Michael, you didn#x27;t mention how tall your fence is. Ours is five feet and
I#x27;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
On Tue, 4 Jun 2013, Michael Smith wrote:
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 22:17:43 -0700
From: Michael Smith mwsmotorspo...@gmail.com
Reply-To: blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
To: blackbelly blackbelly@lists.blackbellysheep.info
Subject: [Blackbelly] Dead ewe, coyotes? or something else
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
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
Michael, in 2008 I had a cougar AND a pack of coyotes kill and eat
five 90-lb ram lambs in one night. All that was left when I found
them the next morning were rib cages, five stomachs (drug away from
the carcasses), and a few testicles. The cat had gone over the fence;
the coyotes dug under.
Michael,
I'm so sorry you are having these issues and losing sheep. I am extremely
attached to all my sheep, but especially the ones who are pets.
I live in Maryland and currently, do not have a large animal predator problem,
but is light something that will startle them away? Would it be
