useless fact about coyotes

[TonyT]

There are coyotes living in downtown Chicago that are kept there by the city to keep rats down. They just walk around. Anywhere they want. More on this later.

http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/Co ... es_chicago

 

[poser]

In the article it sounded as if they got there on their own and are surviving quite well.
I live near the country in NE Ohio and will sometimes hear them in the summer howling at night. It's sort of spooky when they all start howling in a chorus.

 

[yettoblaster]

And you won't have to wonder where your cat went, if it shows up missing...

 

[taabru45]

Watch your kids too......seriously....Steffan

 

[dreadnut]

This has the makings of a song, T!

"Coyotes in Chicago"

 

[Jeff]

And you won't have to wonder where your cat went, if it shows up missing...

A good size pack of coyotes runs around here too. We hear them often & I've seen them in the streets occasionally, just before daybreak.

Wife used to have a big blond, high end, long haired, Persian something or nother. Cat's favorite place to sit was on the fence just outside our bedroom window, daydreaming panther fantasies, I suspect.

Coyote snatched him right off a 6 ft fence on a moonlit night. I heard the whole thing, quick it was, cat was way out of his league, only noise was big thump when the coyote hit the fence, & Andy gurgling a little. Tufts of Andy fur & arterial blood spatters across the front yard in the morning. Flyers for missing cats & small dogs posted in the neighborhood regularly.

Wife took my suggestion & replaced Andy with a jet black alley cat, from the pound, Dunno if this cat is any smarter, but coyotes can't see him at night, so far anyway.

 

[MAM]

In the article it sounded as if they got there on their own and are surviving quite well.
I live near the country in NE Ohio and will sometimes hear them in the summer howling at night. It's sort of spooky when they all start howling in a chorus.

Poser, how far NE? I'm in Medina County. We've got'em in our back yard.

Have to watch like a hawk when I take my Dachshunds for a walk out back.

 

[The Guilds of Grot]

Anybody want to discuss/debate whether or not "House Cats" should go outside? (Maybe we need a poll? :lol: )

It's of my opinion that they should never go outside unless supervised!

We built a little "cat cage" that butts up to the basement window in which we installed a pet door. Now the cat can go "out" when ever he wants!

I know there's a lot of "dog people" here, are there any cat fanciers? (Eating them doesn't count Graham!)

 

[poser]

In the article it sounded as if they got there on their own and are surviving quite well.
I live near the country in NE Ohio and will sometimes hear them in the summer howling at night. It's sort of spooky when they all start howling in a chorus.

Poser, how far NE? I'm in Medina County. We've got'em in our back yard.

Have to watch like a hawk when I take my Dachshunds for a walk out back.

I'm in Stark Co. Although I've heard them in the past, I haven't seen any coyotes around here lately. Maybe they don't like all the soybeans in the fields around here. :lol:

 

[Scratch]

Coyotes are just a way of life in this somewhat rugged country. Our big chested Samoyed, Kacey, fought off a coyote just after we moved in here last March. The coyote took a pretty good chunk out of his backside before running off. $300 vet checkup gave a clean bill of health and advice to pack heat when walking these rural roads and paths.

If it's not sick, one coyote will usually watch you from a distance out of curiosity. A sick/rabied coyote or packs of two or more are another story.

Kacey and I walk a couple or three country miles most every morning. .38 S&W Airweight snubby with HD loads on the hip just in case...

 

[cjd-player]

.38 S&W Airweight snubby with HD loads on the hip just in case...

Is that one of them there short-scale travel guitars, Scratch? :? :?

 

[West R Lee]

.38 S&W Airweight snubby with HD loads on the hip just in case...

Is that one of them there short-scale travel guitars, Scratch? :? :?

Yes Carl, similar to the Martin HD28.

West

 

[Scratch]

I'm a working on one Carl... :roll: :wink:

 

[Graham]

I know there's a lot of "dog people" here, are there any cat fanciers? (Eating them doesn't count Graham!)

:lol: :lol: :lol:
I've owned four cats, or rather four cats have owned me in the last 30 years.

A good cat can make a very good companion.

They're not just for dinner anymore! :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Bing k]

Try relocated wolves and Grizzlies if you want to lose pets, livestock, and have your place tore up. Thanks to the Federal government we have them right in our lap. Just a matter of time before a kid gets picked off a porch.

This probably fits the "political hot button topic" classification.

 

[West R Lee]

Try relocated wolves and Grizzlies if you want to lose pets, livestock, and have your place tore up. Thanks to the Federal government we have them right in our lap. Just a matter of time before a kid gets picked off a porch.

This probably fits the "political hot button topic" classification.

You can probably guess where I stand politically Bing, except when it comes to wildlife.......there I try and give the wild animals the benefit of a doubt. But I'll bet I'd feel very differently if I were raising cattle and the government was releasing grizzleys and wolves in my pastures. Don't they have a bunch of land in Alaska? Doesn't the gov. have a program associated with predator release where they reimburse cattle and sheep ranchers for stock lost to predators?

West

 

[Bing k]

[quote="Bing k":459zy16m]Try relocated wolves and Grizzlies if you want to lose pets, livestock, and have your place tore up. Thanks to the Federal government we have them right in our lap. Just a matter of time before a kid gets picked off a porch.

This probably fits the "political hot button topic" classification.

You can probably guess where I stand politically Bing, except when it comes to wildlife.......there I try and give the wild animals the benefit of a doubt. But I'll bet I'd feel very differently if I were raising cattle and the government was releasing grizzleys and wolves in my pastures. Don't they have a bunch of land in Alaska? Doesn't the gov. have a program associated with predator release where they reimburse cattle and sheep ranchers for stock lost to predators?

West[/quote:459zy16m]
I also give wildlife the benefit of the doubt. We have thousands of wildlife of one species or another running on this place. So much so that we have a State of Montana Fish and Wildlife program called "Block Management" involved here to provide us a measure of control.

This subject being as controversial as it is(just pick up any Montana newspaper on a day following wolves killing livestock or a wolf being killed for whatever reason, you'll see what I mean) I'm just going to voluntarily close the subject because this a can of worms we don't want to open on the LTG. My apologies for even bringing it up, as I listen to the "coyotes" howl on the lawn.

 

[AlohaJoe]

Don't they have a bunch of land in Alaska? West

Yes, but it's a lot cheaper to send them to Chicago. :lol:

 

[taabru45]

One word Joe.....EXCELLENT... :lol: :lol: Steffan

 

[Scratch]

We've got a pretty good tabby that the family really cares for, but has a feline way of expressing his opinion about who is in charge. He spends 60% of the time outside and the other 100% (it seems) inside.

This morning I'm on the phone talking Buckeye football with my brother as we do every fall Saturday when I hear a commotion on the front porch. There in the corner, by the door is the cat mixing it up with a small western rattler. Lots of cat jumping and snake wiggling made for an interesting and somewhat comical sight. Although Toby was determined to bring Mr. Wiggles in the front door, we were content to let him finish off said reptile on the porch. Final: Cat 1; Snake 0 in regulation. Still can't find the front half of said varmint, but the remainder continued muscle contractions for 30 minutes or so, then I pitched what was left out in the tall buffalo grass across the road. Toby is just fine but somewhat upset that we did not allow him to bring the present inside. He then ran off to chase deer...