/r/coyote
Everything related to Coyotes (otherwise known as Canis latrans).
This is a subreddit pertaining to anything related to Coyotes (otherwise known as Canis latrans).
Coyotes move within a landscape of attentiveness. I have seen their eyes in the creosote bushes and among mesquite trees. They have watched me. And all the times that I saw no eyes, that I kept walking and never knew, there were still coyotes. When I have seen them trot away, when I have stepped from the floorboard of my truck, leaned on the door, and watched them as they watched me over their shoulders, I have been aware for that moment of how much more there is. Of how I have only seen only an instant of a broad and rich life.
- Craig Childs, The Animal Dialogues: Uncommon Encounters in the Wild
I confess to a sympathy for the coyote that has grown until it lives in the deepest part of my nature.
- J. Frank Dobie, The Voice of the Coyote
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York PA, 930 am, playing in middle road, rolling around. Didn’t immediately run when I stopped car
No blood but fur everywhere. Safe to say cat didn’t make it and was carried away? Or due to lack of blood did he survive?
On my morning dog walk in Bernal Heights.
Hi there! Just looking for any suggestions for podcasts focused on coyote biology/ecology without a focus on hunting. I’ve found one episode on the All Creatures Podcast focused on them but the majority of the content I’m finding is coming from a hunters perspective and I’m looking more for one that is advocating for coexistence. Thank you! :)
Caught four voles in a five minute span, it was fun to watch the hunt!
Young woods pup enjoying some water
about a month ago i found a fresh pile with all the rabbit fur you might expect around here, right in the middle of a trail i frequent, i read that is how coyotes mark their territory. anyways, slowly it eroded away and today i noticed a fresh pile not too far from where the first pile was.
im thinking this could be a good place to put a trail camera, if they come check on their poo piles daily.
side note, what would happen if i removed it? would it leave another fresh one?
on a funnier note, what if i removed its poo and put some other animals poo there? i hear they are clever and i wonder if it would see the humor
Thanks for any help:
A coyote recently twice ran at my 30-pound dog and me on a trail that I live on.
I have a second dog, same size.
My question is, is a coyote less likely to attack two dogs together? (Plus human.)
ETA: Incident pic below before my pup ran to me and I leashed him. Non-public pipeline trail system that many abutting residents use for dog walks.
ETA: Thanks for the responses and educating me about pupping season. Will avoid that path for a while.
My coonhound and I were taking our normal stroll in the cemetery next to my house that is connected to a quarter mile by a mile wide strip of woods where the cemetery drops off into a 30’ straight drop off into a ravine and creek bed . We occasionally see coyotes in the cemetery and being hunters and nature enthusiasts I wear a rather powerful headlamp well as we walked the northern edge of the woods I spotted several sets of eye shine about a quarter mile down we walked on and got near the where I had seen the eye shine I spun my head and there not 30 feet from us was a pup staring at us I expected to take a headfirst trip down the ravine as I expected Rosie to go into full chase mode but no I decided not press my luck anymore and began to walk away but every time i turned around there was the little guy following at a distance of 20 yards of so if we stopped he stopped and on this went until when walking around a brush pile 2 large adults shot past us an break neck speed now Rosie was all baying and straining to get them I managed to break contact and as we rounded the little pond and approached a berm that hides the dumpster 2 little sets of eyes appeared on the top of the berm tracking us . Like I said I see coyotes often this was by far the closest I have ever been to a living coyote and having the little ones follow was pretty neat that’s all
I live in the Gilbert/Chandler area of Arizona, and in a fairly developed area- i haven’t seen coyotes in years. It was probably 10:30pm or 11:00pm(yes I know that’s late) and I was running on a dimly lit dirt path wedged between my neighborhood and the next. I usually walk down it, and run back to the start once I reach the end and repeat. I had just finished running back and stopped for water for probably not even a minute. When I turned around to walk down the path again there was a large coyote right in front of me- less than 5 feet away from me, i seriously could’ve touched it, and it was crouched coming towards me.
Fight or flight got the best of me, and I screamed and booked it home. It was so close and honestly I didn’t even think of seeing a coyote at all-let alone have it appear like a ghost right in front of me. It sounds insane, but I seriously can’t make this up.
Is there any reason that would lead a coyote to most likely stalk me for a mile and then run up on me the moment I stop? I can’t find anyone with a similar experience.
Hello. I am posting about an incident from about 2.5 years ago. It occurred in late October 2021. After many (too many to count) issues with my neighbors, my cat was killed. Long story short, after many disagreements in this year after our new neighbors purchased our next door property (rural PA) we had to have a letter sent by the dog warden. Mere days later, our cat (one of 5 outside cats, at the time) who was inside-outside, did not return home one day. He was 3 legged, and never ventured more than 30p feet from our home. He was healthy and adapted well to his disability. After 5 days of relentless searching, we found the body in a field, parallel to our neighbors yard. He appeared to have been placed. His body was fully intact other than having been pecked at by birds. He weighed 13 pounds, and for being 3 legged that is heavy. There was no scat or trail of anything. Our neighbors gave us dozens of reasons to suspect, some of which being their son (who often rode an ATV near the area, in their other field) recklessly, went to the property he was found in and requested to look around, with no reason to do so, keep in mind he hated us. He also seemed to have been searching and walked back near the field with his dogs with a look of utter disbelief when we told the neighbors we found the body. They treated us like shit, and gave us so many more reasons I'd be happy to share. Just too many to list. The field was around 6-700 feet from our home, and very hard to access besides by a way only a person would think to go. There's no reason for an animal to. The field was fallow. We also saw the kid park his ATV near there and disappear behind brush for several minutes. Despite all evidences people go against me and say I'm in denial of a coyote account. Do you all agree that it doesn't appear that way? Again, my neighbors refused to speak to my family on the matter, kicked us away during our clearly desperate attempts to converse, and have lied to other people about the incident. Sorry for the nook and thanks in advance. Again, any questions I'm happy to answer.
Got some surveillance camera footage of mama and her five pups in our driveway.