A Southern California homeowner received a unique surprise as a family of coyote pups was seen playing together outside of his home.
Security video captures an adult coyote appearing on the driveway followed closely by a litter of pups as they convene for playtime in Montecito Heights.
back in the 1980's they used to pay 9 bucks a pelt for coyote. 12 bucks if there was NO bullet holes in it. Kansas had a lot of coyotes back then. used to be a good way to get pocket money as a GI. dave in pa.
Funny; I knew this was a KTLA piece before I even opened it. KTLA is nothing more than another Lefty mouthpiece. The funny part here is that the situation is described so "cutezy," even though, like you said, the coyotes will be making off with the cats and the chihuahuas in a few months! I lost fourteen chickens to coyotes last year. 'Can't fault the coyotes. Coyotes do what coyotes do. 'Part of living in the boonies in the West. Figure out how they got the chickens and make it so they can't do it again. The Karens of LA County will be screaming for complete eradication though, when Fifi to the toy poodle goes missing...
Seen a few of what have to be eastern coyotes around here lately. Your average coyote in Texas is usually kind of scrawny looking but I've seen a few here lately that are either eastern or part wolf. They're getting scary big and roaming around homes. I see this ending badly.
The coyotes here are almost twice the size of the ones in California. If I popped a 30 pounder there, it was huge. I see coyotes here that'll go 50 pounds, I bet.
The coyotes are cross breeding with wolves, so we've got 80 pound coyotes in Ohio and Michigan. Worse, wolves are on the endangered species list, so even if it's a coyote some game warden might claim it's a wolf. Go to a jury trial in any minor to major city and see if you can find twelve people who can recognize a coyote or wolf on sight.
Just so you know, Gray Wolves were 'delisted' by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2020 and are no longer protected under the Endangered Species Act.
I learned way back in the 1960's that sometimes even Biology professors can't tell a coyote from a mongrel dog. My Dad and all his colleagues were clustered around a road-killed canid on a dissecting table trying to determine which it was. DNA testing was not yet available, and it was found 200 miles north of the supposed utmost range of coyotes at the time, but it certainly looked like a coyote - but cross many breeds of dogs and you are likely to get a "yellow dog" that's pretty much a coyote except for behaving better around humans.
Nowadays, I've shared land 100 miles further north with a coyote pack, and I'll bet that DNA tests would show a mixture of coyote, dog, and gray wolf. IMHO, they're one species, separated into subspecies by behavior, which is partly inherited and partly learned.
When I was stationed at Fort Irwin, I always got a kick out of reading the missing cat posters on the commissary bulletin board. Had an eighty pound GSD that liked to run the coyotes down and give them a taste of their own medicine. Never thought that dog had a mean bone in her till I witnessed her rip one to pieces one day. Kind of figured a pack would get her one day, but she died of old age. Eod1sg Ret
They have paved over the entirety of Southern California from the coast to at least midway to our eastern border. Why try to scrape out a living on the desert when there is a veritable smorgasbord laid out on the pavements? Always some chump to be all astonished by nature while you raise your pups in his yard.
I have seen coyotes in suburban Virginia out by Manassas. They occasionally will make their way onto Manhattan through rail right of ways and tunnels. They are pretty much everywhere, and most people, if they see them at all, mistake them for dogs. Slightly different software/operating system.
The only coyote I ever saw in Pennsylvania was on a camping trip a couple years ago up in Potter County (Northern tier of central PA just below NY state). On the other hand, Montgomery County (suburb of Philadelphia) is now overrun by foxes.
I drove up on a gang of coyotes in Orange County once, literally straight down the road from Disneyland. I say gang because that's what they reminded me of, a gang of teen boys out looking for fun/adventure/prey. The resemblance was uncanny. A client has a side gig here in Montana named Coyote Slayer 406, his passion repackaged as pest control.
We live about 90 miles SW of Kenny (TENN). Last week the wife watched a K9 cross our driveway about 50-60 yards from the porch. Couldn't tell if it was young wolf or wolf, coy hybrid. Was in the 45+lb category.
When we 1st built our house there was undeveloped land for over a mile to the main road. We would frequently see coyotes crossing the road near us. We never had to worry about stray cats.
Live near Lake Seminole here in Pinellas County Fl. We see them all the time....we can tell when they're gone because we start seeing rabbits again....used to be a pack on the Mangrove Bay golf course ....you could hear them howling early about daybreak...I'm guessing they got rid of them because we haven't seen or heard them in about a year now....
Kiss your chickens goodbye while you're at it...
ReplyDeleteback in the 1980's they used to pay 9 bucks a pelt for coyote. 12 bucks if there was NO bullet holes in it. Kansas had a lot of coyotes back then. used to be a good way to get pocket money as a GI. dave in pa.
ReplyDeleteFunny; I knew this was a KTLA piece before I even opened it. KTLA is nothing more than another Lefty mouthpiece. The funny part here is that the situation is described so "cutezy," even though, like you said, the coyotes will be making off with the cats and the chihuahuas in a few months! I lost fourteen chickens to coyotes last year. 'Can't fault the coyotes. Coyotes do what coyotes do. 'Part of living in the boonies in the West. Figure out how they got the chickens and make it so they can't do it again. The Karens of LA County will be screaming for complete eradication though, when Fifi to the toy poodle goes missing...
ReplyDeleteThey're ALL lefty mouthpieces, every single one of them.
DeleteMy uncle in San Diego watched a coyote snatch his little dog out of his yard, didn't even break stride.
ReplyDeleteSeen a few of what have to be eastern coyotes around here lately. Your average coyote in Texas is usually kind of scrawny looking but I've seen a few here lately that are either eastern or part wolf. They're getting scary big and roaming around homes. I see this ending badly.
ReplyDeleteThe coyotes here are almost twice the size of the ones in California. If I popped a 30 pounder there, it was huge. I see coyotes here that'll go 50 pounds, I bet.
DeleteThe coyotes are cross breeding with wolves, so we've got 80 pound coyotes in Ohio and Michigan. Worse, wolves are on the endangered species list, so even if it's a coyote some game warden might claim it's a wolf. Go to a jury trial in any minor to major city and see if you can find twelve people who can recognize a coyote or wolf on sight.
DeleteI hate coyotes.
Shoot, shovel, shut up.
Just so you know, Gray Wolves were 'delisted' by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2020 and are no longer protected under the Endangered Species Act.
Deletehttps://www.fws.gov/press-release/2020-10/gray-wolf-final-delisting-determination-questions-and-answers
here in southwest illinois we have quite a few coydogs. they're usually bigger and uglier.
DeleteThey may be like wolves, too, those from cooler regions tend to be bigger.
DeleteAnonymous June 13, 2023 at 2:50 PM:
DeleteI learned way back in the 1960's that sometimes even Biology professors can't tell a coyote from a mongrel dog. My Dad and all his colleagues were clustered around a road-killed canid on a dissecting table trying to determine which it was. DNA testing was not yet available, and it was found 200 miles north of the supposed utmost range of coyotes at the time, but it certainly looked like a coyote - but cross many breeds of dogs and you are likely to get a "yellow dog" that's pretty much a coyote except for behaving better around humans.
Nowadays, I've shared land 100 miles further north with a coyote pack, and I'll bet that DNA tests would show a mixture of coyote, dog, and gray wolf. IMHO, they're one species, separated into subspecies by behavior, which is partly inherited and partly learned.
When I was stationed at Fort Irwin, I always got a kick out of reading the missing cat posters on the commissary bulletin board. Had an eighty pound GSD that liked to run the coyotes down and give them a taste of their own medicine. Never thought that dog had a mean bone in her till I witnessed her rip one to pieces one day. Kind of figured a pack would get her one day, but she died of old age. Eod1sg Ret
ReplyDeleteShould have kept some of her puppies.
DeleteBuy a mule. They’ll tear them up.
ReplyDeleteYou really want a mule climbing up on your countertops when you aren’t looking?
DeleteAnd can you imagine the smell if you don't change that mule's litterbox on a regular basis?
DeleteThey have paved over the entirety of Southern California from the coast to at least midway to our eastern border. Why try to scrape out a living on the desert when there is a veritable smorgasbord laid out on the pavements? Always some chump to be all astonished by nature while you raise your pups in his yard.
ReplyDeleteI have seen coyotes in suburban Virginia out by Manassas. They occasionally will make their way onto Manhattan through rail right of ways and tunnels. They are pretty much everywhere, and most people, if they see them at all, mistake them for dogs. Slightly different software/operating system.
ReplyDeleteThe only coyote I ever saw in Pennsylvania was on a camping trip a couple years ago up in Potter County (Northern tier of central PA just below NY state). On the other hand, Montgomery County (suburb of Philadelphia) is now overrun by foxes.
ReplyDeleteI drove up on a gang of coyotes in Orange County once, literally straight down the road from Disneyland. I say gang because that's what they reminded me of, a gang of teen boys out looking for fun/adventure/prey. The resemblance was uncanny. A client has a side gig here in Montana named Coyote Slayer 406, his passion repackaged as pest control.
ReplyDeleteThe only coyotes I ever see in Kansas are running, and that's away from anything that is connected to humans, as it should be.
ReplyDeleteWe live about 90 miles SW of Kenny (TENN). Last week the wife watched a K9 cross our driveway about 50-60 yards from the porch. Couldn't tell if it was young wolf or wolf, coy hybrid. Was in the 45+lb category.
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When we 1st built our house there was undeveloped land for over a mile to the main road. We would frequently see coyotes crossing the road near us. We never had to worry about stray cats.
ReplyDeleteLive near Lake Seminole here in Pinellas County Fl. We see them all the time....we can tell when they're gone because we start seeing rabbits again....used to be a pack on the Mangrove Bay golf course ....you could hear them howling early about daybreak...I'm guessing they got rid of them because we haven't seen or heard them in about a year now....
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