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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1753877" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>We have a total mixed bag of "coyotes" here also. Some nearly as big as german sheperds, some smaller and some that seem to go after livestock and some that seem content to stay out in the woods and edges of the fields. If they are bothering the chickens or cows or anything, they are fair game. If we get to seeing them often during the day, they are fair game. Had several going after the sheep and killing lambs. Got a friend with night vision and all that and they got 2 one night and 3 the next night and the predation has stopped. Run a jenny mule with them now too. We had a big one, probably male, for 3 years on the farm and not one problem. Not many rodents either. Then someone shot it and had a pair of younger ones move in and had problems with the lambs getting killed, lost 2 calves... they were a real menance. Got rid of them and back to somewhat quiet til this last spree with the lamb killing. </p><p>We were down to hardly ever seeing any foxes at all, but now have more red and grey foxes and more cottontails around. </p><p>When they are prevalent during the day, we figure there are just too many and they are constantly hunting. Had a dairy farmer that was out checking his small herd of beef cows with one of his employees a couple years ago. Stopped and got out of the truck to go through a gate and one ran under the truck and bit him. Other guy got a crow bar off the truck and they killed it and took it in and he was positive for rabies so the farmer and the other guy had to do the shots.... So if there are alot of them around, we try to thin the population. If they start killing the livestock, we are on a kill any and all we can find.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1753877, member: 25884"] We have a total mixed bag of "coyotes" here also. Some nearly as big as german sheperds, some smaller and some that seem to go after livestock and some that seem content to stay out in the woods and edges of the fields. If they are bothering the chickens or cows or anything, they are fair game. If we get to seeing them often during the day, they are fair game. Had several going after the sheep and killing lambs. Got a friend with night vision and all that and they got 2 one night and 3 the next night and the predation has stopped. Run a jenny mule with them now too. We had a big one, probably male, for 3 years on the farm and not one problem. Not many rodents either. Then someone shot it and had a pair of younger ones move in and had problems with the lambs getting killed, lost 2 calves... they were a real menance. Got rid of them and back to somewhat quiet til this last spree with the lamb killing. We were down to hardly ever seeing any foxes at all, but now have more red and grey foxes and more cottontails around. When they are prevalent during the day, we figure there are just too many and they are constantly hunting. Had a dairy farmer that was out checking his small herd of beef cows with one of his employees a couple years ago. Stopped and got out of the truck to go through a gate and one ran under the truck and bit him. Other guy got a crow bar off the truck and they killed it and took it in and he was positive for rabies so the farmer and the other guy had to do the shots.... So if there are alot of them around, we try to thin the population. If they start killing the livestock, we are on a kill any and all we can find. [/QUOTE]
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