Let's Talk About American Coyotes

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[@stratcat3216]

Come pet them.. they walk by my back fence daily.

[@schrodingersgat4344]

Weird coyote story for you. I grew up in the hills of South Carolina. My first experience with them was a few miles S.E. of here. I was living over there and they would cruise through and pick off strays, and the occasional pet.* The things are like ghosts. There one second and gone the next. This is where it gets weird. We had a brief problem {in that location} with feral hogs. You would hear folks shooting, killing them or running them off, most nights. Tha was; before a half feral farm pig, got separated from a herd. He was a big one. 250lds, about 5 ft long. He was still a "pet" in his own head and very friendly. My kids were small. This made me weary of such a large animal. He shocked up in the woods behind my in-law's house. Another neighbor dropped by and looked him over. Healthy, fat and friendly*. He became just another "wild" critter to keep an eye on. It was during this assessment that an event occurred which bewildered me for years. [I'll continue in a reply] *Ours stayed inside at night or just got up high in a tree or a roof. * It let the guy hand feed it.

[@schrodingersgat4344]

The church across the road was having an event in their detached meeting hall. Some fat kid saw the pig and decided he could just, walk over. He made it across before being called back and scolded by another church member. As he went, he announced "I'm coming back to get that pig." I return home from work to hear about this. Screwing with poachers is {and shall forever be} among my favorite activities. I loaded my pockets with fireworks, grabbed a rifle* and went to get between the pig and the church. A quick scan with the flashlight only revealed one thing to be "odd". You know those "lollipop" reflectors folks put at the ends of their drive? I spied a pair, but they were just inside the edge of the woods. Set about halfway between the inlaws place and the old farmhouse on the other side of the yard. They were oversized, and an amber color, I had never seen before. I planned on asking the inlaws where they got those. They looked cool. The wind was blowing along the road, until I reached the junction of the two driveways. Then it shifted from the church side of the road. Pee! I assumed it was pig pee I was smelling. A scent vial busted to lure the thing over. No sooner had I had this thought than the pig comes trotting by me. His head and tail up in search of a lady pig. I shifted some gravel and he stopped. I scolded him back to the woods. He looked back a time or two. It was kinda sad. I noted the reflectors again. They were good enough to be visible with only the lights from the church parking lot. [All of this was in the space of about 30 minutes.] Something felt "off". I was checking behind myself, in case the pig tried to get around me. No rabbits, raccoons, cats, opposums... ...not in my yard or the neighbor's. Highly unusual. Especially since I had seen the cats and raccoons eating from the same dish as the pig. They weren't bothered by tha thing. This got my hackles up. Everything had gotten dead quiet. It occurred to me that fat boy may be on our side of the road. A hunt was "on". [One more, reply. I promise.] * It's the middle of nowhere, and the middle of the night. We have bears, mountain lions and the coyotes to consider, here.

[@schrodingersgat4344]

The church across the road was having an event in their detached meeting hall. Some fat kid saw the pig and decided he could just, walk over. He made it across before being called back and scolded by another church member. As he went, he announced "I'm coming back to get that pig." I return home from work to hear about this. Screwing with poachers is {and shall forever be} among my favorite activities. I loaded my pockets with fireworks, grabbed a rifle* and went to get between the pig and the church. A quick scan with the flashlight only revealed one thing to be "odd". You know those "lollipop" reflectors folks put at the ends of their drive? I spied a pair, but they were just inside the edge of the woods. Set about halfway between the inlaws place and the old farmhouse on the other side of the yard. They were oversized, and an amber color, I had never seen before. I planned on asking the inlaws where they got those. They looked cool. The wind was blowing along the road, until I reached the junction of the two driveways. Then it shifted from the church side of the road. Pee! I assumed it was pig pee I was smelling. A scent vial busted to lure the thing over. No sooner had I had this thought than the pig comes trotting by me. His head and tail up in search of a lady pig. I shifted some gravel and he stopped. I scolded him back to the woods. He looked back a time or two. It was kinda sad. I noted the reflectors again. They were good enough to be visible with only the lights from the church parking lot. [All of this was in the space of about 30 minutes.] Something felt "off". I was checking behind myself, in case the pig tried to get around me. No rabbits, raccoons, cats, opposums... ...not in my yard or the neighbor's. Highly unusual. Especially since I had seen the cats and raccoons eating from the same dish as the pig. They weren't bothered by tha thing. This got my hackles up. Everything had gotten dead quiet. It occurred to me that fat boy may be on our side of the road. A hunt was "on". [One more, reply. I promise.] * It's the middle of nowhere, and the middle of the night. We have bears, mountain lions and the coyotes to consider, here.

[@schrodingersgat4344]

This changed things. If he had gotten in behind me, he was (most likely) posted up in the woods and in a superior position. I began to move the flashlight across the edge of the woods. Sweeping it slowly, intending to get the point across. On about the fifth sweep, I found the small animals. ALL of them were hiding under the old farmhouse. Raccoons, Skunks, stray cats, opposums...ALL staring at the woods. I slow my speed with the sweeps. Only thing that stuck out was the reflectors. I get back to the small animals and one of the raccoons notices me. [I told you it would get weird, here you go.] We lock eyes. His go wide and he looks from me to the woods. He does this a few times. Each time adding emphasis with his head. As if to say " HEY, IDIOT! LOOOOK!" I sweep again, but meticulously. Stopping at every spot that allows some light into the woods. That's when it hit me. Those might not be "reflectors". I give them a harder look. Each has a diameter akin to the size of my own fist. They are 4 feet off the ground. I put my thumb up and out at arms length. They are 50 yds distant. Each is visible on their respective side of my thumb*... then the blinked. Whatever they were a part of was too large to be a black bear. We have no grizzlies or polar bears, and an escaped lion or tiger would have had police crawling all over the area. There would have been a helicopter up to ad the cops. There was none of this. We stared at each other for a while. It looked to its left. Then back. I swung my rifle in the direction that it was looking. It sat back on its haunches* and Rolled its head left and right, as a dog would do. A "puzzled" look. It was too big and way too close for me to be sure I could this "whatever" before it got me. Neither of us was going to see the sun, if either of us made a rash move. I brought the rifle back to its general direction then lifted it up and layed it against my shoulder. Like a bored guy on guard duty. I looked around as if it didn't concern me*. I said, aloud " Nice night. Hope you're having a decent one." and pretended that I wasn't on the verge of urinating and defecating. I watched get back on all fours and turn to leave. Where do coyotes factor into this? After this thing watched me pass up a fat meal, and act as a sort of guardian to same... the coyotes never again came over the hill to take the small animals. They'd make a racket all the way up the creek, to the culvert under the road. Then They'd go quiet until they got well past us. I'll spare you my pet theories. Suffice it to say that I "made a friend". * This meant that (center-to-center) they were 2 ft apart. *in doing so, it gained about 8" in height. * I was V E R Y, concerned.

[@SteveandLizDonaldson]

American here: if you see a coyote with a giant magnet strapped to it's back, do NOT eat the delicious looking bowl of bird seed set out before you. It's a trap.

[@rosameryrojas-delcerro1059]

And the actual roadrunner (real bird) is an insectivore looking for the maggots at the bottom of the pile.

[@schrodingersgat4344]

As a representative of the ACME Corporation; I'd like to add that we have sought this coyote for some time. His product reviews have damaged our reputation.

[@markvoelker6620]

@@schrodingersgat4344Well he is very … Wiley.

[@Stand_By_For_Mind_Control]

Nah it's fine to eat the seed it's the coyote who endangers himself. I've seen so many wildlife videos on this and I've yet to see a single fed coyote.

[@douglasstrother6584]

"Coyote" ~ Mark Knopfler

[@ME-hh9fb]

My grandparents had a large farm when I was a kid, and one day, found a newborn coyote (ki-yo-tee) puppy in their cornfield. They brought it into their barn, bottle fed it, vaccinated it, and it bonded with one of the farm horses. Everywhere that horse went, the coyote, named Suzy, went too. Slept in the barn with the horse, ate dog food and animals she could catch. VERY sharp teeth, occasionally would kill a chicken, but left the cattle alone. As she got older, she could hear other coyotes yipping at night in the distance, and she would howl back. Not a great pet, she was always rather aloof, but preferred to stay in the distance, always watching my grandparents work. She did not care for strangers, when a car would come to the farm, she would usually go to the barn and watch. One day, my grandfather heard her making a lot of noise near the farmhouse, and found her standing between my grandmother and a large gray wolf. Gave my granddad time to get his shotgun. She lived for 7 or 8 years, died shortly after her favorite horse died, and was always a very odd, rather spooky creature. My grandparents had over 800 head of cattle, horses, goats, a couple of bison, donkeys, chickens, all sorts of animals, but Suzy was the strangest.

[@schaddenkorp6977]

She probably got all kinds of crazy during the winter season too no doubt. What state/region was this?

[@laurawendt8471]

My grandpa & grandma were WI dairy farmers and they didn’t mind the coyotes as they ate mostly rodents and helped keep the area clear. But if they got close to the house he would shoot close to the ground with his deer shot gun to scare them back. On a whole didn’t have an issue with them except fights with Tom cats. We also had a lot of space for them to roam, fields, pastures, forests. You could watch them move in the dusk across the country road. In urban settings they are pushed into parks and people’s back yards which causes all of the problems for pets.

[@k-tz5jg]

They don't get ''pushed'', they can adapt to any environment, and your back yard has the most food in the form of your pets. Tell us you know nothing about coyotes without telling us you know nothing about coyotes @@laurawendt8471 . lol

[@zedgathegreat9122]

Wow, she stood up to a wolf for your grandmother? That's pretty nuts... That really gave me the shivers. Your grandma very easily could've been dead if it wasn't for Suzy... It's amazing that that creature protected it's "extended pack" to that degree. Coyote's are pretty notorious for not being very brave or daring creatures. Thanks for sharing that story, it was pretty cool! Hope you have a great day!

[@WhacAmole]

Thanks for sharing, that's so cool. Feel good story of the day.

[@From-North-Jersey]

In this part of the country we have a grocery store chain literally called ACME. My Grandmother had a great sense of humor and one day when I was 10 I accompanied her to ACME and she gave me my own list that started at dairy and worked toward the middle of the store. Grab your own cart and only grab the sizes and brands that match the coupons. There were 10 items on the list 7 of which were regular items. The manager tried to not laugh as he informed me they were all out of TNT, Replacement rubber-bands for size XXL Giant Slingshots, and miniature anvils.

[@FreeStatesofKapuska]

Maybe I'm slow but I dont understand

[@mstieler8480]

@@FreeStatesofKapuskaThe things the store "was all out of" are things Wile E. Coyote would order from the fictional ACME in the cartoons in plots to eat the Roadrunner.

[@yvonnezolna1453]

What a wonderful memory!

[@murraystewartj]

As a kid I loved those cartoons! I was just learning to read and my parents were quietly amused when I read everything on the screen. I saw ACME and pronounced it "Ace-me" but just let me be. Took me years to figure it out. Fast forward to now. I met my current wife in our later years. Three years ago she took the car out and some crack-head punched a big dent in the rear quarter panel. I said is was an easy fix, should just push out, and forgot about it. One night she got her craft paint out and covered the dent with Wile Coyote splatted over the dent, with cracks radiating from his body. You can tell it's hand done because of the brush strokes. As it was a water based paint she's touched it up several times and the dent is still there. Why? The number of people, old and young, who laugh and say that it brings back memories of those insane cartoons. Love the Grandmother's humour, sounds like something I did to a teen son

[@duckduckgoismuchbetter]

Hilarious story! Thanks for telling it. 😂

[@jeffcauhape6880]

I am 66 years of age and grew up with the Road Runner and the Coyote. Only recently learned that coyotes are, indeed, fast enough to catch road runners. Another piece of my childhood blown to bits... after falling from a great height ...

[@margaretstutts4362]

Yes. Wiley was a mainstay of my childhood too. I’m 57.

[@brandonhoffman4712]

Meep meep, 39 here. Waves help flag, falls to doom. Tomorrow my rockets coming in the mail, along with a new pair of roller skates, leather aviation helmet, and goggles. That bird wont know whats coming!

[@davidrobertson2735]

A crazy and very engaged lady in my neighborhood posted a poll on NextDoor saying "Do you want the HOA to do nothing to stop coyotes from eating your pets and possibly your children???" and the poll response was 82% yes.

[@Cha-Khia]

Illiteracy rates will kill us all.

[@benjaminoechsli1941]

"I don't want the coyotes to win. I want you to lose" vibes.

[@anthonyugarte1072]

Yeah, I wouldnt want some jackass self appointed rulers of an HoA handling an issue for real government agencies either. Thats fucking dumb.

[@AnimeSunglasses]

Coyotes: occasionally steal pets in ransack chicken coops HOAs: occasionally ban pets, ban chicken coops, ban tree houses, ban grass taller than 3 inches, ban letting you park your car in the driveway, ban.... Yeah, can we just have the coyotes get rid of the HOA instead?

[@AnimeSunglasses]

HOAs: voted less trustworthy than coyotes, by a landslide.

[@annunciataparchesi1832]

Coyote is an important character in Navajo mythology. In stories Coyote is a trickster who also brings wisdom, but with considerably more success than the Warner Brother's Coyote. Coyote is also involved with the creation of the world.

[@randlebrowne2048]

Sounds, to some extent, like the European stories of the fox.

[@absalomdraconis]

​@@randlebrowne2048 : Yep, though perhaps a touch more dangerous. In some places Raven is similarly a trickster, and in _some_ places the two of them are rivals with each other.

[@solandri69]

@@randlebrowne2048 It's a common theme because being smaller and weaker (than a wolf) means they cannot win by strength. So the (anthropomorphic) assumption is that they have to resort to trickery to survive.

[@francesmeyer8478]

Trickster! Very apt!

[@elultimo102]

I read that a roadrunner can only achieve about 20 mph. A coyote can do 40---so he'd win the contest, if he stays away from ACME.

[@lunarlightbulb158]

Coyotes used to hang out in the open field across the street from my college apartment. I'd see them sometimes when driving to an early class. For those across the pond who are curious: coyotes bark and yip like little dogs, but the sound is deeper so you can tell it's being made by a bigger animal.

[@DMZZ_DZDM]

They also make a ghostly howl when communicating long distance! It's super cool!

[@carlacook5181]

To me, the yipping is creepier than the howl.

[@Melissa-tw2gp]

British people are sometimes surprised our pet cats often live inside. Coyotes (and the other predators you mention) are a big reason why! Also, way more cars on the road, warm temps that help disease thrive, and hawks who will strike at small animals. The lifespan of an outside cat is significantly lower over here than an inside cat. That being said, some cats will never be happy inside so it’s quality over quantity for them. If you ever make it down to Southern Illinois, check out the Treehouse Wildlife Center over the border in Missouri. They rehab local wild animals. You can see Coyotes, various birds of prey, raccoons, opossums, snakes and more. It’s a beautiful campus and a great learning experience.

[@everydaychemistry6231]

I know it's normal in a lot of areas but I think it's incredibly irresponsible to get a pet of any sort only to leave it to roam outside, as a pet owner you are responsible for that animal's safety. Not only that but that's how feral populations start

[@hallaloth3112]

@@everydaychemistry6231 Not only that but you're responsible for any trouble that animal may cause too. In generally we don't let dogs roam because they can be a danger to people, and cause all manner of trouble. . . just because they are smaller doesn't mean cats don't cause their own sort of trouble. On top of generally turning people's yards into litterboxes, tearing up gardens, and leaving small corpses strewn everywhere. ..there's also the chance of them getting INTO other people's homes/properties and causes injury to a person or that person's pet. I know a lot of indoor cats can get incredibly upset if a roaming cat harasses them through a window for example. . .and stress like that can lead to a host of problems.

[@janefriend2197]

“As a child, and sometimes later as a human………” Best line ever. 😂

[@B30pt87]

Agreed!

[@georgeb.wolffsohn30]

Right 😝🤣😜😂😝🤣😜😂❗

[@Foolish188]

No human would draw all over my best friend's living room wall while we were outside barbecuing. And especially wouldn't sign it.

[@leekelly9639]

Obviously it’s a joke based on the fact as adults we moan about children completely forgetting we were once children and equally annoying.. 😂🤔👍

[@brandonhoffman4712]

Weird, kids are awesome! Who else can i train to say "king kong, went to hong kong, playing ping pong, with his ding dong" then entice to start telling it to grandma! Its so innocent its evil! I was that kid!

[@johnmoore8599]

The best bumper sticker I saw as a kid was, "Eat American lamb, after all 100000 coyotes can't be wrong!"

[@lexirae7889]

I want that bumper sticker! Lol

[@daviddawson1718]

They can be wrong, and in this case, they are. Lamb tastes like stale sweat.

[@jordangouveia1863]

lambs are just easier to catch than run runners.

[@jordangouveia1863]

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[@jordangouveia1863]

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[@mfhberg]

Had a half blue heeler, half coyote mix for a pet. Even the 6' fences never even slowed it a bit after it grew up.

[@scarlettcerutti7930]

A coyote jumped our 6ft fence right into our backyard to snag our dog :( thankfully we scared it away before too much damage was done to our poor guy. He wasn’t bitten too badly.

[@AlexDun123]

in my experience, the best way to make a coyote want to get as far away from you as possible is to walk towards it shouting "OMG puppy hiii!!! 🤩"

[@jeanieschrag5378]

I lived in Florida and saw a german sheppard trying to get a cat that was taking refuge on our car. I yelled and started chasing it... it ran but turned around and growled at me. I was shocked when I saw it was a coyote!!😮

[@thoughtfuldevil6069]

I'm glad the cat was alright :'(

[@Og-Judy]

​@@thoughtfuldevil6069 Interesting. I thought they look more wolf than ever a German Shepard

[@celesteredding1550]

​@Og-Judy 👍🏾they do but many ppl don't take time to know the physical difference

[@markloveless1001]

@@Og-Judy Wolves are hella bigger - skinny dude vs Schwartzenegger. German Shepard with ribs showing, more like.

[@prestonestes1388]

It could also be a coydog.

[@francesmeyer8478]

In Central Illinois we used a donkey to keep coyotes away from our cattle. Another farmer had one with his sheep.Donkeys are very territorial and protective.We stopped losing calves. Worked like a charm!

[@gl15col]

I've heard llamas work too.

[@Hollylivengood]

My dad's parents did that!

[@KNETTWERX]

A close friend I grew up with in Central NY is a horse farmer and trainer. She has a couple of donkeys to keep wolves away. For those a bit squeamish, I do not recommend looking up videos or pictures of donkey/coyote interactions.

[@davidkanengieter]

My brothers in law have donkeys in with their sheep. Amazing critter control.

[@LemonbreadSC]

I've seen a single donkey drive off 4 coyotes and 2 stray dogs who were all teamed up. I say seen, but it was more like heard...it was the loudest cacophony I ever heard around here. Donkeys don't mess around.

[@justanothergunnerd8128]

Coyotes trapped my cat in a window well. I went outside with a rifle to scare them off but they ran like hell as soon as the door opened slightly and made a small noise. I've seen very few things run that fast and be that scared of a human. It's surprising how fearful of humans they can be.

[@thejustlawofshamash]

I've had to run coyotes out of my campsite before, and usually they're a quarter mile away by the time I even get out of my tent. These days I don't even bother getting up, I just yell at them from inside the tent. A hearty "oh FUCK off!" does the trick.

[@missano3856]

They are scared shitless of people, especially in places that people shoot them.

[@TheGrinningViking]

They're a problem in California because of the gun laws, take your dog right off the leash if they get a chance. I wish we could just have sensible gun laws instead of "all guns are bad and the same" and "a breach loading rifle and a semi auto with a 50 bullet quick swap magazine are the same thing and neither should be restricted" but it is as it is.

[@jeffcauhape6880]

Coyotes are smart enough to recognize a bigger predator.

[@caffeinette]

The problems start when they're *not* fearful of humans. Keep 'em on their toe beans!

[@LizzyCat]

When I was in elementary school in Southern California a pack of coyotes had torn up someone’s cat all over the P.E. field. It was pretty horrific and the teachers kept us jogging around the field. 😂 They said, “It’s just the circle of life. Don’t touch anything.” 😅

[@Lemon-Bark]

Oh my 😅 Did the science teachers have anything to say or was it class as usual?

[@LizzyCat]

@@Lemon-Bark class as usual. I’m not sure what it’s like elsewhere, but in the science classes I took the students dissected worms, frogs, owl pellets, and squid. So I’m sure it was chatted about, but dissecting a cat was upper level classes. Definitely not for elementary classes. (And if this isn’t normal anymore- it was the 90s).

[@Lemon-Bark]

@LizzyCat Ah I was hoping they'd at least get a lesson out of all that trauma! I think I did miss the part about it being elementary school, dissections were more towards middle and highschool for my area

[@Scaryandtroublesome]

Yup! That’s exactly what it is. 😂 If folks don’t want their cats to be predated on, they should keep them indoors!

[@hallaloth3112]

@@Scaryandtroublesome While this is absolutely true. . .not sure we need to subject elementary children to that level of gore. That would scar me NOW as an adult, I would have been hysterical as a child.

[@markvoelker6620]

They prefer Acme products almost exclusively.

[@Daphne-tm5lg]

Haha

[@martinricardo4503]

Anvils are prized.

[@nellgwenn]

Such rare brand loyalty. Especially with Acme's wings that make them able to fly. I guess it's Acme's ability to deliver in extreme remote locations.

[@Mike-xi4zt]

Meep Meep🐦🔥

[@merylbonderow5993]

Team Ajax.

[@QuestionMan]

I am quite fond of their naughty propensity for dropping anvils, painting tunnel themed murals on mountainsides, and collecting exclamatory signage.

[@theresap3467]

" painting tunnel themed murals on mountainsides" 🤣🤣🤣

[@michaelabraham9177]

Sigh!!! Another gen x'er remembering the good ole days and Saturday morning hovering over the heat grate in the trailer park with a blanket in our underwear while watching cartoons lol.

[@lindahaas385]

😂😆😂😆😂😆😂

[@cousinwil5808]

We had a coyote pack that lived in my neighborhood in a busy touristy part San Francisco. I met them a few times, usually the night before garbage pickup. They’re beautiful and skittish creatures, as you noted. You’d see mom make her way down the street, look around, make a noise and then her cubs would follow a minute later. Was always fascinated by them.

[@schaddenkorp6977]

Most canine/canids are shy/cautious by nature. It doesn’t mean they remain this way all the time and usually they’re trying to figure out what it is they might be dealing with before deciding to do anything other than maintain distance. They see us with our two sets of forward facing eyes, they realize that this means we could be a predator species and would prefer to stay off its menu. When all we want is to give chin scratches and head pats.

[@hockeygrrlmuse]

I used to work at the Haight Whole Foods. When they closed the McDonalds across the street, one of the Buena Vista Park coyotes came down to feast on the rats (who were having a feast of their own). Largest canine I've ever seen. I was in complete awe. Glad I stayed so late at the store that day.

[@bl8388]

They love eating cats. They love eating squirrels. They love eating puppies. They love bunnies. They love leftover hot dogs in the trash can. They love lotta food.

[@SisterCasendra]

We used to have a lab-chow mix, 50-60 lbs of pure muscle covered in thick black fur. I caught a coyote contemplating her one time in the backyard, thinking about taking his chances. And there's our dog staring right back, slowly wagging her tail at it like she might make a new friend. Fortunately the coyote thought better of starting anything and ran off, because our girl outweighed him by a good margin and could hold her own. But I remember my dad going around to warn the neighbors with smaller pets or little kids - if the coyote was desperate enough to size up our dog, he might be sick.

[@eshea3621]

I disagree re the danger from coyote. As they get comfortable in urban environments then tend to get bolder. Friend visiting sister in L.A. walking her German Shepherd in the driveway found a coyote watching them & contemplating action. Also the bigger Eastern Coyote is actually a mix of Wolf and coyote and came to us from Canada and has slowly worked its way south for the last 40 years. Now in Central Park.

[@lynnbowers4722]

In San Diego, an outdoor cat is just a coyote meal waiting to happen. Coyotes live in all our urban and suburban canyons.

[@womanishthing1994]

Yep. They gotta eat 😂

[@ValleyOakPaper]

I saw a study from LA that found that 20% of coyote scat contained traces of house cat. One more reason to keep cats indoor-only.

[@wolffriendinus]

Same in Washington

[@Steampunkkids]

I’m from the Los Angeles area. We pronounce it coy-OH-tea here. My kids and I have been watching a family of coyotes grow from birth through young adult (that is how old they are now). My “ring” doorbell type camera picks up their activity outside of my front door. They are so cute and floofy!

[@suzz1776]

Crazy thing is that I haven't really heard or seen them lately, since the homeless moved into the canyons and SD river area. I wonder if they got scared off???

[@tthappyrock368]

In the tradition of "keep Portland weird," a young coyote boarded one of our light rail trains, curled up in one of the seats, and rode to the end of the line where it was escorted off. That's Portland, Oregon, where we have a deluge of rain nine months of the year and drought the other three.

[@ANPC-pi9vu]

What a well behaved passenger, more so than a lot of the humans in Portland these days. lol

[@TheFuriousScribbles]

For some reason, I thought that it left the train on its own. I could be misremembering though. I do recall two facts though-- It was the Red Line, and the Sleater-Kinney song Lightrail Coyote was a reference to the event.

[@FYMASMD]

Portland is being ruined by people like you moving here. It rains more in NYC.

[@racheljensen1823]

That's awesome The coyote part - not the drought part Greetings from Tacoma :)

[@geargeekpdx3566]

@@FYMASMD POrtland is not being ruined by anyone. There are just as many homeless here as in any red state city with the same population. Stop being a shill for lying fascists.

[@KonglomeratYT]

Me and my friend once stumbled into a group of 1 to 2 dozen coyotes. It was bizzare. it was at 3AM at an abandoned mine in a forest. We picked up rocks for weapons and had to find our way out in near complete darkness. Their loud yapping following us was surreal. I wrote the entire night down as a short story when I got home.

[@scarlettcerutti7930]

The yapping sounds of a pack is so eerie. Happens in our neighborhood from time to time when one catches dinner and lets the whole gang know. The sounds will bounce off the hill and literally wake me out of deep sleep. If it happens when I’m awake, it’s like turning a coyote volume knob from 1 to 100 in 30 seconds. So freaky… I can’t even imagine how scary it would be to have them be yelping AT ME! Ahhhhh

[@Roland1212]

0:34 They also try to make off with toddlers/small children too. Where my family used to live people had to watch over the preschoolers. Coyotes were sometimes spotted near by watching.

[@laurie7689]

Yeah, I read about some young children being attacked by coyotes at a playground in a Texas park. Ambulances were called for a couple of the attacks. In at least one attack, a father had to rescue his 4 year old girl from being drug off into the woods by a coyote.

[@Khvalheim10]

Coyote calls are eerie as hell. Especially in the dark, early hours of the morning.

[@steggopotamus]

And camping... Lordy it's so much worse then.

[@Nexalian_Gamer]

I live on the edge of town and I hear them almost every night. Shit is creepy as hell, especially when it's close

[@k-tz5jg]

That's because they are evil creatures from the supernatural world.

[@danbellows9529]

I'm a light sleeper. There are a bunch out in the field and the damn things wake me up ALL. The. Time. Grew up around them, so not so eerie...just annoying.

[@Khvalheim10]

@lows9529 I grew up in an area rife with them, too, son. Shit's still creepy when it comes out of nowhere in the middle of the night/early morning.

[@deanfirnatine7814]

Here on YT Timmy MC has a "pet" wild coyote named Weave that hangs out with his dog and cat and wild racoon that shows up for handouts. Weave showed up on his deck as a young pup starving and eating his cherry tomatoes right after his old dog died and he missed him so ended up taking care of Weave, a couple of years later Weave eats dog food and hot dogs, plays with his new dog and gets viciously ambushed by his new cat. Weave generally hangs out on the deck but does come inside especially when the wild coyote pack howls and scares her.

[@herbwitch5681]

Yahrr! I wondered if I would see Weave’s name come up! 😂

[@w.reidripley1968]

Seen the cat business on Tube: a) Weave _loves_ bouncing on the rumpus-room sofa. b) like many of the small to medium wild canines, Weave is hyper like a fennec. c) The cat loves to wrestle with Weave, and Weave vice versa --- they are absolutely having a blast!

[@thisistherevolt]

Timmy MC is a Disney Princess. Also, when his dog Duck got stolen so many people recognized him the people that stole him were yelled at and shamed by their church and family. Yarrrrrrrrrr

[@RoseNZieg]

I didn't hear that his dog was found.

[@thisistherevolt]

​@@RoseNZieg Yeah Duck has been back for a couple months now.

[@benny_lemon5123]

I knew a girl who was attacked by a coyote. The circumstances were super specific, so its absolutely not a common thing, even if its tecnically possible to occur. Basically, her family lived in a small town on a mountain range. Their back yard wasnt completely fenced, and opened out onto a hillside at the outer edge of town. They had a dog that was fed exclusively in the unfenced yard where he was kept on a line. One day, the girl was playing by herself in the yard (family dog was inside) when the coyote grabbed her by the head and dragged her out of the yard. She was rescued and survived with many stitches to the scalp, but was otherwise ok. Wildlife officers investigated and found that because the family dog was tethered and the fence incomplete, the coyote would enter the yard to steal the dog food, and on the fateful day the girl just happened to go outside when the coyote was already nosing around, looking for food. Its the only case ive ever heard of like it, and ive lived in coyote country my whole life.

[@skepticalmonkey7263]

I live in Texas near a big park. I see coyotes multiple times a month. I hear them frequently at night especially in the spring (maybe they mate then?). They are very smart. One trick that they are known for is having a single coyote bait a dog into chasing it only for that coyote to lead the dog back to its pack. Coyotes have been interbreeding with wolves and some larger domesticated dogs. I saw some stat about most of the eastern coyotes having at least some wolf blood (which apparently makes them larger and more aggressive). In 2022, a coyote mauled a 2 year-old human on a porch in Dallas - the child survived.

[@popuptarget7386]

I always enjoyed the story of the young lady who was driving across the desert. She spotted a "dog" on the side of the road and stopped to put it on her car. She gave it water and food then took a photo of course which she shared on social media, only to be told that the confused looking critter was a coyote.

[@michaelcogley3150]

I'm in South Dakota. I've had countless encounters with coyotes. They're extremely cautious of people. Many times I've been in the backcountry in the Black Hills or fishing on the Missouri River reservoirs and come evening it's a neat experience to have coyotes seemingly in all directions and very close start to sing. It amazes me how they can be so close making a racket and I can't see them. It never gets old.

[@morebirdsandroses]

I briefly lived in the desert near Salton Sea before it was quite wrecked. At night the coyotes sang; it was the call and response from different directions that was unsettling but you're right about it being pleasurable to hear otherwise. 😂

[@goma3088]

I live in suburban Colorado near a small park and some relatively open space where I see the occasional coyote and, less often, foxes. I probably hear the foxes more that I hear the coyotes but I know I have heard both. At night they are sometimes so loud that I still hear them through my sound cancelling headphone while listening to something else.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

Here in New England, we see packs with "coy-dogs" the offspring of stray/feral dogs and the coyote packs that adopt them. I've been told that the coy-dogs are more people-aggressive.

[@derpyeh9107]

They're not bothered by people in the slightest in suburban Colorado. They just look at you like "get tf off my prairie, you pest."

[@kenhoyer8601]

Not so afraid of people in the city.

[@paulableman2663]

I live across the street from a large feed corn field surrounded by hundreds of acres of forest. Large herds of whitetail deer and coyote packs are common sights. While the coyotes themselves aren't necessarily aggressive towards humans, the increasingly common coyote-dog hybrids are. They're the size of a large German shepherd, and are vicious. The residents of my street have come together multiple times to eradicate them when discovered.

[@stephenelberfeld8175]

In the east, the "eastern coyote" is actually a coy-wolf that hybridized in Quebec before spreading south to New England.

[@JohnSmith-gb5vg]

All coyotes have an ACME TNT carrier license. I think it’s issued after the first road runner encounter. 😊

[@TheresaPowers]

Some ranchers use llamas to protect their sheep from coyotes.

[@grmpEqweer]

Apparently donkeys are even better.

[@JuggoJuggo]

Most use donkeys or dogs.

[@SonoraSlinger]

Here in Arizona many ranchers keep donkeys for coyote defense. Donkeys hate dogs and will flatten an entire pack if they can.

[@grmpEqweer]

@@SonoraSlinger Can a few donkeys handle wolves? Just curious.

[@JuggoJuggo]

@@SonoraSlinger They are just about as funny, playful and affectionate as any pet if you want to socialize them.

[@Where_is_Waldo]

The bald eagle also ranges into Southern Alberta. Also, while the wolf is a predator of the coyote, it also sometimes hybridizes with coyotes. They can also hybridize with domestic dogs, someone I worked with knows a farmer who's retriever was bred by a coyote.

[@philiprowney]

8:32 - The Dog was looking very alarmed as if it had heard you.. 🤣

[@josiasherrera8664]

Interesting about the origins of the word Coyote is that it is of Native origin. Coming from the Nahuatl word Coyotl. Coyotl became Coyote through Mexican Spanish. The original English/American common name was prairie wolf or brush wolf. Once the Americans came into contact with Mexican ranchers they adopted Coyote.

[@vailpcs4040]

I've heard Koy-yoh-tay pronunciation from Apache, Navajo and Pascua Yaqui people I've worked with but I have no idea if that was for my benefit or not.

[@billolsen4360]

In New Mexico, many older houses have Coyote Fences, which usually surround the back yard and are built out of rows of pine tree trunks lashed together, all between 9-10 feet tall that are sharpened to a fine point at the top.

[@absalomdraconis]

​@@vailpcs4040 : Probably for their own benefit as much as yours. The Apache (I think there's at least 3?) and Comanche languages aren't particularly related if I understand correctly (apparently Apache is related to Aztec, and Comanche to Shoshone, so that's a pretty wide geographical divide), so using English with each other will usually be easier than learning each other's languages.

[@naughtiusmaximus1811]

Beagles '24!!!🐶🇺🇸

[@MSinistrari]

We still laugh over when I first moved from Chicago to New Mexico and met my first wild coyote. We were having a particularly bad drought at the time and the news was warning that coyotes were coming down from the mountain into the city. I was walking some pizza boxes out to the dumpster and saw what I still swear to this day, looked like a really skinny dog. I baby talked to it and threw it some pizza crusts while it stood there looking around like it was expecting a hidden camera stunt. I threw out the boxes and on my way back to my apartment, my neighbor informed me that 'we don't feed coyotes'. I couldn't believe it was a coyote, but it was. I kept expecting over the next few days to have a pack of coyotes show up wearing signs stating 'Not a coyote, Am a skinny dog, feed me'.

[@cogforreal5952]

There’s coyotes in Chicago but they are used to urban life

[@barbie3sunset]

😂🤣😂🤣 That coyote was wondering what you were doing.

[@cycleboy8028]

LOL city folk. Yeah, rule #1 with wildlife, if you feed them, they will come. And next is knocking over your garbage cans cuz you proved to them that you put eats in there.

[@slc1161]

The one time I remember my therapy dog Maggie, a blu heeler, outside on her lead so she could go potty before coming in for bed. She normally was off leash but would chase skunks at night so I had to leash her. I heard the strangest growl noise come out of her. I ran to the door and saw her posturing and making noise because a coyote was walking right down the middle of the street. She was protecting the home.

[@kevinbyrne4538]

In August 2022 I was sitting in the back yard of an acquaintance who resides in central Massachusetts. We were chatting when a coyote strolled through the yard. He was about 20 feet from us and he was a big healthy fellow. What really impressed me was that he didn't even deign to turn his head and acknowledge our existence. He was so accustomed to humans -- and regarded them as such a trivial threat -- that he ignored us completely. For our sake I would prefer that coyotes demonstrate at least a little shyness around us humans.

[@kathywiseley4382]

I live in Central Illinois. A few years ago, I was out at night with my husky when I saw a pair of eyes glowing in the distance. So I went back in the house and got a flashlight. Shined it that direction and sure enough, there was a coyote. The thing was - with the size of my husky - and me being out there - neither one of us actually scared him off. He just stood there and watched us for a while. Then he trotted on down the line in the direction he had been heading to begin with. They are getting just a little too comfortable with us.

[@craigsurette3438]

That lack of fear of humans probably means you met a Coy-dog. When they interbreed with dogs, the get bigger, and they often loose their fear of humans, making a very bad combination.

[@rachel4483]

I hear you. While living in north central mass around that time one came after my children in our yard in broad daylight. Mass coy-wolves/coydogs are BAD.

[@seanlanglois8620]

I'm in Massachusetts a few miles from Boston and I saw a Wolf it could have been a coyote but this thing was larger then my buddies St Bernard

[@userequaltoNull]

​@@seanlanglois8620 Almost certainly not a wolf, its much too built up over there. Although, there are black bears living on reservoir land west of Worcester, so who knows?

[@brkaz5864]

Arizona native. We live in coyote territory and they are part of our culture. They appear, real and artistically, everywhere. We love them and embrace them metaphorically. Sitting on the porch listening to their howling is a lullaby to our ears. We take our daily walks in their company. We grow up knowing how to live with them and they allow us to exist around them. The only problems that arise are with individuals that move into our cities and do not know how to live or interact with them. We love our coyotes and above all else respect them.

[@lcvb1624]

😂 Only God can fix brain damage.😉👍

[@aaronbosen6743]

So you're going on public record you've never seen one or visited Arizona. Arizona literally has a paid bounty program to wipe them out kid.

[@Reyairia]

One thing to keep in mind is that East coast coyotes are actually wolf hybrids, so they're a lot bigger and more social, making them more dangerous

[@lilolmecj]

Next up…the Roadrunner! They are actual birds, tough little critters, they eat snakes! They are common in the Southwest, really interesting birds. I grew up in TX and Oklahoma, we went with the “oat” sounding end of coyote.

[@janharris8672]

I can attest to this. When I lived in Oklahoma, I called them "ki-yotes". After I moved to Arizona, I had to start calling them "ki-YO-ties" so people wouldn't look at me funny. I think your earlier pronunciation map is reversed. But it's the only mistake I've found in your videos.

[@markrenfrow9873]

Rural west Kentuckian here. Lost a Jack Russel terrier to coyote's about 9 years ago. Our Russel was big of heart and small of brain, and took the fight to them. His throat was punctured and he made it home, slowly drowning in his own blood. Vet ended the suffering. I still have hard feelings for coyotes.

[@mlebrooks]

I’m so sorry

[@justaride1366]

When I was a young teenager, the coyotes got my dachshund. He was a scrapper, and probably challenged the coyote. We found his collar. Life on a farm is not always idyllic...

[@DonnaBarrHerself]

Well, they're the Natives, and we invasive pest species take their food and homes. They gotta eat something.

[@wizardsuth]

@@DonnaBarrHerself They're not indigenous to my area, but I've seen a few around, and found their tracks in the snow.

[@SpeakerWiggin49]

You're terrier could have easily been bitten on the neck by another dog, or even have it's spine broken by a deer. Just because it was a coyote doesn't mean the situation your dog found itself in was anything other than bad luck.

[@bushcraftbasics2036]

Some guy kept adopting cats from the local shelter for his daughter but would allow them out at night. Well the local coyotes would get the cat and he would go back and get a new cat. The shelter staff saw him coming back and asked why. He told them what happened and how he wanted a new cat for his little girl and the staff member said something like "it sounds more like you are feeding the coyotes"

[@Wolfie54545]

This was a twitter post I think.

[@bushcraftbasics2036]

@@Wolfie54545 I am sure it made its rounds, I heard it years ago (before Twitter) from my father. He would have heard it from someone else, who also likely heard it from someone else. I do get a kick out of seeing "new" stories and jokes on social media I remember hearing growing up in the 70's and 80's.

[@aquachonk]

@@bushcraftbasics2036 Try this: Replace every mention of a cat with the words "cute little puppy" and see how the joke lands. Oh, you mean it's not funny when a cute little puppy has its tail set on fire by idiots and it runs across a yard burning and crying, a cute little puppy is run over by a golf cart by drunken teenagers, or a cute little puppy is torn apart by coyotes, terrified and screaming in pain? Maybe it's not funny, then.

[@ericweston7353]

​@@aquachonk Nah, it's still funny

[@angrytheclown801]

​@@aquachonkIs your real name TNT? Because you sure love blowing everything out of proportion.

[@Itried20takennames]

I live near a small woodland park surrounded by very dense suburbia, and a significant coyote pack lives there. They wake us up at 2 am with their weird laughing, howling cries to draw the pack together. You generally only get a few glimpses of them at dusk or dawn, but some will come close to houses.

[@ladywisewolf3942]

Southern Californian here and I've lived around coyotes all my life and just love them. I live now at the base of the San Bernardino mountains and there are so many coyotes here that the near by college has them for a mascot and there are several streets that bare their name. I love hearing there yapping and howling echoing in the nearby canyon at night. There is a generational pack that lives in my neighborhood and I love seeing them silently glide by a few yards from me late at night sometimes when I'm taking out the trash, and always the alpha male will stop for a few seconds to acknowledge me before catching up to his pack. I always feel so privileged when this happeneds. By the way coyote's main source of food are rodents, so they provide a valuable service in keeping them under control. 😉

[@D35p3r4d0]

I grew up in Northern California. We had Coyotes, Cougars (The Cat and the Woman), Wild Turkeys, and Rattlesnakes (Rattlers, we generally called them in my household). Although they did avoid humans in my area, local stray cats were definitely on the menu. I still recall the Cat Massacre of '03 when we woke up to find our yard had been the scene of a brutal battle between the twenty-or-so strays of the area and a pack of Coyotes whom usually hunted across the tracks. The Coyotes won.

[@nneichan9353]

the turkeys are darn scary if they get worked up, and LARGE, too.

[@littlebitofhope1489]

So Cal here. We lived in an area with all that, except replace the Turkeys with Bobcats.

[@80sGamerLady]

Yeah I live in Florida and I don't understand how people let their small dogs outside without leashes just to let them wander or their cats be outdoor cats. So stupid. Their lives are shortened so significantly compared to them being indoor pets.

[@80sGamerLady]

Or just being a round their small dogs while they use the restroom and not let them wander the front yard.

[@westzed23]

Great scene to wake up to. Famous Battle of No Cal!

[@dakotatodd5168]

As an American who grew up in Massachusetts I can actually say that coyotes have become more abundant in residential areas in recent years than from when I was a kid they have always been there just not as frequently as we do now

[@LindaC616]

We had 57 on the island 20 yrs ago. Now it's.up to 100

[@dakotatodd5168]

Exactly my point they have always been there but they have become more abundant in recent years in the case of my hometown in Massachusetts over development of wooded land is taking away there habitat forcing them onto the streets of town

[@TanyaQueen182]

Grew up in Woburn, MA. We had a coyote run through our backyard while we had about 15 people there for a BBQ. Was crazy.

[@wren7195]

I live in Southeastern Ohio. When I was a little girl, EVERY bus ride to school we'd see several bunnies, groundhogs out doing their things. Many possum and often raccoon and skunk roadkills. Saw my first live coyote in daytime in 99, and then only saw two over fifteen years, now the last two years I've seen seven roadkill coyotes. What I've noticed most though (live in Ohio, was raised in the mountains of east Tennessee by my fur trapper grandpa... no I kinda wish it was a joke, but I learned) is that now, there are no rabbits, I've seen one groundhog in six years, only two possum roadkills in five years (they'll take to the trees but they're scavengers, so when looking for food on the ground they're very vulnerable and NOT FAST...), mostly the roadkills now are skunk and young raccoons. Our groundbirds like kildere and pipers are mostly gone too, but I'm sure they've just moved for obvious reasons. Foxes and hawks will track and hunt voles, field mice, rats, all prey coyotes typically rely on also. What we're seeing now are actual "packs" of possible coy-wolves, or at least adaptive behavior, because there's more of them and they're going (successfully) after larger prey. Not that a coyote couldn't kill any of the above animals easily... but that without a partner, that kill isn't guaranteed. Working together for such prey also obviously requires more of it, too. Be safe guys, keep your little critters in doors. Our DNR here is *FINALLY* recommending folk keep an eye on their smaller pets and even children, *sighs putting away her frying pan she's been hitting for six years* damn arthritis.

[@Svensk7119]

The coyote never crossed the Mississippi. Until we built bridges, and all but destroyed the American gray wolf.

[@scarlettcerutti7930]

I live in east San Diego county and growing up, all of our chickens had been eaten by coyotes. Even though we tried techniques to keep them safe. And worst of all, our chihuahua mix was unfortunately attacked in our own backyard at about 8pm by a coyote. Our dog had just went through the doggy door to go potty outside and within seconds, the coyote jumped our 6ft fence and grabbed hold of him. We heard the yelps and ran outside clapping and yelling and scared the coyote off. Our dog survived but had insanely deep and, almost clean cut, punctures caused by the coyotes bite. We learned our lesson and do not allow our dogs out by themselves into our fenced backyard, unless it’s total daylight. From time to time on our street, late at night, a coyote will catch its prey and howl/yelp out and before you know it, there’s what sounds to be 10-15 coyotes all joining in. It’s an eerie sound to experience. And I’ve commented before on the channel about black widows, they are very much alive and prevalent here in Southern California. Being born and raised here, you learn to inspect for black widows before playing with things outside (like those little ride in kid cars and houses) and anything in a shed or garage. Animals to keep an eye out for here, in my personal order of scariness are; 1. Coyotes (if you have something that can be eaten by one) 2. Black widows (also tied with brown recluse spiders) 3. Rattle snakes 4. Mountain lions

[@Evil_Chronic]

I live in an area with a lot of wild life. And about 10 years ago, my neighbor accross the street lost their dog to a coyote. It was a yorkie, and they let it out in the rod-iron fenced yard to go potty in the morning. I was in my garage cleaning up tools, when I heard a dog screaming like crazy. I ran outside, and I see a coyote with his head through the fence pulling the yorkie through the bars. It then ran away with the dog once I came running out shouting at it. So sad, but thats nature.

[@venturefanatic9262]

Coyotes are very very opportunistic. They will take anything they think they can. Wolves are for more manageable.

[@westzed23]

Yes, coyotes can adapt well to living in cities.

[@kbm2055]

Yes wolves live in packs and generally require a large amount of prey. Coyotes are individualistic and can adjust to about any situation.

[@christineperez7562]

If you are looking at them they will not.

[@christineperez7562]

Put food out and they won't bother you or your animals. They run away from bobcats

[@dogf421]

wolves are much less annoying, you dont wanna be caught in the wrong place at the wrong time by a wolf pack because they will actually try to kill you and can succeed but most of the time they are pretty chill from what i know

[@tsbrownie]

I can verify that coyotes do not make good household pets. My sister/BIL adopted a "puppy" from a shelter. It was OK until it hit maturity, then it was totally uncontrollable/trainable. She (coyote) had a strong nesting instinct and turned stuffed furniture into nests. She ate a whole chicken my sister left to cool, including most of the bones. She ate a whole loaf of bread, which they did not figure out until the plastic bag/closure tab was excreted from the tail end of the "dog." My sister refused to believe it was a coyote, until I read from her encyclopedias (yes, this was a while ago) the description of a coyote, which word by word exactly fit her "dog." They gave her back to the shelter.

[@Mokiefraggle]

Yeah, coyotes are definitely not good pets. I worked as a volunteer at a wildlife rescue/rehab clinic, and we had a coyote who was a non-releasable as a result of a human taking her as a pup in hopes of making her into a pet. When she started showing her wild instincts, particularly getting super aggressive when she came into heat and generally being uncontrollable, the people who "owned" her chained her in the back yard. She had all the instincts but none of the socialization or skills needed to survive in the wild, hence why she was part of our non-releasable collection, so you had to be _incredibly_ careful and observant of her behavior if you were going into her enclosure. You never knew if she was going to suddenly go from shy and stand-offish to aggressive, especially when she was in heat. The only person who could really go around her casually then was our clinic director, because she associated him as something like her pack leader, though that had its own inherent problems as well.

[@gw2955]

I live in a forest in the country, and I LOVE to hear coyotes howling and yipping in the night. I don't own chickens or other livestock, but coyotes are often around my property. They are usually big scardy cats. If I turn my outside lights on, they run away. If I clap my hands they run away. So this is one American who doesn't mind coyotes at all.

[@grotemuis4889]

I love listening to the coyotes singing at night. And the yip-yapping between different family groups. They are shy but very smart. A family member once watched from his tractor how two coyotes (Kai-OTES) were sneaking up on the farm dog, one from the left, the other from the right. The dog was oblivious until the very last moment and then he ran for his life! He made it safely back to the tractor but it was close.

[@marlenafreeman2745]

Georgia here. We call them " ky-odies".. as a teenager I would walk my 100lb rottweiler at night with nothing to worry about.. until the night on a desolate dirt road my dog ran behind me and whimpered. I was frozen with fear! I stood very still and quiet,wondering what would upset my huge friend, until I saw the mother coyote and her 2 pups cross the path in front of us... Somehow he knew not to get involved.

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

Smart dog!

[@oldnumber5866]

I remember as a kid there was a bounty on coyotes. In the evenings you could hear them howling. It was an unwritten rule that if you saw one and you had a gun, you were required to shoot it.

[@Razor-gx2dq]

Some people still do that especially out in the sticks

[@SadisticSenpai61]

I think studies have shown that hunting them actually leads to them breeding more than they would otherwise. Ofc where I live, they're not really much of a problem. They're the largest predator around, but there's so much prey for them (rodents and other small animals), that they prefer to hunt solo. It's kinda rare for them to hunt in a group, although it's definitely not unknown for them to take down deer in particularly cold years. The only (regular) predator of deer around here is humans. And frankly, our DNR should probably extend the hunting season and issue more deer tags. It's not as bad as it was back in the 50s, but the deer population is still much bigger than it reasonably should be.

[@oldnumber5866]

@@SadisticSenpai61 I normally hunt nowadays on my daughter’s land. Use to be a lot of elk and deer there but now wolves are moving in. My son-in-law says they’re up by Hangman’s Creek now and deer, elk, and coyotes just aren’t seen much anymore.

[@whatabouttheearth]

They tried to kill off the wolf and they almost did... they tried to do the same to the Coyote and the Coyotes range and population expanded greatly. The clever trickster of the Americas ain't nothing to fuck with

[@Mehwhatevr]

I like this channel. Finally a British comedian laughing with us instead of at us. :D

[@peterfconley]

Coyotes are wickedly clever creatures. We have them where I grew up and a neighbor said one faked an injury to try to trick his dog into following right into an ambush. They would hunt turkeys on a golf course I worked at. Fascinating beasts!

[@tricitymorte1]

Speaking of coyotes as pets, this channel has probably the best example of the closest you can get to have one as a pet: Timmy mc. For a while, he had just the coyote that he rescued, he named her Weave. Then, he also had a raccoon friend he named Johnny Ringtail, who has sort of disappeared now. Then he got his dog, Duck Holliday, then a cat, and now another dog, that he's introducing to Weave. They all get along so well. Weave has a couple dens near the house, so she very much feels safe with him nearby.

[@minagelina]

I love his channel! He's from southern Illinois a few hours from me.

[@simonesmit6708]

​@@minagelinaditto

[@rekkariley652]

Cat’s name is Howie (“Howie Dewitt”) and the new dog is Schteeve.

[@katieme7165]

In a town in Massachusetts, actually close to Boston we have huge blond coyotes! They are beautiful , and cause no harm. The reason they cause now harm is because in my town, chicken and pet owners are smart enough to take precaustions

[@butterbeanqueen8148]

I watched Weave being brushed. 😂

[@internet_introvert]

When I lived in my old house, when you heard an amulace with it's siren on go flying by on the nearby highway after it started getting dark, you could hear the pack of coyotes living in the woods out back freaking out and yelling back at it in the same tone. It was amusing at first.

[@AlyKatKitty]

My German shepherd used to do that, as well.

[@cbpd89]

The first time I heard coyotes (a pack liked to congregate in the parking lot of my apartment) I thought it was a bunch of young girls heading out for spring break or something. The "wooooooo" had such a human quality to it. Then a bunch more joined in and no other human sounds followed, so I figured it out. 🤣

[@strawman6085]

Ahhh, nothing like the sound of young women full of hormones and howling at the moon.

[@mrychards6682]

The coyotes near me hang out along the railroad tracks. Their yipping starts when an approaching train is getting closer.

[@lochnessmonster5149]

Temecula,California has coyotes the size of whitetail deer.

[@murraystewartj]

As a teen in the 70s in rural southern BC, orchard country, I remember a summer when neighbours a ways over had grandkids and their cat visit for a few weeks. City folks, all, and they didn't realize what all that yipping at night on the hills behind us meant so the grandkids' cat was allowed to roam in the sweet, safe country. After a few days, as I rode my bike past their driveway I saw a hand lettered "lost cat" sign on a power pole with a description of said cat, a reward offer and a phone number. Me, being the cheeky 14 year-old I was, made my own sign and tacked it under the original. It read something to the effect of, "Cat found, it was delicious, for more information contact the coyotes who live up the hill. PS, when are you going to let the next one out, as we're planning on company next week." Both signs were gone day later. Sorry kiddos, it's the circle of life.

[@essaboselin5252]

I remember as a kid in the 70s there were reports of coyotes in our area. The local wildlife folks dismissed the sighting, saying there were no coyotes anywhere near us. About a week later, the local paper ran a collection of photographs people sent in. They were coyotes.

[@user-jn9gv9ve6e]

they said the same thing about mountain lions in the u.p. of michigan. until some were hit by cars.

[@sapphossmalldog228]

Same in Massachusetts. They said there were no big cats in Massachusetts. Then a bobcat showed up hit by a car on a university campus. Whoops. ​@@user-jn9gv9ve6e

[@elonever.2.071]

The same with mountain lions in New York State. The DEC and rangers say there aren't any and I have seen their tracks in the dust of an old cement plant I use to ride my quad in.

[@absalomdraconis]

​@@elonever.2.071 : Try setting up a game camera, you might get some nice shots.

[@hollyheikkinen4698]

​@@user-jn9gv9ve6eMinnesota DNR has had the same answer that cougars aren't in the state for decades - but lots of people have seen them here in Northeastern Minnesota on the Iron Range (me included). They used to always say that the person who saw one misidentified them & it was a bobcat instead. Umm, there's quite a difference between the two felines. In recent years, they admit that there have been sightings - but that it's a lone one or a couple males that roam a large multi state area & that we don't have any breeding pairs. Who knows how accurate the state's official answers are.

[@Mountlougallops]

I love coyotes but their mating howls can be bloodcurdling.

[@SodaMehPop]

Their howling isn't always for mating necessarily, it's often a sort of "roll call" which is used to measure their numbers. If a lower percentage than expected number of coyotes respond to the howling then the females will actually produce more pups during pregnancy. It's one of the reasons they're so populous. And annoying🎉

[@littlebitofhope1489]

In addition to what Soda says, they can also do that when they make a kill. That is actually more likely what you are hearing.

[@BrianRRenfro]

The howling is a lot more loving if you take em to dinner and buy em a few drinks first.

[@user-jn9gv9ve6e]

i love their howls which start as the sun goes down into the night. they are very smart. while bow hunting, sitting in a stand in michigan you see them. as soon as they see you they head the other way. and yes if you have cats or small dogs don't leave them unattended.

[@SodaMehPop]

@@BrianRRenfro 😆

[@glenmacnicol7825]

Florida: Covid lockdown. I'm standing in my driveway in small town America. It's a beautiful night, soft breeze. I can smell orange blossoms miles away. Then I heard a sound, a huffing sound, rhythmic and coming closer. I quickly check my perimeter, trying to determine where the threat is coming from. I turn back to the street and there's a Chihuahua at top speed and a pretty darn fast coyote a few yards behind. It was a tight race, but my money was on the Chihuahua. I knew him. He only understood Spanish, he often tried to block passing cars, he could climb a chain link fence and he was called Diablo. I saw him after that night, making a fuss out in front of my house as a car tried to get by. Tough Little Bastard.

[@robertabarnhart6240]

The best way to protect your pets from coyotes and other predators is to keep them inside. Unfortunately my cat disagrees, and she frequently runs out of the house when I open the door. Fortunately, she's got super sharp claws, and anything she can't outfight she can outrun.

[@kedeglow2743]

We live in a very rural area of Missouri. On our small acreage we've seen many coyotes, bald eagles, a black bear and her cubs, and one time we even saw a pair of wolves passing through our northern pasture. We've also had cougar tracks in our garden, and I've heard them scream on numerous occasions. We've lost barn cats to coyotes, and chickens to foxes, raccoons, and possums (probably known as opossums across the pond). Fortunately our dogs are too big to be bothered by coyotes.

[@aff77141]

terribly tragic that your animals were dragged into natures order, but I hope you don't hold it against all those amazing creatures and keep an appropriate awe for them, blessing and a curse that they're not too afraid of your land

[@superman9772]

yep... i live in mid mo north of the river... coyotes every night...

[@TiredMomma]

Last year we had an unidentified creature, and we only saw its color of fur and its rough size as it darted toward the trees. It was kinda a darkish brown color, short stubby legs, short neck, flat long tail but the height of a large dog and just shorter than a white tail deer. This was like late fall last year. Haven't seen it since.

[@westzed23]

You might need to get a Guardian Herd Dog if you keep losing livestock.

[@TiredMomma]

A mountain lion or bob cat gifted us some raw partially digested meat on a deck of a place we used to live at. I could tell there was rabbit fur, dead mice and owl parts. The amount would've been too much for a bob cat to hold in its stomach, so not sure which, but there was a reported sighting of a mountain lion just a few months prior, and I know I heard one when I was in the woods but thankfully at the edge, so we ran to go back inside. Mind you, we had an acre of backyard space still to run up and it sounded like the mountain lion was close 😬

[@sandywatts2078]

We currently have a fairly large pack of coyotes around our housing development here in Southwestern Arizona. We ( neighbors) all notify each other if we see them but usually we hear the pack “talking” to each other before we’ll see them. As many here have small dogs we all go outside with them. You must remember if the coyotes are hungry and hunting in a pack a large dog is at risk too. Go out with your dog no matter what size he or she may be. The coyote standing in front of your dog is not the one you need to worry about so much as the 2 or 3 on the sides in the shadows

[@jayerscios]

Yep, I live in a complex where they have signs that say Beware of the coyotes. It's like our own little ecosystem. There have been several small dogs who have been taken. You're right. You have to be aware that there is more than one. The first one is to distract. The others are to take the pet dog. Especially if they're off leash.

[@SadisticSenpai61]

Interesting. Ofc coyotes rarely hunt in packs where I live (Northern Midwest). They typically hunt solo and go after rodents and small animals for the most part (which does include cats). The vast majority of dogs are pretty safe from coyotes around here. Especially the ones that bark a lot - barking tends to get humans coming to see what's going on, after all. Occasionally, they'll group up and take down a deer. But that's usually only in winter when food is scarce. They will definitely scavenge any dead animal if given the chance. And they will happily break into a chicken coup if they can (but so will a ton of other predators which will probably get there before the coyotes).

[@ANPC-pi9vu]

You are exaggerating. They don't go after large dogs. Large dogs do go after them to guard property or livestock, however, understandably so... but coyotes do not see large dogs as prey. They also only hunt in packs if they are desperate due to depletion of smaller prey in an area.

[@TheAttacker732]

Generally, they scatter after buckshot, er... *Scatters* the first one.

[@patricklee5239]

When I lived in Oakville, Ontario, I once had a coyote pass by 30 feet away from me while I was out riding my bike. I had to do a double take as I initially mistook it for a loose dog. There were plenty of wooded areas around there, and coyotes were quite common. I even had a friend tell me that sometimes at night they could hear coyote packs hunting dear in the ravine near their house. Apparently coyotes aren't as good at killing deer as wolves, so it takes longer and is... louder.

[@WildWestRosie]

I lived in Arizona, and we'd often hear the coyotes on the prowl. My cats would look alarmed for a second, then go back to sleep. When I got chickens, until I sealed up all the access holes, the local coyotes, owls, skunks, and bob cats, thought that I ran a mighty fine chicken buffet!

[@cbpd89]

I lived many years in southern Arizona where none of the wildlife seems to care that we're there at all. Just walking around my neighborhood you could see rattlesnakes, every lizard, rabbits, roadrunners, owls, vultures, falcons, javalinas, and coyotes. Every once in a while even a cougar might come down from the mountains and wander the suburbs after dark. So even during pleasant winter weather people don't often leave their pets outside 😁 I watched a coyote chase a rabbit once, but to my everlasting sadness I never saw a coyote chasing a roadrunner.

[@zammyb4535]

Yes to all of this! I’m a Tucson native and still live here. We just cohabitate with our wildlife and inform others who transplant here.😉

[@libbylandscape3560]

Beep beep!😂

[@erakfishfishfish]

I’m in SoCal and the coyotes here stroll the sidewalks in the mornings like they’re just another pedestrian. I quickly learned if you leave them alone, they leave you alone.

[@miriamrobarts]

Arizona also has scorpions in the suburbs. (But you can hire exterminators.)

[@jenniferpanther2979]

​@@zammyb4535Yep, not native, but have been here ten years. Just this past Friday I picked up my dachshund while on a walk and waited for two coyotes to meander their way down the sidewalk and back into the wash. Had to wait for one to stop and have a poop. 😂

[@peterkoester7358]

While living in Massachusetts in 2010 I was attending a summer party at a friend's home not far north of Boston. As we were all sitting in the back yard drinking and conversing, a coyote stepped out of the bushes on one side about 50 feet away, proceeded to the middle of the yard, paused to look at all of us as we stared back, then continued on through the bushes on the other side of the yard. Wasn't my first or last coyote encounter living in New England, but perhaps the most memorable.

[@MattMangels]

I saw a couple of them casually strolling through Golden Gate Park the other night.

[@wilclark2562]

Growing up in the Midwest I used to hear packs of 30+ coyotes yowling and barking into the night. At times they actually just sounded like small dogs just learning to speak for the first time.

[@CobraDBlade]

I grew up mostly in the rural midwest. Coyotes, and thus a need for a good "varmint rifle" were a fact of life.

[@GeseppiOoodblast]

I'm from rural Ohio and yeah you're right. My 10/22 scared off a lot of them during my childhood never needed to actually shoot them though. They know what a gun sounds like and does. Raccoons however were not as lucky. Entire flocks of chickens were lost to raccoons

[@patmanchester8045]

I used to live in a close in suburb of Madison Wi. there was a coyote who kept coming in to "play" with a young ( but full sized) female lab; about 1 3/4 bigger than the coyote. What he was really doing was trying to lure her out to his pack ( they used to be relatively solitary, but more food has made them live in lose family groups) He wanted to have her for a family dinner.Coyotes ,wolves ( yes, I know their track from a big dog and I followed them in the snow) eagles and great horned owls would swoop in and take cats and dogs up to 20 lbs. I did NOT take any risk with my 30 pound dog. I could see the eagles come down from riding the currents to check him out and after sizing him up, they would go back up higher in the sky.

[@LindaC616]

I live in Rhode Island and I have heard similar stories here. I used to live in madison! I still miss some things about that City but not the snow

[@patmanchester8045]

@@LindaC616 I now live in North East Wi. Every day I turn to the west and bow to Madison. I really miss it.

[@LindaC616]

@@patmanchester8045 A few years ago a friend that I had met there in grad school lost her husband, so I went to visit her. We drove down from Minneapolis for the weekend for old times' sake; it has changed quite a bit. It was good for me to go because I had for many years been pining over the life that I had there and it made me realize that it's not the same now as it was. Many of the unique restaurants on State street are gone and there are mostly chain restaurants. I'm sure housing is expensive, and as we walked to dinner one night, we had cops running up-and-down the street with a dog searching for someone. And they went into the alley with their guns drawn. That would not have happened in the days I was there.

[@johnsmith-js9nv]

I live in Madison too. SW suburbs. I have game cam pics of three coyotes and later seven deer in the same night. In the previous year I have personally taken iPad photos of an eleven point buck and some of his harem in my back yard. I can’t describe how much I wanted to get the crossbow and harvest him. I live in the ‘burbs with some light woods nearby. Wildlife is EVERYWHERE.

[@seameology]

I'm in northern Minnesota. My sister lives on a swampish lake that eagles like to nest. Every time I bring my dog there, they swoop down to look. She's too big. I saw one try to fly away with a roadkill fawn. The fawn was too heavy to fly with. I wish I had a photo.

[@ponyxaviors4491]

In my childhood, there was a coyote that lived in a nearby wood for a time. I loved hearing its howl at night, which also both fascinated and alarmed my Siberian Husky.

[@Avi_Z.]

I listen to them howling at night. There is something comforting about it.

[@nhansen197]

When it comes to Coyotes hunting pets, there have been plenty of attacks in broad daylight.

[@LindaC616]

2 last week by a rabid one here, and last year, a child on a Cape Cod beach

[@LindaC616]

And another one two weeks from its owner's yard, when it was on a leash

[@christineperez7562]

Most coyotes won't hurt your pets. They run away easily as long as they don't have rabies or their babies are nearby. Coyotes are sweet animals.

[@TheGrinningViking]

Coyotes are social animals. That means if they like you, and they shouldn't because that means you or someone else approached them and got them used to humans, they are sweet animals. But they kill pets and attack small children. If they know you it won't be your pet or small child, they smell like you, but your neighbors would be correct to be angry with you if you had been friendly with the coyotes that decided to kill fluffy and maul their two year old.

[@LindaC616]

@TheGrinningViking That is the big problem that we run into where I live. People are putting out cat food for stray cats or skunks or raccoons. But they don't realize that it's also attracting the coyotes and when there is a good food supply (and we also have lots of restaurants here because of tourism), then that means they will have more pups. When food is scarce, fewer pups are born.

[@danhollifield]

Here in Georgia, the first time I saw a coyote was on the University of Georgia campus when one jumped out of a dumpster and ran off into the night as I pulled into a dormitory parking lot to drop off a friend after a party. This would have been in 1976-77 or so. Having grown up on a farm about 25 miles from downtown Athens GA, I had seen foxes and deer roaming around, as well as heard coyotes howling at night. I now live within 3 miles of the family farm, in a spot where the woods are just 20 meters or so from the back door of my house. There are coyotes in the woods, as well as foxes, bear, deer, wild boar, pheasant, quail, dozens of species of snakes--including 3 of the 4 venomous species in the US, feral dogs, feral cats, and it wouldn't surprise me to find out there were cougars too--although they would have to be very rare because the area has too many housing developments scattered about for the comfort of big cats. One night, our dogs were barking up a storm--interesting turn of phrase, that--so I grabbed a headlamp and a pistol and went outside of our backyard chain-link fence to see if I could spot whatever the dogs had heard. I got to the edge of the woods, switched the headlamp to its red lightbulb, and spotted a small pack of coyotes about 20 meters deeper into the woods. The wind was in my face, so they hadn't scented me yet, and I stood quietly observing them for a moment or two. I counted 8 of them, their eyes reflecting the dim light from my headlamp, before the wind changed direction and they caught my scent. Their heads turned towards me, then they bolted off into the night, not wanting to be anywhere near a human. I stood still, listening to them running away across the leaf-strewn forest floor, until the night was quiet once more. Then I turned and walked back to my house.

[@pinchebruha405]

You’re a writer ❤😊

[@danhollifield]

@@pinchebruha405, indeed, I am. I've a pair of books out, short stories in three anthologies, another pair of books at my publisher awaiting editing and formatting, and about five unfinished books on the back burner. I'm also a composer with nine albums on Bandcamp, a painter with a few works in private galleries, and I run a creative writing website that's been online for 27 years. I don't normally mention all that in comments on someone else's channel, though. You simply caught me out, LOL!

[@Scruffi]

Interesting - I spent (misspent?) a lot of time in Athens in the 90s and I don't recall ever running into Coyotes there. Maybe they had gotten shyer by then because of the increasing population? Weirdly, later when I moved to LA, I saw them regularly in the Hollywood neighborhoods. Also, Go Dawgs :)

[@danhollifield]

@@Scruffi, that would make perfect sense. More people in an area means more danger for a coyote. Even the ones who have adjusted to surviving in urban settings might judge when an area has gotten too built up, and move into quieter, less people-y areas.

[@AndrewAMartin]

​@@danhollifield The modern Eastern Coyote has changed, genetically, due to interbreeding with dogs and wolves, and become less afraid of humans. They're bigger than their Western cousins, and less pack oriented. There are occasional reports of them in neighborhoods here in Harrisburg PA, and I saw one awhile back running across the road (ironically, just a mile or so from the headquarters of the PA Game Commission) on the north side of town.

[@Madcapredcap]

“You guys just have wild canines running around?” “And bears.”

[@papasmurf9146]

Driving on a desert road, I came to a four-way stop. There was a young, mangy coyote that obviously wanted to cross the road. It saw me, sat at the side of the road, and looked at me expectantly. Even though I gave it space to cross first, he waited until I started to drive off. It then stood up, and continued its journey passing behind my truck. It had obviously been at that intersection long enough to know the rules of the road.

[@jaikaiel6248]

I live on the northwest side of Chicago. While coming out of an alley with my large but friendly dog, we spotted a coyote directly across the street. We stopped, he stopped, looked at us for a bit and continued trotting on his way. We ran a block home, fumbled to put the key in the door just like in a horror movie, opened it, and breathed a sigh of relief. Later, I read up on them and found that they can run up to 40 mph. We weren’t even close.

[@JPMJPM]

You were never in danger. They’re not like wolves.

[@Og-Judy]

Live in northern suburban Milwaukee metro area. Un nerving they trot through neighborhood backyards hrere. I would never let a small dog out on a leash alone. 😦😬

[@harleyanne3720]

@@JPMJPMread up on the aspiring singer who was jogging and attacked by a pack of coyotes. I encountered one and he ran away. Never know.

[@celesteredding1550]

​@@JPMJPMif a single coyote is hungry or feels threatened, it most certainly will attack.

[@JPMJPM]

@@celesteredding1550 It will attack something small, yes, but very rarely a human.

[@bigthing75]

I love it when I'm sitting outside and sirens start blaring and the coyotes start howling with them. Southeastern Wisconsin here.

[@maverick9708]

exactly right, most Americans honestly don't really have to deal with coyotes, they just kind of loom in the background unnoticed unless they are howling or eating pets. the Americans who really have to deal with them are living out in rural places and have livestock which get threatened and occasionally eaten by them; most of them have a surprise explosion tool called a firearm to deal with coyotes/wild pigs when their livestock is in the process of being mauled or crops are being damaged

[@ibtsdad]

Your ability to hide sarcasm in any situation is an Olympic feat and most people I know have no sense o this sublime talent

[@Blondie42]

I use both pronunciations of Coyote interchangeably.

[@freethebirds3578]

When I first moved to the West, someone was talking about going out hunting, and said something about Kyle. The conversation continued fir a while until I could break in and ask who Kyle was. The way they pronounced coyote sounded like "Kyle" to my southern ears.

[@asafoetidajones8181]

Pure chaos

[@HammerOn-bu7gx]

Where I grew up we typical use coyot as a singlar/specific animal and coyote as a plural.

[@Blondie42]

@@HammerOn-bu7gx I think that is how I also learned it, in the PNW

[@TheJudiBambiPurrsParadox]

*I love hearing coyotes and wolves do their nightly howlfests. Lived in Arizona for 32 years now back in New Jersey..but in Arizona, we just said 'yotes {as in yo-tees}.*

[@ndfnq7811]

We say coyote in Arizona too but we're not talking about wild dogs

[@redleg1376]

I grew up in the Pacific Northwest and we pronounced it with 3 syllables, now I live in the Midwest and it’s 2 syllables here.

[@jamesseiter4576]

I used to not know what a rabbit screaming sounds like . . . I didn't even know that rabbits were capable of screaming . . . but oh, hell yes they can scream, and oh, hell yes it's one of the worst sounds you can't imagine. Thank you, Wile E.

[@MasterBiffpudwell]

I grew up hunting and trapping coyotes. Made quite a bit of money on furs. It helped to put food on the table. Where I grew up we called them coy dogs or coyts.

[@jeffreytroublefield4265]

Yeah the county here use to pay 20 bucks for a pair of ears.

[@BigNews2021]

I live in greater Los Angeles, on the foothills of the San Gabriel mountains, and we see coyotes quite frequently. Summer mornings when I go for a jog/walk I encounter them several times during the season. What surprises me is how fast they are. You see them go down the middle of the road or on the sidewalk doing that little trot they do and you think they're going as fast as a human walking at fast pace. But no, they leave on the dust. It's also amazing how they can just disappear behind a bush and you'd never know that they were there.

[@toomanyjstoomanyrs1705]

Hello neighbor, I concur and verify your claim.

[@ireneparrish3070]

I once clocked a couple coyotes loping at 35mph. An easy lope.

[@FrithonaHrududu02127]

So my wife died in my apartment a couple of years back during covid and i just needed to get out of the house sometimes. I live in Boston and i went hiking in the blue hills. Long story Short i fell asleep on the ground in the middle of nowhere and woke up in the pitch black darkness surrounded by 4 coyotes, one was chewing my boot. They were steel toe redwings so i still have my foot. It scared/startled me so bad that i screeched like an owl (i actually screamed like a little girl) and that startled them and they trotted off. So that's the time i was almost eaten by coyotes and may have shat my pants. That being said i kinda like coyotes. I have a soft spot for the animals that like bump up against humans... Pigeons, Raccoons, Possums, Seagulls. Even rats although id prefer they stay outside.

[@agirlcalledshiv309]

I’ve lived in the Midwest for most of my life. A lone coyote is never much of a threat, but a pack of them will attempt to lure pray. Had a pack encircling me and my little brother once, yipping, and getting closer until my dad and one of his friend came running and hollering. I was very scared.

[@autodidactin]

I think Laurence’s “deer caught in the headlights” default look is apt for a videos about coyotes! 😂

[@zammyb4535]

Tucson, AZ native here and we just cohabitate with our wildlife and do our best to inform transplants. I live in the middle of the city right off one of the busiest six lane streets and I’ve heard packs yipping excitedly very close by the last three nights in a row, had neighbors see packs of them very close by in recent days, had them walking on top of my 6’ cinderblock wall, etc. They are just a part of our existence here and traverse the arroyos that run through our neighborhoods. My mom lost a dog to a mountain lion in her urban neighborhood and AZ Game and Fish had to tranquillize a bear that had been in a large public park less than a block from her house. For the most part we embrace and respect our wildlife here. The wildlife that makes me panic and run away are javelinas!😆

[@ben8147]

lol, I've never seen a Javelina, but I can attest that even being in an area rumored to host javelinas is enough to get people nervous.

[@thejustlawofshamash]

I've never run into a javelina before, but I have run into wild hogs while hiking around the south. They're the only animal that lives east of the Mississippi that truly inspires fear in me. I watched that hog hook it's tusk around a pretty well established palmetto bush and tear it straight out of the ground like it was nothing. I just crouched down and stayed as quiet as I could. Felt like I was one of the hobbits hiding from the hunting ringwraiths. I figure I can't possibly fare any better during a confrontation than ol Robert Baratheon.

[@glyniscoleman4813]

Javelinas are extremely dangerous as well as the wild hogs in FL run into both

[@smmar194]

*Sees a coyote walking down the same sidewalk as me in the middle of the night* "Ah! A fellow Phoenix pedestrian. Well met, stranger." *Sees a javelina doing the same* "I wonder how fast I could climb that tree..."

[@scottpurcell8833]

back when i was around 10 years old... while hunting deer... a pack of 7 coyotes surrounded me. i stood up and they saw what they were smelling and just left. they are just a wild dog in most part with their intrest to feeding. If it doesnt look worth the fight, they will leave. They can be raised to be fully normal as a dog pet from a very young age but its not often you get the chance. they can be very protect and very sweet animals in the right enviroment. I once raised a timber wolf and she was my favorite. she could stand up and put her paws on my shoulders and look me face to face and im 5'10'. she was never aggressive to anyone until i had my first son. after that.... she would die for him against anything or anyone. she would do such a deep sounding guteral growl that even scared me and echoed forever in our woods if someone new pulled up. but she would still obey my commands. Girl would tip bird feeders to put seed on the ground to catch birds to eat. she would kill armadillos to bait in buzzards but learned quickly that they didnt taste good so she stopped that. she hunted like ive never seen by using bait from previous kills. They are super smart so never under estimate one.

[@itzakpoelzig330]

I'm in California, and most people around here say "kai-OAT-ee." We had coyotes on my college campus. They never gave anyone any trouble, but sometimes the international students would get scared if they saw them running across their path at night. I've met semi-tame wild coyotes in Yosemite and in Death Valley. Meaning that they'll approach your car if you're parked or moving very slowly, and will appreciatively receive any food you might give them.