3 Coyote Attacks in Two Days in Peoria

[PoppySead]

Originally Posted by AZ bound

Even more effective.....spraying them with a mixture of shot pellets and gun powder.

As if in Arizona there would be any coyotes left if they killed a person.
It would be open season in a heart beat.
Then that would spawn the marches, and people laying their bodies in front of the coyotes. OMG, it would be a mess. lol CNN would be soooo happy.

[Zonie5]

i live outside of town in a remote area . i have coyotes , mountain lions , and who knows what else . none of them scare me as much as a pack of dogs gone wild . ANd there are pack of dogs here roaming around .
one time walking my dog a pack of about 7 dogs came after me . one dog advanced head on towards me , two dogs circle3d around to my back . at thast point i drew my 9mm and fired it into the ground in front of the dog . at the shot they turned tail and ran off .

[Kimballette]

Originally Posted by PoppySead

I a bit jealous as this seems to have out staged my Gila Monster scare thread.

That was one of the best ones ever! Marauding coyotes biting nappers in chaise lounges is scary. But monsters...

[PoppySead]

Originally Posted by Kimballette

That was one of the best ones ever! Marauding coyotes biting nappers in chaise lounges is scary. But monsters...

LOL, at least I got a well deserved reputation.

[Kimballette]

Originally Posted by PoppySead

LOL, at least I got a well deserved reputation.

It was a wonderful "introduction" to the forum. You were a very good sport!

[slackjaw]

Originally Posted by BlackShoe

Not trying to be alarmist, but even an adult can be at risk of being badly mauled or even killed by coyotes. In a widely publicized at the time event, a young woman was killed by what is now believed to have been three coyotes, in October of 2009 on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.

Well to be fair, given the number of coyotes and coyote-human encounters the fact that there is exactly one fatal coyote attack on an adult ever recorded North America the "can be at risk" might as well be applied to getting caught in a wood chipper or having a saguaro fall on you. One's time would probably be better spent worrying about how to spend lottery winnings in case that happens.

For perspective, there are approx 50 fatalities from bees/wasps annually in the US.

[MotleyCrew]

I think they killed all three of them. So here come the rats and snakes after the Coyote population dwidles.

[jack swilling]

I know coyotes. I was born in Phoenix in 1945, moved to San Diego in 1989.
I had a friend, Spike, who lived outside Needles, California, in the desert. He had a hard time making ends meet and he lived in a huge, dead, hollow Saguaro cactus. He hired out to a group to clean their house and so forth, and they worked him to the bone and paid him very little. They turned out to be a group of coyotes, of course.
Spike's brother was Snoopy, and now and then Spike hitchhiked to Snoopy's place and stayed with his brother, and Charlie Brown, Lucy, Woodstock, Linus, Sally, Schroeder, and the rest.
It made Spike and Snoopy remember the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm.
Coyotes will work a dog or a man right down to the bone, if you don't stop them.

[jimj]

Originally Posted by slackjaw

Well to be fair, given the number of coyotes and coyote-human encounters the fact that there is exactly one fatal coyote attack on an adult ever recorded North America the "can be at risk" might as well be applied to getting caught in a wood chipper or having a saguaro fall on you. One's time would probably be better spent worrying about how to spend lottery winnings in case that happens.

For perspective, there are approx 50 fatalities from bees/wasps annually in the US.

What about non fatal or almost attacked? I know there were a few in MT where the person was surrounded by a pack but were able to get away.

Personally I don't want to wait and see if they'd kill me or just wound me. If coyotes/wolves etc are coming up to me instead of moving away then they've become an unpredictable danger to be stopped by whatever means at hand.

[royalpiper]

carry a handgun at all times you are outside...a small 22 would suffice....problem solved.