John Cocktolstoy said:

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I have some of the same opinions as above. When I hear folks talk about how the coyotes are overpopulated in south College Station it makes me laugh and I walk away instead of arguing with a Karen. Someone's cat disappears and the Mtn Lion and coyote folks come out of the woodwork.

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In my Bastrop neighborhood, we are in this phase due to a deer being found in a yard with a half eaten corpse.

Despite posting clear photos of canine prints, there is a large group convinced it is a lion.

Um, we can all hear coyotes howling at night and see them randomly through out the day. But, you chose lion as the predator of choice.

Multiple attempts by a few to point at the canine prints have failed.

pg 2 and no chupacabra joke....OB where have you gone?

Tagguy said:

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Aim towards neighbors

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that is absolutely not the way I want to introduce myself to my new neighbors

oh no said:

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Tagguy said:

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Aim towards neighbors

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that is absolutely not the way I want to introduce myself to my new neighbors

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Do you want them to remember you or not?

Tagguy said:

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oh no said:

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Tagguy said:

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Aim towards neighbors

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that is absolutely not the way I want to introduce myself to my new neighbors

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Do you want them to remember you or not?

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no. i prefer to remain invisible... and, if ever confronted, lovable.

Tagguy said:

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oh no said:

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Remove gut piles? I don't have any gut piles yet, but what do I do with hog carcasses once I start dropping hogs?

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Aim towards neighbors

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Are you in Doss? Perhaps near a fence line?

while I'm sure building a trebuchet to launch hog and deer carcasses off of my property would be quite enjoyable, there has to be another way.

I put my gut piles near the fence by the paved county road. I figure the scavengers patrol for road kill and it's always cleaned up in a day.

Are you near an Asian restaurant?

I still get more pics of these guys than whitetails. Just normal healthy population- continue to do nothing, right?

Gus Fring said:

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Black one

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I really like this feeder setup. Is this something you invented? Can't tell how the barrel is lowered from the picture.

They were seen in pairs just about every morning and night Jan-March. Figured pups are to be expected by late spring. but last night- they're hunting in 3s now? Is that normal? Or do I have a wolf pack?

Welp, I've added 3 cameras on my property over the past year. sightings were frequent for most of the first 6-8 months, but fairly infrequent from last winter until recently. Maybe some neighbors helped out- I don't know. Only a few pictures of yotes in 2026 vs nearly nightly the first half of 2025.

Figure a healthy pred population is ok, and they're probably living off smaller varmints like rabbits, etc. …but I have also bought some toys- a foxpro electronic caller and a thermal scope. Tried calling them twice since I got the thermal - unsuccessful -only attracting a curious raccoon checking out the call.

However, it's fawning season- seen a lot of babies following mommas around in person and on camera the past few weeks.

But Sunday night I got a picture of a coyote with a fawn in its mouth. This pisses me off. Maybe it shouldn't. Circle of life in natural habitats and all..

OB- help a newb out with advice to be more successful in calling and dispatching these killers. I think they're feeding themselves and their pups now- tried cotton tail distress calls. Maybe I'll try pup calls. Set up in a popup blind where I also think I'm upwind or cross wind looking at the spot where I've seen them on trail cam.

keep doing reconnaisance with your trail cams til you figure out their feeding patterns and find the choke points.

get you some good foothold traps. I like an MB-250, but a good ol duke #2 works fine too. learning to trap is fun.

i typically make a dirt hole set and bait with a dead squirrel in it.

Serious Lee said:

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keep doing reconnaisance with your trail cams til you figure out their feeding patterns and find the choke points.

get you some good foothold traps. I like an MB-250, but a good ol duke #2 works fine too. learning to trap is fun.

i typically make a dirt hole set and bait with a dead squirrel in it.

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Do you mean an MB-550?

Thanks! Now I will go down a rabbit hole of YouTube videos and AI prompts about how to effectively use foothold traps

one safe place said:

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Do you mean an MB-550?

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yea, brain fart. MB-550