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<blockquote data-quote="cowgirl8" data-source="post: 1135399" data-attributes="member: 22072"><p>FIrst off, talk with your local GW and make sure you arent breaking any laws on killing them. </p><p>Shotguns are useless against these birds. Sure you may get one, but you teach the others. Anyway, they've probably been shot at before so they are wise to the range of a shotgun. They have peeps posted to warn of humans coming and i SWEAR they know if you have a gun or not. My choice if it comes to it would be a sack of pennies, a pound of tannerite, a dead cow and a sharpshooter.....if i were going to do anything, its a dream only right now</p><p>I get out before the sun just in case someone had trouble overnight during calving season. Get a cow who goes down in dark, wait a few hours after the sun rises, you'll find a bigger problem.</p><p>Keep all afterbirths picked up, this is what attracts them in the first place. They want fresh easy food. Find a cow eating her afterbirth, take it from her, move it far off and hide it from sight. I put them down animal holes. They are slippery and slide down easily. </p><p>I'm going to guess that a afterbirth or pieces of one was sitting around while they were after the calf. I've never had one try to get a live calf unless the mother is trying to dispose of the afterbirth. What usually happens is the cow will fight off the birds and inadvertently trample her calf in the process....win win for the birds.. This year i've discovered another way the birds can win...Get a bite on the calf as its coming out and then wait for infection to kill it. </p><p>These birds are spreading like fireants. People have no idea what they are in for. Small operations have it easier, my cows are spread out over 2600 acres. I keep hearing how ranches around us are losing so many calves and cows to these grim reapers. This year my loss was a big fat 0, but, i spend my life in the field and keep them at bay. A pir would be good, but not for our business. We are too spread out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cowgirl8, post: 1135399, member: 22072"] FIrst off, talk with your local GW and make sure you arent breaking any laws on killing them. Shotguns are useless against these birds. Sure you may get one, but you teach the others. Anyway, they've probably been shot at before so they are wise to the range of a shotgun. They have peeps posted to warn of humans coming and i SWEAR they know if you have a gun or not. My choice if it comes to it would be a sack of pennies, a pound of tannerite, a dead cow and a sharpshooter.....if i were going to do anything, its a dream only right now I get out before the sun just in case someone had trouble overnight during calving season. Get a cow who goes down in dark, wait a few hours after the sun rises, you'll find a bigger problem. Keep all afterbirths picked up, this is what attracts them in the first place. They want fresh easy food. Find a cow eating her afterbirth, take it from her, move it far off and hide it from sight. I put them down animal holes. They are slippery and slide down easily. I'm going to guess that a afterbirth or pieces of one was sitting around while they were after the calf. I've never had one try to get a live calf unless the mother is trying to dispose of the afterbirth. What usually happens is the cow will fight off the birds and inadvertently trample her calf in the process....win win for the birds.. This year i've discovered another way the birds can win...Get a bite on the calf as its coming out and then wait for infection to kill it. These birds are spreading like fireants. People have no idea what they are in for. Small operations have it easier, my cows are spread out over 2600 acres. I keep hearing how ranches around us are losing so many calves and cows to these grim reapers. This year my loss was a big fat 0, but, i spend my life in the field and keep them at bay. A pir would be good, but not for our business. We are too spread out. [/QUOTE]
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