I Hate Cows

john007

john007

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Went out this morning with the Bro to try and see if we could call in some yotes. Had three young ones in front of us about 60 yds walking the woodline but those stupid cows(or smart yotes). Called some more and spotted a couple of bigger looking ones about 200 yards out but it was those stupid cows again. If not for the cows there could be a couple of photos of some dead yotes. I hate cows
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Yes, and wait until they charge in to your FoxPro caller and Mojo decoy and try to stomp them into the ground.
Hint, don't set your call very far away from you if you decide to use coyote sounds in a pasture during calving season. That way you won't have to run so far.
 
Went out this evening and on the way back to my truck the stupid cows would run at me. As soon as I turned around they would stop. It took me forever to get back to my truck. Stop turn around go repeat that a million t imes for about 300 yards lol.
 
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I love cows. I wouldn't have many decent places to hunt if it weren't for them. Also, there wouldn't be nearly as many yotes where I hunt. However, I do feel your pain. I've pretty much quit using my MoJo Critter in pastures now. It's just too enthralling.

The only call I've ever had any success as a cow repellent is Guinea Pigs. Sometimes it scatters them.
 
Nothing like a herd dripping snot all over your call and decoy shadowing your every move
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Bad part of calling around cattle.
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ha ha...y'all are killin me.
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BTW...it is the fall calving season. At least it is for us. Its also starting the time of the year when they are expecting to get fed. I'll bet if you had a pocket full of range cubes they would be your best buds.

Use them to your advantage. If the cattle are calving, most likely the yotes are nearby. They love the afterbirth along with the buzzards and crows. As sick as it sounds it is always eaten with 24hrs and usually critters are fightin over it.

Tell the farmer/rancher that you killed a yote in his calving pasture during calving season...especially over young calves and you will likely have a place to hunt for life.
 
if ranhers didnt own cattle then most wouldnt mind having coyotes, just remember that cattle are why most rancher let a guy hunt
 
Cows can make calling interesting for sure.

I took my 10 year old son out for some calling "practice" a couple of months back. I have to agree with Kizmo on the Mojo decoy - the cows were fascinated by it and could not stop staring at it and would not leave the area.

They would start to move off when the Foxpro "howled" as they are not big fans, but the Mojo would bring them back.

The lead bull of all these cows was a solitary Longhorn of all things and he had a fearsome and impressive rack. He was none too happy when we tried to pass them to a new spot. He tried to bring the herd into us at a trot when I had enough and spread my arms as high and wide as possible and yelled. Thankfully, that was enough to turn them although I had my pistol out ready to fire a warning shot as I wasn't about to let my boy become cattle road-kill.

Needless to say, our calling was over for the evening.
 
I like cows, we have about 100 of them and they taste good. They are a pain when predator hunting. They come on the run and get pretty aggressive. I try not to call to close to them unless I'm on the other side of the fence.
 
I love cows, they taste great, especially over charcoal and dried citrus and medium rare with a baked potato.
Now about predator hunting and cows, they don't mix!!!
A couple of years back I was charged and knocked through a barbed wire fence while sitting in my blind with my caller screaming when some ole hefer knocked me through the fence causing me to go to the hospital to be sewn up. After a couple dozen stitches a big doctors and hospital bill I have since decided to set up on the outside of the fence line. A lesson well learned, and since that day I have not hunted on the pasture with the cows. Everytime I have a nice steak I say to myself that I hope this came from the ole cow that knocked me on my butt. Cooper
 
Originally Posted By: Cooper17HMRI love cows, they taste great, especially over charcoal and dried citrus and medium rare with a baked potato.
Now about predator hunting and cows, they don't mix!!!
A couple of years back I was charged and knocked through a barbed wire fence while sitting in my blind with my caller screaming when some ole hefer knocked me through the fence causing me to go to the hospital to be sewn up. After a couple dozen stitches a big doctors and hospital bill I have since decided to set up on the outside of the fence line. A lesson well learned, and since that day I have not hunted on the pasture with the cows. Everytime I have a nice steak I say to myself that I hope this came from the ole cow that knocked me on my butt. Cooper

That sounds ugly, Cooper. That is one of those things I think about when hunting the public land around here. It's mixed use lease land and the primary use is cattle ranching and the boundary lines are barbed-wire fences. You're effectively penned in with the cattle. I usually give them plenty of room and respect, but I've stalked cows and calves in heavy cover (think grass above your head) thinking they were hogs moving around and it's always a pucker moment when you suddenly come face to face with a 1,400 lb steer or heifer with nowhere to run. Thankfully, to date they have always turned the other way.
 


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