Ford PU, Coyotes, a WBBB and Me

**dakotaross** · 02-25-2014, 16:25

If coyotes were a problem for campers, we'd be hearing a lot more about it...

...or would we?!!??!!!

Of course we would, we'd be hearing about all the down someone harvested from an empty campsite!!

**hawghangar** · 02-25-2014, 16:43

Originally Posted by g2outdoors

Earplugs. Crisis averted.

+1 here. I've had crows, woodpeckers, coyotes, and other critters make all kinds of noise that keeps me awake - amazing how much better I sleep with some earplugs.

**The Old Boot** · 02-25-2014, 16:46

Originally Posted by hawghangar

+1 here. I've had crows, woodpeckers, coyotes, and other critters make all kinds of noise that keeps me awake - amazing how much better I sleep with some earplugs.

I'd rather lay awake listening to the sounds of nature - wolves howling, loons calling across the lake, coyotes talking to each other!! I even found an alarm clock that has the sound of loons as one of the choices for the alarm...for the days at home when I have to use an alarm clock.

The only nature sounds I'd rather not hear are my fellow campers snoring...that I could use ear plugs for but then I'd miss the good sounds.

**bob2guns** · 02-25-2014, 20:20

they are getting more aggressive it seems..someone i kno had two coyotes back down the germanshepard they had on leash...

**Mountnman** · 02-25-2014, 20:21

Thanks for the report, them ole yotes can send a chill up ur spine especially when they wake you out of a dead sleep

**The Yellow Dart** · 02-25-2014, 20:29

I'm pretty sure my snoring keeps most of those critters away. We don't have bears here in Kansas. An occasional mountain lion, but that's about it besides the Coyotes. I enjoy listening to them when I'm awake. My buddies tell me that they don't hear my other critters when I get to sleep. Maybe they are wearing earplugs, I don't know lol.

**fr8pilot1** · 02-27-2014, 00:32

Found out something funny as we checked out of the park. One of the ladies in the office asked about late check-ins the night before. The ranger stated I had put up my hammock on spot 27. The lady asked him..."Hammock? He's in a Hammock? Don't he know the Coyotes will get him?"

Seems the coyotes have been wandering into the camp grounds lately and are getting more bold. Although there was concern in the office, to date, no one has been bothered by the coyotes. More research on my part shows that coyotes are not a threat to tent or hammock dwellers if you follow simply campground rules...no food in tent, no trash in campsite, etc.

Now I know...the next time...I stay in the hammock.

**MississipVol** · 02-27-2014, 07:47

Originally Posted by PappyAmos

The question comes to mind though, has anyone had one or more coyotes actually come into their camp or bother them directly in some other way?

Pappy

I have years ago when tent camping. I was with some friends at a remote but developed campground just east of Jackson, TN. We set our tent up on one side of our campsite and then commenced to grilling brats in a bath of beer. (I know, we were just asking for wildlife.)

We had a good ol' meal but at about 2 am that morning the coyotes came in to investigate. I heard the howls first but they were all around us like they were right up on us. Our campsite had gravel that had been placed down to prevent erosion and I could hear coyotes walking right through the gravel right beside our tent. I could even hear them panting! Our tent was closed up so I didn't get up to look but each time they walked through I would make some noises and could hear them retreat back into the woods. They finally left but I didn't get much sleep that night!!

**03XJeep** · 02-27-2014, 11:33

I'm actually more concerned about the two legged critters in areas people gather. I trust wildlife to do what is natural to them and be curious about who is in their area. People on the other hand are a bit more dangerous in my opinion.

**hawghangar** · 02-27-2014, 12:31

Originally Posted by 03XJeep

I'm actually more concerned about the two legged critters in areas people gather. I trust wildlife to do what is natural to them and be curious about who is in their area. People on the other hand are a bit more dangerous in my opinion.

+1 here. Remember waking up one night in a State Park campground after hearing a noise... my LED headlamp lit up a grown man that had two hands elbow deep in my cooler. Obviously surprised, he yelled that he "was just looking for firewood"... needless to say, we had some words.