Coyotes

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sixgunner455

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My wife just asked me what the deal is with the screaming girls outside.

I listened for a second, and said, "Honey, they're coyotes. They do that all the time, you're just hardly ever awake this late at night."

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They are screaming so loud 1/2 mile behind the house we can hear them over the TV. Is it mating season???
 
we have them all the time, makes all the dogs all over howl too! sometimes they are really close but I have yet to see them.
 
Dantor said:
we have them all the time, makes all the dogs all over howl too! sometimes they are really close but I have yet to see them.
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Yep, our Dobe lays on the couch and does this low growl until he gets to go outside and then he really lets go with the barking...
 
My wife ask a question like that she gets a reply like this. "The Beatles are in town."
 
WhitleyStu said:
They are screaming so loud 1/2 mile behind the house we can hear them over the TV. Is it mating season???
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Breeding varies depending on where you live, but generally it happens January thru March. The night time noises are just one of the aspects of their socialization (dominance establishment, hunting, etc).
 
ejes said:
Breeding varies depending on where you live, but generally it happens January thru March. The night time noises are just one of the aspects of their socialization (dominance establishment, hunting, etc).
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;) You took the words right out of my mouth 'Ol Bud :D
 
ejes said:
You must be a fellow caller and chaser. :D
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:thumbup: HUNT HARD, SHOOT STRAIGHT, KILL CLEAN, APOLOGIZE TO NO ONE ! :cool:
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A friend of mine has had a couple run-ins with them, he bikes to and from work on a suburban bike trail. I managed to convince him they're peaceful things typically, but if he runs into one howling for chicks I'm curious if he'd have problems. He always seems to run into the same pair all the time, he named them after a pessimistic couple that he works with.
 
I love listening to them. Reminds me that civilization isn't as settled and civilized as many like to think. And they keep the loose-running cat population in check, too.

I've only shot at them once in a while, when they were acting interested in my bird dog. Never hit one, though.
 
Shot one one time that came running in with what I thought was a rubber hose in it's mouth. After I pegged him, I found out it was a calf's tail he had ripped off a calf from a nearby feed lot. I took a picture of it and presented it to the lot's management. I was allowed to hunt closer to the lot on their land whenever I wanted from that point on. Says a lot about the inate instincts of a coyote. Already had a meal in his mouth and I was still able to call him in for another. Reminds me of when I was a kid and we would roll bb's past a toad. It could not help but eat them even though they weren't food. Just an innate, inherent instinct to strike and eat anything that moved.
 
I have never had much success calling them. I would love to go coyote hunting with someone who could call them. It would be a blast!
 
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