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devilslayer · 10-14-2007, 03:44 AM

i was comeing home from a club in charlotte right in the middle of urban sprawl and this huge coyote crossed the road and stopped right in front of me not 8 feet away i happend to have my XD 9s but my car was angled so i couldnt shoot him...i dont think iwas in the city limits so i might have got in trouble there but coyotes are rarer then a hens tooth around here and have only seen about two or three killed on the side of the road. man it looked freaky ill probably never seen one again.

LKB3rd · 10-14-2007, 03:54 AM

It's pretty susbrban around here, and when i used to work as a bartender and come hom ein the middle of the night i saw em a few times.
The way they trot along is the giveaway. At first they look like dogs, then i'd be saying, hmm that dog trots along in a non dog-like manner.
One night i saw one trotting down the road alongside a busy street on a saturday evening around 7 o'clock. It was still light out, and lots of people were around. I slowed down next to him, and he looked up at me, then as if he found me boring just went back to trotting nonchalantly down the side of the road.

**nikon777** · 10-14-2007, 04:52 AM

Same deal here in Ohio. Imagine mountain biking and seeing one pop out a run across the road. Kinda freaky if you're not used to seeing them.

ArmyGuy45 · 10-14-2007, 04:53 AM

wish i could say the same.. about coyotes or illegals...

gaowlpoop · 10-14-2007, 06:38 AM

I have them around my house all the time. I have a double fence around the parimiter of my 6 acres. They come as close as they can without crossing the fence, about 100 feet. My neighbor had one come up on his front porch and bite his dog.

The ones I have seen around here must have crossed with dogs, they are not the long lean coyote look. They are becoming a big problem around here.

**AZXD** · 10-14-2007, 07:01 AM

I see them all the time in Arizona, sometimes when hunting, at other times they are just roadkill

But back east, I've never seen one, except on a hunting video.

**AZXD** · 10-14-2007, 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by ArmyGuy45

wish i could say the same.. about coyotes or illegals...

jtkratzer · 10-14-2007, 07:28 AM

I love seeing them just because they're so elusive. It usually means you're doing a great job hiding yourself or sneaking through the woods.

In PA, there is no closed season on shooting them.

So Flo · 10-14-2007, 08:02 AM

I don't recall ever seeing a coyote here in south florida, but we have a ton of foxes...yes, the four legged kind as well!

**einheit 13** · 10-14-2007, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by gaowlpoop

I have them around my house all the time. I have a double fence around the parimiter of my 6 acres. They come as close as they can without crossing the fence, about 100 feet. My neighbor had one come up on his front porch and bite his dog.

The ones I have seen around here must have crossed with dogs, they are not the long lean coyote look. They are becoming a big problem around here.

I don't that the coyote is the problem....it people building houses where they live...gotta love urban sprawl.

10-14-2007, 03:44 AM	#1
devilslayer XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NC Posts: 2,066	saw my first live coyote! i was comeing home from a club in charlotte right in the middle of urban sprawl and this huge coyote crossed the road and stopped right in front of me not 8 feet away i happend to have my XD 9s but my car was angled so i couldnt shoot him...i dont think iwas in the city limits so i might have got in trouble there but coyotes are rarer then a hens tooth around here and have only seen about two or three killed on the side of the road. man it looked freaky ill probably never seen one again.

10-14-2007, 04:52 AM	#3
nikon777 XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Cleveland, OH. The Danger Zone. Posts: 6,743	Same deal here in Ohio. Imagine mountain biking and seeing one pop out a run across the road. Kinda freaky if you're not used to seeing them. __________________ Clinging bitterly to guns and religion since 1977.. My Blogspot.

10-14-2007, 04:53 AM	#4
ArmyGuy45 XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Mesa,AZ / Ft Carson, CO Posts: 3,408	wish i could say the same.. about coyotes or illegals... __________________ US Army 2005 - Present XD45 Compact - My Carry Suresights Springer Precision Trigger Kit/Bar ( needs install ) NRA Life Member Myspace If they take my guns away ill carry a sword!

10-14-2007, 06:38 AM	#5
gaowlpoop XDTalk Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Middle Ga Posts: 81	I have them around my house all the time. I have a double fence around the parimiter of my 6 acres. They come as close as they can without crossing the fence, about 100 feet. My neighbor had one come up on his front porch and bite his dog. The ones I have seen around here must have crossed with dogs, they are not the long lean coyote look. They are becoming a big problem around here. __________________ Steven I have done so much with so little for so long, I am now qualified to do everything with nothing.

10-14-2007, 08:02 AM	#9
So Flo XDTalk 10K Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Wellington, Florida Posts: 11,241	I don't recall ever seeing a coyote here in south florida, but we have a ton of foxes...yes, the four legged kind as well! __________________ No Guns, Know Crime. Know Guns, No Crime! http://militarysignatures.com/signatures/member3984.png

10-14-2007, 03:54 AM	#2
LKB3rd XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: CT Posts: 893	It's pretty susbrban around here, and when i used to work as a bartender and come hom ein the middle of the night i saw em a few times. The way they trot along is the giveaway. At first they look like dogs, then i'd be saying, hmm that dog trots along in a non dog-like manner. One night i saw one trotting down the road alongside a busy street on a saturday evening around 7 o'clock. It was still light out, and lots of people were around. I slowed down next to him, and he looked up at me, then as if he found me boring just went back to trotting nonchalantly down the side of the road.

10-14-2007, 07:28 AM	#8
jtkratzer XDTalk 10K Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Lancaster Co., PA Posts: 16,291	I love seeing them just because they're so elusive. It usually means you're doing a great job hiding yourself or sneaking through the woods. In PA, there is no closed season on shooting them.

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