COYOTE DANGER?

[Fast_Pine]

fast pine; sorry to hear about that bear at your site. Glad you haven't had to run into it directly. your lines are probably too long to do this, but could use use some pepper wax spray or something on them? Maybe that would just piss off the bear more. I'm wondering if there's something the bear smells with the lines /pump thats making the bear go after them.

anyway, good luck in the future with the site.

I was wondering the same thing..Couldnt imagine why he continued to attack the irrigation setup....It was fuckin hilarious, last time i went I found that he had chewed through a 5gallon bucket of micorizal water holding polymers, and saw that he had bitten into some cammo spraypaint cans I left to paint the lines with..Paint had to have exploded allover the place. I got a good laugh after envisioning the bear with the exploding paint mouth..

Spoke to another guerilla grower(local) that has had the same problem

That fuckin bear ripped apart a full bottle of "Deer Off"...

 

[Guest]

Fast Pine, build it and they will come. Im not sure why, but it seems like planting a little patch is like sending out an invitation for every animal around to stop by and see if they can do any damage. From ants to bear, they all show up. Squirt some amonia around, it helps.

The packs here have gotten so big that its hard not to encounter them. There are 3 within a sq mile of my house and grow area and all have more than 10 adults. I know there den areas and in fact, they've used the same dens for years now. All are on the paths to spots I grow in and those same dens have watched me pass by for almost 20 yrs now. Ive seen them grow with the deer population which is incredible. There is so much food and cover for the deer. I think thats why the coyotes are so big. Usually, they don't have to kill. Every car around here is damaged from hitting deer on these country roads and they can stand around a wait for the dinner bell to ring. They can easily have a full deer to eat each night and not have to make any effort at all.

 

[FirstTracks]

I was wondering the same thing..Couldnt imagine why he continued to attack the irrigation setup....It was fuckin hilarious, last time i went I found that he had chewed through a 5gallon bucket of micorizal water holding polymers, and saw that he had bitten into some cammo spraypaint cans I left to paint the lines with..Paint had to have exploded allover the place. I got a good laugh after envisioning the bear with the exploding paint mouth..

Spoke to another guerilla grower(local) that has had the same problem

That fuckin bear ripped apart a full bottle of "Deer Off"...


hahahaha

o i died laughing at this one!

spray paint in the mouth probably just pissed him/her off even more

hopefully it didn't eat any of the polymers.........exploding stomach or just reallytough squeezing it all out the other end......

 

[Rose56]

Hi, I live in an aera where we have a lot of coyotes actually out here in south cali we have always had a lot I can remember as a kid seeing them. They are a real danger to small animals and while it is rare they have gone after small children but for the most part they aren't going to bother you.

 

[manwithnoname]

this post is great. grew up and lived in the country most of my life, in the midwest. if a coyote sees or hears you coming he will get the fuck out of there. my dalmation lived to the ripe old age of 12 and she would keep any coyotes away. it's kinda neat to hear them howling in the night tho.

wtf is a coydog? remember that things you read on wikipedia are not like the things you read in a real encyclopedia. i use it all the time, but one does need to realize that much of it is submitted from regular people.

dogs and coyotes breed at different times of the year. might be possible they could breed, but when was the last time you saw/heard of one. now that would be a headline! "Coydog kills group of kids"

 

[D.S. Toker. MD]

I just recently saw a news article that claimed coyotes are trying to take children from front lawns. I cant remember where in the US it was, but it was thought the animals had discovered that young children make an easy target.

 

[scaramanga]

Where I live they are a nuisance more than a danger. They were introduced in my area 3 decades ago and have spread throughout the majority of the state.

Being a nonnative species they are very destructive and compete with the natural fauna. They eat turkeys and their eggs, as well as the eggs of all ground nesting species of bird. They kill deer, both the young and the adults. My buddy and his friends found 11 adult deer eaten by coyotes on their hunting lease this year. They also eat various endangered salamanders in my area as well as smaller pets.

I don't like them very much, but I don't consider them a danger, unless I was hurt out in the woods.

 

[guineapig]

Coyotes are for sure taking over......they have taken over and they're everywhere!!!!

There used to be rabbits all over the place when i was a kid, but now they're all mysteriously gone.....no rodent is safe from the coyote invasion!!!!

guineapig is here

 

[James-Bong]

yotes are very paranoid creatures.... as backcountry said, they scatter when they encounter humans. Alot of them do this because they have been shot at before..... people around these parts have shoot on site policy, they don't care who's pasture or field it is they pull over and start blastin....yotes are very smart creatures... i baited and killed a couple last year after they killed one of my dogs... other than that, i pretty much leave them be... if i come across them deer hunting....

 

[Team Microbe]

I have yet to see coyotes where I'm from (northeast), but I've seen deer, snakes, and bear before:

During a scouting mission last spring I ran into these tracks:

Has anyone come in contact with black bear before? Or mountain lion? They travel this mountain side and I'm hesitant to grow on this 100 acre parcel because of it... any advice anyone?

 

[meadowman]

much more dangerous crossing the street!

 

[Jhhnn]

I have yet to see coyotes where I'm from (northeast), but I've seen deer, snakes, and bear before:

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During a scouting mission last spring I ran into these tracks:
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Has anyone come in contact with black bear before? Or mountain lion? They travel this mountain side and I'm hesitant to grow on this 100 acre parcel because of it... any advice anyone?

Black bears are dangerous when surprised or when they have cubs. They don't see humans as food but rather as threats so it's smart to make at least a little noise when in their habitat. They'd rather get out of your way given a chance. They also have excellent noses so you'll never see 'em when traveling downwind.

Grizzlies are a different story. As the apex predator in N America, everything is food to them. With cubs, they are extremely dangerous.

Mountain lion attacks are extremely rare & generally occur in areas where they've become accustomed to human presence. A list-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_cougar_attacks_in_North_America

They're solitary & territorial, preferring rugged & rocky habitats suitable for ambushing prey. Sightings are quite rare. As their numbers have increased here in CO, they're drawn down from the foothills into areas of human habitation in search of food. I remember a story about a guy in a foothills burb who spotted one eating the dogfood on his patio, charged outside to scare it off & was attacked. Classic dumbshit move.

 

[BOMBAYCAT]

You did exactly right. Department of Wildlife in CO says to make yourself look big and aggressive. They outlawed leg traps here in CO a long time ago and the coyote population exploded. They have been attacking dogs for years here when people walk them in certain areas. Several people have been nipped by aggressive coyotes. The Dept. of Wildlife here is always hazing coyotes and trying to scare them out. The kids here are always posting signs about lost kitty and lost dog. Sorry but they were a coyote's dinner. A coyote wanders down my street in the middle of the day and I live in a suburb of Denver. The last 3 years there suddenly are rabbits around so I hope the coyotes thin them out before the rabbits get in my outdoor plants.

 

[stoned-trout]

maybe if they were rabid or starving...coyotes are pussies for the most part...I have had hundreds of encounters...been stalked quite a few times too....when I lived back east my dog had the hots for a female coyote...he was spotted in the field chasing her in circles and trying to get some...many times...there was a huge pack of em ..i used to hang fat scraps from the trees and make em earn a treat...yeehaw....if the coyote are kept around deer and other marijuana munchers make themselves scarce

 

[kokomarin]

for me ,in my area ,coyotes is my frends,but deeper inland wolfs became wild animal no1,
many new pheno of wolfs here, start after war whit white siberian and native gray wolfs and
dogs which scape from shooting.
I am from coastal town on adriatic sea in croatia,eu.

 

[Joint Lock]

Had a packof 3 come in and kill my small animals about 4am . I'll be baiting these bastards in wait with a 223/556 eye for a eye idc what good they are to us growers

 

[sacramental]

I was just up in Tahoe. Lol they were all over up there. From what my cuzzo says is they create quite the havoc! Saw 2 dead trying to cross hwy. 50. Down in the valley we have to watch our small dogs as they will fuck them up!

 

[geneva_sativa]

They will send a female out, while the rest of pack hangs back in the cover. She will try draw him closer and closer to the forest.
Many male dogs, big and small have been lost that way.

 

[Longtimegrower]

I lived my life around them I usually only grow at night. I hear them all the time and I have met up we with them many times they run away as fast s

As they can. Rabies would be the only reason one might be aggressive. I've even killed a few because my grandfather had a bunch of cats outdoors. He started with around 15 cats and the coyote s ate all but two that were the best hiders. But if safe

 

[WelderDan]

We got two on the trail cam last night. Having a trapper come in to see if they can catch them. Bastards already ate my neighbors cat and I don't want them getting my cats. If I didn't live in the city limits I'd put out some bait and put a .223 or four in them.