Just got off the phone with my old man who told me what happened.

He does landscaping now that he is retired and was mowing a pretty large field.  He bring his dogs with him because they like to ride in the truck.  

So he is mowing this field and the dogs were laying over by the truck which is prolly 200 yds away.  All of a sudden he sees this scrawny little yote pop outta the tree line and start towards the dogs.  So he yells and chases the thing off with the Z mower and it scoots back into the woods.  About 5 minutes later here it comes again outta the tree line and this time the larger dog of the two labs sees the yote and takes off after it.  So my dad hollers at the lab and gets her to come to him and the yote pops back into the tree line.  

So then like another 5 minutes passes and out comes this yote again and this time it is snarling and yapping and baring its teeth at my dad.  This sends the lab over the edge because she is very protective of my pops, so she hauls ass after this yote into the tree line.  My dad worried that she might get in over her head shuts the mower down and hollers for her to come.  As he does that he notices that there are at least 4 or 5 yotes yapping and howling in the tree line.  The lab comes haul assing out of the tree line and bee-lines for the truck.

Dad decides this is too much so he gets the dogs in the truck and heads back home drops them off and grabs the AR(please don't write about any illegal stuff) So he heads back and is mowing with AR sitting across his lap.(We live in the middle of nowhere and none of the full time neighbors would have batted an eye)

So he makes a few more passes with the mower and here comes the damn yote again snapping and growling right towards him.  He said when he dropped him he paced it out and the yote was 30 yards from the mower.  He said it made him decide to carry his glock all the time when he mows now


I knew yotes were smart but wow coordinated attacks using a yote as bait??  

This is a VERY common tactic for these little bastages. I lost a 2yr old Shepherd/ Rott mix in 2002 this very same way.
Apparently Domestic dogs are seen as competition. I usually 'shoot on site' when it comes to coyotes, they are really starting to cause a lot of damage to livestock and pets in my area.

This 'yote tendency can be used to advantage....

I have heard of some people training their dog(s) to be used as bait for packs of coyotes. The 'yotes will focus on the dog, completely ignoring the person. This allows the shooter multiple shots at the coyotes.

Of course, you have to carefully train your dog so it won't go over the hill with the coyotes to be killed.

Since your new  , ARFCOMers say Magazine not clip.  I believe Pre ban mags are legal in NY now since 04

This is a common Coyote tactic here as well. I am originally from WNY and the coyotes are getting thick there. Last time I was visiting my dad I spotted a pack stalking the neighbors( Amish) toddler from the loft of the barn. The kids father nd brothers chased them off. My dad told me that a local was cross country sking with his 2 labs last winter and a pack of coyotes took them down.

Should have brought the dogs back to bait those fuckers out of the woods again.  Then pop all 5 of them.  Fuckers.

send yer pops a camera!!!!!!!!!   we want pics!!!!!!!!!  

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Quoted: Just got off the phone with my old man who told me what happened. He does landscaping now that he is retired and was mowing a pretty large field.  He bring his dogs with him because they like to ride in the truck.   So he is mowing this field and the dogs were laying over by the truck which is prolly 200 yds away.  All of a sudden he sees this scrawny little yote pop outta the tree line and start towards the dogs.  So he yells and chases the thing off with the Z mower and it scoots back into the woods.  About 5 minutes later here it comes again outta the tree line and this time the larger dog of the two labs sees the yote and takes off after it.  So my dad hollers at the lab and gets her to come to him and the yote pops back into the tree line.   So then like another 5 minutes passes and out comes this yote again and this time it is snarling and yapping and baring its teeth at my dad.  This sends the lab over the edge because she is very protective of my pops, so she hauls ass after this yote into the tree line.  My dad worried that she might get in over her head shuts the mower down and hollers for her to come.  As he does that he notices that there are at least 4 or 5 yotes yapping and howling in the tree line.  The lab comes haul assing out of the tree line and bee-lines for the truck. Dad decides this is too much so he gets the dogs in the truck and heads back home drops them off and grabs the AR(please don't write about any illegal stuff) So he heads back and is mowing with AR sitting across his lap.(We live in the middle of nowhere and none of the full time neighbors would have batted an eye) So he makes a few more passes with the mower and here comes the damn yote again snapping and growling right towards him.  He said when he dropped him he paced it out and the yote was 30 yards from the mower.  He said it made him decide to carry his glock all the time when he mows now I knew yotes were smart but wow coordinated attacks using a yote as bait??

I can argue about the magazine vs. clip thing but that is semantics  and not really worth the time, as for the discussing non illegal things you do realize that it is legal to posess preban 30 round "magazines" in the state of NY correct?  Maybe you "assumed" they were illegal.  You know what they say about that word.

Quoted: Quoted: Just got off the phone with my old man who told me what happened. He does landscaping now that he is retired and was mowing a pretty large field.  He bring his dogs with him because they like to ride in the truck.   So he is mowing this field and the dogs were laying over by the truck which is prolly 200 yds away.  All of a sudden he sees this scrawny little yote pop outta the tree line and start towards the dogs.  So he yells and chases the thing off with the Z mower and it scoots back into the woods.  About 5 minutes later here it comes again outta the tree line and this time the larger dog of the two labs sees the yote and takes off after it.  So my dad hollers at the lab and gets her to come to him and the yote pops back into the tree line.   So then like another 5 minutes passes and out comes this yote again and this time it is snarling and yapping and baring its teeth at my dad.  This sends the lab over the edge because she is very protective of my pops, so she hauls ass after this yote into the tree line.  My dad worried that she might get in over her head shuts the mower down and hollers for her to come.  As he does that he notices that there are at least 4 or 5 yotes yapping and howling in the tree line.  The lab comes haul assing out of the tree line and bee-lines for the truck. Dad decides this is too much so he gets the dogs in the truck and heads back home drops them off and grabs the AR(please don't write about any illegal stuff) So he heads back and is mowing with AR sitting across his lap.(We live in the middle of nowhere and none of the full time neighbors would have batted an eye) So he makes a few more passes with the mower and here comes the damn yote again snapping and growling right towards him.  He said when he dropped him he paced it out and the yote was 30 yards from the mower.  He said it made him decide to carry his glock all the time when he mows now I knew yotes were smart but wow coordinated attacks using a yote as bait??   I can argue about the magazine vs. clip thing but that is semantics  and not really worth the time, as for the discussing non illegal things you do realize that it is legal to posess preban 30 round "magazines" in the state of NY correct?  Maybe you "assumed" they were illegal.  You know what they say about that word.

Anymore dead yote stories??  

I used to live in the high desert near Hesperia, CA. My old mutt used to run pretty free around my 10 acre scrub brush sperad until one morning, I let her out to pee as usual then go to get my coffee.
My wife starts yelling at me to come quick about 5 minutes later from the front porch, and I go out and see in the field in front of my house about 40 yards out- 4 Coyotes have my mutt down on her back tearing into her belly. I freaked out and with no weapon ran towards them screaming in my bathrobe, ready to fight with my teeth. They all scattered and disappeared into the brush leaving my dog all bleeding and thrashed. My mutt, high on adrenaline limped it back to the porch where she collapsed in a mess of blood and fur..
I threw on some shorts and picked her up, loaded her into the truck where she rode on my lap all the way to the animal hospital.
They took her in, and a few surgeries later she was right as rain.
She's also had her left eye scratched out when she was a pup, and has darn near fused hips, so when she runs, it's more like her rear legs hop in unison. She still gets around real good though, and chases coons, possums, squirrels and rabbits. She's also a hell of a good snake killer. She's about eleven years old now. Her name is Pearl.
Good dog.

Sorry no dead yotes in this story, but it all happened pretty fast.

Email on let 'er rip