This morning I looked outside and saw coyote moving down the driveway, so I made bear noises and it picked up speed. Then I got in the car and blared the horn once and then again. Hopefully it won't come back since those are a type of animal that could hunt pets. Ive seen other animals come out of the woodwork too. Not long ago a bear came out and went through a bag on the deck that had smoothie a bottle in it. Anyway I just heard yipping and howling again and sent some bottle rockets out randomly. Not so worried about bears as those rarely come out here but I might need some extra bottle rockets.
It wan't moving slow either it was at a good fast pace even before I made growling noises. But after I ran out of bottle rockets I heard it howling again so I made bottle rocket sounds by whistling really loud and yelling pop!@
Where do you live? One time, I saw a run downed fox that was hit by a car. It was in the middle of the suburb, very far away from the woods.
Bears? Coyotes? I live in Britain... the only dangerous animals to be seen around here are generally spotted outside their natural habitat at closing time, looking for a fight. btw what do you mean by bottle rockets?
Bottle rockets are firecrackers, kind of like penny bangers attached to a stick that you put into a bottle and then they shoot out like rockets; i.e. Roman Candles but not as big I happen to live next to a somewhat wooded area (Chatsworth, north of Los Angeles near Simi Valley.) Got lots of cyotes and sometimes even mountian lions comming down, eating cats and dogs, going through garbage, etc. Usually all you have to do is yell at them and they'll go away. One time I was in the woods near Malibu at 3 a.m. with my ex-girl (don't ask what we were doing there so late.) We're walking and I disticntly heard a growl, like a deep "Gggrrrraaawwww" kind of sound. She didn't hear it and laughed at me, so I picked up the biggest rock I could see. Sure enough, the bushes next to us rustled and she freaked out, but we managed to make it back to the car without being eaten. Didn't see anything, but whatever it was that was stalking us did it for over half a mile and was problably within ten feet of us. Best thing to do is stand up tall, give the illusion that you're really big, and make a lot of noise to scare it off. Never turn around and run because the insticnt is to give chase. Yell at it like you would a stray dog and walk away at a decent pace. If you do get attacked, try to take off your shirt and wrap it around your arm so it will bite that, and if worse comes to worse roll up in a fetal position, protecting your neck with your arms, so at least it can't bite your head off.
Jesus fucking Christ. I've been told the British are generally thought of as polite... it's nice to know at least our wildlife is, by comparison.
They are if they're loaded / Posh / Snobs I live in a shithole with more drugs, assaults & robberies than you can imagine. The police 'copter visits my estate regulalrly. I've been asked many a time if I would ever move from this dump to somewhere nicer - usually I say no, I call this dump home :smt023
You don't get out of city limits much, do you? The only thing a BB gun is really good for is birds and small rodents - you try shooting a bear or cougar with BBs, and all you're going to have is one pissed off animal that weighs more than you and has bigger teeth and claws. :smt043 About the only real animal problems we have here in town are raccoons and the occasional 'possum, provided you don't go too high up in the hills. However, where I grew up and where my parents still live, coyotes and cougars were a common problem, as they would get the ranchers' newborn calves a lot of the time in spring, and one time there was this old cougar hanging out behind this old lady's farmhouse eating all her cats (I swear she had about 500 feral cats living around that building). :smt043 But yeah, what Hawanja said is spot on for scary animal encounters - don't show fear, make loud noises, and make yourself look as intimidating as possible. I've also heard a pretty creepy rumor that I'm not sure if it's true or not, but someone once mentioned that women on their periods are more susceptable to attacks by cougars because they can smell blood and think there's a wounded animal...
My Dad has a place in Arizona. At night if shine a flashlight past the fence you usually see at least one pair of eyes staring back at you. At least his house isn't near the border though. I'd rather deal with coyotes all day long then the problems they have. GSL is also right about the bb gun as well. It will just piss them off. Not to mention that it's cruel. You need at least .223 caliber (7.62 is better) if you want to do it humanely, and that should only be a last resort. Be careful though. If it happens to be endangered you are looking at some major fines (possibly jail time) unless someone’s life is in immediate jeopardy. I'd check around if you're even thinking of dealing with the problem that way.
Strip nude, then cover yourself in peanut butter and run at it singing the "do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do" song from sound of music. Always works for me.
Do, a dear, a female dear, Ray, a drop of golden sun...... BB gun won't do jack squat to anything bigger than a cat. A bear or Moutain lion won't even feel it, unless you shot them in the eye or something. Pepper spray works (although you'd have to be dangerously close to use and and problably would get fucked up anyway, maybe a last resort thing.)
The animals aren't just hard up here either. Being as odd as that is there's lot's of people who happen to say things like, " Hey I'm going looking for the bear I'll be back soon.
ah one two three hit it....go! I sound so loud when I laugh out loud ' :douga Don't make me call the pound or even track you down. :-(
Hawanja took care of it but that's the first time I've been asked what bottle rockets are. Theres things callled sparklers and bumble bees too each with it's own unique specialty. :smt082
Instead of pepper spray I bought this thing that lets off a high pitch alarm and doubles as a flash light. I don't know but it would work if I needed to buy a few seconds to get an advantage and make my move.
i had a skunk problem , the skunk in question was always around the house and my dog tried to chase it.... what a bad idea , the skunk hited my dog each time he tried to make it go away...... it hapened 5 times.... now my dog always run backward when he see a cat or something that look like a skunk. :smt043 :smt043
