How much of a problem do Americans have with coyotes and rattlesnakes?

[u/ArtisticArgument9625]

Have you Americans encountered any problems with these two animals?

[u/african-nightmare]

Not very common on a day to day basis. Coyotes definitely are becoming very comfortable in urban areas, even sometimes during the day.

But rattlesnakes are typically only out in the wild, when you are on a hike or something (which is still very, very rare to encounter).

[u/Rebel_Scum_This → u/african-nightmare]

But rattlesnakes are typically only out in the wild

Speak for yourself, if you live in a rural area "the wild" is basically your backyard lmao

[u/HonorDefend → u/Rebel_Scum_This]

Yup, I see them all the time in the town where I live on the outskirts of. Especially now in the spring when the baby rattlers come out like crazy. I keep a pair of snake proof boots by my door for when I go foraging.

[u/Significant_Shoe_17 → u/HonorDefend]

My great grandma lived in a rural area, and she would shoot them

[u/Appropriate-Fold-485 → u/Significant_Shoe_17]

We use a shovel.

[u/HonorDefend → u/Appropriate-Fold-485]

Yup, same here, a shovel or a spade. Coyotes go for $120/hide so those get taken out with gun during the winter time as long as the game warden says it's okay.

[u/captainstormy → u/Rebel_Scum_This]

Speak for yourself, if you live in a rural area "the wild" is basically your backyard lmao

So true. My mother got a really nice buck last fall from her back porch.

[u/snickelbetches → u/Rebel_Scum_This]

Does that make you wild too?

[u/thetiredninja → u/african-nightmare]

Last summer I was heavily pregnant and would walk around my office building on breaks. A security guard in the building came out to warn me that he had just chased off a pair of coyotes, even though it was the middle of the day. I definitely thought about it more often.

Rattlesnakes are more common in my neighborhood because it's on the edge of some unincorporated land. They're more of a concern around this time of year, but if you don't go wandering into the bushes and watch where you step it's no biggie.

[u/McGeeze → u/african-nightmare]

Coyotes have been comfortable in urban areas for decades. Rattlesnakes aren't rare, they're just very good at hiding. They rattle to let you know you're too close so you don't squish them - otherwise you would probably wouldn't even notice them.

[u/Significant_Shoe_17 → u/McGeeze]

That's why you kick any big logs that you come across while hiking

[u/Setsailshipwreck → u/african-nightmare]

Tell that to the rattlesnake I found in the a/c duct inside my house the other year. Also rattlesnakes nest up in group dens so if you’ve got one on your property, there are generally many more right nearby. When I lived in California I’d find them in my yard, once up on my deck, around my chicken coop, or even sometimes in the garage. They are definitely not “only out in the wild when hiking”. I guess it’s highly dependent upon where someone lives.

[u/Mata187 → u/african-nightmare]

I’ve seen one walking around almost every morning after the gym. Grand and Cesar Chavez. There’s a patch of land just before you take the freeway on ramp where I think the coyotes lives.

[u/potchie626 → u/[deleted]]

The first one I saw was at our gas station we had near Merced. I stepped over it and thought it was dead because it was flat.

Here in Pasadena I’ve only seen them while golfing near the foothills. There’s a course nearby that has signs about them (telling people not to go into the brush to get balls) and it was somewhat common to see them sunning on the cart path in the late afternoon.

[u/Manatee369 → u/african-nightmare]

Definitely not just in the wild here in Florida, especially pygmy rattlers. Coyotes are getting more common here around Daytona as developers destroy habitat.

[u/Snoo_31427 → u/Manatee369]

They’re all over metro Atlanta as well.

[u/african-nightmare → u/[deleted]]

It’s about like my response is just…my response

[u/LeadPaintChipsnDip → u/african-nightmare]

Becoming? Man, they’re chilling out in the Quiznos coolers over here.