Coyotes killing my calves

recon4 · Apr 1, 2014

pm sent

Infantry23 · Apr 1, 2014

Live in Hagerstown, hunt in Fairplay and Boonsboro. Let me know if you'd like a few mds locals to come provide perimeter defense :-)

LegacyManor · Apr 3, 2014

The dogs are doing their job very well with the stock they are in charge of. The problem is that the cows do not want the dogs near them and more so now with the killings. I just lost my 6th calf Wed night.

Also the cattle are spread out over many acres so even getting a donkey may not work as it could not be with all the cattle all the time

Actually when my horse was alive she stood guard over mom while she was calving. The cow was not exactly happy but tolerated it but the when the horse started to try and claim the calves as hers and would run the moms off I had to move the horse to her own pasture

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Bigdtc · Apr 3, 2014

Well for what it is costing you it might be worth getting morevthen 1 donkey. I look at my.livestock as an investment so buying a few donkeys to protect them is simply protecting your investment.

CrazySanMan · Apr 3, 2014

Have sighted-in .22-250 and a large Primos Alpha Dogg electronic caller and willing to travel!

John from MD · Apr 18, 2014

Here is a link I came accross that will tell you something about guard donkeys.

http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/agdex9396

Regards,

John

LegacyManor · Apr 18, 2014

Thanks! I've got the word out now that I'm looking!!

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coopermania · Apr 18, 2014

Your Welcome.

Paperpounder · Apr 18, 2014

If night hunting was still in this would be cake. These don't move as much in daylight

GUNSnROTORS · Apr 18, 2014

LegacyManor said:
I just lost my 6th calf Wed night.

Also the cattle are spread out over many acres so even getting a donkey may not work as it could not be with all the cattle all the time ...

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Sorry for your losses. How big is your operation (heads/acres)?

WeaponsCollector · Apr 18, 2014

I hunted coyote at night once, a clear recording of a rabbit in distress will make them come right up to you if they aren't down wind. You can use a red spotlight to see them, apparently coyotes can't see red lights. Good luck!

GUNSnROTORS · Apr 18, 2014

WeaponsCollector said:
I hunted coyote at night once, a clear recording of a rabbit in distress will make them come right up to you if they aren't down wind. You can use a red spotlight to see them, apparently coyotes can't see red lights. Good luck!

During spring, I'll bet these particular coyotes are attracted to the smell and sound of newborn calves.

Bag afterbirth to use as bait? Barf.

foxtrapper · Apr 19, 2014

Paperpounder said:
If night hunting was still in this would be cake. These don't move as much in daylight

DNR is really being stupid not getting a night including 24/7/365 coyote season statewide. Otherwise one has to get a wildlife control cooperator lisc which is now 50.00 a year and requires a test even I would have trouble passing. I helped another guy with the open book questions and he told me he barely passed. Bunch of trick questions on it. I did some more research and might score better if I took it. But when a test makes even a genius like myself shake her head, then it is too hard for everyone else. And I was totally obsessed with the subject matter of fur trapping to boot. But the test has questions on geese, bats, birds, snakes etc. The guy I helped also had MANY years of fur trapping experience, but was lost on the bat and bird stuff. Neither of us had any interest in bats, birds, snakes, etc nuisance control. Though he does trap snapping turtles in PA.

A landowner can get a landowner nuisance lisc, but not sure it allows for a stranger to come in and work off of it. Otherwise everyone has to adhere to the daylight only hunting outside of the fall/winter season.

recon4 · Apr 21, 2014

it does

Ponch · Feb 17, 2018

is this still an issue out there?

davsco · Feb 17, 2018

out in canaan valley some nites we can hear them carrying on out in the distance.

LegacyManor · Feb 17, 2018

Ponch said:
is this still an issue out there?

Unfortunately it is. Coyotes have started breeding and I expect in a couple months when I start calving coyotes will be looking to feed their pups

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bigdv · Feb 17, 2018

My parents neighbors in WV have donkeys because of the yotes. Apparently they are effective against them. They will stomp the crap out of them. Another note i did not know coyotes will not eat meat they dont kill? I thought they would eat dead stuff but i guess not. That makes it tricky for hunting them. Its not like you can bait for them.

Redcobra · Feb 17, 2018

There is a guy outside of Sharpsburg who sells and raises Donkeys. His name is Art, and I can get you his full name and phone if you want. My friend's son in Sharpsburg bought several Donkleys for his farm in WV from Art (wish I could remember his last name). Art has a place right off the Sharpsburg Pike.

Ponch · Feb 17, 2018

I have seen coyotes eat kills that I know they didn't kill (because I was the one that shot the hog and left it there). I use calls and they are hard to hunt but I have had good luck. just need wind, the place, and the right tools....owe and a lot of patience. I help a few farmers out and I run suppressors so I dont upset their livestock. Poultry farms take the hardest hits. Often I text the owners the next day and I get "oh I didn't think you made it out". Last stand I made last week I shot a fox out of a farmers backyard (it was a clear and safe shot)....I love suppressors

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