Coyotes

[bany]

Hope your son is over the scare, and you too. Wish he could have gotten shots off. Hope he wants to get right back at it! My first thought was a carcass or gut pile close by. I’ve been growled at before.

 

[Rich M]

If your boy isn't over it - maybe you need some hair of the dog and get him to shoot a few, see how small they are and get a little more confidence. He probably never thought of using the gun/bow hanging over his shoulder.

 

[Ruger15]

Makes me wonder if they may have been wild dogs. Ive never had a yote come to me like that but I have been treed by a few wild dogs in the past. Them jokers just arent very pleasant.

 

[Rebel 3]

Saw another black this morning. Same property. Just heard a buck grunt...

 

[Browning Slayer]

Makes me wonder if they may have been wild dogs. Ive never had a yote come to me like that but I have been treed by a few wild dogs in the past. Them jokers just arent very pleasant.

^this^...

 

[RipperIII]

If your boy isn't over it - maybe you need some hair of the dog and get him to shoot a few, see how small they are and get a little more confidence. He probably never thought of using the gun/bow hanging over his shoulder.

I've encountered some pretty large yotes before, a few about the size of a medium sized lab although thinner. I've heard some say there is a cross breed called coy dogs which get larger and have less fear of humans, I don't know if that is fact, or fiction...but I have seen some bigger yotes.

 

[Rich M]

We used to call em coydogs when we saw big ones when I was growing up. Google says 45# is about as big as the yotes get. Not chihuahua tiny but not a rottie either.

The whole having a rifle idea seems to reduce the size of the aggressive animal by a bit. Too bad the kid didn't think to just shoot one or at least let a round rip in their general direction and listen to them scurry away with ringing ears.

Nothing to fear in the woods around here.

 

[RipperIII]

We used to call em coydogs when we saw big ones when I was growing up. Google says 45# is about as big as the yotes get. Not chihuahua tiny but not a rottie either.

The whole having a rifle idea seems to reduce the size of the aggressive animal by a bit. Too bad the kid didn't think to just shoot one or at least let a round rip in their general direction and listen to them scurry away with ringing ears.

Nothing to fear in the woods around here.

I carry a pistol because in the dark a scoped rifle is too awkward

 

[Dbender]

No disrespect but it sounds like your son isn't comfortable enough to hunt by himself yet. Shooting down a roadway in the dark at shadowy figures is terrible advice. Coyotes aren't a threat to your son, I'd be more concerned with twisting an ankle than a coyote attacking me.

 

[frankwright]

 

[Para Bellum]

I've had coyotes circle me in short pines a couple of times but the minute they saw or smelled me they high tailed it outta there. I've had wild dogs run me up trees several times. I've killed quite a few wild dogs over the years while working.