What a beautiful animal. Believe it or not, these things are doing wonders in the city. The rat population is being culled without using dangerous chemicals. Here In oak lawn I wouldn't mind a few less squirrels. It's a shame when fido dies, but that's the food chain.

We live near 91st and St Mary's south exit. The coyotes are all over. One night it made me ill because the screeching from a raccoon or possum being murdered. A neighbor feeds the raccoons despite us warning her. Thank God we watch our dogs outside in our fenced yard.

I visit my wife's grave everyday at Chapel Hill South cemetery on 111-th and Central Av., and I see coyotes quite often. I also see deer and other kinds of animals and birds. It's like a sanctuary. One time I witnessed a cemetery worker chasing a coyote on one of the golf carts the workers use. Also once in a while I see coyotes by Richards High school on the north side, by the creek on 105-th St. , right off of Central Avenue.

My kids and I saw this coyote Sunday morning too. We live across from the high school. It was the biggest coyote I've ever seen! And, it was by no means, skinny! It's eating good!! It was beautiful to see, but scary since I have a dog.
I've seen a fox in my neghborhood, 2 deer , hawks, bats and coytes. We are seeing less and less bunnies:(

The Friday before Christmas, 11:00 am, I saw one walking down the middle of the street. It was near 105th and Mason. It came from the Nature preserve on 105th street.

Thank you for the tips. I also wish this article would have encouraged people to leave it alone more. It's mating season for cayotes and it is just doing what comes natural. I would hope a Patch article wouldn't incite animal cruelty within its readers by it doesn't hurt to remind people this animal has done nothing wrong.

About 3 years ago, on Halloween, I saw a coyote in the next door neighbor's yard. I didn't tell anyone because I wasn't positive what I was seeing. There were no reports of such at the time. I live in that same area but come on, 3 years? Where has he been?

Last winter our floodlight came on in the backyard and we looked out and there was a beautiful well fed coyote, we didn't see any rabbits in our neighborhood in the spring. One of the kids had left our gate open on our six foot fence, when the light went on the coyote ran toward the back of the yard by the garage and evidentely got on some chairs and went over the fence that was the last time we saw it.

I live in Oak Lawn and have no shortages of bunnies at my house!

We get them all the time in my part of oak lawn (behind chicago ridge mall), there is a small wooded area near Oak Park Ave & 99th St and they seem to follow the train tracks over here. Several of my neighbors have also seen them.

I saw one near 111th & Kostner. When I yelled at it it wrote a 10 page letter denouncing Mayor Heilmann. It was big, fat and stupid looking and i could swear had hair plugs.

Keep your pooch on a leash whether there is a coyote or not........IT'S THE LAW!!! If you run into me and my pack and your dog is not on a leash.......I feel sorry for you!! And remember coyotes are here because of humans.......do not feed them!

I have not seen coyote, but I have seen the most beautiful fox around 101st and Kolin and the remains of rabbits and duck he killed.

We get them near Phil's Pizza too. It's nice because they keep the outdoor cat population low too!

We have see, the coyotes, their pups and red foxes in our area for 4 years. They have been stalking and eating cats by us. There are plenty of rabbits here. My kids and I watch them stalk, surround and attack cats roaming at night.

There wouldn't be so many feral cats if people would stop feeding them! Spay and neuter pet cats if you are going to let them roam. Help reduce the prey and maybe reduce the # of coyotes and foxes in suburbia!

I've seen them on a few occasions, at the Oak Lawn HS baseball field during the afternoon and at 91st & Oak Park at night.

Isn't this sad?! Wild animals coming into cilvilization and people actually think it is "cute". This isn't cute. STOP FEEDING THE WILDLIFE! They need to relearn to fend for themselves. Don't blame the coyote when the eat your pet or child!

I wish the coyotes would go after the gangbangers and leave our kitties alone.

@Bob Laird- Funny comment! Me likes.

Is it illegal to kill a coyote? Why doesn't the Village put a bounty on their heads to start getting rid of some of these dangerous animals? No one has a problem controlling and killing off the deer population. Why not coyotes?

Better than having a coyote attack one of our children in a park or school yard. Someone posted that one has been seen around Phils Pizza. That's right next to a grammar school/church! What do you think is done to the docile deer in the forest preserves when they become overpopulated? Coyotes likely are rabid and pose a danger to adults, children & small pets. If you don't react just so when you encounter one they will attack. Maybe not a bounty but certainly we need to find a way to capture & put a good lot of them down. You see that they've become a nuisance every other day on the news. Time to do something about it.

And what are you going to do if one of these "bounty hunters " accidentily shoots your child or a few childre. This should be handled by authorities. The coyotes should be trapped somehow (which could also endanger other wildlife) and relocated.

Same could happen when the authorities/or others hunt the overpopulation of deer. Bounty Hunting was said in heat of the moment. So chill....Thats why i said 'we need to find a way to capture & put a good lot of them down'. Relocating them is not going to solve the overpopulation of these wild animals.