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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Has anyone else noticed a major up-tick in coyotes
this year? It's 8pm, and we have them howling close by. In years past, we
haven't even heard them until after dark! And Tuesday morning at 10 am, I
spotted a lone 'yote trying to get into my chicken yard!! Yikes! I scared
him/her off, then thought that might have not been such a bright idea,
confronting a coyote from 3 feet with nothing but a harvesting basket.
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Of course, I'm the flaming idjit who, when a brown
bear walked within 4 feet of me, got up and walked up to it. Luckily, it thought
(rightfully) I was brain damaged or rabid and ran away bravely while my spouse
and son yanked me back to my senses. No idea what gets into me, sometimes. Glad
I have people watching my foolish ass....and, yes, I do howl back at the 'yotes.
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Bad me, I'll go sit in a corner, and curse those
damn Disney shows I watched as a kid that hard-wired me to think of wildlife as
cute and furry toys......Unless I have time to THINK (which admittedly
takes longer at 60), I revert to my Disney Kid and just act dumb as all get out
around fauna. It might be a rabid squirrel or bat, bears have big claws, hawks
are just NASTY. HUH???</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Who got that message from Disney in the 1950's?
Hell, we fed the bears at Yellowstone Park from the windows of our car! STOOPID
MUCH, PARENTS? Walt Disney et al have a lot of maimings to answer for!! Of
course, we also drove all over the US with 6 yelling kids, no seat belts, and
sleep deprived adults who thought they had to give us an "experience" of
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Rant over----should never talk on the phone to
my "baby brother" who missed most of the Disney World View.....He spotlights
coyotes and thinks its good sport. Got to be a middle ground
somewhere?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Debi R-S</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>