Where I used to live, we had packs of coyotes invade neighborhoods at night and within a month took over 50 small dogs and cats. There city hired a professional hunter /trapper to dispatch/relocate the pack of coyotes.
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Took A Coyote That Was Threatening My Dog
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Over the past few years a family of coyotes has become resident in my very suburban neighborhood. Over the same time my sightings of raccoons, possum and skunks has decreased. Suprisingly, the number of cats is still high, but then again, neighbors are always fostering strays. At least the coyotes can't climb over or slip under the fences like the others can. Yes, a pest in one place might be a benefit in another.
But we lost a cat early this one winter morning, a coyote breakfast. She was a good cat, but brought up as an indoor housecat, not prepared for the dangers of the wild. And my dog is getting too old to go off leash, a slow moving snack. The neighbor with the "pick up after your dog" sign might argue that coyotes are a good thing as I now pick up more often, sometimes even the coyote scat left boldly right in the middle of wherever. I still see deer and turkeys, so maybe we don't have too many coyotes, yet?
But we lost a cat early this one winter morning, a coyote breakfast. She was a good cat, but brought up as an indoor housecat, not prepared for the dangers of the wild. And my dog is getting too old to go off leash, a slow moving snack. The neighbor with the "pick up after your dog" sign might argue that coyotes are a good thing as I now pick up more often, sometimes even the coyote scat left boldly right in the middle of wherever. I still see deer and turkeys, so maybe we don't have too many coyotes, yet?
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Thanks for everyone writing in about the ups and downs of hunting animals. For me anything larger than a Racoon gives me a bit of remorse. Ezra mine is the Pard TD32-70. I absolutely love the optic. Everything is designed for quick engagements. Compared to my ATN Xsight 5 lrf that I foolishly bought first the Pard is a serious military style optic. I hear lots of good things about the thermnight. Truthfully if I had the option to get a 640 thermnight for the same price as I paid for the Pard I might be tempted to go Thermnight. They are just so economical. That said, Pard makes a hell of a rugged scope that gives you fantastic clarity and again the whole thing is designed for quick short engagement windows. It boots up in 1.5 seconds flat, you can keep it in suspended mode and it will pop back up instatnly. The switching between PiP and different magnifications is again very quick and intuitive. The downside is you can't really "zoom" in, you just switch between two different magnifications. There are times I wished I could zoom in further even if it did make the image grainy. So...nothing is perfect but as I mentioned before. If I needed to go to war tomorrow, I would be bringing my Pard TD32-70 multispectral optic. Swiss army knife of scopes, it even has an adjustable red laser you can turn on for quick fire shots. It's quite strong as well. Anyway, I have rambled enough hehe. I just dont see much stuff out there about the Pard Multispectral scopes. Lots of people love Pards Day/night vision scopes, though I can understand why the thermnight draws people away. You can get a 640 rez Thermnight for the same price as a 350 or whatever rez on the Pard.
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From my name, you know I have dogs. We have to watch close when out running dogs. 5he tracking collar gives a little neck protection, and I have b3lls on collar which might help too. If people find you remove yotes you will get requests to help in the neighborhood. Always good to remove trouble for friends and neighbors.
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I have to say with two night vision scopes I don't keep them on a gun, sighted in. Guess I have to get with it. Be Well, Bandito.
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Coyotes can easily jump or climb fences that are six feet high, and they are remarkable hunters. I witnessed a pair of coyotes working together to capture a feral cat on a hillside. They were barking at each other; as one chased the cat, the other was waiting up the hill. Ultimately, the second coyote killed the cat with a crushing bite to its neck. I have a female coyote that often roams behind my fence line and barn, searching for rats, mice, and gophers. Additionally, a Red-shouldered hawk likes to roost on my back fence, scanning my property and my neighbor's for vermin.
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