Coyote attacks 2 yr old girl

[Majortrauma]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/07/23...est=latestnews
Coyote attacks like this are exceptionally rare. There is some speculation that on the east coast the Eastern Coyote may be a coyote-wolf hybrid and which could explain the aggression towards human/larger prey.
Still, coyotes are at the bottom of my list of genuine concerns when hiking.

[MuddyWaters]

Feral dogs attack more
House pets attack more
These animals have no fear of humans, coyotes do.

[BZ853]

Thanks for sharing. The easiest and most effective way to get any kind of dog/coyote/wolf to stop biting you is to pour water on its nose. It has to let go to breath.

[rocketsocks]

Thanks for sharing. The easiest and most effective way to get any kind of dog/coyote/wolf to stop biting you is to pour water on its nose. It has to let go to breath.

Or kick em in the ding ding, it has to let go to lick it's wounds.

[atmilkman]

Thanks for sharing. The easiest and most effective way to get any kind of dog/coyote/wolf to stop biting you is to pour water on its nose. It has to let go to breath.

Another easier said than done method is to drive a finger or thumb into an eye socket. My friend had a pit bull locked up on one of his hounds and stuck the garden hose up his nose and he still wouldn't let go. He shoved that hose into his eye socket and that was all it took.

[Sarcasm the elf]

Feral dogs attack more
House pets attack more
These animals have no fear of humans, coyotes do.

I agree for the most part, however the coyote population is booming in my neck of the woods and is beginning to cause real problems. They are actively destroying the turkey, pheasant and small game populations as well as posing a risk to smaller pets.

While I have never encountered an aggressive coyote, I have seen a steady number of them that are clearly used to being around humans. Increasingly i have encountered ones that will keep their distance, but are more reluctant to run away at the sight of a human.

[Feral Bill]

There are plenty of them out here. They can keep you awake with their singing at night.

[Deer Hunter]

Or kick em in the ding ding, it has to let go to lick it's wounds.

Good point. Lol!

[Alligator]

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[Drybones]

Thanks for sharing. The easiest and most effective way to get any kind of dog/coyote/wolf to stop biting you is to pour water on its nose. It has to let go to breath.

Had a doberman and an airedale at the same time, the airedale loved to fight, didn't matter to him if he won or lost, just loved fighting. They'd lock up and the wife would try to break them up by spraying a water hose in thier face and even up thier nose, just made them fight harder. The only way I found to break them up was to grab them by the nose and try to rip it off, trick then was to separate them. Fortunately one was a doby and was manageable, two airedales you'd have to throw one over the fence to end the fight.

[Sly]

If I'm not mistaken, contrary to belief, wolf attacks on humans are quite rare also.

[Marta]

If I'm not mistaken, contrary to belief, wolf attacks on humans are quite rare also.

I was attacked by a dog/wolf hybrid, the pet of some friends. The way I see it, it had attack instincts it couldn't control. Coy dogs probably do, too.

[TIDE-HSV]

That one stuck with me, having hiked Big Frog and the Cohutta numerous times, paddled the Ocoee probably thousands of times, and stayed at the Chilhowee FS campground many times, near where this attack occurred. The wildest attack I ever witnessed at Chilhowee campground (not really an attack), was when a herd of wild pigs crashed into a big cabin tent with about a dozen coeds in residence. The mixed squeals were something not to be ignored. I awoke briefly. In the morning, they both were gone. BTW, do you know Krewzer? I think I remember his mentioning your name...

[TIDE-HSV]

I was attacked by a dog/wolf hybrid, the pet of some friends. The way I see it, it had attack instincts it couldn't control. Coy dogs probably do, too.

Wild animals, even hybrids, are never really tamed. This is a lesson that just doesn't seem to sink in with a lot of people...

[Del Q]

Two comments:

In the Southwest farmers shoot coyotes and hang them on their fences to scare their friends off. The Coyote's I talked to said that they just kept a closer eye out as a result. Said hello to their dead friends as the tip-toed by to eat their sheep and chickens.

When I was on my section hike in NY North of the Hudson River, ran across two "coy wolves", a LOT bigger than Coyotes...........reported it to the NY Game Commission, they seemed disinterested.

They followed me for about 1/2 mile then disappeared into the rain..............shockingly I had a record day of 20.5 miles that day


All good

[TIDE-HSV]

Two comments:

In the Southwest farmers shoot coyotes and hang them on their fences to scare their friends off. The Coyote's I talked to said that they just kept a closer eye out as a result. Said hello to their dead friends as the tip-toed by to eat their sheep and chickens.

When I was on my section hike in NY North of the Hudson River, ran across two "coy wolves", a LOT bigger than Coyotes...........reported it to the NY Game Commission, they seemed disinterested.

They followed me for about 1/2 mile then disappeared into the rain..............shockingly I had a record day of 20.5 miles that day


All good

I would say that extra mileage was your friend...

[MuddyWaters]

Coyotes are everywhere. You may not see them, but they are there. The woods are full of them. Not all are small, Ive seen some pretty big ones , get pics of them on my deer cameras.

[Majortrauma]

Del Q-this is a plausible, scientific explanation for what you saw. http://www.projectcoyote.org/newsrel...s_eastern.html
PA and NYS DEC apparently are in full denial about this possibility as they are about a large cat roaming the woods.

[Swordpen]

"Or kick em in the ding ding, it has to let go to lick it's wounds"


this doesn't work. Dogs, coyotes, wolves etc have a much higher pain tolerance than human males. They will just ignore you.

Spraying water on them is almost laughable, you are just cooling them off to continue, this is an old wives tale.

how do I know? I have 5 male dogs at home, & have had to break up fights.

[leaftye]

I'll take a pack of coyotes any day over a pack of dogs.

A pack of wild dogs mauled a Houston woman on her way to work Monday morning, leaving her in critical condition.
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The canines tackled Arcos, tore her clothes off, bit all over her body and dragged the frightened Texan up and down the street.
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"[They bit] her arms, her legs, her neck — they cover her," her stepson Oscar Reyes said. "They was eating her. The dogs was eating her to the bone."
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"Supposedly in 48 hours, if she doesn't get better, she's not going to make it," Reyes said.


Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nati...#ixzz2a2RpPceT

I'm way more scared of dogs.