So Scary last night!!

[Janet]

Well I found out a few things I'd rather not know about. Hubby and I went to a small little town near us and had pizza for supper. While we were there a neighbor came in the topic of coyotes and coydogs came up. I guess a lot of the farmers are hearing and seeing way to many of them.

They are getting together to 'call' them. I asked how they 'called' them and he said they get a tape of a pig squealing, sounding like it's distressed or a tape a rabbit squealing...

Now it's not hard to get a pig to squeal, but a rabbit....I don't know what they do to get them to do that and I don't think I want to.

It reminded my of the book "When Rabbit Squeals" or "When Rabbit Cries" I think that's the name of it. It's about this lady that had multiple personalities. As a child her step-dad would make her watch him skin rabbits alive, thus the name of the book.

I just googled and there are tapes with those sounds on there to call coyotes...just goes to show, you're never to old to learn.

[katepoet]

I hope most of those tapes are humans making noises or one tape being copied over and over. I can understand that they need to solve the coyote problem, but the idea of those tapes gives me the creeps. Did you get any idea how many coyotes are in your area? I wonder how out of balance they are making the ecology.

[rivermom]

I am sure it's just a device or a human voice mimicking the sounds of a rabbit. Just like you would see with duck or deer calls, etc.

The over population of coyotes, deer, and so on can be detrimental to their own breed, other animals, our land, crops, and ecology. I appreciate those who are responsible in maintaining the healthy numbers of these animals. It's a benefit to all.