On 2/11/16 2:21 AM, RGrew176 wrote:
Mr. Luddite;1054983 Wrote:
On 2/9/2016 8:23 PM, Boating All Out wrote:-
In article ,
says...-

This was a little unnerving ....

Our horse barn is about 175 feet down the driveway from our house.
It has a small, two car garage attached to it where I keep the tractor
in the winter.

I had finished up plowing the driveway with the truck and decided to
walk down to the barn to get the tractor and do a little clean up
work.

Got halfway down to the barn when suddenly a coyote came trotting out
of
the woods beside the house. I stopped. It stopped ... about 20 feet
away and we just stared at each other. It showed absolutely no fear of
me. It kept looking at me, then in the direction it had been going
(towards the barn and garage) and then back at me again. I just stood
there. It finally started moving slowly towards the garage but then
stopped, turned and started walking back directly towards me. My
first
thought was that my gun was back in the house. It stopped again about
20 feet away and we stared at each other again for about 30 seconds
then
it moved on towards the garage. So, I slowly followed it, around the
corner and then realized that one of the garage doors was open. (I
had
been in there earlier).

My thought was that it had gone in the garage. Walked up slowly and
looked around ... no coyote. Turned around and there he was again,
standing behind me, again about 20, maybe 30 feet away. I booked it
into the garage, pulled the door down fast and watched him through one
of the door windows. He finally lost interest and trotted off
towards
my neighbor's house. They raise chickens. I think they will need to
do a head count tonight.

Made me think about what would happen if I had a gun and I was forced
to
shoot it if it had attacked or become more threatening. Need to
check
up on the laws about that.-

Sounds like Harry - who once said he carried because of "dog
packs."
I can't imagine being attacked by a coyote. They are naturally
fearful of me, with good reason. Dogs too.
Excepting Chihuahuas. Tiny dogs are stupid. I have one.
Instead of "booking" it into the garage, you should have just
growled at it as you approached it. Make a fist too.
Would have sent it away with its tail tucked.
Bears are another story.


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You might want to consider doing some reading on a subject before you
shoot your mouth off. Attacks on humans are rare but they occur.
Coyotes have lost their fear of humans in many areas (including around
here) due to over population and regular encounters. They are also
disease ridden due to their diet.

I am sure a coyote would understand what making a fist was all about,
eh?

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I remember reading about Taylor Mitchell shortly after her death. There
are some absolute numbskulls around who think "man" is the dominant
critter in the sorts of encounters being discussed here. Coyotes can run
around 40 pounds and have bodacious teeth, and there are many dogs
running loose who are significantly larger than coyotes and are very
hungry.