Scared of coyotes?
09-19-2007, 02:18 PM
#14
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Central Pennsylvania
Posts: 2,313
RE: Scared of coyotes?
ORIGINAL: Rob/PA Bowyer
Never been scared of yotes. They are in fact an amazing animals and in PA, any sign of humans and they get gone fast. The only time I even second guessed was a time we were set up on a wounded doe in the darkness and the yotes started circling us.
Yote, nah like CM said, domestic dogs are more of an issue. I don't think I"ve ever heard of a human/yote casuality or attack. There is nothing in the wild wood of PA that I even think twice about. Black bears flea quick too, all you need to do is make a little noise.
The only thing scary in my PA woods would be another human. I can handle them.
Never been scared of yotes. They are in fact an amazing animals and in PA, any sign of humans and they get gone fast. The only time I even second guessed was a time we were set up on a wounded doe in the darkness and the yotes started circling us.
Yote, nah like CM said, domestic dogs are more of an issue. I don't think I"ve ever heard of a human/yote casuality or attack. There is nothing in the wild wood of PA that I even think twice about. Black bears flea quick too, all you need to do is make a little noise.
The only thing scary in my PA woods would be another human. I can handle them.
09-19-2007, 02:29 PM
#15
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Southern Illinois
Posts: 177
RE: Scared of coyotes?
Yotes are getting bolder with the increase of loss of habitat. The other day my girlfriend let her small dog out to do it's business, within two minute she heard her dog and a coyote had it running accross the pasture. Luckily the coyote dropped her dog. Dog lived but suffered a punctured lung and some broken ribs. Coyotes are on my list
09-19-2007, 02:37 PM
#16
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Isle, MN
Posts: 1,469
RE: Scared of coyotes?
I can't imagine being scared of a coyote. The only time I've been remotely freaked out in the woods was on 9/1 this year when my buddy shot a bear w/ his bow. We thought we were tracking a dead bear. When we tracked it to it's den it ran out the back side but didn't run away. It went from side to side, half-way around us. We had no weopon other then a pocket knife with us. stupid, I know, but we thought it was dead.
but a coyote? maybe it's to shoot the coyote if they see it, not necessarily for protection???
...speaking of porcupines. I almost ran one over tuesday. dang thing wouldn't move off the road for anything. I had to go around it.
but a coyote? maybe it's to shoot the coyote if they see it, not necessarily for protection???
...speaking of porcupines. I almost ran one over tuesday. dang thing wouldn't move off the road for anything. I had to go around it.
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09-19-2007, 04:29 PM
#20
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 260
RE: Scared of coyotes?
I read in Outdoor Life a few years ago that coyotes attacks on people are becoming more and more common. However, this is actually happening in the cities and suburbs where they aren't hunted.
One attack, the coyote was after a young girl, and didn't back down when the father stepped in. He got her into the house safely.
Another one, a coyote attacked a guy who fell asleep in a park.
I don't have any fear of coyotes and wouldn't carry a firearm for protection against one, Here they are rarely seen, and when they are seen they usually have lead chasing them.
One attack, the coyote was after a young girl, and didn't back down when the father stepped in. He got her into the house safely.
Another one, a coyote attacked a guy who fell asleep in a park.
I don't have any fear of coyotes and wouldn't carry a firearm for protection against one, Here they are rarely seen, and when they are seen they usually have lead chasing them.