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Nov 16, 2014, 01:56 PM
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Member Since: Nov 2002
Location: Mid World
Posts: 18,097
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I noticed an new mound of dirt in my yard yesterday. I assumed it was another gopher tortoise mound. My property is riddled with tortoise holes and mounds. I went to check it out today. It's not tortoise hole IT'S A FRICKIN' COYOTE DEN entrance!!!!!!  It's only about ten feet from my house!!!! It's a dang good thing I keep the cats inside.
I'm going to fill in the hole and cover it with a sheet of tin or something so the dang coyote can't dig another one.
Please don't take me to task for trying to get rid of the dang beast. In this area they are considered vermin. They are the same as giant rats. They kill people's pets. They also kill the calves of the folks around me who raise cattle. They can carry rabies.
This really creeps me out. I don't usually think twice about going outside after dark. I'm going to be less complacent about it now. I heard something wandering around the yard one night last week and assumed it was a neighbor's dog. Now I'm thinking it was the coyote.
Oh the joys of country living! 
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