[Barefoot]

I'm thinking that coyotes probably tend to be in the preserve areas and the "less travelled" golf courses.

I know coyotes need to nourish themselves, but hopefully there are enough geckos and rabbits so they don't need to hunt in more populated areas.

[Peachie]

Bare, IMHO, coyotes are hard to predict when they are hungry. I think you are right and normally they would stay away from the higher traffic areas. Our yard in our last home in the city butted up to a very deep ravine. We would hear the coyotes eerie howling down below in the summer evenings when sirens would blow. We occasionally would see one go through our yard and out in the street in the middle of the day as they hunted for food. One of these daytime scavengers had obviously delivered a litter very recently and was searching for food. They seemed to have been very much emboldened by all the encroachment of their normal hunting territories.

[jtdraig]

We lived in the high hills above Tucson for 8 years...when we first moved there in 1978, my Company would pay for the transportation of pets (we were building a new manufacturing and development facility)..I was in charge of Employee Expense Accounting..we would pay from $400 to $1200 to move a pet. People would move in and let their pets out, never to be seen again.
The coyotes would get them! I figure that we spent thousands of dollars delivering dinner to the coyotes in Tucson's high desert. They are here in the Villages..when you hear yipping at night, it means they have made a kill.
Keep your pets close but don't fear coyotes unnecessarily. They are EXCELLENT "atheletes"!

[Barefoot]

I lived on a horse farm surrounded by a national forest for most of the past 20 years. I could hear the coyotes every night, and I've seen many coyotes during the day. Many have lost their fear of humans. The local Vet was always warning against leaving a cat or small dog unattended in the yard; even during daylight hours.

We bought a Courtyard Villa on a golf course so our dogs would have a small fenced yard. We made sure we are no where near water as I didn't want any risk of gators. We never thought about coyotes. Our back fence is just three feet high.

I notice all the feral cats seems to have disappeared off the golf course since last winter. We don't have any nature preserves nearby. But nevertheless, I'm getting a bit nervous.

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drm...717954,00.html

I found this article about coyotes killing pets in CO and wondered what kind of legal problems we would have in the Villages with solving this problem?

[tkret]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drm...717954,00.html

I found this article about coyotes killing pets in CO and wondered what kind of legal problems we would have in the Villages with solving this problem?

Hello Taltarzac,

In the active-adult community in Arizona where I once lived more residents than not wanted the Arizona Game and Fish Department to "do something" about the coyotes in and around the development. It turned out to be a [B]BIG [/B]MISTAKE!. After capturing (or maiming and then destroying) the animals and relocating the ones that survived, the community was overrun, and I mean really really overrun, with rabbits. They were everywhere and ate every flower garden in sight. Birds, geese, and other critters made the golf courses their nature latrines.
If people would not place food out and also keep watch over their small dogs and cats, the coyotes move on and a small number remain to keep the eco in balance.

[chuckinca]

A few years ago we were visiting a nephew in Costa Mesa, CA. He and his wife wanted to get a kitten and went to the local SPCA. When they selected the kitten and were signing and paying for it the clerk asked if it was to be an indoor cat and my nephew said it would be indoor and outdoor in his yard that had an 8 foot high block wall around it. The clerk said that coyote's can jump 12 foot high walls and wouldn't let them have the kitten until they agreed to make it strictly an indoor cat.

Originally Posted by tkret

Hello Taltarzac,

In the active-adult community in Arizona where I once lived more residents than not wanted the Arizona Game and Fish Department to "do something" about the coyotes in and around the development. It turned out to be a [B]BIG [/B]MISTAKE!. After capturing (or maiming and then destroying) the animals and relocating the ones that survived, the community was overrun, and I mean really really overrun, with rabbits. They were everywhere and ate every flower garden in sight. Birds, geese, and other critters made the golf courses their nature latrines.
If people would not place food out and also keep watch over their small dogs and cats, the coyotes move on and a small number remain to keep the eco in balance.

Some information about coyotes. http://www.hsus.org/web-files/PDF/Co...et_03_hsus.pdf

I wonder what kind of statistics there are on coyotes in FL vs. those in AZ?

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drm...717954,00.html

I found this article about coyotes killing pets in CO and wondered what kind of legal problems we would have in the Villages with solving this problem?

What Problem????
The next thing will be, grab your guns we are going coyote hunting. This thread is giving people concern that is not warranted.
One person heard a coyote another saw a dead one on the highway......and a lot of people related stories from all over the country. This was interesting to hear about but had nothing to do with TV.

[chuckinca]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

What Problem????
The next thing will be, grab your guns we are going coyote hunting. This thread is giving people concern that is not warranted.
One person heard a coyote another saw a dead one on the highway......and a lot of people related stories from all over the country. This was interesting to hear about but had nothing to do with TV.

And this from a guy with the last name of SHOOTER!

LOL



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[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by chuckinca

And this from a guy with the last name of SHOOTER!

LOL




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And your point being?

[dgammon6]

Don't forget about Hawks, they can swoop down take your small dog and fly off with it. I've seen them pick up rabbits many times.

[cologal]

Originally Posted by dgammon6

Don't forget about Hawks, they can swoop down take your small dog and fly off with it. I've seen them pick up rabbits many times.

I could have sworn I heard some howls Friday night... I am from Colorado and actually saw coyote late one night. My flight from Denver to CSprings was cancelled and they sent me in a taxi. I was going to my car in the parking lot when a coyote appeared...I saw him be he didn't see me. He just kept going and I stayed still for a time. Then I tip-toed to my car trying not to make any noise.

No more taxi's to the airport at 2 am...now they drop me at home and I get the car the next morning.

[Barefoot]

IMHO, backing on a nature preserve in TV looks less and less appealing. For those residents with small dogs.