Coyotes In Las Vegas Neighborhoods: Try ‘Hazing’ Them
Coyotes in your neighborhood? They are very smart, and very adaptable. And they are natives of Southern Nevada. Supposedly they are also very fearful of humans.
Coyotes used to hide out in the quiet desert, or hills. But everyday I get more and more Nextdoor notifications about coyotes in, and around, my neighborhood. Because yes, there are city coyotes out there. It is much easier to find food in the city, as a opposed to more rural areas. And they definitely like hitting the golf course, and the park. So, what do you do?
How To Haze A Coyote – It Will Not Hurt Them
If you want coyotes out of your neighborhood, the experts at the Nevada Department of Wildlife say, that you and your neighbors have to “haze” them. Wait – this sounds like a bad fraternity idea. No, it’s nothing bad. Just annoying for coyotes.
Even though coyotes are native to the Mojave Desert, people moving to Las Vegas Valley are not familiar with close encounters of the coyote kind. And they can be deadly to your own animals. Dogs and cats must be watched if you live in a coyote roaming area.
Department of Wildlife spokesperson Doug Nielsen told Fox 5 News, Las Vegas, “If they’re visiting your neighborhood, don’t do nothing. Do something,” Get loud, honk the horn – let the coyote know “you’re not welcome here!”
“Hazing” needs to be a community effort to successfully drive coyotes away. And here are ways to do that:
- Honking the car horn
- Blowing an air horn. Golden Knights fans, you’re good at this
- Yelling
- Shaking a can with coins, or rocks in it
- Blowing a whistle
- Throwing sticks or balls at
- Spray a garden hose
It’s important to make sure, if you confront a coyote, that they have a way to run away to escape. You don’t want to be blocked in.
And a lot of people have things in their yards that attract coyotes, so definitely clear them: trash, pet food, pets running loose, even bird seed, which attracts all sorts of wildlife – which then attracts predators.
It’s the desert, and coyotes were here well before all of us. So just beware, take proper precautions – and MAKE NOISE if they are near you.
The Poop Museum And 6 Weird Nevada Attractions You Must Visit
1. The Clown Motel: Tonopah, Nevada
The Clown Motel is just plain weird. And it is said to be haunted – which is not hard to believe. I have been to it, but refuse to stay, because it is like something out of the X-Files the Scully and Mulder would have even avoided, But it is quite the tourist attraction. At least check out the weird gift shop.
2. The Middlegate Shoe Tree: Dayton, Nevada
It’s a tree with a bunch of shoes hanging over branches. The story is that a couple got in their first fight as newlyweds, they had an argument right near the tree, and one left the other walking home, without shoes. They patched things up, but made an anniversary tradition out of going back each year to throw a shoe on the tree. It’s interesting. In Dayton, Nevada, about 50 miles from Fallon Nevada, on The Loneliest Road In America.
3. The Car Forest: Goldfield, Nevada
The call it the Free Range Art Gallery. There are dozens of cars, vans, and trucks half-buried, or sticking straight up out of the ground, and even on top of each other. These are the canvas, and they are really colorful, and festive. It’s a really cool sight to see, in the living ghost town of Goldfield.
4. Seven Magic Mountains: Las Vegas, Nevada
The Seven Magic Mountains were supposed to be a temporary exhibit, but they have been up since 2016. About 20 minutes outside of Las Vegas are seven fluorescent colored, 11 story rock towers. They have become a bit of have become something of a cult classic, and they are a GREAT photo op. A really cool sight to see!
5. The National Atomic Testing Museum: Las Vegas, Nevada
There were over 900 atomic tests in Nevada. And people would take buses to see the testing. It was a huge draw for Las Vegas, and people came in from everywhere. People would bus out to the test site, put their goggles on, have a cocktail, and enjoy watching the mushroom clouds in the sky. It was quite the attraction on Las Vegas in the 50’s. The Atomic Testing Museum, though, is quite amazing, and full of history. A huge, actual, nuclear reactor, a backpack nuke, and personal atomic weapons. Yikes! But the Oppenheimer era was fierce in Las Vegas.
6. Little A’Le’Inn: Rachel, Nevada
The Little A’Le’Inn is just as kitschy as you would imagine! You can stay there, eat there, and shop. All a play on the Area 51 test site, that is not too far down the road. And all part of the heyday of the Las Vegas atomice times. Do NOT try to trek on over to Area 51, and think you’ll get past anything. Lights go on, and guards swarm in from nowhere! Just keep close to the Inn.
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