I was at this guys place today and in the last week coyotes have killed one new born calf and a steer. I wish I would have had my camera to take pics of the steer. He said they chased it around in a pen and once it's back legs were spread (or something like that) it was pretty much toast. The neck and guts were gone and they had taken a good bit out of the hind end. He hauled what was left out into the pasture for me so I'll have some bait to use. His brother in law shot 5 of the coyotes the other morning but he figures there are still quite a few left. I climbed on top of a bale stack and sat and did a bit of calling but didn't have any luck. There were a bunch of tracks on the bail stack and you could see where they had been laying on top soaking up a bit of sun.
Coyotes killing cattle
- Thread starter KDX
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Strange time of year to have calves hitting the ground.
I have seen coyotes taking newborns but usually from late-bred cows that are left to calf on the range rather in the farmyard. A steer should be able to protect itself from coyotes unless it was in a very small pen for some reason like being doctored up or something.
I have seen coyotes taking newborns but usually from late-bred cows that are left to calf on the range rather in the farmyard. A steer should be able to protect itself from coyotes unless it was in a very small pen for some reason like being doctored up or something.
MudChucker
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- Niverville, Manitoba, CA
we are cattle farmers with a coyote problem as well,,, this january we intend to go full hittler on coyotes in the area... I intend to trap a couple jacks and tie them to a post and sit in a bail blind at the end of a row of bails and clean house...you might consider either trapping a rabbit or 2, or just buying a couple from the pet store at 15 buks each... dont worry too much about introducing a non native species, a pet store rabbit will die in a day or 2, or you can shoot it when your done...
Good luck. I was raised on a dairy farm so I also am not a big fan of yotes or wolves.
During the high power season in the SE corner of the province some of the beef guys were telling us that the coyotes apparently got really smart this year. You would see them out in the fields laying with the cattle. All was find until a cow would calve and the yotes would eat the newborn.
During the high power season in the SE corner of the province some of the beef guys were telling us that the coyotes apparently got really smart this year. You would see them out in the fields laying with the cattle. All was find until a cow would calve and the yotes would eat the newborn.
Ive shot MANY coyotes off baits, on ranches. Best I found was to be in on it well before daylight, using the wind. They have good nightvision so sneak in carefully and quietly. They often start scattering at very first light, so shot early and be ready to follow up fast on ones running away! It can be alot of fun. My best was four down in five quick shots. There will often be a couple laying out a ways from the bait, with full bellies. Have fun.......Im jealous!
my boss has had 3 calves killed in one day by coyotes this year..... the ranch hand has shot over 40 coyotes on the ranch this year, also there are over 28 bears there as well.
predetation was so so bad he sold the cattle and is just keeping the buffalo....
he says that after the hay was cut the coyotes would all sit on top of the bails and just about every noght it was nothing to see a dozen yotes in one field.
predetation was so so bad he sold the cattle and is just keeping the buffalo....
he says that after the hay was cut the coyotes would all sit on top of the bails and just about every noght it was nothing to see a dozen yotes in one field.
Did you not see the post mentioning there was 14 or 15 of them. The poor bugger didn't have a chance. We are infested with coyotes here and hunt them every weekend...I have never seen a pack that big!
Alpacas are also good coyote food, Llamas work pretty good and so do donkeys, but it doesn't take long for the yotes to out smart them, your best bet for herd protection are Pyreneese dogs raised as gaurd dogs not as pets.
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