Michael, Didn't realize you were in such a densely populated area. Our nearest neighbor is about 1/2 mile away but not in my way at all. My wife got to see a coyote clearing the fence with one of her geese recently which amazed her (ticked her off pretty good too). We just sold most of our flock of Blackbellies and thankfully didn't lose any lambs this year before the coyotes moved in. One thing you might try since you're having night problems is hanging small strobe type lights on the fence at night. They look like eyeballs to predators and have helped us at times keeping them at bay. Ray --- On Thu, 6/6/13, Michael Smith <mwsmotorspo...@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Michael Smith <mwsmotorspo...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Blackbelly] Dead ewe, coyotes? or something else To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info Date: Thursday, June 6, 2013, 11:18 AM Ray, wow! I had no idea. I am surprised then that I have not had issues before. I have 4--sh foot tall fencing, it's the 2'x4" x 4 foot wire fence roll stuff. Good for keeping lamb and kid heads from getting stuck. Even though I am armed, rifle won't work for me since we are basically a neighborhood with 1.5-8 acre ranches on paved grid streets. I can't discharge a weapon like that in the proximity of the other houses. Also, since there's so much human population we only seem to get visited by coyotes at night. No day sightings in 4 years here. I wonder if some tilted barbed wire top edge would help? I always assumed I could fix the low gaps below and be OK. Good to know they can scale the fences. Thanks for that. Elaine and Renee, thanks for your responses as well. Not sure if I plan to set any snares, since I have beneficial feral kitties in the barn in that pasture where the attack occurred. -MWS On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 9:22 AM, RAY DE SA <ray.d...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Michael, you didn't mention how tall your fence is. Ours is five feet > and I've watched the coyotes clear it with room to spare. They are thick > here in central California right now, I shot four this past weekend on our > ranch. Have never had any luck trapping them, the rifle works best for me. > Good luck to you. > _______________________________________________ > This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list > Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info _______________________________________________ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info _______________________________________________ This message is from the Blackbelly mailing list Visit the list's homepage at %http://www.blackbellysheep.info
