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scooter
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Posted on Sunday, Feb 14, 2010 - 4:20 pm:
The people that keep their horses on the far side of our property had their horses attacked by coyotes The guy heard a racket about 2:30 am looked out and saw coyotes, but didn't think much of it. There are tons of coyote tracks around here. I see them go right through the horses paddock, but have never been real concerned about it. Coyotes just don't normally attack healthy adult horses.
Anyway the neighbor has two BIG adult horses, not aged I believe one is 7 the other is 4. Looked like one got a hold of one of the horses fetlocks and bit it. It also looks like the horse retaliated and got a good kick in on the coyote as there was a blood trail leading away the direction the coyotes left. There was 3 from the looks of it... I also had 3 in my horse pasture and they killed something in there couldn't quite make out what it was as not much was left of it.
SO I wonder if we have 3 rogue coyotes or coydogs running around here?
The reason I am concerned is Sam is locked in the stall I built in the lean-to paddock area...where the coyotes travel right thru. I am not 100% certain Sam is ready for 24/7... I think he would be fine...but keeping him penned now is kind of a concern?
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tasia
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Posted on Sunday, Feb 14, 2010 - 5:11 pm:
What part of the country are you located?
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scooter
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Posted on Sunday, Feb 14, 2010 - 5:30 pm:
We are in northwestern IL.
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tasia
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Posted on Sunday, Feb 14, 2010 - 6:18 pm:
Thank you. If you were on the east coast where I am, I was going to warn my horse friends to be on the lookout for coyotes. We have coyotes here, but I have not heard of any attacks on large animals.
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lacyrn
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Posted on Sunday, Feb 14, 2010 - 7:05 pm:
I live in northern New England. On the news about a month or so ago they did a story about a horse being killed by coyotes or coy dogs in Maine. I have been on the alert ever since.
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scooter
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Posted on Sunday, Feb 14, 2010 - 8:39 pm:
I left Sam out for the night he has been going out from the crack of dawn until dark with no problems...having him caged up outside, worried me a bit. I know crazy Hank chases fox and coyotes and anything else in the pasture so hopefully he will protect the 2 elderly ones.
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scooter
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Posted on Sunday, Feb 14, 2010 - 8:56 pm:
Here coyotes, GEES someone hit a deer on the road right across from our house tonight. The poor thing wasn't dead so they called the sheriff, who then came out and shot it. AND left it laying there in the ditch.. Coyotes should be busy tonight.
HMMMMM might be a good time to have hubby out there with the shot gun.
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lilo
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Posted on Sunday, Feb 14, 2010 - 9:17 pm:
Diane - we have had 4 adult coyotes hanging around the greenbelt behind my property. Not only that - they were quite at home in my pasture ..
I never worried about my horses, but last week I saw 2 coyotes chasing the neighbor's dog. They were not very big, and I was speculating that they were young ones that wanted to play. Another neighbor had seen 4 pups a while back in the creek bed behind my property. But, one never knows. Hope Hank keeps them at bay.
Lilo
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mrose
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Posted on Monday, Feb 15, 2010 - 12:47 am:
When we lived in Truckee, we had a lot of coyotes. Sometimes they would follow us from a safe distance when we rode,and in the winter one or two would even lay in the manure pile for the warmth. The only problems we ever had were with dogs, not coyotes. We've also had problems where we are now with dogs. Because of this, I'd suspect coy-dogs and would blame the dog half more than the coyote! I know they will go after chickens, cats and small dogs, but they don't normally attack large animals. Dogs will, especially if there are two or more of them working togther.I've heard of dogs even taking down grown cows, and I know they'll take down calves and sheep with ease. I'm not an expert; just going by my experience.
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scooter
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Posted on Monday, Feb 15, 2010 - 6:02 am:
I'm pretty sure these were coyotes and not coydogs. This time of year they are mating, and food is scarce with the snow cover. When we used to calf in Feb. we lost new calves to coyotes a few times.
It is VERY unusual for them to attack adult horses or cows but it does happen. I'm thinking we got ourselves 3 very brave ones around here. We have 100's of them nearby, it is not unusual to see them go trotting through the pasture even during the day. The horses don't even pay attention to them. I was surprised when we had snow fall to see the tracks going right through the horses paddock...then 2 summers ago finding a mangled rabbit in their lean-to...little to close for comfort. I find "body parts" of small animals all over the horses pasture.
Hopefully the neighbors horse being able to draw blood on one of them and chase them off will make them think twice about attacking horses.
I asked them if their horses had rabies and tetanus shots they said no...sigh.
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kpaint
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Posted on Monday, Feb 15, 2010 - 7:31 am:
Hmmm. If calving time is close and the otes are getting brave enough to jump a horse, then it might be time for an armed watch over a gut pile and terminate a few. We have a large population here also. They are very prolific around here and have adapted well. They will trot around in broad daylight close too! I like to hear them call and yip in the night, but sure don't want to lose babies, pets, or chickens! Zoe the Doberman usually keeps them away from the horses; however, she is a giant chicken herself. So, if some were brave like the ones you posted about, she would go hide and let them eat her dogfood. She lets opossum eat her food.... The animals I have seen all look well fed and in good health so far this winter. We have put out hay for the deer as we tilled under the food plots this fall and will replant this spring. Husband always leaves some corn standing, so they have plenty. However, green food helps the antlers. And salt... Sure hope you get the pack destroyed or run off before they jump your livestock.
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zarr
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Posted on Monday, Feb 15, 2010 - 10:50 am:
If you want to read the woes of coyotes in the area check out backyardchickens.com there is story after story about the damage done.We have 3 main packs in our area they have gotten a few chicks but left the horses alone.Think that is due to my mustang. They can be a big worry for mini owners.Lady down the road had to redo her fences!
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kpaint
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Posted on Monday, Feb 15, 2010 - 11:03 am:
Hmmm. With stories like that Cindy, I'm now glad that the pastures I just inherited from husband which were used for elk, have 8 foot fences of woven wire. Not horse wire however.  Suppose I could put hot wire around the inside of it to keep them off of it if I have to.
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stek
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Posted on Monday, Feb 15, 2010 - 12:01 pm:
Yikes how scary. We have tons of coyotes in the area (western WA), our property backs up to about 5000 acres of forest and sometimes they come through the neighbor's undeveloped land. I often hear them yipping at night and it sets my hair on edge. I always fear for our house/barn cats but never thought I had to worry about the horses .. dang.
I have heard stories lately about rogue coyotes not backing down from people on hiking trails up in Seattle, not sure if there is something medically wrong with them or just getting too acclimatized to being around people.
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zarr
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Posted on Monday, Feb 15, 2010 - 12:31 pm:
We got a game camera just to keep tabs on everyone.Imagine the shock when we found 3 coons and 3 skunks in our barn jocking for food crumbs. I lost a big beautiful roo in broad daylight to a big coyote and we think 3 barn cats are mia either to coyotes or the big horned owl.
Shannon my son is in Bellingham and a mt bike rider there is a lot of wildlife out your back door including the cougar he saw last week!!
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scooter
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Posted on Monday, Feb 15, 2010 - 4:46 pm:
HMMMMM not far from us
https://www.thonline.com/article.cfm?id=273309
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stek
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Posted on Monday, Feb 15, 2010 - 4:49 pm:
Very true Cindy, one of my co-workers has had a big cat stalking around his yard. They have two kids under 3 years old so have been taking pot shots at it but it has so far been undeterred. Still very much the wild west here!
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erika
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Posted on Monday, Feb 15, 2010 - 5:07 pm:
Like Sara, we used to have coyotes that followed our horses out in the wilderness areas. Never came close, but maybe they thought we'd scare something up for them.
In NJ we hear them all the time, see them occasionally. A friend lost four out five of her Jack Russels to coyotes. Just because a dog is tough, don't be sure they can handle the "tag team" hunting style of a pack! I'd worry even about a doberman.
Never imagined they would attack a horse, though.
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zarr
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Posted on Monday, Feb 15, 2010 - 7:23 pm:
Speaking of dobes! Mine is behind a 6ft chainlink fence with a dog door in to the house. She always races out the door to "sing" with the coyotes.The other night she went racing out bark completely changed to almost screaming level and she came back in shaking like a leaf!!?? Nothing has ever scared this dog. Now this morning my neighbor tells me there were mt. lion tracks seen on the next ridge over hmmmmm? We have a large herd of deer here so I guess they all go hand in hand but still ....
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kpaint
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Posted on Monday, Feb 15, 2010 - 9:22 pm:
Yikes O Cindy! Mtn Lion? My scaredy cat Dobe would have fainted.
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sodmonst
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Posted on Tuesday, Feb 16, 2010 - 1:29 am:
A local wildlife biologist told me that when we kill coyotes the population actually goes up because they breed more than normal if "place holder" animals are gone. Then you get more coyotes running around learning from their surviving family groups how to be even more wiley. That seems to
part of why they have adapted to so many habitats.
For what it's worth, sterilization programs seem to work better to keep the numbers down.
I've seen lion tracks here close to the house. No, ther are not dog tracks; I know the difference. The mataianace crew at work ran one off from the parking lot. That's three miles from here.
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zarr
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Posted on Tuesday, Feb 16, 2010 - 12:02 pm:
The big cats seem to be expanding back across their old ranges. It was very rare here but they turn up once in awhile now.I'm still holding out that the local tracks were bobcat!!
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vickiann
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Posted on Tuesday, Feb 16, 2010 - 2:36 pm:
Research shows that you cannot control coyote numbers by killing them because they will respond to a decline in their population by increasing litter size.
And the alpha female coyote controls who within the pack breeds, with the pack as a whole caring for any youngsters. If you kill some members off, they will naturally increase the number of pups. If you kill the alpha female, all of the other females will come into heat.
Every species (including the coyote) has its purpose in nature and if removed or reduced greatly in numbers, there are repercussions. This is true even in the insect and pest world.
Here is an interesting article about coyotes from an Illinois newspaper:
https://www.wilderness-sportsman.com/wsblog/
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zarr
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Posted on Tuesday, Feb 16, 2010 - 2:54 pm:
OK here is one way to hold off coyotes racoons skunks etc Give all the male relatives tea and lots of it and have them walk the fence preferably After dark! It does seem to help,
I've read that when wolves and mt. lions were so reduced in numbers that the coyotes exploded in numbers and also became larger than the original model.
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vickiann
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Posted on Tuesday, Feb 16, 2010 - 3:10 pm:
Yes. Wolves kill coyotes, considering them as competitors for the same favorite food sources -- primarily rabbits and other small animals, berries, fruit, etc.
It is quite ironic that the livestock industry is largely responsible for wiping out wolves and also for not allowing re-introduction of them, as I suspect coyotes take many more calves than wolves do.
Bears and mountain lions and panthers all will kill coyotes.
Had the larger predators not been so reduced, perhaps the coyote would not have continued to increase their range as they have?
Perhaps coyotes prefer not to share the same territory as wolves?
Perhaps man killing coyotes has served also to increase their range?
If the alpha female is killed and all of the others go into heat and breed, with all of the new offspring and coyotes being territorial, they would need to increase the size of their range a little each time an alpha female is killed.
Interesting species, coyotes!
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scooter
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Posted on Tuesday, Feb 16, 2010 - 4:50 pm:
I'd like to know how they kill coyotes, they are not the easiest animals to kill OR trap. We get a pot shot off at one every once in awhile. There is a guy that traps them around here and it is quite an ordeal, he don't get many. They are very smart. I don't really mind them as long as they stay where they should be and leave the livestock alone..if not then it's WAR. One year we had some kill a calf as the mother was giving birth...they know she can't defend it then. They dragged that new born calf up a huge hill about 200 yards and cleaned it too the bones.
We were so stupid we didn't even know the cow had calved, knew she was getting close because of the blood tinge and mucous hanging out and her bag was big...so we locked her in the barn waiting for her to calf...she never did We couldn't figure out why! Until one day hubby came across the "remains" in the pasture. We had the county come out to verify it was a coyote kill, and they did, they pay you $50 if your calf is killed by coyotes...How weird is that???
It is not unusual at all to see coyotes lying around in a circle while a cow is getting ready to calf, so they can grab it as it is being born... Don't like them!
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zarr
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Posted on Tuesday, Feb 16, 2010 - 6:04 pm:
There was a huge Coyote shoot in Nev last month lots of "hunters" came they used calls and kills to bring them in and shot away! Yuke!!! The Native Americans saw the coyote as a prankster and grandfather of wisdom and they are indeed both!Perhaps opportunist is the best description.
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vickiann
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Posted on Tuesday, Feb 16, 2010 - 7:34 pm:
Some cattle owners in my vicinity keep donkeys in with their cattle to help protect from coyotes.
Trapping or poisoning coyotes is what they do in our area if trying to eliminate them.
The woman who runs cattle on part of my farm keeps many head that have very nasty horns as this also gives another means of defense. We have told her that we kill nothing on our property, be it coyotes or snakes or anything else.
I hear coyotes calling all around me some nights, and even during broad daylight some days.
They are quite bold about coming rather close to house and barn.
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vickiann
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Posted on Tuesday, Feb 16, 2010 - 7:35 pm:
If you see coyotes that look very healthy and well fed, I have heard this is an indication that your ecosystem is rather healthy.
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sodmonst
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Posted on Tuesday, Feb 16, 2010 - 9:07 pm:
Vicki, you have the same understanding that I do. Killing coyotes contributes to increasing, not decreasing the population.
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scooter
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Posted on Tuesday, Feb 16, 2010 - 9:58 pm:
We must have a VERY healthy eco system then! As in everything living, over population can become a problem also. Around here I can't think of wild life that is a "natural" enemy to coyotes. There is an overpopulation here. Which does in turn does upset the "apple cart", our rabbit population has dwindled to about nothing, where we used to have many rabbits and turkeys. We had a rabbit last winter that took up residence in an extra drain tile we had outside by the basement door. I would always see him when I went out and when the winter got cold and very snowy, I left him alfalfa pellets by the drain tile. He made it through most of the winter only to finally be caught by a coyote right by our basement door! I found his remains out by the manure pile. That was the last rabbit I have seen on our property. What happens then when this over population has used up it's "natural meals" that's when livestock, including our horses are put at risk. It is not "normal" for coyotes to go after adult livestock or people, but it is becoming more common than I like. If we see one in the pasture with in shot gun range it gets shot at, if we miss at least it puts a little fear in them. It used to be quite common to see them in the horse pasture during the day.. we haven't seen them in there for quite awhile since we started shooting
According to foot falls in the snow they still are out there at night, but it doesn't seem like half as many as there used to be
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kpaint
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Posted on Tuesday, Feb 16, 2010 - 11:51 pm:
Not sure if science backs this up but around here many believe we have an over abundance of coyotes because they have no predators except vehicles on the roadway and people w/ guns. We haven't had bears, cougars, etc. in n. indiana for a long time (although a few cats have been sited and tracked lately I read in the newspaper). Also many believe with all of the no till farming many rodents homes are not disturbed, at least as often as they used to be, which in turn creates plenty of food for the coyotes. The only time I hear of coyotes grabbing a small dog/cat is in the new subdivisions bordered by farm ground. I think it is convenience more than starving--we see many coyotes and they all look in good health. We also have seen a great increase in the number of hawks nesting on our farms and we also attribute this to the high # of rodents in the fields. The hawk nests are built in the trees lining the fence rows and several times a week I can see one dive for a rodent. We have plenty of rabbits but it does seem like there have been fewer in the fields at harvest time the past two years. There are no turkeys and very few pheasant. Many of the Canadian geese live "in town" on the subdivision retention ponds as their nests/babies are threatened by coyotes and hawks here in the "country." We have a pair on our south pond and every year the hatchlings get plucked from the water by a hawk or grabbed by a turtle or snatched off the nest by a coyote. We watch a lot of wildlife. Our deer population is robust and in good health. So I think our "local eco system" is in pretty good shape. However, if a coyote makes a play for a pet, chicken, or horse around here, it will be a dead coyote. Husband doesn't miss night or day. There's plenty of food in the wild; they don't need easy pickin's here. Diane, if it weren't for the 8 ft woven wire fence, I'm sure we would have had coyotes after the elk calves. Interestingly, all of the coyotes we have killed are male and alone.
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scooter
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Posted on Wednesday, Feb 17, 2010 - 7:28 am:
Development seems to be another problem. We have subdivisions surrounding us and another 2 are just starting development.
The guy across the rd. and us are the only ones that "farm" on this rd. anymore, where this all used to be good farm land. It won't be long before they are complaining about cow and horse manure I'm sure. I already had one lady go nuts on me because Hank pooped along the rd..right next to the ditch BY OUR house...sigh. Then the crazy lady had enough guts later on to ask if her kids could pet the horses... UMMMM NO. I'm not usually hard to get a long with, but her going crazy about poop on the side of the rd. ticked me off for quite some time.. she is also one that drives 100mph on the rd, even if she sees me on a horse...she will go faster. Last summer she did that, she saw me on Hank way before she got by us (by OUR house) and sped up.. I flipped her the finger Thus the arena...sigh.
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kpaint
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Posted on Wednesday, Feb 17, 2010 - 8:44 am:
I hear you Diane about inconsiderate folks on the road. We have trouble during planting and harvest with folks in SUVs who don't want to get off the road a bit in their 4 wheel drives--might get the tires dirty I guess--so we can all use the road. A minor inconvenience a few weeks a year when living in the country but some just get so irate. But they sure don't seem to mind calling if they get stuck and want someone to pull them out... Go figure. Or ask if they can hunt/fish/mushroom hunt/arrow head hunt on our property. ? Doesn't seem to work both ways for some. There a few who ruin coexisting for everyone. Had some jerk speed past us in a pick up truck pulling a large, empty rattling trailer when we were driving the Hafies once and they purposely sped up and honked the horn. ? Scared the Hafies--they had blinders on and we had a run away situation. I'm sure the townies thought it quite a amusing. We held them up 3 minutes...on a country road. ? I will say anyone I have encountered on the road when I'm walking horses or riding has been very considerate around here however.
Poop along the road side on your property? Hmmm. If she wants turf and sidewalks, she should live in town. Aren't people funny? And like your experience, the folks who are inconsiderate are the ones who turn around and ask for something and often are indignant that they can't have it. I have been called a lot of names...because I won't grant permission to do something or have kicked folks off our property. You want a 4 wheeler, snow mobile, motorcycle, etc? Go buy your own ground to ride on. Stay off the fields...Don't get me started.
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lilo
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Posted on Wednesday, Feb 17, 2010 - 9:51 am:
Interesting - all the different experiences. Our development has 5 acre lots - designed for horse property with a trail and greenbelt system.
It is fascinating to watch the wildlife population. Our deer population is large and healthy (fun to watch, but often destructive to small trees and shrubs). Therefore, we do have mountain lions. Fortunately they prefer the greenbelt with trees - therefore have not seen them in the greenbelt bordering my property - it is too open. In the fall, bear come through after the berries in the greenbelt.
Fox population waxes and wanes. Two years ago we had a litter of 7 pups being raised in the greenbelt - now I have no more rabbits. And the foxes kept digging holes under my barn ... I still see one fox rather regularly.
Now this winter 4 adult coyotes (one with a broken leg) made their home here, and my neighbor spotted 4 pups. I believe those might have been the ones chasing my neighbor's dog.
So - will see what develops from here. Many years back I remember seeing coyotes trying to get at the deer behind my property - but had not seen any for a long while since then.
Don't even get me started about cars not slowing down when they see riders along the road .....
Lilo
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canter
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Posted on Wednesday, Feb 17, 2010 - 10:20 am:
When we first moved here, MI was in an economic boom (no longer) and there was a lot of problems with new homeowners in the new sub-divisions situated in the middle of farm land complaining about the "smells" from the farms and expecting farms that had been there for decades to do something about it. The county came up with an innovative idea: it published a brochure that had a scratch and sniff patch, smelling like manure. People considering purchasing a home in the middle of farm land were encouraged to read and smell the brochure (can't remember how they distributed them) so that they were prepared with what the wind might blow their way should they buy a house next to a dairy or pig farm. From what I remember, the brochures were a huge success, cut down on the complaints and hastles to the farmers and even made international news.
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vickiann
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Posted on Wednesday, Feb 17, 2010 - 11:06 am:
The stupid growth patterns certainly contribute to the conflict between humans and wildlife.
I too have been chased down by a woman in a car when one of the horses we were out riding (on a public clay road) DrOpped some manure across what was a public easement along the road.
Later I ran into this same woman at a county meeting about future planning. She was pushing for higher suburban density on her rurally zoned land while I was pushing preservation of agricultural and greenbelt areas.
I have fought hard in my county and area to stop sprawl, destruction of greenbelts and wildlife corridors.
It's crazy to plop developments out in the middle of farmland because it costs greatly more to provide the services there than are paid in taxes by these homeowners while taxes paid on agricultural land create a plus situation as compared to the cost of providing services.
Growth and development should proceed in an orderly fashion and not leapfrog out into the country, but the land is cheaper so the developers get away with it by convincing local governments to amend their Comprehensive Plans.
The people of Florida are so fed up with a state that talks about "smart growth" but too often continues to approve stupid growth.
Our legislature just doesn't get it, so now there will be a constitutional amendment (#4) on our ballot where any major changes to a Comprehensive Plan anywhere in the state must be voted on by the public of the jurisdiction.
It is not a great way to plan or have growth management, but the politicians have basically left the taxpayers no other choice due to their on going actions.
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kpaint
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Posted on Wednesday, Feb 17, 2010 - 4:38 pm:
Scratch and Sniff Manure on Real Estate Brochures! Amzazing!
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vickiann
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Posted on Wednesday, Feb 17, 2010 - 6:08 pm:
I think that it is brilliant!
May have to suggest it here where I live.
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scooter
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Posted on Wednesday, Feb 17, 2010 - 8:16 pm:
Scratch and sniff poop is hilarious I love it. That would probably be enough to keep urban sprawl down! Especially if they put pig smell on it!
Vicki Z. I just read through that article you posted... interesting. I think our coyote population stays pretty steady. We are surrounded by woods, bluffs and are close to the Mississippi River. I think the subdivisions are moving them more our way. That is fine as long as they behave themselves! Snakes are another thing..of course I don't kill them because they scare me too much..but they are not allowed up by the house!!! Since sneaky snakes departure I haven't seen any around the house or horse pasture (I have seen skins tho) so we know what that means! If they stay where they belong we will all get along We keep the pastures surrounding the house and our yard VERY short as to not invite any critters.
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canter
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Posted on Thursday, Feb 18, 2010 - 6:59 am:
Here's a link to an article on the brochure for any who may be interested in checking in to it:
https://www.michiganfarmbureau.com/farmnews/transform.php?xml=20060430/odor.xml
(You all thought I made it up, didn't you?? )
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ajudson1
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Posted on Thursday, Feb 18, 2010 - 7:29 am:
Fran,
I never doubted you for a minute!
Isn't it amazing how folks move to the country to get away from the city, then they don't want what goes along with living in the country?!
Hmmmm....I wonder if we started raising pigs, if our nearest neighbors would move?!?! It is getting crowded out here in the boonies!
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scooter
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Posted on Thursday, Feb 18, 2010 - 7:45 am:
That really is ingenious. They should put in a sound card too. When we wean the calves once in awhile we get a sheriffs complaint. Last year they called and complained someones dogs were loud It was the calves
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canter
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Posted on Thursday, Feb 18, 2010 - 10:27 am:
Well, Angie, you could try raising pigs to get rid of your neighbors, but you may find you want to move out too!
At my previous boarding situation, there is a pig farm near by and I do have to say, pig poop is particularly pungent. When the wind blew in the right (or wrong?) direction, it could be a bit tough to take, 'specially on a hot summer day when I was riding really hard and breathing heavily. That said, I never would have thought to complain to authorities about it...they have a right to conduct their business.
Never did hear those pigs squeal, though.
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cameo128
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Posted on Monday, May 3, 2010 - 1:24 pm:
I would consider getting a mule or large donkey. They are notorious for protecting the herd. My mare was attacked by a Mt. Lion about 8 yrs ago. I told my husband that was the next purchase if I hear of another one! So far so good. That lion just terrorized every neighbor in the area that had livestock that night. I still wouldn't mind getting one if I didn't have a full house.
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mrose
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Posted on Monday, May 3, 2010 - 3:10 pm:
Tracy, you are sure right about that. We had an old moma burro with a foal at sher side, and NOTHING would tangle with her!! All our dog problems ended, and although we had lions and bears in the area, we never had a problem with any of them. She would lower her head, put those big ears back, and run toward whatever it was bothering her, loudly braying and snorting, sounding much like a freight train; nothing stood it's ground in front of her.
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leilani
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Posted on Monday, May 3, 2010 - 3:49 pm:
We have 2 watch donkeys that do a great job on our property. We had been experiencing a DrOught a couple of months ago and the wild cattle were coming down searching for water and causing some problems. A mom and her calf showed up one morning and 'Ohe and Kalo took off running, their large ears pinned back, straight for them. The cows have not returned to our property. 
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