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pullit, My .243 A.I. is a 1x8 so it's about like shooting the 6mm Creed, or the other way around, they both shoot the same bullets, i think the .243 is a little faster but haven't checked yet. Rio7
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I used to coyote hunt on a cattle farm that was literally covered up with them. One winter an old bull died, and I figured I'd kill a pile of coyotes hunting over the carcass. Nothing touched it.............not buzzards, nor possums, nor coyotes. It just lay there and dried up to a pile of skin and bones. You could see where the coyotes did drag off a few bones eventually, but I thought maybe the hide was so tough that nothing to tear their way through it in order to get to the meat.
I've seen the same thing on several other cattle farms I've hunted, including my own. They just don't seem to go after the older animals like they do a smaller one. There are several deer hit my cars every year out on the highway next to my driveway, as it's a major deer crossing there. I'll always drag the deer off the road, and put them in a back field with the idea to hunt over them. I've found that they don't last over a couple of days, until there's nothing left. I guess venison tastes better than beef.
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Nice shooting Rio!
It seems like when the dead critter was pumped full of medicine before death, the coyotes don't get after them.
When they aren't medicated before dying, they get gobbled up pretty quick.
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Good shooting, Blue. I've seen those coyotes crawl completely inside dead cows
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I used to coyote hunt on a cattle farm that was literally covered up with them. One winter an old bull died, and I figured I'd kill a pile of coyotes hunting over the carcass. Nothing touched it.............not buzzards, nor possums, nor coyotes. It just lay there and dried up to a pile of skin and bones. You could see where the coyotes did drag off a few bones eventually, but I thought maybe the hide was so tough that nothing to tear their way through it in order to get to the meat.
I've seen the same thing on several other cattle farms I've hunted, including my own. They just don't seem to go after the older animals like they do a smaller one. There are several deer hit my cars every year out on the highway next to my driveway, as it's a major deer crossing there. I'll always drag the deer off the road, and put them in a back field with the idea to hunt over them. I've found that they don't last over a couple of days, until there's nothing left. I guess venison tastes better than beef. My curiosity is killing me... to test your theory did you ever try to go over and cut the dead cow open so there was access to at least the internal organs? It seems those are the first things they take on deer and elk... once accessed, they might hang around for a free meal...
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I used to coyote hunt on a cattle farm that was literally covered up with them. One winter an old bull died, and I figured I'd kill a pile of coyotes hunting over the carcass. Nothing touched it.............not buzzards, nor possums, nor coyotes. It just lay there and dried up to a pile of skin and bones. You could see where the coyotes did drag off a few bones eventually, but I thought maybe the hide was so tough that nothing to tear their way through it in order to get to the meat.
I've seen the same thing on several other cattle farms I've hunted, including my own. They just don't seem to go after the older animals like they do a smaller one. There are several deer hit my cars every year out on the highway next to my driveway, as it's a major deer crossing there. I'll always drag the deer off the road, and put them in a back field with the idea to hunt over them. I've found that they don't last over a couple of days, until there's nothing left. I guess venison tastes better than beef. My curiosity is killing me... to test your theory did you ever try to go over and cut the dead cow open so there was access to at least the internal organs? It seems those are the first things they take on deer and elk... once accessed, they might hang around for a free meal... I did not cut any open, really never crossed my mind to do so. I would have thought that they could have gone in through the rectum and opened the animal up there. To be specific.......I lost a large cow to grass tetany a few years ago. That's a condition that occurs in early spring when the grass begins to green up, and cows consume too much of it, and it can kill them. The solution is to feed a high magnesium mineral, with the magnesium preventing the poisoning from happening. Anyway, I drug her off to a remote area of the farm, in a place where I've killed many coyotes over the years. She lay there and nothing touched her for months. I'd see coyote tracks passing right by the carcass, yet they never attempted to eat of off it. That cow died with no drugs in her system, so that was not the reason for nothing eating it. I just thought maybe that the hide was too tough to chew on.
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2 more the pale is a young female, the black phase is a good sized old male. got 1 more yesterday but didn't take pic's, Rio7
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Sounds like you've got yourself a nice temporary setup RIO7. So what is your current total off of this one critter so far?
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BigSky, 7 so far, but i am running out of cow,may get 1 or 2 more we will see. Rio7
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Part of me wishes I had that many opportunities here to shoot that many coyotes, but the other part is glad that we don't have that many coyotes. Coyote numbers here are down compared to what they once were.
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1 More, cold and windy, messed up her face. Rio7
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BigSky, 7 so far, but i am running out of cow,may get 1 or 2 more we will see. Rio7
That's an excellent return on your time investment. I'm jealous. Well done.
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How does that chalk branch feel off hand RIO? That’s the only vert grip stock that has really interested me.
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They feel great. But the bottom of the foreend is kinda 'V' shaped......
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Model 70 fan, Feels great, and i like the v shape fore arm, works real well with sticks. Rio7
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Model 70 fan, Feels great, and i like the v shape fore arm, works real well with sticks. Rio7
Sweet! It looks like a nice stock for handling different shooting positions(styles)
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Don't cross the cow pasture. Rio7
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How much cow you got left RIO?
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