Valid point djinwa
My grandfather used to say "every animal serves a purpose".
My grandfather used to say "every animal serves a purpose".
brenda":dou77dcq said:We've had them to grab our calves...We have to keep a jack in our herd to help keep them at bay. Found a newborn last year that had been dragged over the bobwire fence. Two locations....Two jacks. So far this year haven't lost a one.
djinwa":26wzpr3o said:brenda":26wzpr3o said:We've had them to grab our calves...We have to keep a jack in our herd to help keep them at bay. Found a newborn last year that had been dragged over the bobwire fence. Two locations....Two jacks. So far this year haven't lost a one.
Did you directly witness the coyote dragging the calf? And if so, where was the cow? And the other cows?
Seems a shame to have to feed another animal to keep little coyotes away when the cow should be doing that.
moloss":1s852i93 said:we even had a approximately 40-50# goat (young boer goat) attacked one morning in a different pasture (but again with horse fence and this time with the donkey) only thing we found was the head and neck the rest was taken over the fence! That's the only one we've lost since we got the donkey but after losing 7 goats I just shoot them.
I gotta agree. If it was dragged under a fence maybe but carried over, not so sure. Sounds more like dogs or a big catdjinwa":23vbpo7j said:moloss":23vbpo7j said:we even had a approximately 40-50# goat (young boer goat) attacked one morning in a different pasture (but again with horse fence and this time with the donkey) only thing we found was the head and neck the rest was taken over the fence! That's the only one we've lost since we got the donkey but after losing 7 goats I just shoot them.
I hate to be annoying, but in a court of law, I'm not sure this would convict the coyote. You see coyotes at times, and when something gets killed, you assume it was the coyotes.
Again, let me ask, have you directly witnessed a coyote killing a live animal?
How do you know it wasn't dogs?
djinwa":2f1lpou7 said:moloss":2f1lpou7 said:we even had a approximately 40-50# goat (young boer goat) attacked one morning in a different pasture (but again with horse fence and this time with the donkey) only thing we found was the head and neck the rest was taken over the fence! That's the only one we've lost since we got the donkey but after losing 7 goats I just shoot them.
I hate to be annoying, but in a court of law, I'm not sure this would convict the coyote. You see coyotes at times, and when something gets killed, you assume it was the coyotes.
Again, let me ask, have you directly witnessed a coyote killing a live animal?
How do you know it wasn't dogs?
moloss":eh2g3wsy said:around here we definitely have the coyote's.....if I see one and get a chance I shoot it, shot one sunday before church this past sunday....I havn't lost any calves to them but I have lost some goats (we now have a donkey).....here's a pic of one of our favorite goats she weighed around 160#'s and was inside a small pasture that had very good horse fence around it