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Originally Posted by Buckru
I haven't really seen one up close so I can't determine the size of one. Are they that deadly to a medium size dog? A small dog I can see. Are they that adept that they can take out a lab or possibly bigger dogs? I just know very little about the species.
The reason I am asking and trying to understand is that some of my assumptions, when reading posts, in hindsight have probably been wrong.
Buck Buchanan
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Coyotes are not especially large....but they are quite tenacious.
There are plenty of ranchers around here that have lost pretty good size dogs to them. They don't fight "one on one", rather they will "lure" a farm dog out into a field (chasing one) and then several will attack the dog.
The term around here is being "stretched out".
We keep them "thinned out" around this part of the country.
Anytime I spot one within a hundred yards of my home, and he/she doesn't run immediately upon seeing me or the dogs, it will be shot if it is still there when I get back with the rifle.
They quickly become "bold" if not kept in check.