Coyote or wolf?

[msdznyduck]

PS--if you want to e-mail me the photo I can slap it up on my web site right away for you. ducklite @ aol.com

DH is trying now..........just a minute or two

 

[bananiem]

We have a pack of them in the woods behind our house. Right in the middle of town. The DNR won't do anything to catch them because they are too smart for traps and they don't want a neighborhood kid walking into it instead. And they won't discharge a firearm in the city limits without reason (Like if it's attacking someone, apparently.)
We find they leave us alone. People have learned to keep an eye on their pets. There has never been a reported case of a coyote attacking a human in our state so I'm not that worried anymore.

 

[Tiggeroo]

i've always figured the only risk was to small animals and I guess I wouldn't leave a tiny baby in my yard unattended but i wouldn't do that anyway.

 

[ducklite]

These are the photo's:

 

[msdznyduck]

thanks.......sorry they were so far away, I had the zoom on, but took the pictures from my dining room window, and it is on the edge of our property. Green acres in back, so it just lopes off into the brush once in a while. The herd of deer that usually are meandering through have stayed out. I guess we know why now.

 

[halld6479]

if there is a female dog in your area the coyote is probably waiting around waiting to a chance to get to her. they will breed with female dogs and then the pups are called coydog. those pups can grow to be nasty pets specially if someone doesn't know there breeding. We live in the mid west and it is common to see coyote hanging around in our rural areas.

 

[msdznyduck]

So it's a coyote?

There may be female dogs in the area, but they are all inside this time of year. We have a male, (who is also inside, except for doing his 'business') ..........sure hope the coyote isn't waiting for him..

 

[poohbear1029]

oh definitely a coyote! Looks just like what was lurking at the side of the road when I was driving to the airport in Hartford at 4am 2 years ago!

If you have deer that have been tracking through there, I wonder if he has been tracking them too and now hanging out? I would call animal control or fish & game...just to make sure he's not sick...that would be dangerous.

 

[msdznyduck]

DH also emailed the pix to fish and game.

 

[Planogirl]

That definitely looks like a coyote! I think that they're beautiful.

From what I understand, a wolf would be way too shy to live so close to people. Coyotes are more brazen especially since they've lost so much of their habitat. They're also very intelligent so expect this one to disappear if the game warden shows up.

 

[bananiem]

Yep, that's a coyote.
Now you can start the thread on how to say it. Ki-oat or ki-yo-tee

 

[jipsy]

That would be a coyote. While many field guides will tell you that they only eat mice, and such, this is simply not true. Coyotes are opportunists and will eat whatever is necessary to stay alive, including small pets and deer. My BF was hunting just two days ago and came across a place where some deer had bedded down. You could see the coyote tracks as they circled one of the deer and attacked it while it was sleeping. The deer got away, but the coyotes did manage to rip off part of its flesh and fur, as he found that several yards away. It was a fresh attack, not something that happened days before.

There's probably not much fish and game is going to do. Make sure any pets you own are kept up and if you have small children, don't let them go outside unsupervised. Most coyotes wouldn't be caught near a human camp, unless there is something he/she considers food nearby.

It's too early for hunting season for coyotes in New Jersey. Ask him to come back on January 31

 

[halld6479]

unfortunely people do take these kinds of animals from the wild when young and as they grow up decide they aren't the cute animals they were as babies,and return them to the wild, since he is staying close to homes and there seems to be cold snowy weather he might be looking for warmth and a home he was use to at one time. But even with the females are inside the scent will be there for animals Living in the mid west coyotes will attack small animals when hungry but if he is staying close to homes he probably is eating from your trash, I have never heard of a human being attacked. small animals like rabbits, squirrells yes, the deer will stay clear worring that there might be more then one. I would guess it is a coydog, it would have a dog instinct for wanting to be around people and a "home" but the coyote attuide.

 

[jipsy]

Coyote attacks on humans do happen, although they are rare.

http://tchester.org/sgm/lists/coyote_attacks.html

As the article states, it usually happens when people feed them. They are driven to what people consider their land, when people destroy the areas coyotes and other wildlife live in. Is there any building or heavy logging going on nearby? This could have been his habitat and if it's being destroyed, yours looks comfy.

 

[TheOtherVillainess]

Yep, that's a coyote.
Now you can start the thread on how to say it. Ki-oat or ki-yo-tee

Only you danged Northerners would say ki-yo-tee. We pronounce it the way it SHOULD be pronounced: Ky-oat


It definately looks like either a coyote or a coydog. It's hard to tell from the distance..you'd have to get closer, better pics.

Is there any way you could set up a cage trap on your property and have him safely taken someplace else?

TOV

 

[Mermaid02]

Jipsy is right- tell your neighbors to watch their cats. They also travel in packs and will chase deer out onto the ice so they lose their footing and they can take them down easier. They are notorious for attacking calves here in Maine- farmers routinely shoot them to save their livestock.

 

[TheOtherVillainess]

But if they would raise ********* with their herds, they wouldn't HAVE to shoot them. The ********* would drive them off, protecting the herd. I've read that's how they keep wolves,etc off in other countries that have a high percentage of cattle ranchers.

The only time one should SHOOT a coyote is if that particular animal has attacked humans. Period. They are beautiful animals, with haunting cries,the very soul of the Southwest. It is because we are taking THEIR land for our own uses that they have come into the city areas. It's not their fault..they are just trying to survive in a world that is increasingly squeezing them and other wild animals out.

TOV

 

[jipsy]

TOV you should read up on the natural progression of the food chain. All animals are predatory and all animals are hunted, whether by man or beast. In spite of being hunted or trapped, more coyotes exist now than they did when the Constitution was signed. Coyotes are adaptable and can live anywhere. While people make fun of goats (you know, the tin can eaters!) the truth is goats are very picky about what they eat, whereas a coyote will eat anything, including people, garbage and your valued bird feeder. They can eat meat when they are a month old. They are prolific breeders, and females will produce more puppies when they live in a place that is highly hunted, to make up for the loss of their kind.

Places where they are hunted and trapped make them wary of human beings and they will avoid places where humans are. Places where they are NOT hunted and trapped tell them that it's ok to do anything and they will be bold and brazen in human settings, such as the one that is hanging out in the OP's back yard. There is nothing wrong with hunting. Perhaps you would prefer they were bludgeoned to death like the last steak that you ate from the supermarket?

 

[ducklite]

But if they would raise ********* with their herds, they wouldn't HAVE to shoot them. The ********* would drive them off, protecting the herd. I've read that's how they keep wolves,etc off in other countries that have a high percentage of cattle ranchers.

The only time one should SHOOT a coyote is if that particular animal has attacked humans. Period. They are beautiful animals, with haunting cries,the very soul of the Southwest. It is because we are taking THEIR land for our own uses that they have come into the city areas. It's not their fault..they are just trying to survive in a world that is increasingly squeezing them and other wild animals out.

TOV

The OP lives in an area with some dairy cows belonging to small family farmers, but not a huge amount of grazing land by any means. I'm surprised this coyote showed up and stayed in her area, and am a bit worried about it's health. While it's not uncommon to see wildlife in Cnertal NJ, usually not animals like coyetes, fox, etc. during the day.

Anne

 

[TheOtherVillainess]

Maybe it is sick. Perhaps the SPCA could help out?

I know nothing about NJ, tbh. Other than it's called The Garden State.

TOV