Would you rather hear a bear or coyotes sniffing around your tent in the middle of the night?

[Agape93]

[Quackthulu]

I actually did have bears sniffing around outside my tent once. We were in the upper Yosemite valley with the plans to get up early and get up half dome in the morning. Middle of the night I hear something in the campground walking around, something big. Fortunately it didn’t bother anyone, but it did bat around the chains for the bear box for a few minutes before moving along.

Had a friend from high school tell a story about being bit by a coyote as a child. They were camping out under the starts and the thing bit her head and she went back to sleep, woke up covered in blood and her parents took her to the hospital.

[DestinyElizabeth04]

Probably a bear.. Coyotes always travel in packs. Either way, the odds of survival when encountering either one face to face are slim. But I feel like maybe I would have a bigger chance at facing one bear versus several coyotes.

[coffeewithcream]

Wolves travel in packs.
Coyotes are solitary.

[DestinyElizabeth04]

@coffeewithcream wrong. I live in an area that has many coyotes and have seen first hand that they do in fact travel in groups.

[coffeewithcream]

No problem.
Coyotes are solitary hunters. Coyotes would not sniff around a tent in packs.
Coyotes live in small packs but unlike wolves rarely hunt in packs. Coyotes hunt alone most often, can hunt in pairs, but that's seldom.
I appreciate you live in an area that has coyotes, so do I.
Depending where in North America you live, coyote behaviour, though it will not vary much, the size of different coyote species may determine different hunting behaviours, but the above still applies.
If a coyote is sniffing at your tent, it's rarely going to be with another coyote.

[Agape93]

I’ve seen coyotes as solo scouts or scavengers, I’ve NEVER seen them as solitary hunters, only as a pack, and they will approach you as a pack if they think they can take you.

[coffeewithcream]

Sorry, I've lived in coyote country all my life.
Wolves hunt like that. We see coyotes here every second or third day.

[Agape93]

Uh so have I. I still live in it.

[WhiteSteve]

Coyotes for sure. Way easier to be killed by a bear than coyotes. Coyotes killing a human is extremely rare to my knowledge. Or at very least the attack-to-fatality ratio is way more favorable against a coyote. A bear can take your head clean off your shoulders, it’s a lot tougher to die from what are basically just dog bites.

[Anpu23]

Coyotes by far. Coyotes are a pack of small scavenger K9's and a big stick can usually deal with them, they do have small sharp teeth and do hunt in packs but of the two a hand-full of small dogs vs a very big predator that I couldn't handle one on one.

[Antelope]

COYOTES PLEASE

I could fucking drop kick a coyote, those things are scared of humans, and rightfully so. We're bigger and stronger, they're scavengers, not hunters.

Bears will eat you because you're there. Or just kill you because you're in its territory.

You see all these scientists in the comments saying you'd be fucked either way. I think they think coyotes are somewhat close to the size of wolves? They're like 30 pounds or less, they don't fuck with humans.

[KingdomForAKiss]

I'd rather have a coyote sniffing around.
Bears grunt and stuff and it would be way creepier. Plus I think they're harder to fend off.

[Wise4myage]

I've experienced situations with both bears and coyotes, and Id rather hear a coyote near my tent. Bears are very strong and can do a lot more damage.

[jennifer_bloom]

coyotes seem safer but bears as far as I know don't eat people unless they are hungry

[Agape93]

They don’t need to eat you. They can still kill you. Easily.

[Jjpayne]

A bear if he's far but coyotes if they are closer. But dam it sounds like you had a fun camping trip 😂

[joenelson]

I don't mind till they are outside my tent and not trying to enter in my tent.

Come on, I don't want them to see me naked. 😅

[Redstang88]

Definitely coyotes, they don’t really bother with large prey like humans. While bears usually are big pussies too, I’m still less concerned about coyotes

[EmbraceThePain]

Honestly, who the hell would choose bear?

Well, I guess it depends on the bear...

[NorthwestRider]

Well both are not much as a threat so either

The only bears in my area are black bears and they are very harmless and shy

[Agape93]

Um hon black bears maul/kill people every year

[Agape93]

As do coyotes

[NorthwestRider]

You are more likely to get killed by a Brown Bear than a Black Bear. The most easy bear to deal with is the Spectacled Bear who are very vegan. Also, coyotes are not that huge

[Agape93]

1. Statistics don’t matter in terms of danger posed to humans. All animals, especially bears, can and will kill you, if not eat you.
2. Spectacled bears are omnivores, but rely mostly on fruit and honey.
3. Coyotes are about 45lbs each and travel in packs.

[Noodle_fan]

i feel this is like trap question? bear is obviously stronger so i pick coyote , however , i am not American , the only coyote that ever i know is E Wile ;p

[_SOARER]

I would much rather have the coyote assuming he is alone.
Bears are extremely powerful animals. Much stronger and steadfast than a coyote

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

Well, Coyotes are smaller animals than a Bear so maybe a Coyote?

[Liam_Hayden]

Coyotes. I can fight of coyotes if need be. I could unload my shotgun and.357 into a grizzly and it could still take my head off with a swipe.

[Walrus_au]

damn good reason to take your holidays in a 4 star or better resort rather than camping like a common hobo!! :p

[LivingOnTop]

Coyotes don’t scare me. Bears are strong and incredibly intelligent.

[call_me_scar]

Coyotes. If a bear attacks it won't kill you fast it will just eat you till your dead

[Brandi555]

I don't know. A bear I guess because it’s only one but coyotes is like more then one. Why what’s better.

[00100100100]

Coyotes aren't much bigger than dogs and can be scared off. But a bear will tear you up.

[NorthwestRider]

Do you think a Spectacled Bear would tear someone up? They are like the weed smoker vegans in the bear family lol

[Stan_Control_]

Coyotes. I know how to handle agressive canines just in case.

But bears? Nah, i'm dead.

[COMMODOREII]

A bear myself. A pack of coyotes are not a good thing.