Attention Mr. Coy Dog, you have been served notice to vacate our property immediately

The BBQ Pit
1

two nights ago, i heard a howling noise from right outside the window, thought nothing of it, perhaps our sweet-but-stupid mongrel saw two air molecules she didn’t recognize and was alerting us to the danger, ignored it and went back to sleep

last night, my parents tell me that the coy dogs are back, we’ve lost cats to them in the past, they’ve attacked our chickens when we had them, and my sister (who lives just down the road and has a horse barn) happens to have a miniature pony (Cooper, as in Mini Cooper) that’s just about bite-size for a pack of coys

mr/mrs coy dog(s) you have been given notice to vacate our property immediately, or face swift and decisive action, if you come around the house when i’m there, my hardest decision to make will be if i should use my .357 or my 12-gauge, you’re not wanted, our cats and horses are not food, bugger off

we have a farm with 50 acres of land, and there is a family of deer there as well that are practically tame, we can almost walk up to them and pet them, we don’t want to see them killed by coy dogs either

apparently in Massachusets a few days ago, a grandfather walking with his grandson was attacked by a coy dog (the coy attacked the kid, the grandfather restrained the dog until law enforcement shot the dog), coy dogs are not happy, fluffy doggies, they’re agressive feral canines

Mr/Mrs. coy dog, take the hint and leave now while you still can, you have been warned…

2

What’s a coy dog? A cross between a coyote and feral dogs? If that’s so, that actually sounds scarier than straight coyotes, since they’re fairly timid and feral dogs aren’t.

3

It’s a male dog with a female coyote.

As for the OP…are you a good shot? Is there any chance you could miss and hit something else? A gal-pal of mine uses a starter pistol at night just to be sure.

4

I’d recommend a .22 for this job.

The 12 gauge will work just fine if that’s all you’ve got, though. Good luck and good hunting!

5

i’m an excellent shot, and i’m also aware of not only what my target is, but also what’s behind it, i’d be hesitant to use the .357 as it’s a high-speed, high-velocity round, and even though i’m using hollowpoints to reduce overpenetration, it’s still an issue, last thing i want to have happen is have the round pass through the coy and end up ricocheting off in a random direction off an unseen rock in the lawn

the 12 gauge will be louder and make more of a mess after firing, but if i use a relatively medium size shotshell (like lets say a size 4), overpenetration will not be an issue

as far as the .22 LR round goes, i was under the impression it wouldn’t be powerful enough to do the job, i’m going for the most humane kill possible, even though the coy dog is vermin, it doesn’t deserve to suffer, it deserves a quick, efficient dispatching

depending on how i feel at the time, i have a few projectile weapons available to me to discourage the coy dog from hanging around the house looking for tasty cats and miniature horses…

for the nonlethal route, i have my Tippmann Custom 98 paintball marker, problem is, using nonlethal on an agressive wild animal could work against me if the paintball ends up annoying the coy, and not scaring it…

for the lethal route, i have;

Ruger Mark II Target pistol, 10 shot semiautomatic .22LR, advantages; small, quiet, low recoil, if i use subsonic rounds, it won’t disturb the neighbors, disadvantages; the .22 bullet may be too small, or require multiple firings to do the job, not what i want, gotta be a one-shot kill, i don’t take shooting an animal lightly, and don’t want it to suffer needlessly

Taurus 689 .357 Magnum, 6 shot revolver; advantages; insane stopping power, one-shot-kill assured, no brass to pick up, disadvantages; loud, high powered, high velocity round, overpenetration/ricochets are a distinct possibility, high recoil

Mossberg Model 500 12-gauge pump shotgun; advantages; insane stopping power, larger effective target area, one-shot-kill, no overpenetration or ricochets, disadvantages; end results will be messy, extremely loud, kicks like a mule

6

Interesting… i checked with my local PD as to the legality of shooting coys on our land, and it’s legal, no permit/hunting licence required, and the reccomended firearm is a .22

looks like my other ideas were definitely (heh) overkill (pun intended)

now to hit the sporting-goods store tonight to pick up a box of subsonic rounds for the Ruger…

7

Ladies and gentlemen, providing for the defense of your home against animals.

If it helps, Costco, I don’t know if there’s one by you, sells a fifteen million candlepower flashlight for thirty bucks. I’ve seen an equivalent elsewhere for eighty. I can light up about two acres with it. After that, the trees block it. It’s more powerful than some lighthouses.

Fifteen hours to charge, forty minutes of power. Worth every penny if you’re in the out of beyond. You will be VERY AWARE of what is around the target.

8

sounds like it’d also make a great bicycle headlight, or anti-tailgating light :wink:

9

I refuse to answer on the grounds that it may be held against me in the future.

My car has both a sunroof and an opening rear window.

10

:eek:
THAT’S the solution I’ve been looking for…an insanely bright light to flash in the eyes of assholes…

eeeeeexcellent…

11

I was hoping you would have a trebuchet in the list.

12

If you’re worried about the .357 being too powerful, you could use .38s or Glaser Safety Slugs (although those are a little pricey).

[re-hijack]

One of these days I need to mount my Code 3 light(the one on the top left) on the back of my truck. Nothing like real police lights to get your attention, too bad it’s blue instead of red. [/re-hijack]

13

I can personally recommend a crossbow - just put broadheads on the bolts instead of field points, and be a good shot, because it takes a minute or two to reload.

Because I live “in town,” I wouldn’t be able to pop an animal on my property with any type of firearm - the houses are too close together, and my yard (though big) backs up on some condos. I’d never have a safe shot.

But I’ve lost some of my chickens to racoons this year. Each chicken has been dearly bought, though - the crossbow is nearly silent and quite lethal.

14

[/hijack] Aren’t the vast majority of police moving away from red to blue?[/end hijack]

Federal load #C357B makes for a great self defence/varmint round. It’s a 125 grain JHP which has a rate of .428" expansion/1" penitration on 10% ballistic gel. Yea, it’s still loud but it’ll kill any dog in one shot.

15

I thought a coy dog was one that, when you offered it some food, would put its head down and to the side, look up at you through batting eyelashes, and say, “aww, nooo, I shouldn’t.”

16

I think you’ve just engaged in the Barking Cat Fallacy.

BTW, is it pronounced as spelled, or is it ky dog (as in ky O tee for coyote)?

17

Tests have come back on the MA varmit—positive for Rabies.

18

I thought ky dogs came from Kentucky, like the awful-tasting jelly.

19

I have one of these! Costco. $35, and 10 million candlewatt, IIRC. Impulse buy on my part that I haven’t regretted.

It wouldn’t make a good bike light due to the fact that the power source for the light is about the size of a car battery. But, it would be great for night hunting.

20

Immoral to use for night hunting. That’s jacklighting, and illegal in most states.
Well, for night hunting that involves shooting things. You can hunt for things without killing them.

This one’s smaller, lighter, and more powerful, though. And I checked, fifteen million.