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. > > clay > > > > > > > > > > On Nov 17, 2017, at 6:19 PM, OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > > > 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 > >>> To: Mercedes Discussion List > >>> 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). > >>> _______________________________________ > >>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>> > >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>> > >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >>> > >>> > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > 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! > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- 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! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
