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Just returned from a weekend hike in NJ, and the coyotes were active, could hear them in the valley to the west of the ridge between Catfish Fire Tower and Rattlesnake Ridge. They were loud throughout the night and moving fast in the valley. It was the talk of the trail in the AM.
I'm familiar with bear procedures but what about coyotes?
I'm familiar with bear procedures but what about coyotes?
Enjoy the concert. Coyotes can be brutal on cats and small dogs, cut they are NOT going to hang around when humans are active. Unless you are hiking with a small dog, the same precautions you take to keep mice and other rodents from getting to your food will suffice.
Chenango
08-17-2008, 18:43
I love listening to coyotes yipping. We have lots of them near my home in central NY. It is s bit unnerving the first time you hear them, but they are harmless (to people).
I camped in my backyard last night. Heard the coyotes and a screech owl in the pine tree directly above my tent, ten feet from my patio door.
Just think of coyotes as dogs. Sometimes they may bite, usually they don't.
There is no need to fear them. But you should hang your food bag at night.
Panzer
Wise Old Owl
08-17-2008, 22:41
IF you are very stelthy on the trail I have walked into them, they will look you over and head off into the brush or trees.
I love listening to coyotes yipping. We have lots of them near my home in central NY. It is s bit unnerving the first time you hear them, but they are harmless (to people).
lots of them yipping most nights where I live. rarely see them though. they don't want anything to do with people.
skinewmexico
12-15-2008, 21:44
Coyotes stole my daughter's cat out of the yard a few weeks ago.
rainmaker
12-15-2008, 22:11
Spent the night at Jim Murray's secret shelter in early October and they were everywhere. I don't think they want to mess with Jim's jackasses though.
Nearly Normal
12-15-2008, 22:53
When lefted unchecked they are pest and vermin. A bounty would help in some places.
Toolshed
12-16-2008, 00:18
I love listening to coyotes yipping. We have lots of them near my home in central NY. It is s bit unnerving the first time you hear them, but they are harmless (to people).
We have a place on Keuka Lake (not far fron you) that we frequent during S/S/F. I usually hang when I am there and I agree the sounds of the coyoytes thoughout most of the night is incredibel!!!!
OldStormcrow
12-16-2008, 10:32
The coyotes have over-run our area. Every cat, dog, squirrel and free range chicken for miles has disappeared. There's a family of them a few hundred yards up the road from my house.
Last January we had a pack close to our camp in NY. Could hear them come from the ridge to the west heading east, yipping to each other. They sounded as if they were on a hunt. There were two dogs in our camp, and I think that they might have been a little more interested in us than usual for that reason. They seemed to spend a short time directly downwind from us, not moving for a few minutes, while they got an idea of who we were. Luckily, they decided to leave the dogs alone.
jersey joe
12-16-2008, 13:03
The coyotes have over-run our area. Every cat, dog, squirrel and free range chicken for miles has disappeared. There's a family of them a few hundred yards up the road from my house.
Sounds like we could use some more coyotes in North Jersey...the squirrel population is out of control here. (no free range chickens though)
be afraid, be very afraid.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/08/earlyshow/main4654061.shtml?source=RSSattr=U.S._4654061
RadioFreq
12-16-2008, 17:42
We have a place on Keuka Lake (not far fron you) that we frequent during S/S/F. I usually hang when I am there and I agree the sounds of the coyoytes thoughout most of the night is incredibel!!!!
Do they sound like this? :D
http://www.chron.com/apps/comics/showComic.mpl?date=2001/10/17&name=Non_Sequitur_pan (http://www.chron.com/apps/comics/showComic.mpl?date=2001/10/17&name=Non_Sequitur_pan)
berninbush
12-16-2008, 17:44
I came within a couple of hundred feet of a coyote, just a few hundred yards from my urban Houston home. I live next to a reservoir area that is home to deer and other wildlife... apparently coyotes too. Other times I have heard them howling in the moonlight. The one I saw was in the early morning... he came out of the woods to look at me and my dog. Fortunately they did not get in a fight with each other. We looked at each other for a couple of minutes, and then when I walked away he began to bark and then to howl. I didn't sense any hostile intent, just a lot of curiousity on both sides.
Last January we had a pack close to our camp in NY. Could hear them come from the ridge to the west heading east, yipping to each other. They sounded as if they were on a hunt. There were two dogs in our camp, and I think that they might have been a little more interested in us than usual for that reason. They seemed to spend a short time directly downwind from us, not moving for a few minutes, while they got an idea of who we were. Luckily, they decided to leave the dogs alone.
i understand they "kidnap" and adopt some dogs, then interbreed with them, some multi-generation locals say the are not really coyotes, but coydogs.