This may not be a poem that makes any book, or it just might. The Animal rights activists will most certainly find it a bit unsettling, but anyone who has seen the horrific damage a coyote can to to a calf, or has lost a cat,rabbit ... will,I believe understand my thoughts.
So far this year, and the past few I have only heard them, between having a good couple dogs, and the fact that as early in the year as I can, I put the geldings out around the cattle pens to graze and be a deterrent ,( coyotes and grumpy appys are not a combo that works in favor of the coyote) But I have seen personally the result of one or two getting through , and I do not have a picture , but it will be forever stamped in my mind. SO take this next poem for what it is please .
Summer winter spring and fall
We often here the
coyote call
At end of day, in fading light
They begin their
Music of the night
An often lonesome eerie sound
Reminds us that they are around
They are a lovely creature true
But oh the damage they can do
A peaceful life I try to live
But the coyote needs to learn to give
A wider berth around the farm
we aren’t fooled by your charm
So carry on, along
your way
There is no place for you to stay
The stock here is mine to tend
And should you linger
You will find your end
9 comments:
Well Said!!!
The donkeys here do an awesome job on keeping the 'yotes, out of the area, but I do have a backup to assist them if needed, a 22 calibre enema!!
Love the poetry, keep on with it!!
This is no easy matter. Our neighbours lost a newborn foal to a pack of coyotes, right in their backyard, not a pretty sight.
We had them in our yard until i got one in the process of chasing our dogs. We didn't see a coyote for about 10 months afterward. They are quick learners.
They were howling close by the other night- one more reason that I camp out at the foaling pen, and keep mama penned up until baby is agile, and always 24/7 bring all my horses in at night.
Nothing wrong with protecting what's yours. I live by the credo SSS.
I used to say just leave them alone but I now say if they are close enough to shoot... shoot em...and I don't care if that isn't politically correct....good poem though:)
I find it so interesting that this is so controversial...it's just how we grew up.
They are smart animals, and shooting one of them will teach the whole pack to stay away from humans...and save the rest of them. The ways of nature are not necessarily what we would like, and we are a part of nature. So it goes...
eh, Animal Rights groups need to learn a few things. I know they are out for "animal's" rights, but they violate people's rights in doing it. They can go jump off a cliff :)
Coyotes have to eat too, but the buffet line is not here. They can find their own somewhere else or suffer the consequences. Would the animal rights folks stick up for the brutal death of a foal/calf or anything else the coyote eats? Probably not.
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