In southwest Virginia, coyote sightings causing concern -- dail...

Elaine Walton thought the only wildlife in her yard was a family of groundhogs that were devastating her garden.

[CHRIS]

WE SHOULD JUST LET THEM BE AND EAT OUR CHILDREN OR ELSE PETA MIGHT GET UPSET. HAHA

[billy clark]

[The hell with PETA,make them coyotes roll.]

[Mark]

We need to put a $100 state bounty per animal harvested.

[slw]

anybody seen any in surry, isle of wight?

[russell Schwartz]

slw wrote:

anybody seen any in surry, isle of wight?

seen two is IOW...they're everywhere in central isle of wight around Central Hill

[womanwhohunts]

Saw one while turkey hunting yesterday, no wonder I didn't see any turks. Going coyote hunting today, instead. Franklin County.

[Jose]

Before the coyote expanded East from the Western usa, the wolf had nearly 20 million of its kind in the eastern united states...that was before whites came to america. now you whites killed the wolves off, so the coyote is able to replace the wolf and is moving east now [wolfs kill coyotes on sight in nature, no wolf = coyote expands].

SO, get used to them ! coyotes have been under the rifle since the 1800's by whitemen, and yet they never went extinct like the wolf did under the same circumstance. the coyote breeds to acommodate losses..so if you kill 2 coyotes, a coyote will increase its litter size from 5 to 7 to make up for it.

And besides, from a ecological standpoint, there has always been a canine around to keep deer populations in check...historically that has been the Wolf in the Eastern US, and the Coyote in the Western states...but since the wolf is gone, the coyote fills that gap.

-Jose

[Linda]

Saw one in Mecklenburg County, VA on June 5th 2008, not far from my house!

[lexi]

hahaha @ the guy talking about coyotes eating kids. what an idiot. there has only been ONE documented fatal attack on a human, and that person died of a broken neck. humans need to grow up and stop acting like spoiled children, we share this planet with animals... get used to it.

[CHRIS]

lexi wrote:

hahaha @ the guy talking about coyotes eating kids. what an idiot. there has only been ONE documented fatal attack on a human, and that person died of a broken neck. humans need to grow up and stop acting like spoiled children, we share this planet with animals... get used to it.

It was a joke you dumb ditz!

[Cindy]

Hey, I live in Front Royal. I jog regularly on Dickey Ridge, Skyline Drive. Been here for 10 years, have always heard the coyotes but never til a week ago saw one. Scared the *#@!* out of me! Wasn't growling or baring it's teeth at me, but actually followed me...on the trail...for about 1 minute! Longest minute of my life. What do I do if this happens again? For one I won't be jogging by myself at 6:20am on Dickey Ridge anytime soon :-)

[Cindy]

I live in FRONT ROYAL !!!
Don't know why it posted Rileyville !?!

[Yorktown]

My mother and brother have seen several in their yard recently in Yorktown/Seaford VA area.

[Dingo AteThe Baby]

Oh, leave them alone. They are trying to survive.
Never leave home without "protection".

[Yorktown]

Dingo AteThe Baby wrote:

Oh, leave them alone. They are trying to survive.
Never leave home without "protection".

I was waiting for someone to bring up the "Dingo" line!:)

[george]

coyote in my back field day or so later crossing the road gloucester virginia hayes area

[Jason]

my neighboor just shot and killed one today, it was grimey looking. From what i hear, we have alot of coyote population in my area near bull run mountain

[mantz]

there were four spotted at the refinery in Yorktown.

[Crystal Powhatan Va]

Saw on lurking round my chicken coop one evening last year, they have not bothered the chickens and we have not seen it since. We have to share our world with all of natures creatures.

[neil cam]

Hi - I recently was approached by a coyote during an early morning jog. I jog with 2 small Whippet dogs. What type of protection do you suggest i carry for coyote sightings?
NEIL