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cowwrangler

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i was checking cows at 330am this morning,went thru the last pen and was starting to head back to the house when all of a sudden a coyote starts howling a couple feet away, the wind it made it sound like he was right behind me,made the hair stand up on and neck,lol he never did see me,he continued on his journey thru the pasture :roll: :roll:
 
Two things I always carry in my truck this time of year is a spot light and a rifle. One can never be unprepared for things like that :D
 
About 20 years ago I rented a pasture that was pretty rough and had nothing on it for several years. I was on a D17 Allis Chalmers tractor with a front loader pulling a bush hog when I must have gotten to close to a den or somrthing as several adult coyotes attacked even trying to get on the tractor. Ever since joining the Sheriff's department I have always kept a pistol at all times and I rolled one of them and they all disapeared but it sure woke me up!

I could not find a den but I mowed everything in the 36 acres and never saw them again but there is almost never a night goes by that we don't hear them!

Biggest problem we have had lately was with skunks. Had one that would come in the yard and challenge the dogs avery morning about 3:00AM which wakes up the house!

I finally dispatched him about 5 days ago / can you imagine what smell a .223 will release at about 50 feet. Two of the dogs were with in the blast radius and are just now getting to where I can stand to be around them.

In the future I will use something of a smaller caliber! But that skunk will never pester us again!
 
Oh've.... skunks...few years ago, we had a skunk problem in a barn. Well one day i came cruising in and saw a skunk scurry into the barn. I pulled up to my truck grabbed my 10/22 and flashlight and went in after him.

Well long story short... i guess the blast radios for a 22 is pretty big too because yours truly most definitely got a face full and let me tell you that stuff stings when it gets in your eyes.

Ok question....i was always taught back hips first then another round in the front to kill. They spray by lifting back hips....any truth to that?

Rob
 
I can attest to the business end of a skunk. My two younger brothers and me used to like to run down armadillos on foot alot. One eve after it was dark I ran down an armadillo that turned out not to be an armadillo. I got nailed from a range of about 20' & it smelled like I was shoving green onions up my nose and I felt the spray. Damn good mosquito repellant. I went back to fishing with no bother from the blood-suckers.
 
Skunks huh, shot one one evenin', may of been real late evenin', cousin throwed it in the back of the truck. It was still there next day, at school. Found an unsuspectin' culprit with the doors unlocked, and throwed it in the floorboard of his truck. Smelled right purty after baking in the sun for eight hours. He come out of school and just raked it off in the parkin' lot.
 

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