I´ve had a friend report being stalked by a coyote in a residential neighborhood with her dog on a leash. Coyotes killed all of my neighbors chickens. They´re menaces.

What you often hear from the low-info leftists is that coyotes never hunt in packs and they´ll run from a human. Nope. Anyone who says they can predict what a coyote will do is someone who has fictionalized this particular beast.

Coyotes are a BIG problem in Huntington Beach, CA. My friend just moved there. They attack pets and children and even adults. It is crazy but they have no fear of humans.

Where´s Rick Perry when you need him?

Once I was driving at night and a large dog looking critter bolted across the road in front of me. Hit my brakes because I didn´t want to hurt a dog. It was a bleeping coyote. Them things is big.

Have roadrunners around, they always outsmart coyotes.

We´ve had them walking right down our street in the daytime in the middle of a north Atlanta suburb. And it´s not like it´s a new neighborhood which has just taken away their territory. This whole area has been highly developed since the mid-80s.

Have seen them running across the road here in Newport Beach too... Friend´s dog killed on 9th fairway... Love my great blue heron who swoops in most every night just after dusk to perch on a horizontal limb above our drive... to escape those critters in Back Bay...

Coyotes are expanding their territory because of a lack of hunting pressure.

AS a volunteer police assistant, yeas ago in New Mexico, I got to see the aftermath of coyotes attacking some kids waiting for a school bus beside a rural road. I can not describe here the horrible wounds two of the kids got. One had to have a permanent colostomy! It´s the way coyotes and other wild dogs attack prey. It is their nature. They are not evil, they are just wild animals. Nature is not cruel- it is just nature. Sadly, we have moved into the wild and now the wild animals must pay the price. That´s the nature of man.

And their names were Barack, Harry, and Nancy.

Coyotes are just one reason for carrying a .45 everywhere you go.

He should of just whacked them with his purse...

I would say they should go to the Rick Perry school of defense against animals. He handled it! If we had them here, I would not hesitate to carry a weapon at all times when outdoors. It´s them or us!

Smart critters them coyote´s. Hanging out by a school. Small game to attack at recess, and there won´t be any guns in sight to hurt em.

FTA -"Wildlife experts said this December is the time of year coyotes are out searching for their food."

The rest of the year they order in?

I feel kinda dumb - I had to google puggle.
Oh...

Coyotes over the last fifty years have been increasing in size due to the availability of food sources. If you put out dog or cat food and it is not immediately consumed by your animals, coyotes will sneak in and scarf it up. More pups in coyote litters survive now because man has made food so readily available. Coyotes live and thrive in urban areas on rats, abandoned puppies, and kittens. We have a green belt on one side of our neighborhood. The people on that side have reported coyotes nimbly leaping the fence and killing small pets, while their owners were right there.

As my husband just commented, coyotes are just one step down from the wolf.

Very astute observation, #14.

Coyote killed my daughters cat. Didn´t even eat it, i do not buy that they are simply looking for food. They kill pets, harass livestock, and get into stuff. They are just nuisances. Best pack a .22 when walking the dog.

Coyotes are not native to the Eastern US - yet they have expanded their range here in Ohio to every county. Here it is open season on them but there is not a bounty on them either. Fewer people are hunting critters & varmints at all, so coyotes have little fear of people. They just look on us as food sources - garbage, little pets & bigger game. I have a coyote running down a full grown deer. I don´t know if he got it - it was in broad daylight & the deer was blooded. Fifteen years back we had a neighbor trying to trap coyotes. They had killed several big dogs on our street. Later when he stopped we had a pack running at night. Folks are going to have to up the pressure on these vermin by shooting them and making garbage & pets (prey) less accessible.

When you go for a walk in coyote country, bring a gun and leave the lunch back at the house.

A few years ago, on a bicycle trek with my two brothers, we left in pre-dawn darkness, and were followed for some distance by a yipping coyote pack. They never made a move and stayed a respectful distance, pacing us, I supposed gauging edibility, then they finally got tired and veered off. I suppose they expected us to wear out and stop. Too bad for them.

A "puggle"? A "puggle"? Good for the coyotes. They were provoked at what was done to some of their distant relatives, clearly.

#5: Or a stock of anvils, if one can heft them aloft in time of need.

#19: A .22? Why, to shoot your poor dog? I´d want a lot more gun to drop a coyote [or a couple of ´em] quickly.

A 22, like a Sig Mosquito, is plenty to get the attention of an attacking coyote at close range. That is if you can keep your head on and not run at the first sign of a threat.

I´m wondering if Obama can say "coyote"? He prolly didn´t watch many Roadrunner Cartoons while he was growing up. He was sure to have read Mien Kampf though.

What´s going to happen to wildlife numbers when Obie takes our guns away??

I may invest in indoor exercise equipment - outdoor stuff will be ´at your own risk´.