rachels.haven's Journal

[rachels.haven]

I just got off the Fish and Wildlife call. They told me to get a shot gun, and until then get a lot of fist sized or bigger rocks. And that hazing a coyote is not making a lot of noise and chasing them off. It's maiming or killing them here. It's also legal to poison them, but trapping doesn't usually work.
She also recommended contacting the hunting club and having someone hunt on our land in season, or have a friend shoot the thing (did not clarify in season or not).

DH is calling the hunting club...maybe...since it's his hang up preventing me from taking care of this myself. I'm not super happy about the no gun road block, but I married him.

Just putting out poison will not just make everything all better, contrary to what is being thought by some parties here.

I'm mad, but I guess this is my mess to work through with my spouse. Problem is, if it's not taken care of the kids and I will probably be the ones paying the price and not him.

 

[rachels.haven]

...Time for a trip to Walmart or Cabellas or something.

 

[B&B Happy goats]

I just got off the Fish and Wildlife call. They told me to get a shot gun, and until then get a lot of fist sized or bigger rocks. And that hazing a coyote is not making a lot of noise and chasing them off. It's maiming or killing them here. It's also legal to poison them, but trapping doesn't usually work.
She also recommended contacting the hunting club and having someone hunt on our land in season, or have a friend shoot the thing (did not clarify in season or not).

DH is calling the hunting club...maybe...since it's his hang up preventing me from taking care of this myself. I'm not super happy about the no gun road block, but I married him.

Just putting out poison will not just make everything all better, contrary to what is being thought by some parties here.

I'm mad, but I guess this is my mess to work through with my spouse. Problem is, if it's not taken care of the kids and I will probably be the ones paying the price and not him.

There comes a time when you just have to go into " mama bear" mode " , your children need to be protected first...above all others...
.I am the one at our home that steps up to the plate when trouble comes, and the gun is needed...Sometimes overies are better than testicals....get yourself a gun, no matter who objects ! You and your children are the ones that are there while he is pursuing HIS career. ...
Take it from a ole gal who has burned through several husbands....protect your children and yourself

 

[CntryBoy777]

I do know that in Mississippi it is open season on coyotes...especially in rural areas....sounds like the DH has never been around a truly "vicious" dog, coming at him...he'd change his mind real quick....

 

[rachels.haven]

Yes, he is a city-suburb kid.

Coyotes or not, this place is still much better than where we were living. People and rats were the issue there.

 

[Baymule]

You need a firearm and lessons how to use it. A gun range would be a good place to go for lessons. Wear hearing protection!

 

[farmerjan]

If he is that opposed to a gun, yes, you married him and it is your situation to deal with. So why is he opposed (slow to call) a professional that can come, dispose of it when he is most likely going to be at work anyway, and going this route to protect his family???? Maybe approach it like that????? Not any different from calling a plumber to deal with a bad drain..... problem, call a professional, get it "fixed"..... done. Yes we have guns, I carry a .22 rifle most times as there always seems to be something that needs to be taken care of when I don't have the gun.....so have just started carrying it. One pasture where we rent, they have a garden and are in and out. Keep trapping groundhogs and asking me to shoot them... Since they are in the barn too, I am happy to get rid of them. Shot a skunk one time up there that was just not acting right.... and a fox after the chickens once.....coons, possums and occasionally a fox here, coyotes whenever I can......

 

[rachels.haven]

Yikes! Skunks can definitely be rabid.

DH said I could get one now. I just have to hide it. I'm not entirely sure why he so opposed to them. Yes, people can accidently blow people away, but if treated right a gun can be safer than the huge, professional grade, super sharp butcher knives I use to process things, and he doesn't have an issue with those. It could be political and prejudice and therefore his issues to work through. It's probably tied very much into anxiety over a new dangerous thing. He'll be alright. He also really does not want to call the hunting club (not totally sure why on that, he is okay with other people hunting and it would get him out of having a gun in the house).

Looks like I have to take a class before I can get the necessary license to even buy a firearm to use on my own property in this state. This is going to take a while to get done, especially if the class during the day when I am with the kids. I guess I'd better get on that, maybe call the police station again that won't help me with a coyote following me to my house in the dark because I have animals and the that means I forfeit their concern or help at all unless the animal is obviously rabid. Following me to my house door is apparently acting "natural" here. Plus they can't drive up and see it themselves.

My Dad suggested I go to wally world and get a Mossberg 500 shotgun. His has a place to have a gun lock on it, and in this state you have to store them in a locked container separate from the ammo on to of that so it would be fairly safe (two locks, no ammo and all). I, for one, think I'm going to have to go to a hunting/fishing store and not walmart because this is Massachusetts and not the south. If I can get over the hurtle of childcare while I take a class (hopefully a one day thing), I will probably go that route.

I'm just shocked that animal control wouldn't come out and take care of this coy-dog. If they came out and while coyote was there it would not run away and go after them too, and that's not natural. And it's more an adult and kid safety thing, and not a chicken safety thing. The chickens are "safe" living in a hardware cloth box now, and I can't ever let them out for me and my family's safety or this thing comes around to threaten us (which means he's sitting out there watching us for them, which makes me not want to go near the chickens). And not all the coyotes have issues that come through our land. Just this big one that's not going away and has no friends.

 

[Baymule]

I am glad that he finally agreed. When my kids were small, they shared a single shot Ithaca 22 rifle. My ex and I taught them gun safety with it and there was never an incident. At just a few years old, they both knew to NEVER touch a firearm unless one of us was with them.

 

[B&B Happy goats]

Till you go get the gun, go get the bear pepper spray and a couple (4) big baseball bats, set the bats where they are convient for you if needed outside and carry your cell phone and Pepperspray and a bat with you ..."momma bear" , sorry all of this has become your responsibility. ..but I got faith in you that you will take care of it