Last winter, Mrs. Anygun and I were sitting on our back porch in the dark enjoying the stars in the cold night air. No lights were on. As usual I had my super spotlight handy. Our now deceased male Bichon growled and perked up, gazing in the darkness. He was in her lap. I turned the spotlight on in the direction of his gaze and there was a large coyote not 30 feet away in a low crouch. I had my Kimber on the chair with me but the coyote made a quick exit before I could go to slide lock on him. Coyotes can be very brazen and I am certain an internet search will produce many examples of the described meal on a string and a hungry coyote will go for bigger prey if it is hungry or rabid enough.cb1000rider wrote:Really? A Texas Coyote will take on a dog the size of a lab near a human?healthinsp wrote:Just read the story again.
Out jogging with lab and coyote tries to take easy meal. Totally plausible. This is actually a fairly common behavior among coyote. The animal services officers I work with call it supper on a string.
I've lived in Texas a long time and most Coyote's that I've seen are pretty skittish and probably don't weigh as much as a lab...
Serious question. I've never had any fear of coyotes... If one was hanging about, I'd think something was wrong (rabies).
Dinner on a string? A yorkie maybe...
I do not trust coyotes and am always armed at night on the patio now with at least a shotgun.
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