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<blockquote data-quote="inyati13" data-source="post: 968764" data-attributes="member: 17767"><p>Very bad here. Found my last heifer and her just born calf surrounded by them on 10/24/12. There were about 40 of them. On the ground, in the trees, etc. I got within 25 yards before they moved off. I was yelling and waving my arms. Some were black and some were the turkey vulture. The calf was under mom and mom was making her last stand. After I got the birds off, she moved a few hour old calf into the herd which I find to be unusual as they normally stay out alone with the calf the first day. The afterbirth was no doubt part of the attaction especially for the turkey vultures. I got rid of it. I got my rifle and returned. Called the extension agent and she said several farmers had lost calves this year to vultures. If they are on livestock, the local warden had excused anyone who was shooting them. In fact, they would lynch anyone here right now who would try to stop a cattlement from shooting buzzards; they are that bad. One operation which has over 500 cows told me he was driving a tractor to the field to do work and saw the black ones on a calf before it had been totally delivered. He said everyone on his operation carried rifles now and were keeping score on who shot the most. Said you need a good long range rifle to do any good.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="inyati13, post: 968764, member: 17767"] Very bad here. Found my last heifer and her just born calf surrounded by them on 10/24/12. There were about 40 of them. On the ground, in the trees, etc. I got within 25 yards before they moved off. I was yelling and waving my arms. Some were black and some were the turkey vulture. The calf was under mom and mom was making her last stand. After I got the birds off, she moved a few hour old calf into the herd which I find to be unusual as they normally stay out alone with the calf the first day. The afterbirth was no doubt part of the attaction especially for the turkey vultures. I got rid of it. I got my rifle and returned. Called the extension agent and she said several farmers had lost calves this year to vultures. If they are on livestock, the local warden had excused anyone who was shooting them. In fact, they would lynch anyone here right now who would try to stop a cattlement from shooting buzzards; they are that bad. One operation which has over 500 cows told me he was driving a tractor to the field to do work and saw the black ones on a calf before it had been totally delivered. He said everyone on his operation carried rifles now and were keeping score on who shot the most. Said you need a good long range rifle to do any good. [/QUOTE]
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