Lake Davis Coyotes...Beware
Just a note to you dog owners fishing the shore line at Lake Davis with your dogs...I ran into a friend yesterday on the way in who told me he'd seen a lady walking her three labs around Cow Creek South when all of a sudden 3 or 4 good sized coyotes came out of the trees and went after her dogs. He went on to say to his amazement she pulled out a hand gun and popped of 3 or 4 rounds which sent the coyotes running.
He was a good hundred yards away at the head of the cove...he called 911 on his cell and reported it to F&W. My friend said he could hear several more coyotes back in the trees. I'm at a total loss trying to figure this out, yes I've heard of coyotes going after small dogs but to go after 3 good sized dogs like this, if this was actually the case, certainly isn't the norm.
I fish the shore quite a bit with my dog running free, we were at this same spot just a couple days ago and I did hear the coyotes, which I enjoy, I never dreamed a coyote would chance injury going after a larger dog.
So just a word of warning, keep a close eye on your dogs. You never know what they might get into.
On the fishing side of things I fished the north end of the lake, same spot you fished Gene. The damsel hatch is still coming off strong...with fish coming up right & left. Very, very, very selective! Water temps reached 70 degrees. Not many people out, especially with this 4th of July weekend!
Pete
Aka FeatherRiverSam
Sonny, the black lab, ran ahead to make sure there were no gophers or jackrabbits in the way. If you don't give a dog a specific job, he'll improvise one for himself and it will invariably be fun. There's a lesson there.
John Gierach
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