Coyote in Sugar Land this morning (Katy: home, neighborhood, subdivision)

[Jon_77479]

I saw a coyote in Sugar Land this morning. It was running through the parking lot between Panera and LazyBoy, heading North. 6:00 am, still dark outside. My car headlights lit him up.

Has anyone else seen coyotes in Sugar Land?

[SeaBright]

They are common across most of North America. In the west they are small and their size is all fur.
On the east coast they are almost twice the size, half wolf, and still not large enough to be a problem or dangerous to humans except very rarely or out of curiosity.

If you feel threatened. Stand your ground (no matter your size or height)
Appear threatening.
Look them in the eyes.
Make loud sounds.
Don't turn your back to them.
Throw stones.
Call for help.
Put children on your shoulders.
Pick up a small dog.
Walk with a medium/big dog.
If attacked fight back.

They are well adapted to living in urban areas. You will see more.

[jtothemak]

Our home backs ups to a large water detention run off. Anytime a firetruck is within a few miles you can hear them howling down in there. Have never had any come up to the house. Plenty for them to hunt and eat in their I guess.

[Kiovo]

We've seen a few in Katy. They leave us alone, we leave them alone! I acutally feel bad for them, running out of woods to hide out in...feral hogs actually scare me more lol

[Sugar Land Yak]

yes, Including deer & hogs.....While building the mall there was a small herd of deer living in the "trees" hopefully they all made to the river...

[DanielWayne]

You can hear them yelping in packs at night outside our subdivision. Really creepy. Keep your pets indoors. Probably not big enough to be a problem to a person though.

[SeaBright]

Originally Posted by Kiovo

We've seen a few in Katy. They leave us alone, we leave them alone! I acutally feel bad for them, running out of woods to hide out in...feral hogs actually scare me more lol

Hogs are much more dangerous. You are correct.

[TheMoreYouKnow]

Originally Posted by SeaBright

They are common across most of North America. In the west they are small and their size is all fur.
On the east coast they are almost twice the size, half wolf, and still not large enough to be a problem or dangerous to humans except very rarely or out of curiosity.

If you feel threatened. Stand your ground (no matter your size or height)
Appear threatening.
Look them in the eyes.
Make loud sounds.
Don't turn your back to them.
Throw stones.
Call for help.
Put children on your shoulders.
Pick up a small dog.
Walk with a medium/big dog.
If attacked fight back.

They are well adapted to living in urban areas. You will see more.

OR you could just shoot it.

[Cabot]

The Sheriffs patrol in our subdivision (Huntwick, Champions) saw 3 a few months ago in the middle of the night. We are close to Cypress Creek so good cover for them I would think and apparently Coyotes have a range of about 15 miles. A friends next door neighbour in Raveneaux found her poor cat literally torn apart. What else would do that...

[deckhanddavy]

We had them in the west party of Katy when we first moved into our new neighborhood a couple years back. They were all over the place. They are rather smallish, but can make some really eerie sounding howls.