Quote:
Originally Posted by lillymae  I do understand what is the norm but when I lived in California those coyotes had no fear of humans. We used to ride our horses in the wild game reserve & they usually 1 to 3 would often follow us for a long ways while we rode & no amt of hollering at them ever scared them off. We would often turn our horses & try to chase them off & they would run about 30 or 40 ft & as soon as we stopped our horses they would stand and stare at us till we started riding off & would start following us again. Now I live in Idaho & these coyotes are not nearly as brave. So basically I would not trust a coyote as you never know what's going on in their minds and depending on what they have been exposed to & if they are hungry or not, just too many things to name but not all coyotes are afraid of humans. Also here in Idaho I have never seen coyotes out during the day but in California we saw them almost everyday during all times of the day. |
If you read the article what is said was that the coyotes in the West are larger, can carry rabies and are less fearful than the midwest version. It did not say why there was a size difference or if they are the same species? When people feed them they also become less fearful of human. In IL it is illegal to feed coyotes and we are always warned of the dangers of doing so.