YUP !!! All of the serious ranchers OWN GUNS and we all know how to use them. Too, there are some varmint hunters that come from time to time and ask permission to hunt coyotes and more often than not permission is granted.
I have seen the follow up stories concerning that cougar. It was determined to be a "Kitten." The slant seems to be negative towards the guy that killed it because it was your. I guess a kitten going for your throat is not a big enough threat. I would love to see one, however.From a safe distance . They have killed them to extinction in New England..
Don’t tell DNR, they’ll relocate them.
The coyotes cause many casualties to ranchers' livestock . What most people do not hear about the damage caused to vegetable and orchard farmers. Coyotes chew through the drip irrigation lines so that a small area of a row is flooded, but the rest of the row is denied water and causes crop damage or death. A coyote will chew one drip line to get a drink, then go to the next and the next ones until the get tired of the game. The farmer is now faces in repairing / replacing the plastic lines. Then there are the disease factors caused by coyotes, As they travel through row crop lands they pick up many types of pathogens by rolling in or eating feces from rats, mice, other animals AND field workers that urinate and deficate in those fields ( yes, I have seen this happen many times even after when the farm owner sets out porta poties ) . Then the coyotes bush against field crops / fruit grapes, to spread the pathogens . Then the crop items are harvested, and sent out on their way to your table and when you and your neighbors get sick by eating at a restaurant or farmers' market or your back yard ... guess who gets the blame. Hint... it's not the coyote.
We have lots of coyotes. I see their footprints in the mud and snow. I have only seen one 4-5 times in 40 years. I don't worry about them but I do carry a big stick when I walk in the woods with my Grandsons. I live in a small town with some big (for here) farms and lots of rural homes. Many people live here and commute to Boston for work. Their are a lot of hobby famers and gardeners. You should see them freak out when a predator is seen on a trail cam. A very occasional bear. I have heard that hunters know where it is but keep it quiet to protect it. There are the usual fox and fishers which send people into a tail spin. I must say fishers when mating sound like a woman being murdered. And once or twice a season the coyotes are mating and it does sound a bit terrifying. I read the pups practice their voice in the spring. My horse is outside except in terrible weather. I have seen him run off a coyote and other smaller predators and do not worry about him. My vet wants him out 24/7 so I listen to her, not those who think they know better than an equine vet.
Nope.
Yup, coyotes are more dangerous than dogs. They can and do kill dogs several times larger than them by baiting the dog into a running fight ,then eat the carcass. I lost my solid 90 lbs Boxer to this technique.
