Coyotes on the step...

[herbie_100]

Just heading to bed tonight, and heard some coyotes yapping and barking out back. Fairly loud, but a pretty still night, so I figured they were a ways off. It would usually die off after a minute or two, but it kept going on, so I figure I should check on the dogs. They weren't on the deck, but after a couple calls, they came at a pretty good pace, from probably a couple hundred yards away, for the time it took. I closed the gate on the deck to keep them there and started in with, the squeaking. Not 10 seconds later, 2 yotes come around the corner off the house, not 10 yards away from the back deck. When I yelled, they turned and trotted off as if they were only mildly annoyed. The wife saw a third, standing in the front yard at the same moment.

I have never seen them so bold, especially in the summer. Have had to call the dogs off on a couple occasions in the winter when I could see them out in the field, getting drawn out towards the treeline.

The fellas are totally non aggressive, so I don't put much faith in them to figure the difference between playing and aggression until it is to late. Keeping them on the deck this evening anyway... Might move the bow from the shed to the house for future urgent reference...

[J0HN_R1]

Can I come camp-out on your deck with my rifle ? LoL

Coyotes seem to be on a down-swing in SE Calgary, from last couple years...

Haven't seen barely any this year, maybe 3 since Xmas.

[BigRedJeep]

sounds like it time to get the 12ga out and a flashlight

[58thecat]

Originally Posted by herbie_100

Just heading to bed tonight, and heard some coyotes yapping and barking out back. Fairly loud, but a pretty still night, so I figured they were a ways off. It would usually die off after a minute or two, but it kept going on, so I figure I should check on the dogs. They weren't on the deck, but after a couple calls, they came at a pretty good pace, from probably a couple hundred yards away, for the time it took. I closed the gate on the deck to keep them there and started in with, the squeaking. Not 10 seconds later, 2 yotes come around the corner off the house, not 10 yards away from the back deck. When I yelled, they turned and trotted off as if they were only mildly annoyed. The wife saw a third, standing in the front yard at the same moment.

I have never seen them so bold, especially in the summer. Have had to call the dogs off on a couple occasions in the winter when I could see them out in the field, getting drawn out towards the treeline.

The fellas are totally non aggressive, so I don't put much faith in them to figure the difference between playing and aggression until it is to late. Keeping them on the deck this evening anyway... Might move the bow from the shed to the house for future urgent reference...

This came up before, bold you bet but dead is better. At that distance a 22lr to the neck would end it. They got pups to feed and your dogs would make a good meal.