Just saw a coyote out in our lower pasture - in broad daylight

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14. The coyotes on my farm regularly come within 100 feet of the house and barns

Totally unafraid.

I'm surrounded by horse farms, huge corn/soybean operations, and farmettes and back up to a forest preserve so shooting is impossible - there's just too much open space for more to come by. I've never given them a second thought honestly. I've got a Jack Russell terrier and several barn cats that would be a tasty meal, plus we've had 6 foals here over the years without any trouble.

The coyotes here just aren't "big" enough maybe? They're the size of a German shepherd and I can't see them being successful taking on anything larger than a cat or maybe the JRT (of which she'd give as good as she got imho. In fact SHE'S the biggest predator on the farm - when she catches a rabbit or squirrel and shreds it alive, its enough to make you weep...).

In 25 years here, and with them coming so close, I've never had any bad experiences with a coyote.