Comments on: Coyote Warning In Illinois Area

By: Cupcake

Cupcake — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:20:48 +0000

Just today my friends and I were out in the woods close to the subdivision that one friend lives in and when we crossed a small little stream we were in a bit higher grass. We started to walk further along the “stream”, and I noticed the grass looked like it was walked on a lot (and it looked too flat to be natural). We went a few steps further and I asked my friends, “What if there’s a coyote den around here? The grass seems to have been trodden on a lot.”

Then after I said that, I stepped on a patch of flat grass and felt an almost hollow feeling in the ground, like it was an overhang for a den…
Right after I stepped back from the hollow feeling in the ground, one friend says, “There is a den!”

The other friend and I state that we wanted to “go home” (lol) and we start walking back. My other friend (den-spotter) walks back with us for a while then says she saw fur and poop in the den too. That made us walk faster, haha.

Then just as we were about to leave the forest, we saw bits of rabbit fur on the ground. A coyote must’ve hunted it…

So.. hm, I want to go back in someday, but then again, I don’t. Haa.

By: brendan

brendan — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:00:28 +0000

I was sitting in my apartment tonight watching monday night football when I heard something howeling outside of my apartment complex. At first I thought it was a dog but after about 5 min I realized that it was no dog. I went outside to my balcony and someone had their flashlight pointed on two dog like animals that were trotting off away from the light. I live in Evanston. And I can tell you that these where no dogs. I guess they are starting to get closer to the city now.

By: The Nyce Girls

The Nyce Girls — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 09:26:29 +0000

I live in the country and this past spring at 8:30 a.m. on a bright sunshiney day we had an encounter with a coyote. My two small maltese and large border collie aussie mix were standing in the front yard with me only about 10 feet away. I had my eyes on the dogs the entire time and a coyote appeared a couple of feet away from the little dogs. They are sleek and quiet. Even the border collie didn’t see it at first. I screamed at the coyote and chased it back out into the pasture.

By: Tippy

Tippy — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 05:17:24 +0000

tina- you are total wrong about the coyotes. How would you like your dog and cat killed by having there throat ripped out. You need to get your fax right before you defend such a wild animal. And yes they have attacked people on occasion. You need to do alittle more research. Information goes a long way.

By: tippy

tippy — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:31:17 +0000

we still have a problem with the coyotes. They have killed all the neighbors cats.

By: LiaJJ

LiaJJ — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:29:46 +0000

I live in Glenview, IL and was at the end of my driveway waiting for someone to pick me up around 11pm when I saw what I thought to be a lost dog, perhaps a german shepard. It was trotting in the street about fifteen feet away from me and I realized by the bark that it made that it was no dog. It darted after and caught the neighbors cat right in front of me. It was so fast and so aggressive and I cant get the sound of the cat screaming out of my head. I have been crying and terrified all night because I have a wonderful black lab that is the sweetest thing and the aggression I saw out of that animal tonight has me in a panic. My mom had seen a coyote around 5:30am the other day on our street and I am worried that it is settling in on my street and planning to eat all the neighborhood pets. I contacted the glenview police and they said animal control would not do anything about it because they are very hard to catch and are common in this area. Does anybody have any other additional advice for me? I am scared to leave my dog alone out of the fear of someone letting her outside when i am not home….. Tippy I am so sorry I could not imagine what has happened to you and your poor dog. I hope that you are okay.

By: Tippy

Tippy — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:56:21 +0000

Yes they are still at it. I have not lost 4 of my barn cats and tippy. At night we are woke up by streaming animals at least 3 to 4 nights a week. I can’t stand it. We find the remains of animals in our yard. We are finding it hard to find help with this matter. My husband and I both don’t shoot guns. I’m at a loss. We are taking extra care of the remaining animals we own and not letting anything go out after 9:00. We also don’t stay out after dark. I just want to thank you ( Mary Wille) for your kind words. If you see the coyotes they say that they are stalking you so please take extra care of all of you and your animals.

By: mary wille

mary wille — Thu, 28 May 2009 15:58:58 +0000

i am so sorry for your loss,we use to live in glenview,now live up in wisco,but i was told by our vet that coyates r very brazen animals,they will come rite up to your door,obviouslly there habitate has been destroyed in illinios,where they could be hunting mice rabbits etc in the fields,unfortunatelly this is what happens and will continue to happen down there with all that building,now we live way out in the country,i see and hear,the coyates every nite,they hunt our alfafa feild for rabbits,knock on wood,not even our barn cats have ever been killed,there den was no more them 1000 feet from our barn,but again they have enough room and food to run free up here,but this doesnt help u with your loss,our sincere condelesces for the loss of your freind,others take note they will do it again,mary wille

By: Tippy

Tippy — Thu, 28 May 2009 15:01:06 +0000

Tippy lived in Beecher IL. Sorry forgot location

By: Tippy

Tippy — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:56:16 +0000

My dog Tippy was killed last night by 3 coyotes. They were by our house last night at 11:00 pm and ripped Tippy’s throat out. I would like to see them all killed. They were 20 feet from my house. I don’t think anyone would want this done to there dog. My dog was out side for 2 minutes. It dones not take a dog to be tied out, or left out for any length of time….. MINUTES!!!!!!