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There are a few other things to consider as well. We used to have them come and take our calves at the farm being one of them. The other thing that happened about 20 or so years ago is they stopped the bounty on them. When that happened the population exploded. In that time many got the mange and you would see them running around half hairless. The bunny and grouse population went way down from what it was and then the attacks on dogs started becoming frequent. I personally know of four dogs that were killed while tied up outside people's houses. One being four houses away from my place and a good friend of mine. Another of my past friends shot a coyote through his front screen door that was attacking his dog on the porch of their house. There may be a few guys on here that know of him from the Stockdale area for that incident. I can only imagine there are a lot more I don't know about. We started to hunt them quite often and we would sell the hides. It would pay for the hounds food that used to run them.
They aren't near as bad as they were, at least around here, but there are still quite a lot around. You're right Grizz, I'd like to see that balance kept in check as well so we don't go back to the problems we had 15 years ago. Don't get me wrong, I love to hear them light up at night with their yipping and howling. Just not by the dozens.
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