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Old 12-23-2021, 10:16 PM
 
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I live near the Lakeline Mall in Cedar Park (recently moved here)and twice now near midnight I've heard what sounds like a pack of coyotes/wild dogs? It gets really loud and it sounds like they are running together through the wooded area nearby. Anyone know what it is? It gets loud and sounds crazy!!!
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Old 12-23-2021, 10:22 PM
 
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If it sounds like coyotes, it's coyotes. They're very resilient. Drive along the 183 toll road and you'll see a carcass on the shoulder at least once a month.

Don't let your cats or small dogs out overnight. Coyotes have to eat, too.
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Old 12-23-2021, 10:39 PM
 
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I live close to the Lakeline Metro station. I hear coyotes several times a month. ....sometimes very close to the house. Keep your cats indoors.
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Old 12-24-2021, 05:01 AM
 
Location: Austin, TX via San Antonio, TX
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Yes. They’re coyotes. They’re native to the area, and as someone said, very resilient. Remember, we’re on their land. This isn’t a suburban thing either. I’m on Montopolis and 183 and will hear them regularly. I warned a new neighbor when she moved in to keep an eye on her indoor/outdoor cat and she didn’t listen. He was lost for se deal days and came home bartered and beaten and now has a hole in his stomach that won’t close. It should be a general understanding in Texas that you keep an eye out for coyotes.
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Old 12-24-2021, 07:44 AM
 
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There are foxes around the Brushy Creek area too.

Not to be nitpicky, but we aren’t on “their” land. Humanity did not evolve in urban areas.
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Old 12-24-2021, 09:28 AM
 
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We live in Steiner Ranch and have coyotes everywhere. We see them in the greenbelt behind out house almost daily, and hear them at night.

When we lived in NW Austin, near Anderson High School, we used to see them all the time too - just hanging out in our driveway.

Don't let your cats outside, but other than that, they're no big deal. Anytime we've seen them when out walking, even when walking our dog, they just run away. If I had a small dog, I would be a little more cautious, but I have not found them to be agressive at all.
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Old 12-24-2021, 09:55 AM
 
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Coyotes are in just about every urban / suburban area in America now, even NYC has them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xZAumNIU0g

They are super resilient and able to adopt to just about any environment. They're a bit more common here than places I have lived in the past I will state that. I kinda wish we could do what some areas of Dallas allows and install taller fences so I can give my cats some outdoor time. In Atlanta they were also pretty common but the forestry did a great job at hiding them.

If you really want to get fun with urban wildlife, how about finding a Black Bear picking through your trash right outside of Downtown Atlanta?
https://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law/...2lqY2S8mWUSBL/

Or this incident where a Tiger got loose in the middle of a busy interchange?...
https://www.11alive.com/video/news/l...nty/85-2721923


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Old 12-24-2021, 04:39 PM
 
Location: Dallas
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Don't let your cats or small dogs out overnight. Coyotes have to eat, too.
And deny coyotes a nice dinner?
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Old 12-24-2021, 04:50 PM
 
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There's no shortage of deer out there. Especially in the hills.
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Old 12-24-2021, 07:29 PM
 
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We live inside Loop 610 in Houston, and there are coyotes here on a regular basis. A number of cats have been eaten, as well as a few dogs.
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