Yup - my neighbor keeps the coons out of his chickens with a 20 ga.

On Sat, Nov 18, 2017 at 12:17 AM, clay monroe via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> Just up the street from me I saw the local cat snackers sauntering through
> the intersection.  The coyotes are not smart enough to work the latch to
> the hens, so not an issue to me.  It is the coons, big as a baby bear, that
> need some predation.  Too big for those puny canids to take down.
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> clay
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> > On Nov 17, 2017, at 6:19 PM, OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
> wrote:
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> > The deer herds probably need thinning anyway. We heard coyotes howling at
> > night when we moved here five years ago, and saw them crossing road
> > occasionally, but have neither seen nor heard them for at least three
> years
> > now. I guess they've moved east . . .
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 2:01 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <
> > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >
> >> The thing is, they are much cleverer than we are.
> >>
> >> On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 2:55 PM, Fred Moir via Mercedes <
> >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I have an old Alaska pipeline cold weather coat trimmed with eastern
> >>> coyote fur.
> >>>
> >>> One way to thin their ranks.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Fred Moir.
> >>> Lynn MA.
> >>> Diesel preferred.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ________________________________
> >>> From: Mercedes <mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com> on behalf of Andrew
> >>> Strasfogel via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
> >>> Sent: 17 November 2017 14:35
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> >>> Cc: Andrew Strasfogel
> >>> Subject: [MBZ] Heads Up Curt, Fred and the rest of us easterners
> >>>
> >>> Coyote could become the wolf of the East CoastPublished: Friday,
> November
> >>> 17, 2017
> >>>
> >>> Coyotes might need to become the "wolves" of the East Coast to survive.
> >>>
> >>> Coyotes in the East are actually a mix of coyote, wolf and dog, which
> is
> >>> why they tend to be bigger than their counterparts in the West.
> >>>
> >>> The carnivores has expanded their territory in the past 80 years, and
> >> their
> >>> wolflike traits are helping them thrive on the East Coast, according to
> >>> scientists.
> >>>
> >>> But humans will have to coexist with these increasingly wolflike
> >> creatures,
> >>> researchers said.
> >>>
> >>> "We now have a novel, large canid to take over that new role," said
> >> Robert
> >>> Crabtree, chief scientist of the Yellowstone Ecological Research
> Center.
> >>> "The right size is going to be selected for us by biological evolution
> >>> itself."
> >>>
> >>> The coyotes might become more effective predators, which could be bad
> >> news
> >>> for deer. Ultimately, it could mean that the coyote becomes the top
> >>> predator on the East Coast (Patrick Whittle, Associated Press
> >>> <https://apnews.com/723302aed1f241c5a007daff566714
> >>> 20/Getting-more-'wolflike'-is-the-key-to-the-future-for-coyotes>,
> >>> Nov. 17).
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> > --
> > OK Don
> >
> > *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many
> of
> > our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain
> >
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> who
> > learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence
> > for themselves."
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OK Don

*“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of
our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain

"There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who
learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence
for themselves."

WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers*
2013 F150, 18 mpg
2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg
1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph!
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