Urban Coyotes

February 23, 2023

Question: What’s the best way to haze urban coyotes?

Answer: Hazing is a process designed to scare animals away and instill in them a fear of humans, which is done for both public safety and the well-being of the animal. For the general public, here are a few hazing techniques that can work with coyotes: Making yourself look as big and scary as possible, waving your arms above your head, vocalizing aggressively toward the coyote while maintaining eye contact, stomping your feet and taking a few steps in the coyote’s direction (while maintaining a safe distance), throwing rocks or sticks toward the coyote, using a shaker can (a can filled with coins or some other small object that when shaken makes a loud noise), using a garbage bag by shaking it open so it makes noise, or using an airhorn or water gun.

For hazing to be effective, people need to continue to haze the coyote until it completely leaves the area. Many people will haze the coyote and then stop once the coyote takes a few steps away. However, it’s crucial to continue hazing until the coyote completely leaves the area.

More information about living with urban coyotes can be found on California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s (CDFW) Keep Me Wild web page ( https://wildlife.ca.gov/ ). Additionally, CDFW’s Wildlife Watch Program produced a document on coyote hazing techniques ( coyote hazing techniques.pdf ). People who are experiencing problems with urban coyotes are encouraged to submit a Wildlife Incident Report ( https://apps.wildlife.ca.gov/wir ). CDFW also helped produce this short video about living with coyotes (video) ( ).

CDFW’s goal is to help people and wildlife coexist, and that includes native predators like coyotes. Coyotes occupy an extremely important niche in our ecosystem. They help keep rodents under control and scavenge carrion (remains of dead animals), which helps keep neighborhoods clean.

Remember that hazing must always be done safely and from a distance. If there is an immediate danger to public safety, or if a coyote has bitten or scratched a human, get to a safe location and call 911.

here in Texas they get shot! 

here in Texas they get shot! 

Same in rural Oregon coast.

I haven't had a negative encounter with a coyote yet, but I live near open space and see them frequently.  They seem to mostly stick to themselves out in the Concord/WC/Pittsburg area, but they aren't exactly shy here either.  Maybe enough open space out here for them to find enough food?

 

here in Texas they get shot! 

When I lived in rural Oregon, I would see coyotes out in the fields, but they were usually at a sprint.  Probably because people would shoot them there too.

here in Texas they get shot! 

Same in rural Oregon coast.

Ha!

Bunch of bumpkins, shooting coyotes.

I love seeing coyotes here in SF. They don't bother people, occasionally they take an off-leash dog or a cat roaming outside.

Bunch of bumpkins, shooting coyotes.

I love seeing coyotes here in SF. They don't bother people, occasionally they take an off-leash dog or a cat roaming outside.

Not saying I would shoot them, just saying that it happened.  I don't have any issues with them as long as they leave my dogs alone in our fenced yard.  I also enjoy watching them. 

here in Texas they get shot! 

Same in rural Oregon coast.

Ha!

Was posted because Mojo posted literally the same thing at the same time that I did.

Bunch of bumpkins, shooting coyotes.

I love seeing coyotes here in SF. They don't bother people, occasionally they take an off-leash dog or a cat roaming outside.

No name calling please.

-Allen

Bunch of bumpkins, shooting coyotes.

I love seeing coyotes here in SF. They don't bother people, occasionally they take an off-leash dog or a cat roaming outside.

No name calling please.

-Allen

Bumpkins is name calling?  Dude dodges literal human feces every day going about his business in San Francisco and gets called out for insulting folks who definitely weren’t insulted with “bumpkins”?

And to be clear, I’d rather shoot yotes than dodge human feces on the daily, and I don’t care if you think I’m a bumpkin.

Bunch of bumpkins, shooting coyotes.

I love seeing coyotes here in SF. They don't bother people, occasionally they take an off-leash dog or a cat roaming outside.

No name calling please.

-Allen

Bumpkins is name calling?  Dude dodges literal human feces every day going about his business in San Francisco and gets called out for insulting folks who definitely weren’t insulted with “bumpkins”?

And to be clear, I’d rather shoot yotes than dodge human feces on the daily, and I don’t care if you think I’m a bumpkin.

“ an unsophisticated or socially awkward person from the countryside.”

I’m not going to tell you whether it is insulting to you, but it may be to some.  Also getting a bit weary of the “shaming” that has been going on here for the choices people make.  Yes, I’m assuming people are shooting the coyote legally.  I see nothing here to believe otherwise.

-Allen

Bunch of bumpkins, shooting coyotes.

I love seeing coyotes here in SF. They don't bother people, occasionally they take an off-leash dog or a cat roaming outside.

No name calling please.

-Allen

Bumpkins is name calling?  Dude dodges literal human feces every day going about his business in San Francisco and gets called out for insulting folks who definitely weren’t insulted with “bumpkins”?

And to be clear, I’d rather shoot yotes than dodge human feces on the daily, and I don’t care if you think I’m a bumpkin.

“ an unsophisticated or socially awkward person from the countryside.”

I’m not going to tell you whether it is insulting to you, but it may be to some.  Also getting a bit weary of the “shaming” that has been going on here for the choices people make.  Yes, I’m assuming people are shooting the coyote legally.  I see nothing here to believe otherwise.

-Allen

Well now that you've defined it... JK

My history is pretty complicated, so it takes more than "bumpkin" to get a rise out of me.  No harm, no foul. 

“ an unsophisticated or socially awkward person from the countryside.”

I've got 2 out of 3 of those covered, and depending on your you define countryside, maybe all 3...

Many people here may self identify as an asshole.  That doesn’t mean it’s ok to call anyone that here.

-Allen

Many people here may self identify as an asshole.  That doesn’t mean it’s ok to call anyone that here.

-Allen

Hey!! I resemble that remark! Also….. not offended at all but I prefer hillbilly, thanks.

February 23, 2023
Question: What’s the best way to haze urban coyotes?

Blindfold them, stick them in a corner of your basement and make them chug a 5th of Jack Daniels while singing Old Macdonald had a Farm backwards.