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It is hilarious to me to be reading about city folk being amazed at a few coyotes and an owl. In Nebraska coyotes are vermin and you shoot them on sight if they

It is hilarious to me to be reading about city folk being amazed at a few coyotes and an owl. In Nebraska coyotes are vermin and you shoot them on sight if they are on your farm for all the trouble and danger they can cause. We used to go out on the property and call them for target practice. edit: lol at the downvotes, welcome to the real world?

samrus 1y ago
Grass greener. Im sure new yorkers are similarly dickish to nebraskans who come to the city and rubber neck all the tall buildings like hicks
dyauspitr 1y ago
What trouble are the coyotes? We have tons of coyotes in the rural area I live in but no one around here shoots them.
- 01100011 1y ago
  Do you raise animals?
  - dyauspitr 1y ago
    Goats and chickens but they’re fenced in.
  - madaxe_again 1y ago
    We do. We also have wolves about. In the last year there has been a grand total of one sheep in the entire district possibly lost to them. Wolves, like many other apex predators, have been selectively bred over generations to be avoidant of humans and livestock, as the consequences are typically mortal, and remove those tendencies from the germline. Same kinda deal as why we no longer have ducks here that aren’t scared shitless of human presence.
  - dwood_dev 1y ago
    Rural south here. Goats, chickens, ducks geese. Had the most success with goats and chicken kept behind an electric fence at night. Everything else ends up eaten by the wolves/coyotes within a year. Luckily the eagle populations less than 50 miles away have not yet noticed us. We're more of a target of opportunity for the wolf population due to the abundance of whitetail deer. Those deer provide an excellent source of inexpensive protein from hunting. We can have one of the local butchers process the entire deer for under $200. The usual agreement is that the meat from the first deer of the season goes to the landowner(they pay for processing). The rest is up to the hunter. Most years we end up with enough extra that we donate the processed meat to local churches for distribution to their congregation.
woodpanel 1y ago
Exactly. As a European I‘m accustomed to this sentiment by the urban academic caste. Our‘s is celebrating that ruralites are exposed to literal wolves again. Peak elitism on display. As if there was some kumbaya coexistence in the past that represents nature. You know, you strolling down 5th Ave, sipping on your Starbucks, and the Coyote across the street, giving each other the nod. The only actual Coexistence being you keeping a healthy distance from them.
- timeon 1y ago
  How is that peak elitism? Are you active in rural area? As someone who takes care bit of agricultural area I would prefer pack of wolves to hunters that are supposed to manage deer population.
  - woodpanel 1y ago
    Yes I am. And therefore I know that… > * prefer pack of wolves to hunters* …no single ruralite ever said that.
    - tfourb 1y ago
      I’m a “ruralite“ and I would certainly prefer wolves over human hunters in certain conditions. I would also advocate for expanding these conditions to wherever possible in Europe. Kindly stop presuming that you can speak for other people you haven’t actually asked for their opinion.
    - timeon 1y ago
      > …no single ruralite ever said that. Maybe you are in livestock farming but many in my situation do. My point is that it is not city vs countryside.
albedoa 1y ago
>It is hilarious to me to be reading about city folk being amazed at a few coyotes and an owl. They are amazed at a few coyotes and an own in the city, which is newsworthy. > edit: lol at the downvotes, welcome to the real world? Your comprehension is shocking. Again, the downvotes are because of your wild misinterpretation of what people are amazed at. What are you doing.

samrus 1y ago

Grass greener. Im sure new yorkers are similarly dickish to nebraskans who come to the city and rubber neck all the tall buildings like hicks

dyauspitr 1y ago

What trouble are the coyotes? We have tons of coyotes in the rural area I live in but no one around here shoots them.

01100011 1y ago
Do you raise animals?
- dyauspitr 1y ago
  Goats and chickens but they’re fenced in.
- madaxe_again 1y ago
  We do. We also have wolves about. In the last year there has been a grand total of one sheep in the entire district possibly lost to them. Wolves, like many other apex predators, have been selectively bred over generations to be avoidant of humans and livestock, as the consequences are typically mortal, and remove those tendencies from the germline. Same kinda deal as why we no longer have ducks here that aren’t scared shitless of human presence.
- dwood_dev 1y ago
  Rural south here. Goats, chickens, ducks geese. Had the most success with goats and chicken kept behind an electric fence at night. Everything else ends up eaten by the wolves/coyotes within a year. Luckily the eagle populations less than 50 miles away have not yet noticed us. We're more of a target of opportunity for the wolf population due to the abundance of whitetail deer. Those deer provide an excellent source of inexpensive protein from hunting. We can have one of the local butchers process the entire deer for under $200. The usual agreement is that the meat from the first deer of the season goes to the landowner(they pay for processing). The rest is up to the hunter. Most years we end up with enough extra that we donate the processed meat to local churches for distribution to their congregation.

woodpanel 1y ago

Exactly. As a European I‘m accustomed to this sentiment by the urban academic caste. Our‘s is celebrating that ruralites are exposed to literal wolves again. Peak elitism on display. As if there was some kumbaya coexistence in the past that represents nature. You know, you strolling down 5th Ave, sipping on your Starbucks, and the Coyote across the street, giving each other the nod. The only actual Coexistence being you keeping a healthy distance from them.

timeon 1y ago
How is that peak elitism? Are you active in rural area? As someone who takes care bit of agricultural area I would prefer pack of wolves to hunters that are supposed to manage deer population.
- woodpanel 1y ago
  Yes I am. And therefore I know that… > * prefer pack of wolves to hunters* …no single ruralite ever said that.
  - tfourb 1y ago
    I’m a “ruralite“ and I would certainly prefer wolves over human hunters in certain conditions. I would also advocate for expanding these conditions to wherever possible in Europe. Kindly stop presuming that you can speak for other people you haven’t actually asked for their opinion.
  - timeon 1y ago
    > …no single ruralite ever said that. Maybe you are in livestock farming but many in my situation do. My point is that it is not city vs countryside.

albedoa 1y ago

>It is hilarious to me to be reading about city folk being amazed at a few coyotes and an owl. They are amazed at a few coyotes and an own in the city, which is newsworthy. > edit: lol at the downvotes, welcome to the real world? Your comprehension is shocking. Again, the downvotes are because of your wild misinterpretation of what people are amazed at. What are you doing.