Coyote Dens | How To Identify a Coyote's Den

[@FarmerFpv]

3 years ago I was feral hog hunting and found two coyotes that were gored to death and 3 dead feral piglets partly eaten. Turns out they killed the feral hog piglets and the feral hogs sows and bores killed the coyotes. 5 minutes later I heard yelps and yarring coming from a tree. It was coyote pups that were recently born. I put my trail camera to see if the parents ever came back but it was the two dead coyotes who were the parents. I went back and dug them out. I live in an area where the wildlife rangers could not come. So I got some goat's milk and kept them alive for 3 weeks and finally, they came to pick them up as it was getting hard to care for them. They are now ambassadors at a wildlife sanctuary, I visit them every month. They still know who I am and turn into puppy dogs jumping on me licking me and yarring at me when they see me. That day bottle feeding them I quit predator hunting and fell in love with coyotes. They are not like dog puppies. They need meat and milk and wean off milk fast. I ran out of chickens and hog-feeding those little guys, They are fierce for pups.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

That's an awesome story! 🐾

[@mikes7446]

Awesome you saved Coyotes.

[@jennifermarie1230]

Wow! Great story thanks for sharing!

[@rypatmackrock]

When it comes to feral pigs and how large full grown ones get, and how invasively destructive they are like described here; I wonder if gray wolf packs and if jaguars in particular are the most capable of keeping feral pigs in check. Otherwise, great story. The more I learn about wolves and coyotes, the more timelessly universal dog traits I see in them. They bark, they howl, they whimper, and they love their families.

[@CoyotePretty27]

What a beautiful story ❤❤❤

[@lesliemaitland3551]

I was in a cemetery, making arrangements for myself, and not feeling too cheerful about this chore. And then I saw an adult coyote trotting across the very site I had picked out. Good vibe. The funeral director said they were very happy to have a coyote family on site, as they kept the ground hog population under control.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

I think most coyote sightings are positive experiences! Unless of course they are causing trouble! In your case, sounds like they are right at home! 🐾

[@ninalee8625]

Coyotes are quite adaptable and very intelligent which explains their success. They will still be here long after people are gone.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

I agree! Their survival skills keep their population numbers up.

[@margomoore4527]

Way back around 1980, I was staying with my parents who lived in the Verde Valley, which was not so developed at that time. One full-moon night I was privileged to hear the coyotes singing, in their high-pitched, silvery voices. I’m a singer and I know singing when I hear it. It was incredibly beautiful, something I will always remember.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

That's why they are called song dogs! Thanks for sharing.

[@ErikOosterwal]

The best way to identify a coyote den is from all the discarded ACME boxes near the entrance. 🤔🤣

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Haha. Yes! 🧨

[@myhounddog]

😂 he truly was my Fave

[@robertrogers7610]

They shouldn't litter

[@janemonroe921]

Yep!

[@SueEllenInWA]

while solo camping I was watching a "dog" or so I thought frolicking in the sunlight right in front of my tent, it left, I followed, saw a man hiking asked, "where's your dog?" He replies "nope, no dog" I went back to camp. Then learned it was a coyote. I heard the pack a few nights later. Not scary, comforting actually.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Hey Sue, Glad you had a positive experience! 🐾

[@thatguyrhodes9070]

I was exploring the wooded area of my yard and found 5 dens after losing a few chickens from coyotes I watch this video to make sure they were coyote Dens and now I know this video was a great help

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Thanks for watching! 🐾

[@kabiz6925]

Coyote den behind our home, near a ravine that drops into a creek. This video is helpful. Thanks!

[@assortedanimalsonline]

No problem, thanks for watching! 🐾

[@larryparis925]

Well done, man. Highly informative. Thank you.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Hey, Larry. Thank you for watching! 🐾

[@larryparis925]

@@assortedanimalsonline I appreciate your fine work on this. Learned a lot. Thanks again.

[@jahshaman]

Bevaus of KZbin ads, it erased my long thought out comment about my coyote dog. Whatever. Yt SUCKS. Coyotes are amazing an beautiful and sweet and loving.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Thanks for watching! 🐾

[@MA_808]

During pursuit, a coyote may reach speeds up to 43 mph (69 km/h), and can jump a distance of over 4 meters (13⅛ feet). Keep that in mind when walking your unleashed pets in coyote country.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Yes! Thanks for sharing that. 🐾

[@Madmun357]

I used to see coyotes at night in Houston. Even near the center of town. Memorial Park, if you're familiar with the area.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

I've seen a few in Houston, I'm from Central Texas, living in the panhandle now. 🐾

[@outdoorztime2923]

Caught a picture of a black one back in 2016. It peed in a buck scrape I'd set my trail camera on. Nice video.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

That sounds awesome, Terry! I saw a black/melanistic red fox once. Thanks for watching!

[@jennifermarie1230]

@@assortedanimalsonlinewow!! How amazing the black melanistic red foxes are STUNNING !!

[@assortedanimalsonline]

@@jennifermarie1230 love silver/black foxes!

[@joanjackson5825]

I love your channel please keep making videos ❤

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Thank you so much 😊

[@dustinscheller7795]

Was clearing away an old pile of down logs and pulled one away only to see a youth coyote laying there looking frightened, I was as well and jumped back about 10 feet and it cautiously crawled out and trotted away, this was less than 200 feet from my back door

[@assortedanimalsonline]

It must have needed shelter. They usually stay pretty far away from human activity!

[@robertharvey2580]

Great info. Thank you for this!

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Hey Robert! Thank you so much, glad it was helpful. 🐾

[@pixelsmart]

At night on a lit baseball diamond in a city a coyote walked onto the diamond. It picked up my baseball glove and walked off with it. There is a nearby wooded areas along a creek. This was mid November in Toronto. Why might the coyote be interested in my baseball glove? Might it have abandoned the glove after a short while? I went back in daylight and spent 20 minutes of walking around a few hundred meters from the theft location with no luck. I visited this site to learn what a den might look like. I now know ( from this video ) it is not the season for den use. However might the coyote have been engaged in appointing the den with furniture?

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Coyotes can be very curious about new objects. If it was leather, maybe it chewed on it for a while! 🐾

[@EternaResplandiente]

Nice video keep it going 1k subs

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Thank you! 🐾

[@samhopson-ur2du]

I think my dog may be a hybrid I found her near a dumpster as a pup it took forever to get her to come to me. You said so many traits she’s is spot on you spoke about. I have seen a full blooded male black coyote in the wild. I walked into the woods without a flashlight with her and American bulldog I didint realize it at the time it was a coyote it was so close I coulda petted it she played with it the big bulldog wanted nothing to do with it

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Thanks for sharing your story. I'm always fascinated by dog-coyote mixes!

[@amandageorge2560]

I may have one on my property. Need help identifying. The area is rich with wildlife…beavers, owls, snakes, foxes, deer, bobcats and just recently my neighbor reported seeing a coyote very close by. I haven’t heard the howls in a while but I have heard them in the near distance about 3 years ago. Also a very large creek and woods is in the area I found the hole at the base of a tree stump.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Hey Amanda, sounds very likely it could be coyotes. Come January-March, keep an eye on that spot. That's their breeding season.

[@GC-kw1gq]

My home backs up against a wide empty wash in an urban area. I hear coyotes nightly - they’re especially vocal in response to police sirens.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

I hear them every night in my small town 🐾

[@Sureshots.]

Sorry that’s my dogs.

[@GC-kw1gq]

Neighborhood dogs sometimes join the chorus:) Coyotes are the “David Lee Roths” though - hitting the high notes & yelps!

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Have you ever seen a coyote? Tell us about it! 🐾

[@randydavidson7969]

Have called coyotes in while turkey hunting in spring….Thought I was a hen.?

[@Thermaldoggin7690]

I've seen several of them, inside out, after skinning

[@8luggarage]

They also make great house pets after a taxidermy mounts them. The most fun is calling them in and planting a bullet In them

[@mikes7446]

I saved my cats life from a coyote attack

[@muchss]

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[@robertmclean9737]

The only time coyotes den up is when they have pups. If you go near them when they are active they will move their pups. If you look around the area you will find holes they have cleaned out for emergency moves. There dens are always clean with no left overs from meals. They feed pups by food regurgitating the pups trigger the adults to coughing up food by biting their lips and hanging on. Have crawled in dens with the female in them and they showed no sign of aggression. 30 yrs a pro coyote trapper.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Thanks for that awesome feedback Robert! 🐾

[@robertmclean9737]

@@assortedanimalsonline Your welcome! Enjoyed the video! Had two coyotes as pets taught me a lot about them. The Smartest animal I know of.

[@PBTexasBoy]

@@robertmclean9737you raised them to what age? And how are they different from raising a dog?

[@robertmclean9737]

@@PBTexasBoy Had one of them for 1.5 yrs, the other one about 6 months. They were pretty tame would come when I whistled for them, when it came to food watch out for your hand. A lot like a dog, but they were still wild.

[@PBTexasBoy]

@@robertmclean9737 oh ok. That’s pretty interesting. Thanks for replying

[@donaldduffy8947]

Had a coyote walk up to me about 15 feet while i was checking on my rabbit snares here in Edmonton,Alberta canada.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

That's pretty close 🐾

[@tareemafaith4247]

Where I live out in Oregon Coyotes are now in the City they come in and out my Parkinglot to pass through backyards to catch pets they are not even scared of humans anymore 😊😊

[@assortedanimalsonline]

They are dangerous predators, and they know it!

[@kathymiller6808]

Yes we have them in my neighborhood here in nm, I walk my little dog everyday. I just ordered him a coyote vest, I saw one a month ago ran right in front of us with a cat in its mouth.

[@christopherbright1048]

Yes there is usually an anvil near by also & a few sticks of TNT

[@assortedanimalsonline]

lol Yup

[@michaelpcooksey5096]

Just remember coyotes also hunt people. Small children, cats, dogs ... and in pack have attacked a full grown teenager on his way to his vehicle from a tree stand. The teen was taken down from behind and only escaped after getting ahold of his dropped rifle and discharging a round. Coyotes are not domesticated ... remember that. One man caught a single coyote stalking his 2-3 year old daughter in the front yard of his suburban home... She made it into the house. It reminds me of folks in Santa Fe who leave their animals outside at night. There is an arroyo going through the area from higher up in the mountains. I found Cougar tracks and asked my mother about it. She nodded her head and said they were known to kill and take domestic animals of various sizes.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Always need to stay vigilant with pets and people if there are coyote sightings! 🐾

[@michaelpcooksey5096]

@@assortedanimalsonline ABSOLUTELY. Thank you for the comeback. Some of these comments remind me of the guy who lives next to woods with bears ... and he began doing a love the critter approach with them ... feeding them ... being in plain sight while they were eating ... and they got used to him. Around 10 or so would come to him on a regular basis to eat easy food. In this case the DNR began leaning on him because of the lack of natural fear these animals had developed towards humans ... There were campsites around ... and would the bears feel threatened by them? Not likely. Significant encounter problems ... people shooting bears ... and bears attacking humans with meat, sweets, in tents, etc. Wild creatures are Wild and Nature and its animals are not kind if you go against the dynamics our loving Lord built into them.

[@Cb-qp4ku]

Live in woods along creek. Heard pack howling last night. Spotted 5 today. CANNOT let grand kids freely roam around outside now. Watching kids play from window is no longer possible.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Definitely don’t want to take any chances! 🐾

[@kyletyson8129]

Get your gun sighted in pops

[@morrismonet3554]

Put out some bait and wait.

[@georgehanson2978]

Your grandkids are far more likely to be harmed by humans than coyotes.

[@ronwheeler7788]

Grandkids have a better chance of being struck by lightning than being harmed by coyotes

[@thomasvanderhoff768]

I had a coyote in my backyard and it jumped over our 4 foot cyclone fence like nothing.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Dang!

[@troychambliss784]

I like them. I have them in my woods.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

I’ve seen quite a few lately 🐾

[@TripleEm3]

my city is located in a desert, my house, the backside of our back wall... all you see is desert for miles, I'm out there all the time and have never once come across a coyote, although I have come across several coyote dens. I always hear them at night howling. it wasn't until a few days ago, I was out walking around in the desert and looked a little ahead of me and saw a coyote starting right at me. I was so scared, but I've seen so many videos on coyotes and their behavior so I knew not to run away, I backed away slowly and so did the coyote, once I was far enough, I turned away and started walking away quickly, I was so scared and I don't even know why lol

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Yesterday I had an old coyote limp across the road in front of me. He was large and looked like he’d seen better days. Sounds like you handled your situation well! Thanks for the comment 🐾

[@PBTexasBoy]

If it was daytime, they were either sick or very hungry

[@TripleEm3]

@PBTexasBoy I wasn't very close, but from the way it looked, they seemed and appeared looking very healthy! I've seen some other coyotes and I've been told the ones we have out here are often seen as very lanky and looking malnourished, but tbh the one I saw appeared very full looking and healthy. I don't know why it mightve been our during the daytime but it was definitely an experience.

[@PBTexasBoy]

@@TripleEm3 gotcha

[@masguapoako]

*I've seen around but haven't seen any den*

[@assortedanimalsonline]

They can be stealthy and only den during making season.

[@CB-413]

How many times did he say coyote?

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Enough times. 🐾

[@markkimball1569]

We have more than we had around here in mass but a lot has to do with lack of control. They are resourceful and very smart ,pound 4 pound very dangerous ! Even agains my 100 pound dog. They can/will kill almost any animal and do. Respect to the Wiley coyote.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

They can definitely do some damage. 🐾

[@georgehanson2978]

They always run from my 45 pound dog.

[@markkimball1569]

@@georgehanson2978 just make sure you can get your dog back to you they send a decoy to drag it to their trap where others are waiting .. coyotes don’t kill their prey 1st .. usually eating it as it dies a slow death for bigger animals . Deer K-9 sand such.

[@garykleinsteuber4529]

I was investigating what I thought was a coyote den in the woods near my house when I was sidetracked by a delicious pile of free snacks. I couldn't resist and began to help myself when suddenly a 16 ton weight came crashing down. Thankfully I sidestepped it at the last second. "BEEP BEEP"

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Meep Meep!

[@jamessnow5369]

Coyotes Serve A Very Important function In An Ecoystem And they Help cull the Sick. They're Not All bad And they're A precious Canine.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Agreed! 🐾

[@kylesmith3211]

I like that this guy loves and appreciates coyotes, but im he comments you can tell he still knows they are a real danger. He just appreciates them for what they are and what they can be. Just unbiased facts

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Thanks Kyle! That's how I see it. Not everything is black and white. Nature is complex and that's what makes it fascinating.

[@jahshaman]

I miss my coyboy.... He was ... I should have adopted him to the neighbors that had 20 acres and already loved him. If someone lives your dogs, and you have to move, let them have them, for the sake of the dogs. I made a mistake.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

At least you got your time with them 🐾

[@philliphall5198]

They will eat and throw it up for the puppies to eat, very common for young pupps I know where several dens are but my dogs keep them away from my goats so I don’t bother them 😊

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Guardian dogs are the best! 🐾

[@michaelpcooksey5096]

Be nice for you to elaborate why you would not want to run across a den in the wild... mom defending pups?

[@assortedanimalsonline]

That would be the main reason, but also, just that it's better observe from a distance, than to try and investigate or disturb them!

[@spotchris2506]

Want to get a shock. Put a game camera there and see how many fawns she brings to her pups before they leave.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

That would be wild to see!

[@georgehanson2978]

Bears eat lots of fawns. Way too many deer around.

[@jaywinters2483]

I was walking along a creek and came upon a pile of branches and a big dead dead fall. Heard growling. He's right about along creeks. So much of YT is know-it-alls. Not this one.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Hey Jay! Thanks for watching 🐾

[@JasmineSinclair-i3n]

I wish I could comment, but YT won't let me.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Reading you loud and clear friend! 🐾

[@lawrencefranck9417]

The smell will ID the den

[@praywithpio6028]

It's the den with the coyote(s) in it. 😀

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Haha. Thanks for your feedback!

[@ireneparrish3070]

A pair of coyotes can dig out a 2 room den overnight.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Pretty impressive!

[@mollyjones4165]

We have a draw and the coyotes have been howling and yipping there for many decades.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Hey Molly, that's awesome!

[@sistercarrieofyahuah8601]

I want to find one so I can make some pets

[@assortedanimalsonline]

That would be a pretty wild pet! 🐾

[@garybray3614]

We don't have Ky-O-Tays around here. We have Ki-otes. We don't have Ro-Day-Os, we have Ro-Dee-Os. Yes, we are Northerners who learned to read by English phonetics, not by the Spanish King's edicts.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Thanks for your feedback

[@Fififogone]

This was clearly made by AI and not very well at all. The images don’t track with the narration, which is clunky, repetitive, inefficient and unappealingly monotone. You would have done much better to have put just a little bit of effort into this video.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Thanks for your feedback

[@jeffd1919]

I got to help a government trapper dig up a couple of coyote dens. The guy was the best tracker I've ever seen. In sheep country, the only good coyote is a dead coyote. I've killed about 100, but they just keep coming.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Thanks for your feedback.

[@ninalee8625]

Get a good livestock dog. I had an Australian Shepherd and never lost any livestock to coyotes.

[@jeffd1919]

@@ninalee8625 You never grazed 1,000 head on heavily timbered national forest, infested with bear, mtn lion, and coyotes, I'll bet.

[@ninalee8625]

@@jeffd1919 I've never I owned that many livestock, but I lived in closed proximity to those ranchers and we didn't agree on much except we liked living in a remote area. There was a smaller ranch with maybe 100 cattle being managed by two Anatolian Shepherds with little interaction with their humans that claimed to not have coyote trouble. I don't know how you determine how many dogs per head, but the dogs seem to take their jobs pretty seriously.

[@primesspct2]

@@ninalee8625 Thats what I do! I have never even seen a coyote, but I sure hear them all around me every night. My big muscular dog, does her job, sure its a commitment, but dogs have been the answer for centuries. She runs free, weighs about 100lbs and I am so thankful for her. She protects us. All of my dogs have always done the job, but I never have had a true livestock dog. As I dont have livestock perse, just cats and another small dog.

[@philstrosnider9734]

Horrible narration. Said a lot while saying almost nothing.

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Thanks for your feedback.

[@miasewell1958]

This will also help people kill them for fun. I wish you hadn’t made this public

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Thanks for your feedback

[@SindileWren]

Cmon Mia, get real! There are creeps globally who of course use info for less than noble means… but far greater numbers BENEFIT from that same info, for good! This was helpful to me, I as I live in a heavily, wooded suburb, where, PACKS of Coyotes are now competing for territory in! I’d never have known to look in a hollow tree stump. If the world lived by your logic, none of us would know anything… Helpful info wouldn’t be shared with the masses, out of fear a tiny few would misuse it. Your “but what if” logic promotes ignorance… is a threat to education… and guarantees that EVIL wins! Thanks @Assorted_Animals for maybe preventing the deaths of beloved pets as several of my neighbors already have, esp those letting their cats roam freely. KNOWLEDGE IS POWER! ❤️

[@mikes7446]

Disgusting, killing animals for fun.

[@calypsonotch3953]

@@mikes7446 one coyote kills many many more wildlife

[@IC_agent]

​@@calypsonotch3953its the LAW OF NATURE

[@JM-yx1lm]

This was a terrible production of a video. Basically didnt even see a den just a binch of pictures of coyotes .

[@assortedanimalsonline]

Thanks for your feedback 🐾

[@rmiller334]

Dude, there were several pictures. Did you actually watch THIS video?