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<blockquote data-quote="traderaaron" data-source="post: 744497" data-attributes="member: 13840"><p>If you have a normal ecosystem I don't believe you will have any real problem with coyotes. By that I mean if you have native grasses enough to sustain your cows over the winter and into spring then you also are supporting an ecosystem of rabbits, ground squirrels, mice, birds and so on. These are the normal diet of a coyote.</p><p></p><p>We ranch on nearly 60,000 acres in Colorado that has a large enough coyote population, you do lose the occasional calf but to me that's just part of it, you can't spend all your time patrolling for coyotes. The only thing we noticed when we did allow the gov't trapper to fly over and kill coyotes was that we seemed to have an increase in prairie dogs the next year?</p><p></p><p>I've seen coyotes near cows with calves during calving but they both seem to know the distance to be kept to keep everyone happy, the coyotes are wanting the afterbirth or a dead calf.</p><p></p><p>This year I did lose one calf to what I believe was a coyote but the Cow was slightly injured and she had her calf right by the fence line away from all the other cows. Had she been healthy I think things would have been different. </p><p></p><p>I've seen an antelope run down and stomp a coyote so I am sure a Cow 10 times the size will intimidate a coyote more so, not to mention how strong a calf can be.</p><p></p><p>How and where you calve probably play as big a role as anything in determining whether you may have a problem.</p><p></p><p>In many settings dogs are going to be a much bigger problem.</p><p></p><p>On the list of worries during calving coyotes are right near the bottom for me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="traderaaron, post: 744497, member: 13840"] If you have a normal ecosystem I don't believe you will have any real problem with coyotes. By that I mean if you have native grasses enough to sustain your cows over the winter and into spring then you also are supporting an ecosystem of rabbits, ground squirrels, mice, birds and so on. These are the normal diet of a coyote. We ranch on nearly 60,000 acres in Colorado that has a large enough coyote population, you do lose the occasional calf but to me that's just part of it, you can't spend all your time patrolling for coyotes. The only thing we noticed when we did allow the gov't trapper to fly over and kill coyotes was that we seemed to have an increase in prairie dogs the next year? I've seen coyotes near cows with calves during calving but they both seem to know the distance to be kept to keep everyone happy, the coyotes are wanting the afterbirth or a dead calf. This year I did lose one calf to what I believe was a coyote but the Cow was slightly injured and she had her calf right by the fence line away from all the other cows. Had she been healthy I think things would have been different. I've seen an antelope run down and stomp a coyote so I am sure a Cow 10 times the size will intimidate a coyote more so, not to mention how strong a calf can be. How and where you calve probably play as big a role as anything in determining whether you may have a problem. In many settings dogs are going to be a much bigger problem. On the list of worries during calving coyotes are right near the bottom for me. [/QUOTE]
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