In Ohio they can be shot and killed anytime, but at our farm we have a Great Pyrenees, and he is able to keep them off our property, and especially out of the barn, and pastures. At 130 lbs, he's on the small side, but we know he's been keeping them away, and even attacking them, as we heard and then saw it from our bedroom window one night as we were getting ready to go to bed. By the time we grabbed the .22 he had the coyote dead on the ground.
It's funny that we now have a .22 and also a couple of shotguns in different gauges. When we first moved here we had only a 9 mm Sig Sauer hand gun, and no Great Pyrenees. So that when we saw the first racoon in the hay loft of the barn, we only had that hand gun to shot it with. Then we got the dog 4 years ago when he was 7 mos old. Then two years ago I decided that it was time to have more than a 9 mm, so for Christmas I got my DH and then 14 y o each a shot gun, and my then 15 year old a 10-22 Ruger rifle. We've since made it sort of a standing joke that for Holidays where gifts are involved someone's getting a gun. I actually got a 20 g. Mossburg.
Lorene
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From: Danny R <ninja69_97720@yahoo.com>
To: Homesteadingfamily@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thu, Oct 21, 2010 1:37 pm
Subject: [Homesteadingfamily] coyote
Mellisa,
I have 110 lb. german shepherd and would not expect her to handle a coyote situation. What happens out west is they gang attack a single dog.
One on one your GS would do great, but when there are two or more there is a problem.
Our living area is totally fenced so our GS does fine to let us know they are close. Out west we can shot them any time. Of course, probably not in California they are a horse of a different color.
I use a .223 which puts them down quick.
Regards, Ninja
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