yote question

dosgris · Post by **dosgris** » Wed Nov 05, 2003 12:43 am

cayotes are fairly new to my area so my experience with them is very limited,,, schag spoke in another post how a "couple" of cayotes attacked his dog pack,,,, i am assuming this happened in daylight hours,,,,

will a single cayote attack dogs as they are running a rabbit? what can i do to prevent such an incident??

how do ya'll deal with this where cayotes are numerous???

MasonsBeagles · Post by **MasonsBeagles** » Wed Nov 05, 2003 11:38 am

They will attack a pack. They will come get em off of a chain they will just get them. Night is more common but they will do it in the day too. Kill as many as you can. Doesnt matter they multiply. Just have to roll the dice around here and run dogs anyway.

Steve C. · Post by **Steve C.** » Wed Nov 05, 2003 12:22 pm

I've lost two hounds to coyotes and had a few others torn up pretty badly. Our coyotes tend to average over 40 pounds and have killed three between 61 and 82 pounds, so my 13" beagles stand no chance against them. I kill every one I get a chance at but mostly just try to stay away from the biggest concentrations. Gone are the days when I could sit back and just listen to the hounds run. Now, I stay as close to the run as possible.

Chain Gang · Post by **Chain Gang** » Wed Nov 05, 2003 12:25 pm

February is the best time.That way you get the young before they hit the ground.Anytime is good though.

Schag · Post by **Schag** » Wed Nov 05, 2003 12:39 pm

Indeed, coyotes are a problem in every state. Bioligists insist that even when the numbers are down, coyotes will have a second litter to get the numbers back up. There are several things that a beagler can do to help prevent some attacks. However, it is a risk whenever you turn the hounds loose regardless of any circumstance. 1. Some beaglers put bells on their hounds to help ward off coyotes. In my opinion, coyotes will adapt to the bells. 2. Make a lot of noise in the areas that you hunt. In most cases, coyotes are anywhere and can have a radius from one mile to thirty miles. So even if you have never seen one in your running grounds does not necessarily mean one did not spend the night! 3. Kill as many coyotes as you possibly can. Easier said then done. 4. Invite hunters with hounds to hunt them on your running grounds. Coyotes will get use to that long run that they had to do when that pack of Walkers got after them. 6. Be extremely careful during the spring and summers when coyotes have their young. If your hounds get close to a den you will know! 7. Cross your fingers and hope that they will not attack your hounds. Hope this helps a little bit. You never know where and when they will come after the dogs. I have seen it first hand.

Bopeye · Post by **Bopeye** » Wed Nov 05, 2003 8:53 pm

I've been made fun of for the size of shot I use (#4's), but coyotes are the reason why. I can reach out and touch 'em with it. I just have to make sure that when I shoot a rabbit that it has some distance between us.

I call coyotes all year round. They are smart, but as mentioned, you can condition them to not bother some things, including dogs.
When they learn that a pack of dogs is associated to a man with a gun, they learn very quickly. I carry a .45 pistol all year round just in case I get to pop one.

You will not eradicate coyotes, I don't care what anyone says. They've been trying out west for 100 years or better and the number is the same if not higher than when they started. We eliminated most of their natural enemies such as wolves and bears. This makes them the Alpha predator in a lot of areas.
When I was a boy living in Nebraska and Kansas, every farmer I knew shot coyotes on sight and their still there.
Schag and some of the others have some good advice, but it boils down to keeping your dogs fairly close to you and making a lot of HUMAN noise.
The only coyote that will challenge an adult human is a crazy or sick one, which makes it that much easier to shoot them.
Good hunting to all.