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Grassfarmer
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 1:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Rancher3! wrote:
I am south of Swift Current about 30 miles. $20 dollars from the goverment and $15 from the local hutterite colony for the rest of the dog. Not big money but enough to justify a new gun right Very Happy


Is that for the restaurant trade or what do they do with them Shocked

How much harm do coyotes actually do on any of you folk's ranches?
We have a very healthy population here - I often see 8-10 in a morning but they are only looking for mice beneath the snow plus removing the odd dead animals I might leave for them. Our cows would make pretty short work of them if they started messing with newborn calves. Do they create more problems on different terrain to mine?
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 2:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
The boys from the colony skin them out and ship the hides.
As far as the yotes they don't cause alot of trouble, but i have lost a twin a couple times over the years. Seems like they are smart enought to get them seperated off. Sometimes that wouldn't take much with momma taking more to one than the other.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 2:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I kind of like Coyotes. I have watched our cows destroy a coyote at calving time and we have never had issues with them. The cows will form a ring around the offender and proceed to demolish the poor coyote. When they are done there is usually just a patch of fuzz left.
Back when we had a lot of sheep we were told that if you don't have problems, not to shoot coyotes or new ones will move in and they may have a taste for mutton and lamb. We never shot any and never lost a single animal to coyotes.
I suspect we have lost a few chickens over the years, but that was good riddance from the perspective of a kid who had to clean chicken coop.
I know they were getting pretty thick in many parts of SK.
I think a bigger problem is loose dogs that pack up.
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