LR31A HAS ENCOUNTER WITH COYOTE ON RWY AFTER LNDG. COYOTE LOSES.

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A COYOTE WAS STRUCK DURING LNDG ROLLOUT FOLLOWING A LOC APCH. NO DAMAGE TO THE ACFT; MAINLY BECAUSE THIS ACFT WAS A JET WITH HIGH MOUNTED ENGS. IF A PROP DRIVEN ACFT HAD HIT THE COYOTE; SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WOULD HAVE OCCURRED BECAUSE IT WAS THE NOSE LNDG THAT STRUCK THE COYOTE FIRST. COYOTES AND DEER HAVE BEEN A PROB AT THIS ARPT FOR MANY YRS. IT'S A KNOWN PROB; ARPT MGMNT KNOWS ABOUT THE DEER AND COYOTES. I SUGGEST THE COUNTY TRAP THE ANIMALS AND RELEASE THEM IN A LESS/MUCH LESS POPULATED AREA. A WARNING ON THE INST APCH PLATE IS NOT ENOUGH. A MORE SERIOUS INCIDENT OR ACCIDENT COULD RESULT IF SOME ACFT DECIDES TO SWERVE AND MISS A COYOTE AND ENDS UP OFF THE RWY IN THE DITCH. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATES THAT IT WAS EARLY MORNING WHEN THEY ARRIVED AND FORTUNATELY IT WAS A SMALL COYOTE THEY HIT. THERE WAS ANOTHER HIT LATER IN THE SAME DAY WITH ANOTHER ACFT. THE ARPT IS FENCED AND THIS WAS DONE TO TRY AND KEEP THE WILDLIFE OFF THE RWYS. THE DEER; OF COURSE; JUMPED THE 6 FT FENCE BUT HAVE GRADUALLY SEEMED TO MOVE TO EASIER AREAS. THE COYOTE; HOWEVER; ARE VERY NUMEROUS AND CONTINUE TO BE A NUISANCE. RPTR IS NOT SURE WHAT CAN BE DONE AND FEELS IT WILL TAKE A MAJOR ACCIDENT TO GET ANY ACTION. THE COYOTE PRESENCE IS SPORADIC BUT CAUSES GARS OR TKOF ABORTS AT TIMES.