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1. Zeller Steve

   
   10/22/2013 1:10 PM

   Coyotes are carrying off my tee markers and no cart signs. Have been able to shoot two of them but I need a repellent of some kind. Any ideas.

   
   
   
   
2. James Smith

   

   112 posts
   
   10/25/2013 2:10 PM

   Get a really big cat!
   
   Maybe a lion will do.

   
   
   
   
3. Steven Huffstutler

   

   11 posts
   
   10/25/2013 8:10 PM

   I've got an entire family of them that has a party in the bunkers on one particular hole. Every. Bloody. Night. They also leave their scat all over the place, preferably in the middle of cart paths or tee tops. The trapper wants a thousand bucks to remove them. Shooting them is not a real good option, the condo commandos might think their neighbors have finally had enough. I'm hoping they will deplete the food source and move on. We haven't seen any feral cats in a long time, the Muscovy duck population is way down, I haven't seen a rat in a while and the snakes are in hiding, too. Seems nothing is too awful for a coyote to eat. Since our snowbirds are coming back now, I suspect that the tiny dog population will soon plummet.
   
   Regards,
   
   Steve

   
   
   
   
4. Sean Hoolehan

   

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   10/27/2013 9:10 AM

   I have always found it interesting that the coyote leaves his scat on paths and short grass like tees and fairways and our two course dogs find the deepest native grass areas to leave their poop. I have a lot of coyotes but there is nothing but agriculture and country around the course.
   
   I have never had a problem with them taking markers or anything off the course. We have had a couple of coyotes sort of terrorize our staff in the mornings with howling. It's sort of unsettling because the Indian culture here considers them a messenger. They have many stories of the coyote, he is sort of a real folk lore character. Farmers, hunters in Eastern Oregon will not hesitate to shoot a coyote anytime, but a Indian would never.
   
   In general for us they keep the goose and deer population down around the course so that's a good thing.

   
   
   
   
5. Canedo Alberto J

   
   10/27/2013 11:10 AM

   The coyotes on my course help me out in gopher control.

   
   
   
   
6. Niemier Rick A

   
   10/27/2013 5:10 PM

   Steven Huffstutler, CGCS said: I've got an entire family of them that has a party in the bunkers on one particular hole. Every. Bloody. Night. They also leave their scat all over the place, preferably in the middle of cart paths or tee tops. The trapper wants a thousand bucks to remove them. Shooting them is not a real good option, the condo commandos might think their neighbors have finally had enough. I'm hoping they will deplete the food source and move on. We haven't seen any feral cats in a long time, the Muscovy duck population is way down, I haven't seen a rat in a while and the snakes are in hiding, too. Seems nothing is too awful for a coyote to eat. Since our snowbirds are coming back now, I suspect that the tiny dog population will soon plummet.
   
   Regards,
   
   Steve

   
   
   Hey Steve...have you tried a Stegosaurus yet?

   
   
   
   
7. Steven Huffstutler

   

   11 posts
   
   10/27/2013 6:10 PM

   Rick Niemier said:

   Steven Huffstutler, CGCS said: I've got an entire family of them that has a party in the bunkers on one particular hole. Every. Bloody. Night. They also leave their scat all over the place, preferably in the middle of cart paths or tee tops. The trapper wants a thousand bucks to remove them. Shooting them is not a real good option, the condo commandos might think their neighbors have finally had enough. I'm hoping they will deplete the food source and move on. We haven't seen any feral cats in a long time, the Muscovy duck population is way down, I haven't seen a rat in a while and the snakes are in hiding, too. Seems nothing is too awful for a coyote to eat. Since our snowbirds are coming back now, I suspect that the tiny dog population will soon plummet.
   
   Regards,
   
   Steve

   
   
   Hey Steve...have you tried a Stegosaurus yet?

   
   
   I really do need to invest in a large reptile. Our gators are uncooperative when it comes time to hitch them up.

   
   
   
   
8. Craig Moore

   

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   10/28/2013 6:10 AM

   Trap them and try to sell them to someone with a goose problem. Best control we ever had was a pack of coyotes that took up residence here about 4-5 years ago. I wish they would come back. We never had an issue with them taking anything off the course (tee markers etc.) but they do like to dig up the putting green holes when we fill them with sand for the winter (so do foxes). We now just put a plug of astro-turf on top of the sand to camouflage the hole.

   
   
   
   
9. Kevin Girt

   

   0 posts
   
   10/28/2013 8:10 AM

   I've used cayenne pepper in the past to keep horses from cribbing on fencing, may be worth the try.