Coyote

Thanks RO. It wasn't on a rocket though. :funn:

It looked more like this:

Yep. I have seen Coyote, I live right on Camp Creek Lake next to the Fla. Preserve. I took the Identifying Animal Tracks course as part of 30A Enviromental Week last year (?). In the sandy area of my backyard, after a rain, I have identified the following tracks.
1. Coyote.
2. Bear (brown bears).
3. Possum
4. Bob Cat (well it is a big cat, not a kitty) and
5. Border Collie tracks--whoops they are mine!

Anyway when I go for my walk with my 2 dogs through No. Camp Creek road I take a big flash light, pepper spray, and a large stick (all just in case...although these creature are probably more affraid of "my " pack than anything else around here!

I just spoke with someone from the neighborhood who said it's been spotted several times lately....and a few people's cats have disappeared. It seems to be getting a bit bolder. Kind of crazy to see a coyote running down Pelican Circle.

We're not too far from Eglin Reservation, and they come into our neighborhood pretty much every summer. And they will take out cats and small dogs, so best to keep those critters in at night during spring/summer.

I have seen many more dead on HWY 98 than running wild. Consider yourself lucky and keep your pets close. Coyotes have always been in the area, but like the foxes, took a hard hit years ago from an epidemic of rabies. I am sure they are more afraid of us and will try to get away from us ASAP. But there have also been several sightings of wild hogs in that area lately and I would be more afraid of them than the coyotes, particularly females with small ones. They wont hesitate to charge when defending their babies.

5. Border Collie tracks--whoops they are mine!

You're a border collie? I knew they were smart, but--dang!--I had no idea they could post on SoWal!

We have coyotes up here. I wouldn't say that they are "safe," but I wouldn't lose any sleep over them either. Like everybody said, watch your smaller-than-coyote pets and don't offer them any milkbones.

make no mistake...coyotes can be bold and aggressive at times! they're always hunting either food or a chance to make baby coyotes. keep your trash closed up, small pets in sight and your dogs in heat...uh...well...inaccessable