Originally Posted by
Oldtimr
NY doesn't have wolves. You really should know something instead of googling for something to say before you make a post to answer a question. When someone asks a serious question they deserve a real answer, not some googled compilation of nothing.
Actually Oldtimr, you get a few in Upstate Ny roaming in from Canada. No real packs yet that I have heard about but I do keep my eye out for word of them. Roamers are getting more and more frequent around the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains. It's been my experience over the years that when you start getting more roamer sightings, packs are sure to follow.
As far as the OP's question, old swifty (220 swift) accompanies me on to the back porch near every evening. More than a few yotes have been taken that way
but I try my best to smack every single one I see. Like Oldtimr and the others have stated, you wont kill them all but you will certainly change their habits! Yotes are pretty smart when it comes to avoiding you.