Anyone else have coyotes or bobcats in their area?

It's been too hot here for suet through the summer; we can't put ours out just yet but we will over the winter.

We had coyotes and bobcats a plenty when I lived in Washington state. I haven't seen either yet in California, but I'm sure we do have them. DH saw a grey fox a few weeks ago.

I used to work at a wildlife rescue center and got to hold a bobcat kitten once, while one of the staff did a blood draw. I had to wear some serious leather gloves, just in case. That cute little "kitten" was a hissing, spitting, growling ball of venom

My sister lives about 10 miles away and she has a lot of coyotes nearby. One even killed her cat. When dd lived near the hills she saw bobcats all the time. In fact, there was a big sign posted at the apartment complex she lived in asking residents to be aware of their presence in the area. The apartments were surrounded by a big fence and there was a walking/biking trail behind them. It was a very nice set up, but she was always too afraid to go back there. She saw other wild animals around there in the early morning on the way to work too. She said they were out before the sun came up.

We only get possums, see deer and and sometimes owls. One night a big owl sat in a tree in our front yard and I loved watching it's eyes glowing and head turning around. They are awesome creatures but never seem to stay around long. We had a baby raccoon come here but it only stayed a few days and my dog ran it off. We used to live in an area where there were a lot of snakes. I hated it especially since my kids were so young at the time and I always had to be on the look out. I was glad to move.

Yes... I lived in Southern Calif near the mountains and we had an abundance of coyotes, bobcats, rattlesnakes, owls, hawks (huge!) and I don't remember what else. Insects are poisonous out there as well. I've almost had a baby rattler strike me but he was cold and sluggish. My foot came within a half a foot of him.... I thought he was a stick! I was lucky. I've also come far too close to a scorpion and a tarantula to feel all warm and fuzzy inside!

We've also seen a young mountain lion go across the back portion of our lot (by the mountain base).... yup, keep your animals on a leash, we leashed our dogs when we took them out unless we were right there with them. We also never left water out or had bird baths or anything that would attract a thirsty animal.

We also had bad wildfires and were evacuated twice (almost surrounded by fire once)... moved in Jan 2011 to SE Wyoming and we're seeing tons of antelope, coyotes, foxes, hawks (smaller), jackrabbits, bunny rabbits, prairie dogs and a friend sent me a photo of a mountain lion that was across town walking through the windmill farm that was so well fed, huge and muscular it made our So. CA mountain lions looks like enemic housecats! They usually don't go further east and stay by the mountains on that side of town but we still really watch the dog and never leave out water or have a bird bath....

We love the wildlife too but you really have to respect it.

Once you're in their territory, they keep coming back.

We have a woods behind us and we have quite a few coyotes here in Indiana. Bobcats are a rare sighting here but one was spotted not too long ago about 20 minutes away. No bears and not very many poisonous snakes. I have also seen red and gray fox and deer plus all the other small animals you see in a woods. We also see hawks and owls quite often and an occasional eagle.

Coyotes moved into South Jersey about ten years or so ago. I was sitting on my back steps with my Golden Retriever one night when off to the left somewhere came the howl of a coyote. A few seconds later an answering howl came from somewhere off to the right. Rosie and I looked at each other and decided it was time to go back inside. I haven't seen any coyotes, but they're definitely around.

A police officer somewhere in the area tried using fried chicken (his dinner) to lure what he thought was a stray dog into his police car to take it to the pound. It was hanging out near the road and he was afraid it would get hit by a car. An animal control guy came along and stopped him and told him the "stray dog" was actually a coyote. The police officer thought it was a shepherd mix of some sort and was trying to save it, but he nearly got himself into all kinds of trouble. Trapping a wild coyote in the back of a car probably isn't the smartest thing you can do.

Yes, we have coyotes and bobcats around us, as well as lots of other critters and creepy things. We live in the mountains. We have a 6' concrete privacy fence that looks like brick with additional wire at the top. The fence extends down under the ground also as coyotes are apparently good at digging. We have three dogs that we watch very closely. Our cats never go outside.