Coyotes Update

A few weeks ago I mentioned that I was concerned about all of the dead coyotes that we had seen in fields between Leoti and Scott City one day. I am happy to say that I have not seen this problem since then! However, just this week, I had two different sets of people tell me that they are having some major problems with not one or two coyotes but PACKS of these wild animals in Wichita County.

These coyotes don't appear to be stand-offish around people. One man talked about how he had just put his indoor/outdoor dogs outside when he discovered a pack of 5 or 6 of them just a few yards from him. Noticing that they were "eyeing" his dogs, he gathered the pets up immediately and returned them to the house. While he was there, he picked up his shotgun and went outside. When he got outside, the coyotes seemingly hadn't moved a bit. He took aim and shot and killed one coyote. The rest of the pack ran away at that time.

A few days later, they had returned to the farmhouse. This time, the man just shot into the air and the coyotes fled. Fortunately, the family owns no fowl or other farm animals or they would surely have been in major peril. Of course, coyotes don't mind eating dogs and cats!

Another couple told me that they had found a new den of coyotes on their property southwest of Leoti. They said that there are a bunch of tracks all over the den but haven't seen anything go in or out of it as of yet.

Just thought that you might be interested...

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