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Poor Big Yellow Coyote

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Just to make life interesting, yesterday morning at about 6 am there was a heck of a ruckus out in our pasture. The cows were going nuts, roaring and carrying on. So I went out and looked, and sure enough, Big Yellow Coyote was lurking around. (He's been around here so long we know him by sight.) So back to the yard I go, and open the gate to release Gordon the donkey. That's Gordon on the left.

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Well, about 6 am this morning, sure enough, the cows started to roar again, but this time they got about three moo's out before a great big heehaawww.... sounded out..... Instant silence. 8)

Big Yellow Coyote and Gordon go way back. He didn't have to be told twice that the gate from the yard was open. He'll probably have to move to the neighbour's now. In which case, he may get another surprise, because they bought a jenny from me this spring. :) :) :)

Poor Big Yellow Coyote... :wink:
 
I have distant realitve of Gordon the donkey out this-a-way. His name is Winchester. When big yellow coyote shows up he barks once and poor big yellow coyote falls over from fright! :wink: :D On a serious note, I'd imagine on Gordon could scare the puddin' out of a yote or worse if he got a hold of him.
 
Big Yellow Coyote is an odd one. He's a character if there ever was one. He has refused to fall for the neighbour's anti coyote campaigns. He won't come for the calling and shooting, and he missed all the snares. He also seems to be alone a lot, maybe because he's the only one too smart to get caught?

He hasn't done any cattle damage so far, so we don't bother him. He does follow the tractor at baling time and cleans up rodents left and right. He didn't used to be afraid of our old dogs, but our new German Shepherd, Elsa can put the run on him pretty quick. I suspect there has been an encounter we didn't see.

One day I decided to cook a roast beef in the smoker. It was the middle of the afternoon, and I saw the dogs go roaring down the driveway. Right there, sitting at the end, about 50 feet from the house, was Big Yellow Coyote. I guess he wanted to be invited or something. :? He didn't get invited.

We had a deer hit by a car by our place one day, and I watched as he took all day to drag that adult deer about 1/8 of a mile to the bush. It was much bigger than him, but he was not giving up. I have no idea how he did it, but he got the job done.

He also got really cheeky one day and chased a deer into our neighbour's cow herd, where they found him hanging off the deer's rump. They spooked him off, and the deer spent the rest of the day hiding out with the cows.

This is quite the coyote.
 
Standards. We got our first one for halter breaking 4H calves many years ago, and the rest is history. They seem to be collectable...... :roll: :roll: :roll: We vary between four and nine at any given time, depending on who's foaled. We never advertise them to sell, but they always seem to find homes. We've found that on the average, if they go to a home where they are really wanted and needed, they get a better home. So I'm willing to wait until someone comes to me. We're right out of babies now, and have the next one due to come spoken for already.
 
I had 2 coyotes come to the yard yesterday in broad daylight. With all these chickens, turkeys, hogs and such, I think we're becoming a popular place. We haven't lost anything yet, and I intend to keep it that way. I was thinking of keeping a couple donkeys in the pasture where the pig/chicken tractors are, to see if they can do the trick.
 

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