{"id":20431,"date":"2022-11-14T09:00:52","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T13:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/?p=20431"},"modified":"2025-07-29T16:01:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T20:01:36","slug":"coexisting-with-coyotes-wild-bulletin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/coexisting-with-coyotes-wild-bulletin\/","title":{"rendered":"Coexisting With Coyotes &#8211; Wild Bulletin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.in.gov\/dnr\/fish-and-wildlife\/about-us\/email-newsletter\/\"><em><u>Wild Bulletin<\/u><\/em><\/a>, IN DNR Fish and Wildlife:\u00a0 Indiana\u2019s coyotes start to put on their winter fur this time of year.\u00a0While this makes them look large and fluffy, they weigh in at less than your average sleepy beagle.\u00a0Coyotes can be helpful to people by feasting on mice that invade homes in winter and voles that raid crops and stored feed.\u00a0Most coyotes live near people, pets, and livestock, and never cause any problems. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/fw-coyote1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"fw-coyote1\" data-rl_caption=\"fw-coyote1\" title=\"fw-coyote1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-20432 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/fw-coyote1-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"Wild Bulletin Coyotes\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>People can help ensure problems remain few and far between in a few ways. Licensed hunters and trappers can help maintain healthy coyote populations through regulated harvest, and people can also take steps around their homes and livestock to prevent coyotes from causing problems. Find a wealth of resources on the IN DNR Fish and Wildlife<a href=\"https:\/\/www.in.gov\/dnr\/fish-and-wildlife\/wildlife-resources\/living-with-wildlife\/coyotes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0coyote page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.in.gov\/dnr\/fish-and-wildlife\/about-us\/email-newsletter\/\">Subscribe to Wild Bulletin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Resources:<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.entm.purdue.edu\/publications\/ADM-14.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coyotes (PDF)<\/a>, Wildlife Conflicts, Department of Entomology, Purdue University<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/should-i-be-worried-about-coyotes-in-my-yard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Should I Be Worried About Coyotes in My Yard?<\/a>, Purdue Extension &#8211; Forestry &amp; Natural Resources (FNR) Got Nature? Blog<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/coexisting-with-coyotes-wild-bulletin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coexisting With Coyotes<\/a>, Wild Bulletin, Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Fish and Wildlife<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/coexisting-with-coyotes-wild-bulletin\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Ask the Expert: Coexisting with Coyotes\u00a0<\/a>, Purdue Extension \u2013 FNR Got Nature? Blog<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/urban-coyotes-should-you-be-concerned\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Urban Coyotes \u2013 Should You Be Concerned?<\/a>, Purdue Extension \u2013 FNR Got Nature? Blog<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/pets-disappearing-the-cause-may-be-coyotes\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Pets Disappearing? The Cause May Be Coyotes<\/a>, Purdue Extension \u2013 FNR Got Nature? Blog<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/coyote-or-coywolf\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Question: Which is the correct species of coyotes I have on my land here in Indiana, coyote or coywolf?<\/a>, Purdue Extension \u2013 FNR Got Nature? Blog<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.in.gov\/dnr\/fish-and-wildlife\/wildlife-resources\/orphaned-and-injured-animals\/wildlife-rehabilitators\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Permitted Wildlife Rehabilitators<\/a>,\u00a0Indiana Department of Natural Resources<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/faqs.in.gov\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/115005069367-How-do-you-eliminate-a-nuisance-animal-on-your-property\">How do you eliminate a nuisance animal on your property?<\/a>, Indiana Department of Natural Resources (IN DNR)-Fish and Wildlife<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/urbancoyoteresearch.com\/about-project\" rel=\"noopener\">Urban Coyote Research Center<\/a>, Urban Coyote Ecology &amp; Management, Cook County, Illinois<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Indiana Department of Natural Resources\" href=\"https:\/\/www.in.gov\/dnr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indiana Department of Natural Resources<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wild Bulletin, IN DNR Fish and Wildlife:\u00a0 Indiana\u2019s coyotes start to put on their winter fur this time of year.\u00a0While this makes them look large and fluffy, they weigh in at less than your average sleepy beagle.\u00a0Coyotes can be helpful to people by feasting on mice that invade homes in winter and voles that raid [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,53,54],"tags":[1188,451,619,72],"class_list":["post-20431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howto","category-urbanforestry","category-wildlife","tag-coyotes","tag-idnr","tag-indiana-department-of-natural-resources","tag-wildlife","audience-for-enthusiasts","audience-for-homeowners","audience-for-landowners","audience-for-professionals"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20431"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33680,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20431\/revisions\/33680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}