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I was wondering if anyone has ever heard of using a coyote imitation caller (like hunters use) to scare some cats away? We have coyotes in the area anyway, but not on the evenings when I'd like.

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The answer to your question about using an imitation coyote caller to deter cats is not readily available. However, it is doubtful that a coyote call would work very long in repelling cats as they would habituate to it.

Coyote urine of meat-fed coyotes is universally repellent to mammalian herbivores. Since a cat is not an herbivore, it is not likely that coyote urine would be repellent. Be careful that you are not wasting your money here.

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