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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2019 13:40:51 GMT -6
Any signs of the culprit yet?
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Post by 11111 on Dec 31, 2019 10:19:12 GMT -6
Any signs of the culprit yet? No, thankfully. I hope he has moved on. We had 39 calves on the ground as of last night. 2 overnight. 68 more due, within next 6 days. He better not be back. I know our resident barn kitties always love this time of year. I much prefer them.
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Post by dave on Dec 31, 2019 23:55:09 GMT -6
I got to thinking about it. I know a few ranchers who have had issues with lions. None of it was at calving time. It is always at turn out in semi wooded areas with 150-200 pound calves.
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Post by dave on Jan 8, 2020 17:41:38 GMT -6
Today at the post office my neighbor showed me a picture of a lion that his brother in law made into a good lion yesterday. That is the second mature male to come out of that same drainage this winter. Probably 10-12 miles from my place.
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Post by backhoeboogie on Jan 9, 2020 8:15:08 GMT -6
This is going to sound crude. Some of you already know but others may not.
Get yourself a Gatorade bottle or cranberry juice bottle. Empty. Keep it next to your toilet. Every time you pee, pee in that bottle.
Pour your pee around your calving pen perimeter.
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Post by farmerjan on Jan 10, 2020 18:02:04 GMT -6
Not so crude backhoe.... I have also heard that "marking the territory" with human urine helps to deter. Also, some people swear by human hair, works to help keep deer out of gardens.....
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Post by 11111 on Jan 10, 2020 18:47:15 GMT -6
This is going to sound crude. Some of you already know but others may not. Get yourself a Gatorade bottle or cranberry juice bottle. Empty. Keep it next to your toilet. Every time you pee, pee in that bottle. Pour your pee around your calving pen perimeter. I’ll mention that to the guys. I ain’t trying to per in a bottle! 😂
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Post by dave on Jan 10, 2020 21:04:17 GMT -6
This is going to sound crude. Some of you already know but others may not. Get yourself a Gatorade bottle or cranberry juice bottle. Empty. Keep it next to your toilet. Every time you pee, pee in that bottle. Pour your pee around your calving pen perimeter. When the calving pasture is 100 acres + a person would have to host several keggers to collect enough.
But again there is no shortage of cougars here and I have never heard of anyone having problems with them at calving. Coyotes, yes. Wolves, yes (thankfully not here yet). But not cougars. That said everyone here shoots every cougar they get the opportunity to shoot.
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Post by 11111 on Jan 12, 2020 12:41:53 GMT -6
This is going to sound crude. Some of you already know but others may not. Get yourself a Gatorade bottle or cranberry juice bottle. Empty. Keep it next to your toilet. Every time you pee, pee in that bottle. Pour your pee around your calving pen perimeter. When the calving pasture is 100 acres + a person would have to host several keggers to collect enough.
But again there is no shortage of cougars here and I have never heard of anyone having problems with them at calving. Coyotes, yes. Wolves, yes (thankfully not here yet). But not cougars. That said everyone here shoots every cougar they get the opportunity to shoot.
We had game cams up around our area and haven’t spotted him since. I sure hope he’s gone. A neighbor (like 5 miles away)... thought he caught one on camera. He can keep him!
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Post by backhoeboogie on Jan 13, 2020 15:35:41 GMT -6
This is going to sound crude. Some of you already know but others may not. Get yourself a Gatorade bottle or cranberry juice bottle. Empty. Keep it next to your toilet. Every time you pee, pee in that bottle. Pour your pee around your calving pen perimeter. When the calving pasture is 100 acres + a person would have to host several keggers to collect enough.
But again there is no shortage of cougars here and I have never heard of anyone having problems with them at calving. Coyotes, yes. Wolves, yes (thankfully not here yet). But not cougars. That said everyone here shoots every cougar they get the opportunity to shoot.
The one big pasture I had was 112 acres. Most every bit of wild life coming in or going out used a few game trails. You could find 10 or 12 predominant game trails to stink up.
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Post by dave on Jan 17, 2020 19:06:19 GMT -6
OK, they are getting a little too close here. A little skiff of snow last night. Fresh set of cougar tracks coming across the bridge in the driveway this morning. That is less than 200 yards from my front door. They must be getting to be too comfortable when they come in that close.
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Post by 11111 on Jan 18, 2020 11:09:30 GMT -6
OK, they are getting a little too close here. A little skiff of snow last night. Fresh set of cougar tracks coming across the bridge in the driveway this morning. That is less than 200 yards from my front door. They must be getting to be too comfortable when they come in that close. Are you allowed to control them there?
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Post by dave on Jan 18, 2020 12:16:45 GMT -6
OK, they are getting a little too close here. A little skiff of snow last night. Fresh set of cougar tracks coming across the bridge in the driveway this morning. That is less than 200 yards from my front door. They must be getting to be too comfortable when they come in that close. Are you allowed to control them there? It is legal to shoot them. The season is open all year. I have a tag. However, the most effective way to hunt them is with hounds and hunting them with hounds is against the law. They are pretty secretive. You just don't see them marching around. A life time of living and working in the outdoors in heavily populated cougar country I have seen a total of 6 of them. Only one of them I would have had a chance to shoot if I had been carrying a gun. Most are gone in a flash.
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