Coyotes In Charlotte, NC
BY Herschel Smith
2 years ago
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Coyote sightings across the Carolinas are on the rise, including in the Charlotte area. A wildlife consultant says it’s because this is the time of year when the animals are on the move.
Bill Crowder, a consultant also known as Coyote Bill, said the coyote population has increased and they are being spotted just as much in the daytime as they are at night. The increased sightings are raising concerns for some local neighborhoods but there are ways to protect your home and family.
“Everything is moving, they are searching for territory, and as soon as they find those territories they focused on those territories and stay there into the mating season,” said Crowder.
It’s migration season, and Crowder said this is when humans will see the most coyotes roaming around. He adds during this time, the current year’s pups are released and dispersed from their families to make it on their own.
Yorkshire neighborhood resident Jon Lovelace caught one running across his yard.
“I caught it on the cameras on my home, just passing through, heading from the street side of my house towards the creek side in the back,” he said.
Linda Allen also lives in Yorkshire and has her own worries.
“My backyard backs up to an empty farm and wooded area, and my biggest fear is that a coyote gets interested in my dog,” she said.
Working with Crowder, Allen makes sure she has all the deterrents she needs when out on a stroll.
“I have my horn, a whistle around my neck, and I have the stick. We don’t go out at night unless we have to,” said Allen.
“The objective of the air horn is to keep the coyote at a distance. You don’t want the coyote coming close to you,” said Crowder.
The stick is to make yourself look larger. The idea is to wave it around aggressively and make yourself appear more threatening.
Crowder said his calls have quadrupled.
“Yesterday was very distressing for me. We got a call from one of our neighbors who we’ve been helping and she had seven of her turkeys attacked and killed,” he said.
Crowder notes it’s important to determine the coyotes’ motivation for being in your yard. Once you know why they are roaming around it, makes it easier to get rid of them.
Dear Lord.
Somebody named “Coyote Bill” is doing Coyote psychology, and has women blowing horns and waving sticks around.
I have a better idea before her pet gets attacked and eaten.
Buy a pistol or wheel gun, preferably a large bore gun, go to the range and learn to shoot it, always carry it, even to the grocery store, and kill the Coyotes if she sees them.
I’m not a prophet, but I’m 100% certain that killing it will keep it from coming back.
On October 30, 2022 at 9:22 pm, Frank Clarke said:
“I’m not a prophet, but I’m 100% certain that killing it will keep it from coming back.”
You know that a prophet is never honored in his own country, don’t you?
On October 30, 2022 at 10:22 pm, PGF said:
This is funny. She’s a prisoner in her own home at night. If a stick is effective, why not a pointed stick? You see where this goes…
On October 31, 2022 at 5:41 am, Joe Blow said:
Bahaha, love it. Urbanites keep pushing the suburbs out further than complain when they run into the indigenous population.
On October 31, 2022 at 11:09 am, Bradley A Graham said:
There are no victims only volunteers……
On October 31, 2022 at 3:42 pm, Drake said:
I know people in X-burbs outside Greenville- Spartanburg who are constantly shooting coyotes.