Lone Tree sounds like the name of ghost town in old west. It conjures up visions of dust storms, tumble weeds and coyotes 
roaming the dirt street that runs though town. Some say the Lone Tree outside town was the “hanging tree.”
But that’s a chapter from a Western novel or screenplay. In modern day life, Lone Tree, Colorado has upscale subdivisions, fine dining, and even one of the top shopping malls in the state at Park Meadows. However, coyotes do still occasionally roam the streets.
The Lone Tree Police Department has announced to City Council that it has begun recording and investigating all “coyote incidents” as the result of a suggestion from local resident Dan Sable. Dan’s Yorkie terrier was abducted by hungry coyotes during the dark of night.
Stephen Hasler is chief of the Police Department. He says he is in discussions with The Department of Health to be able to begin trapping coyotes under some circumstances.
Personally, I have seen coyotes mainly at night when they usually hunt. But, on June 23, I had one prance in front of my automobile while taking clients to view a home for sale. He was almost fat for the usually skinny, dog-like critters. He appeared to be very well fed on local rabbits, prairie dogs and perhaps the occasional Yorkie terrier.
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The Lone Tree Police Department has announced to City Council that it has begun recording and investigating all “coyote incidents” as the result of a suggestion from local resident Dan Sable. Dan’s Yorkie terrier was abducted by hungry coyotes during the dark of night.
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The Yorkie was abducted!! “What a joke” He was attacked and killed and surely eaten by the Coyotes.
Its amazing how political correctness has ensured that you will have to deal with Coyotes on a much more severe scale than when hunting and hunters were considered things that real men do.
Deer herds are exploding all over the country, because the left wing zealots have discouraged a two generations of youth from becoming involved in Hunting, and gun ownership.
Soon the herds will become laden with disease from overpopulation. Does it occur to anyone that when Indians where the only civilization on this continent, they were blessed with plenty of food to eat. Even when early settlers came here they enjoyed wild game virtually everywhere.
I think that an effective means of controlling the Coyotes would be to effect a bounty on them and turn the carcasses over to trappers or Tanneries. (Yes this means encouraging people to shoot them.)
Who could process the hides, and make some clothing out of them. That is unless you banned all of the trappers.
There is a reason a lot of traditions have existed for hundreds if not thousands of years. When you try to change the way people live their lives , there are always consequences.
I agree on the bounty concept. Sign me up. Freggin left wing environmentalist idiots have screwed up too many aspects of western living. It is all about balance however. Kill too many of the Coyotes and Lone Tree will then be overpopulated with Prairie Dogs.
We live in Redono wash. We think coyotes killed our little dog Sparky. He was about 20lbs a Pekingese
I live just outside of clare michigan and have seen 2 coyotes lately on my property. I am now afraid to let my toy poodle out alone. does anyone know if i can shoot them.
Benito…dont even think about leaving the poodle out alone. The coyotes are on your property because they are hunting your poodle. My friend just lost her 2 malteses to coyotes. She saw them hanging around for a week before they finally got them….
Whether or not you use lethal force against coyotes depends on the rules of the local jurisdiction. If you live outside the city limits that would likely be the county or township.
Greenwood Village is the only Denver suburb to authorize shooting coyotes. They have hired Jay Stewart of Animal Damage Control Wildlife Management Services to track and evaluate coyotes in the Village. If he deems one to be aggressive in its behavior toward pets or humans, he shoots the varmint.
My name is Sharon Marcocci and I live in Florida where the only real preditor we’re used to dealing with here were Alligators.
On Saturday, 3/14/09 I saw a Coyote walking into the preserve behind my house. Their numbers are off the charts down here. My mom also found one outside her fence in the back bordering her property and a golf course.
The coyote was assessing the situation, our black lab, and min pin. My mom screamed and it ran off into the bush.
Pinellas County says, and I quote: “We are going to have to keep them wild and shy of us because we are going to have to learn to live with them”??
They say when they hunt them their numbers come right back. They aren’t even a native species of Florida, I am worried for my 2 cats and 2 dogs, and the county tells us we have to live with this?
Just last week in the middle of the day a woman who lives in my neighborhood was out walking her Siberian Huskys, and a coyote is smaller than a Husky, but chased the three and the woman barely made it in her house with a coyote hot on her trail.
They are ready to open fire on the aligator problem down here, as I’m sure you know they have been a protected species for much too long. If they are willing to control the alligator population down here, then why the hell can’t they do something about the Coyotes?
I never see rabits running around anymore, and I think the coyote population is out of control and they don’t have enough wild rabbits and that’s why they’re coming after our domestic animals, who are no match for a coyote.
I wish someone would do something about this situation down here, it’s starting to get scary and I’m ready to go out and purchase a gun to protect my animals and myself.
Thanks for letting me vent.
Sharon
I live just north of Dallas, Texas. We see them during the day roaming the neighborhoods. We have plenty of rabbits, ducks, squirrels and (humorously enough) roadrunners. But, they still eat cats and dogs.
Several times a year we are awakened by a pack running through the greenbelt next to our house howling and yepping. It’s really creepy at 3:00 in the morning.
We had a larger german sheppard killed by three coyotes who the owner said lured it after one of them so the others could ambush it.
Of course it’s not legal to shoot them since I’m in the city limits. I would do so with subsonic .22 rounds if it were not for the safety issues. There are just too many houses. I’ve thought about one of the high powered Gamo air rifles, which are still not legal, but that would probably just wound them unless they were really close. Then you could have a potentally very dangerous situation with a wounded coyote running around the neighborhood.
I like how Sharon says here area in Florida wants to keep them wild so they can co-exist with humans. The problem is they’re not scared of humans in urban areas because they’ve learned that the humans will not harm them. I wouldn’t doubt them coming up and grabbing your cat or poodle out of you arms.
The things are a real problem.
I believe we should all have the right to bear arms & use them in self defense, period.