Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] coyotes in Columbia?

[Vern Green <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Coyotes are bad, I totally agree,  wild house cats are equally as bad.
This is important as the house cats kill the baby rabbits and quail
just like the coyotes do. House cats left unattended and outside on
their own for lengths of time will turn wild and they wreak havoc on
the wildlife of Missouri.



On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 10:49:06 -0600, Nathan Odle <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> Vern Green wrote:
> 
> >I don't think it is common to see them in Missouri. The main reason
> >for this at least used to be because of varmit hunting. Most farmers
> >would kill them when they saw them hanging around, but if you get one
> >in the suburbs, particularly the suburbs of Columbia, you are going to
> >find people less likely to kill themm.
> >
> >
> Perhaps in Columbia it is less likely, but in terms of Missouri as a
> state - coyotes are VERY common.  If it was my goal simply to see a
> coyote, I could probably go to our farm any weekend, watch the field,
> and see one.  And varmint hunting for coyotes is still very popular, I
> know that personally I shoot at them every chance I come across one -
> mainly because they're hell on the other wildlife.  They chase deer,
> turkeys, and are one of the main culprits in the serious decline of the
> local quail population.
> 
> Coyotes are bad.
> 
> -N
> 
> >You could compare Columbia to Southern California in a way. Since no
> >one is shooting at them, and I am sure they are not in Columbia, they
> >will get braver and move closer to town, just like they do here in
> >Southern California.
> >
> >We had an incident out here a couple of years ago where a pack of them
> >were chasing a kid on a bicycle, talk about getting brave.
> >
> >
> >On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 10:18:25 -0600, Jonathan King
> ><EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 10:07:17 -0600 (CST), Dave Lloyd <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>On Thu, 3 Feb 2005, Shawn Parker wrote:
> >>>
> >>>Jking, this is why our cats are *indoor* cats.  Not to mention the toll
> >>>that domestic cats have on songbirds.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>That was our plan, but Lil was going insane with jealousy when we got
> >>to the new neighborhood and every cat in the neighborhood came up to
> >>the back glass door and taunted her.  My (faulty) reasoning was that
> >>there were no coyotes or foxes around, and Lil couldn't hunt since
> >>we'd had her since kittenhood and she hadn't been taught how to do
> >>that.  And she only goes out during the day.
> >>
> >>Bzzt!  For being self-taught, Lil was quite proficient.  The only good
> >>news is that she's mostly after the mice in the ivy and baby rabbits,
> >>neither of which is in anything like short supply.  But a coyote
> >>presence in the area might mean she's going to spend a lot more time
> >>indoors.
> >>
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