Coyote in St Marys County

[CanDoEZ]

Got back from dinner and the wife & I were checking on the baby goats that were born this afternoon. We were in the stall with them when I heard our dogs going batshXt crazy. Thought we had another fox going after the chickens so I ran back to the house, grabbed the XD45 surefire combo and proceeded to snoop & poop. Herd some rustling, lit it up and "holy shxt" a coyote! I was so stunned I didn't get a shot off until it took off. Missed Next time I'll grab the Mossberg.

I've seen plenty of coyotes before and hunted them out west, knew there were some here in Maryland but had never seen or heard of one here in St Marys (Mechanicsville area)

 

[fivepointstar]

Wow....that was quick to see coyotes. I'm glad you scared them off but they'll be back. Protect your kids.

 

[CanDoEZ]

I didn't know we had them here at all. I saw them listed in the DNR regs but figured they were all out in Western MD.

 

[jonnyl]

They're here. I hit one with my car in Frederick county a couple years ago a little while after dusk. Man, trying to convince people that I hit a coyote was like telling them I was abducted by aliens!! I'm still not sure anyone believed me.

Anyway, glad all the animals and humans are ok!!!

 

[smokey]

if that's not a "good and substantial reason" i don't know what is...

 

[CanDoEZ]

if that's not a "good and substantial reason" i don't know what is...

I'm sending my CCW app on Monday!

 

[mike73]

Yes they are here a friend of mine killed one last year in Darlington

 

[CanDoEZ]

Yes they are here a friend of mine killed one last year in Darlington

guess i need to break out my old predator calls (if I can find them)

 

[Threeband]

Walked right up on one and had a stare down about 10 years ago in North Potomac (Monkey Co.), in a woodsy area off Piney Meetinghouse Road. This was behind a house I was building. There was the eeriest feeling of primeval wildness about it. It had flourescent green eyes, and was darker than most coyotes. We stared at each other, ten feet apart, for 5 or ten seconds, then it turned and walked back into the woods, pausing after a few steps to look back at me over its shoulder.

About 1997, the wife and I were camping at Trap Pond, Delaware (cool place, by the way) and one started howling right outside our tent - the most bizarre space-alien unearthly sound I have ever heard- nothing at all like what you hear in the old movies. I would have thought that zombie martians had landed, but my wife had lived in western Oklahoma, and recognized the yowling.

 

[CanDoEZ]

Yeah, i first heard them when out in the field at Camp Pendleton. I was a young kid from Jersey, just out of bootcamp and was standing watch at 0300 when one cut loose close by me. I damn near jumped out of the fighting hole

 

[jaywade]

I saw one on Rt 210 in Pg county last year right around where that road side bar-b-que place used to be. Time was around 630 in the am it was on a sunday road was clear and 2 were crossing the hwy, freaked my wife out

 

[The3clipser]

Wow....that was quick to see coyotes. I'm glad you scared them off but they'll be back. Protect your kids.

This. My uncle out in IN told us one tried to drag off a toddler in his neighborhood. Be careful. Also, rabies season is here isn't it?

 

[Punchabearinnamouf]

Damn I've never seen one of them around here... I did hear some weird barking in my woods the other night, but I am pretty sure it was foxes.

 

[The3clipser]

Damn I've never seen one of them around here... I did hear some weird barking in my woods the other night, but I am pretty sure it was foxes.

That was me, my bad...

 

[mbenz85]

Coyotes are def here in Harford County. All along the 155 corridor. They have been reeking havoc on some of the live stock out here. It makes sense that they are going after smaller livestock. After the smaller goats or sheep are born, those coyotes can smell it and they come right up looking for a quick meal.

 

[guthook]

Damn I've never seen one of them around here... I did hear some weird barking in my woods the other night, but I am pretty sure it was foxes.

Foxes make more of an "Ack, Ack" type of sound.

If you duplicate the sound, they will bark back. It's kinda cool.

 

[Inigoes]

Cool, I wondering if the yotes made it this far south? This would give me an excuse to try some stuff out

 

[Patrick]

I thought I saw one crossing the road at night in Calvert last year (or so) but figured my mind was playing tricks on me, or it was just someone's dog that looked like a Coyote. This makes me less dismissive of my eyes.

We're going to get chickens soon. I guess we'll find out, huh?

 

[Drmsparks]

Walked right up on one and had a stare down about 10 years ago in North Potomac (Monkey Co.), in a woodsy area off Piney Meetinghouse Road. This was behind a house I was building. There was the eeriest feeling of primeval wildness about it. It had flourescent green eyes, and was darker than most coyotes. We stared at each other, ten feet apart, for 5 or ten seconds, then it turned and walked back into the woods, pausing after a few steps to look back at me over its shoulder.

(slightly off topic) THIS is why I love wilderness. That primeval feeling that comes when you know your spot on top of the food chain is in dispute.

 

[JeepDriver]

I've seen them in Hartford County and Carroll County. Didn't know they were down your way though.