BLOG: Advantages of MS #832, Coyote Safety

[ActiveMSers]

As my wife and I were about to start a fall hike in the Rio Grande bosque, a beautiful forested ribbon of gold every October, we took pause at a posted sign at the trailhead. The warning was ominous. “Coyotes live here!” The exclamation points were numerous. “Be aware!”

How MS could save your life on a casual fall hike:
http://activemsers.blogspot.com/2013...te-safety.html

[celia]

Actually, according to the coyote experts, backing away is not the best strategy. Check out this website on coexisting with coyotes, and "coyote hazing."http://www.projectcoyote.org/resources.html

[ActiveMSers]

Thanks for the heads up, Celia! I see the advice is to make yourself look big (thank you forearm crutches) and to approach the coyote slowly until he/she back away. I can approach slowly, but it may be more of a stumble/lurch if I am holding up my crutches. You may have just saved my life, Celia. Or at least my rear end from getting nipped. Thanks again.

[Sparky10]

This is all good to read about coyotes. They are mostly nocturnal and I don't hike at night but have seen a few during the daytime. Not while hiking, luckily, but now I know what to do. Thanks everyone!

After reading the comments left on your blog, Dave, I have to agree that zombies probably wouldn't want our brains. Of course, that depends on which movie you choose to believe. In World War Z zombies ignored diseased people.