Anyone kill one?
I remember hearing about burros taking out predators like coyotes and bobcats etc
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Yup.
thats a bad day for a coyote and ultimate humiliation...to get killed by a donkey/ass
Buddy of mine has got two of them in Charles County so far.
Did not know we had coyotes in MD... damn.
Never seen a real one. Wolves i saw way up north once. Terrifying experience, especially since we were un-armed. Luckily they were not interested in us.
Now moose and bears... i got stories to tell hahaha...
Coyotes are a relatively new addition to local ecosystems, and were first documented in Maryland during 1972. Initial substantiated sightings occurred in Cecil, Frederick and Washington counties. Since that time population densities and occupied range have expanded incrementally and coyotes now occur statewide. Current trends appear to display a declining distribution gradient when proceeding in a west to east direction across the state. Highest densities are witnessed in western Maryland, and the lowest occur on the eastern shore.
Coyotes in Maryland
http://dnr.maryland.gov/wildlife/Pages/hunt_trap/coyote.aspx
In fact, a localized indicator of the presence of coyotes is a rapid decline in the free ranging cat population.
Lot more detail than I was expecting, but that made it more satisfying.
The 29% growth in the coyote population that they noted in Virginia (assuming with similar coyote hunting laws) and estimated would be in the range of what to expect here in Maryland may be a bottom threshold given that Maryland and Delaware were the last of the states in the CONUS to be populated by Eastward expansion of the predators. More habitat available to occupy and fill.
Noted this bit of the advisory as well ...
In the West, "outdoor cats" are a rare phenomena, even in cities, due to the coyotes.
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