I've been dealing with coyotes the past few days and nights, I saw two of them bigger than my dog run through the meadow to the right of my house yesterday early morning...Then last night close to midnight I was out back with my dog, he was on a lead about 40 feet from me and I felt a cold chill which gave way to a fearful sort of nervousness like something evil was watching you, that feeling creeping through my bones and then I saw a shadow move...I knew it was a coyote, I called my dog quickly and he jumped on the deck as I stepped on the deck too and in a split moment the hairs on my body were standing up, butterflies in the stomach, my left arm started trembling, they were close to us, my dog was getting nervous, I opened the back door and followed the dog inside fast swinging it closed right behind me...
Solid oak door with a window at eye level I lock the door and look out the window...I see a big shadow move at the edge of the deck, where there's one coyote there are more just out of sight, glad we got back in, my shotgun is at the front of the house, not the back, but its going with me tonight when I let the dog out...Its been a while since they have been this close to my house, usually can hear them a far off howling late at night...I should have known something was going on, there's been deer around a lot lately then they all disappeared, now coyotes are here...I set out some early warning triggers, just simple cans and string all around the house which I will also have to relocate every day...They can be clever...
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