I have as much or more respect for nature as any city dweller on a high horse, I deal with nature on a daily basis and am at it's mercy all the time. In nature, things kill and things get killed.
I have no animosity towards coyotes. I don't actively hunt them. The ones I have killed were those who became problems, ignoring my fences and taking lambs or kids or poultry. I actually appreciate and admire predators, and the smart predators around my place appreciate me.
I no longer have to deal with it, as my dogs are much better coyote killers than I've ever been. They protect the animals now.

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We have coyotes coming thru our neighborhood occasionally. We are built around a golf course that abuts the river bottom so jackrabbits, and their prey are quite a common occurrence. I've seen one on the golf course next to the street just sitting there at dusk checking out the scene and not apparently all that concerned about the human activity around him. But the must unusual encounter was when one of them, maybe the same one I don't know, took as stroll along the wall between my house and my neighbors. I noticed my two cats frozen at the back door with their manes up like something out of a cartoon. Took a look and saw what I first thought was a German Shepard walking along the wall. Took a few seconds to wrap my mind around the reality of it.

- Peter.

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If they do get that close, I'd consider going 'Hinckley' on 'em. Shotgun blasts are common during the Fall here anyway.

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Right on. hippie

Agreed, that IS a really healthy looking Coyote.

Around here they're everywhere but I don't really think about them too much unless I'm up in the shop with the doors open and I hear them howling and yipping after they're brought down a deer or something.

That gives me the creeps...

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It is a more common accurance to hear from one than it is to catch a sighting near my house,it sets against a stretch of 40 acres of woods close to a creek so access to hunting grounds makes it their domain,a close by den was apperantly their winter hangout .The real hair raising sound is when the pups let off their cries as a train in the distance rolls by ,some 20 or more yelps in a cry of the wild ,my dog some times joins in the excitement .Late at night is when you can spot a few of the hunters tracking across the road on the back of the property,a rare accurance ,the street lites backlight their slow stride ,as one came across the backyard late at night last yr. it was taking a stop and start approach as it passed thru ,the coyotes red eyes reflected from my camp fire view was a bit unnerving ,the view of 20 sets of eyes would have brought the fireup.

I saw a coyote through the sliding glass door last night, and this morning when I woke up, this is what he left behind:

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They are fun to listen to when they get going I doubt they would come after a human though, any I've seen have been at 100+ yards and skittish.

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They become accustomed to humans pretty quickly. Doesn't mean they stop being skittish or wary. They are very intelligent, opportunistic and stealthy. The more used to people they become, the more likely they are to jump your fence and snatch little Puffy or Woofy off their fat domestic rumps and drag them off for dinner.
Ever heard the sound a housecat makes when a coyotes' jaws clamp shut on it's ribcage? I have. You might call it memorable.

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This is so true.

Coyotes have been killing dogs up and down my street for the past couple years, almost always in the middle of the night. I bet the count is up to at least a half dozen dogs killed, and it doesn't matter if the dogs are big or small. Most of the dogs were beagle sized or smaller, but there have been retreivers and a boxer, as well.

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Do they eat them too, or just kill and move on?

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I'm wondering if the Calif. Mountain Lion is perhaps the predator in some cases? They must be fearless to have attacked and killed that jogger in the recent past out there.

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They eat them. My neighbor showed me what was left of his beagle's carcass in the back yard.

What was left was the in-tact head and ears, then everything in the torso was gone - just a bare spine leading to the rear-end, with the tail and legs still connected to the spine.

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2001 E430, Bourdeaux Red, Oyster interior.
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1973 280SE 4.5, 170,000 miles. 568 Signal Red, Black MB Tex. "The Red Baron".

That's a gruesome scene you described.
If they were coyotes, I wonder if there was a pack of them feeding off of any given kill?

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We do have mountain lions in Southern California. I just have never seen one where I live, but I've seen tons of coyotes. I saw one walking down the middle of the street one morning.

Another neighbor of mine lost his boxer to a coyote.

The guy directly across the street of me has a retreiver and a sheep dog, and heard one of his dogs cry out when he let them out to go potty before going to bed. The sheep dog was in the coyote's mouth. He charged the coyote, causing to the coyote to release the dog from it's mouth. The coyote jumped to the top of his 6' block wall in one leap, without needing a running start, then jumped over to the other side and disappeared.

Needless to say, he had a several thousand dollar vet bill to get the sheep dog's abdomen sewn back together.

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2001 E430, Bourdeaux Red, Oyster interior.
79,200 miles.

1973 280SE 4.5, 170,000 miles. 568 Signal Red, Black MB Tex. "The Red Baron".