I don't think the coyote was coming for the woman, but the appetizer. That yote would have been dead if I had seen it.

Has anyone opened the stomach of a dead coyote?

I open everyone I shoot, to see what wildlife has been takened by this opportunist predator. The first coyote I ever shot, had a ball of fur and feathers mixed, 'bout the size of a softball, a rabbit completely skinned, a squirrel in the same condition, and the head and neck of a turkey.

I was deer huntin' when 37-turkeys walked up to the point I was huntin'on. I stayed behind a large oak tree to watch them doing what they do naturally. After 45-minutes they began to move to the other side of the point, out of sight. Ten minutes later, I heard a lot of commotion as the turkeys flew up into the trees to distance themselves from the hungry predator.

He came down the trail I was on, looking up in the trees at the turkeys. I was going to let him pass. He was looking over his shoulder when all of a sudden he "accidently" bumped into a mature turkey still on the ground.

Did you ever see an 'ol Tom beat and thump a coyote with his wings? He looked like a boxer pummeling the distracted yote ... a left, a right, a left. Just as the coyote was regaining his composure, the turkey started to turn and lift off.

I was using a .7mm Browning, and had the safety off. As the coyote lunged into the air to secure lunch, I pulled the trigger with the rifle still on my hip. The lifeless yote flipped in the air and hit the ground ... DOA.

The thankful turkey landed in a sappling and continued to purr, as I inspected and secured the dead yote with a shoe string to carry him to the taxidermist. I swear to this day he was saying ... Thank you 2 Poppa, Thank you 2 Poppa!

True Story ...

great story 2Poppa

Women in the Maritimes are tough! I heard of cowpunchers but Yote punching is a new one! Good for her and her dog, I am glad for her that it Worked! One also hopes the Rabies innoculation is just precautionary...

jeez that lasted 10 minutes
great story 2 poppa
they're lucky no damage was done to either dog or woman

finnyk - I think PETA would say that if she didn't have a pet she wouldn't have been attacked.

stick500, I could be wrong but I believe thats the 3rd coyote attack in the canadian maritimes in about 6 months.

Two words may explain this: Ray Bees

I think the good news is the woman did something when it needed to be done. In this case it worked and do so very well. I also do not think the Yote was after the woman but , yes to after the small dogs. I did not get a chance to read the hold story, how close to a home or other humans was she and her dogs when the Yote come after the dogs. Also did the woman have any think on her the Yote might have been after to eat. Wild animals are hard to figure out and some times they done not think they react. Well good job to the dog owner.

Tom
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yikes! second coyote attack on a human in less than a a year (the other one reported here on F&S was fatal!)
what's going on? is global warming firing them up?!