Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Coyotes with lambing season around the corner....


Sewer being worked on ...bigger pump put in and tank currently being pumped out by Vac truck....I'm not getting much done with no water at the moment.
My truck is in the city getting the end gate replaced at the dealers since the cap they put on rubbed it down to the metal...it was put on incorrectly....so cant slip in to town to sand/paint walls. Got a phone call letting me know my business sign is finished and ready for pickup....cant wait to see how it looks.
Two coyotes in the cow/calf pasture by the house early this am, not very afraid of the cows and only going a few feet away from them when chased off. The 308 makes one heck of a KABOOM even more so when shot by a metal shed which acts like an amplifier. 4 shots and they were zig zagging to get out of dodge. I'm concerned with the increasing brazenness of them this year....warm winter making for a good sized coyote population ( no natural enemies on the prairies )
....in talking with other people they are coming into people's farm yards and not too afraid of much.
Typically if a person leaves 'good coyotes' in place you are better off than 'removing' them and having 'bad ' coyotes move in....the ones that hunt your farm livestock. Knock wood we've been lucky over the years since there is a natural wildlife path beside our farm.
Lambing season starts for me in April so new moms will be moved by the barn for safer keeping.....by then the gophers should be active ( which will be on the menu for the prairie coyotes )

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