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<blockquote data-quote="Ky hills" data-source="post: 1711865" data-attributes="member: 24816"><p>Coyotes are opportunistic predators, that will take advantage of any situation they can, they don't have a coyote handbook that says only eat mice, rabbits, raccoons etc. They will eat those, but also carrion, afterbirth, and they can and will kill young calves if they find a chance. They can and will also take down mature sheep, and goats and will absolutely decimate a lamb crop.</p><p>I have lost several young calves to coyotes, over the years. I have found that some cattle breeds on average are more protective than others, and since having some Brahman influence and Longhorn haven't lost any to coyotes for a few years, but that could change at any point in time with as many coyotes as are around. </p><p>When we started having buzzard trouble, I probably blamed coyotes a few times for killing calves that was likely due to buzzards. </p><p>I think sometimes folks will find dead animals that have been scavenged on by coyotes and credit them with killing them, when sometimes a calf is born dead or in the case of a larger calf it has been sick and died or in a real weakened state. That being said, again coyotes will kill calves if they can, and have also heard of them going after cows that down calving, </p><p>I know of some folks that have had success with snares. Some also keep a gun close and try to get the coyotes they see. Hunters, can call them in. </p><p>I'm not a fan of using poison, or fishhooks in meat, as I have heard of some using. as other unintended animals could get into it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ky hills, post: 1711865, member: 24816"] Coyotes are opportunistic predators, that will take advantage of any situation they can, they don’t have a coyote handbook that says only eat mice, rabbits, raccoons etc. They will eat those, but also carrion, afterbirth, and they can and will kill young calves if they find a chance. They can and will also take down mature sheep, and goats and will absolutely decimate a lamb crop. I have lost several young calves to coyotes, over the years. I have found that some cattle breeds on average are more protective than others, and since having some Brahman influence and Longhorn haven't lost any to coyotes for a few years, but that could change at any point in time with as many coyotes as are around. When we started having buzzard trouble, I probably blamed coyotes a few times for killing calves that was likely due to buzzards. I think sometimes folks will find dead animals that have been scavenged on by coyotes and credit them with killing them, when sometimes a calf is born dead or in the case of a larger calf it has been sick and died or in a real weakened state. That being said, again coyotes will kill calves if they can, and have also heard of them going after cows that down calving, I know of some folks that have had success with snares. Some also keep a gun close and try to get the coyotes they see. Hunters, can call them in. I'm not a fan of using poison, or fishhooks in meat, as I have heard of some using. as other unintended animals could get into it. [/QUOTE]
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