Chanhassen Villager - Coyote caught on camera - Comments

A pair of coyotes were

wrchappell — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:59:35 -0600

A pair of coyotes were sighted Feb 15, 9pm in Stonefield, near Power Hill Park.

We are now residents of

porsche — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:08:26 -0600

We are now residents of Minnetrista, but lived in Chanhassen for years. Given our even more remote location, the problem with Coyotes is more severe. We had had frequent sightings over the past year, and recently two younger Coyotes starting living and sleeping in our yard, seemingly intent on killing our two schnauzers. My neighbor lost 1 cat, and we have heard of at least one other family dog in Mound that was killed by a coyote (witnessed by the family). The two coyotes in our yard, were very bold, roamed close to our house and didn't react much to human noise.

After talking to the Minnetrista police, as well as the DNR, I learned that humans are the coyotes only natural predator, and the population in minnesota is on the rise. I was told that my only option was to wait until one of our dogs was killed before I would get any help.

I have now eliminated one of the coyotes, and go out early every morning and later in the day near dusk, and look for any others.

Be aware, these animals are not welcome wildlife

Coyote caught on camera

FAdams — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:29:43 -0600

Katie Trent is used to seeing animals in the woods behind her house on Kiowa Circle, to the west of Lotus Lake. The visitors to her yard have including deer, turkeys and owls, but during the afternoon of Oct. 31 she made her first coyote sighting.

She wasn’t quite sure what she was seeing.

“When I saw it, I thought, ‘Wow, that’s a big fox,” she recalled.
On second glance, she thought it could be a wolf because the animal was so filled out and seemed so big.