Coyotes...again

[stoneg1]

"I sure wish that pigs would leave an area after seeing a few of their own knocked down. We are knee deep in them."

Would be willing to help you with your pig problem. I have a AR FiveSeven with laser and light I would like to try out on them.

Semper Fi
Gstone

[speedsix]

...RovGBiv, I really appreciate that link to PC42.092 (d)(1)...I've spent a lot of time googling and digging for somewhere in Texas law that we were able to defend ourselves against coyotes...hadn't found it...I'm STILL looking for something that shows Texas legislators consider my child as valuable as my cow or my dog, and specifically allow for the killing of a loose and vicious dog...pit for instance, that's attacking me or my child...till I do, I'm just gonna have to go with the necessity code and do what I gotta do...

[speedsix]

...no self-respecting coyote would eat a cat...'ceptin' maybe at night when noone could see...

I lived in the South Texas Brush Country as a teenager, out on "the ranch" as they say down there. One night we heard a howling racket outside that woke us up. My dad grabbed the old H&R 12 ga. and handed me the flashlight and we headed toward the fence. He played the light around and we couldn't hardly believe what we saw. A coyote was just on the other side of the fence with his head down whipping it from side to side with something kind of hanging underneath his head/neck area...and then it came loose and the coyote took off running back into the brush. The thing under his head/neck turned out to be our "barn cat" tom named Rocky...he came wandering under the fence and onto the property, got over to us and set down and started licking blood off of himself. After a bit, we got him to come over and checked him out. He didn't have any injuries that we could find, but I think he messed that coyote up a little. He also lived through several rattlesnake bites...He was a heck of a good barn cat.

...rateaters can fight almost as well as they can dump where you're going to be walking...

[Carry-a-Kimber]

Maybe some "Coyote Free Zone" signs should be place around the perimeter of incorporated areas to keep them out.

[smtimelevi]

"I sure wish that pigs would leave an area after seeing a few of their own knocked down. We are knee deep in them."

Would be willing to help you with your pig problem. I have a AR FiveSeven with laser and light I would like to try out on them.

Semper Fi
Gstone

I'd also be willing to help. I've got a 30-30 and a flashlight MMMM...... piggy taste good. Coyote not so much.

[tommyg]

I lived in a rural area for a couple of years. Coyotes would get close
to a mobile home I was staying in. I would fire a 22 mag into a pile of soft dirt
when they came around and got too close. They would run off quick

[strider67]

I would fire a 22 mag into a pile of soft dirt

Why not into a pile of soft fur?

[Heartland Patriot]

Maybe some "Coyote Free Zone" signs should be place around the perimeter of incorporated areas to keep them out.

Brilliant idea...sounds like a joint project for the Brady Campaign and PETA, perhaps?

[Lambda Force]

Once I spotted a pretty large coyote trotting down the road in an adjacent neighborhood in the middle of the day. I called the police (non emergency number) to report it. They said, "We've had several reports of that coyote today." "Any suggestions", I said. The dispatcher said "They were there before your house was, just ignore it."

The dispatcher has a point.

[2farnorth]

A few years back I worked residential security on a large property in a major metro area. We had been seeing a coyote passing through the property on a regular basis. He seemed to be eyeing a couple of swans on a pond in the back yard. Maybe it didn't know that swans are viscous fighters. The coyote looked to be in poor condition. Property owner said get rid of it. Didn't want it around the grand kids or the pets. So I shot it from about 60 yards with a scoped 22. Head shot. It went down and I called my partner to come around that way to check it out and get it out of sight. When he was walking up to it, it got up!. He pulled his 9mm and shot it again. When we examined it we determined that the 22 had ricocheted off the top of his head. The animal was covered with mange and had a large tumor on it's right hind leg. He had been running the neighborhood looking for easy prey.

I live in a semi rural residential area now and hear coyotes nearly every night. Usually about 1 or 2 am. Have seen them in my back yard once. They were chasing the rabbits that hide under my shed or some local cats. I won't bother with them unless they start getting closer to the house. Would be interesting to see who would win if they tangled with the Bobcat that treks the hedgerow at the back of the property sometimes?