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Post by George on Dec 17, 2014 15:22:58 GMT -6
For those who have predation or suspected predation problems, how do you manage cows that might have had calves killed or stolen? I used to be more forgiving, but with the drought and the continued need to figure out which cows to cull, losing a calf for any reason pretty well guarantees a trip to town.
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Post by strojanherefords on Dec 20, 2014 19:57:36 GMT -6
If you cull every cow that loses a calf or comes up open, you will inevitably cull some cows that did not deserve to be open. This is why it is so important to minimize opportunities for good cows to lose calves. If I have a confirmed kill or rustle, I won't hold it against the cow. But if there is a question mark the cow needs to go.
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Post by shumakerherefords on Jan 20, 2015 8:36:52 GMT -6
according to the boys down on Davis creek, there is a new improved breed of coyote running around in the hills, one about halfway in size between the yote's we have had forever and a wolf. big enough to drag down a full grown doe in good health on a dead run all on it's own. unfortunately Gustafson only had a pistol in the tractor when he saw that happen and it was way too long a shot to hit it when the yote took off away from him once he got outa the tractor to thump it. however 2 were shot further down on Davis Creek by Gus's nephew and the Kansas Wildlife and Parks boys showed up to confiscate em even though they hadn't been called---trackers implanted in them, that how they knew were they were and that they had been killed. so we now got transplanted super-coyotes. Fish and Game denies it, but they denied reintroducing Rio Grande Turkeys in the early 80's and then later admitted it, Antalope in Western Kansas in the late 80's and later admitted it, that there were less 30 or so elk transplanted onto Fort Riley till a a feller got a picture of over 600 of em grazing on his alfalfa field right next to the post and then admitted it and still deny introducing cougars although nobody alive in this state ever saw em here till the last 12 years or so. the general rumor is that because 68% of all the vehicular accidents in this state are deer related the Fish and Game boys are trying to get em under control via a preditor system before the state gets sued by the isnurance companies. don't know if thats true or not but I do know you can't trust the bunny huggers at KS wildlife, Parks and Tourism. Here is a Nova program on the new coywolves www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/coywolf-meet-the-coywolf/8605/
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2015 16:15:24 GMT -6
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