If we breed our horses again, I ca't afford to even lose one foal csziggy Dec 2014 #10

I was raised on a farm and we had very little trouble with coyotes Major Nikon Dec 2014 #12

I don't mind them as long as they keep their distance from the chickens and cats hedgehog Dec 2014 #8

What's worrisome is he did not seem to be afraid when I yelled at him csziggy Dec 2014 #9

They are common in the Minneapolis-St. Paul suburbs. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2014 #11

Re: lenrely Dec 2014 #13

The coyotes on my farm regularly come within 100 feet of the house and barns riderinthestorm Dec 2014 #14

When I let them take a coyote on the farm we'd seen several dead fawns csziggy Dec 2014 #15

Well, we all got a right. My Chihuahua would digest me if I were dead enough. n/t UTUSN Dec 2014 #16

there is a new species called Coy wolves olddots Dec 2014 #17

Pretty sure they wouldn't be around here csziggy Dec 2014 #18