Coyotes!

[ChicagoWhitesox05]

Especially at night! Heads up. They won't hesitate to attack.

[fearl3ss465]

Just to chime in...Coyotes wont attack you. I have been feet away from alot of em and they did nothing.

[bachelorsgrove_com]

Back in March of this year I was picking up some hand-forged nails (hand-made, no machines used) from one of the house foundations and while I was kneeling down I got that very familiar feeling I was being watched. I looked up and to the far right I saw a coyote about 75 feet away looking at me in a stalking kind of way, but it was probably more of a curiosity thing. Then I got that feeling again and turned over to my far left to see another coyote about 100 feet doing a very small pace around me. After seeing the second one I started to get a little nervous. I thought they may have thought I was a small meal since I probably could have looked like a animal being on my knees.

After speaking to someone within the Forest Preserve District I was told that they would not attack humans and were probably just curious as I first thought. Good to hear! So I wouldn't worry too much if you ever run into them. I actually look forward to it.

Speaking of the coyotes, I got some recordings of one "barking" and they sound exactly like a dog. It was about 20 feet from the cemetery fence and was frantic looking for something while it was barking. Some day it will get added to a nature section for the web site.

Pete

[Aten]

Coyotes are really cool and generally won`t attack but if you should come up on one that is feeding your chances are greater of getting attacked as they think you are after their food. Hope to hear the recording Pete.

[CinemaPaula]

Old topic I know, but I thought I would share an interesting/funny Coyote story...

I was caching in a cemetery in WI close to dusk - still plenty of light, but the day was overcast, and it was that weather where its almost 'misting' before the rain starts.

This was in fall - everything was brown, leaves had fallen. The cache was down a mud/dirt road in the wooded area next to/behind the cemetery. Got to the cache site - a big fallen log. Found it, signed the log. As I was replacing the cache, I heard movement around me. (I was alone, fun fun fun) I started to head back out, still hearing movement. Then, I heard the first coyote start yipping, which, didnt alarm me too much. But then, as I was headed out the road - which still had another wooded 500 feet easy ahead of me, I started hearing MORE coyotes. Yipping back and forth, movement on all sides, following me as I headed out.

I couldnt SEE them, but I could hear them to my left, my right, and behind me. If I had to guess, I would have guessed at least 5-7 of them just circling around watching me move out. As I moved faster, they seemed to get more vocal and excited - which alarmed me to say the least - they didnt care that I knew they were there!!

So.. needless to say - I RAN my happy butt out of that road, and as I ran I heard them start running as well, basically not caring how much noise they made while chasing.

THAT was my scariest experience with coyotes - usually I find them to be VERY afraid. I just recently encountered two while going for a night cache - I heard something - pointed my GPS screen, and saw eyes. When they realized I saw them - about 15 feet away - they RAN.

But, when you start feeling hunted - it gets pretty creepy.