hey fellas, over the last few weeks you may have read my threads about my wife getting me a new remington 700 ADL in .204 ruger and a new fox pro with remote. well i finaly had an oppurtunity to sight in my new .204 yesterday so, went to the field this morning to give it all a try. started the foxpro with fox/rabbit for two min. then switched to rabbit#2 real low. turned on call at 7:12am and had a dead yote 30' from me at 7:18am. man i love it when a plan comes together. all the equipment preformed Great. within 2 min. of turning on the foxpro i seen something comming across an open field in front of me. thought it may be a yote at first but, it was a deer it ran to the foxpro and stopped in front of it then jumped the fence and kept running back and forth down the fence line in front of the caller. even after i shot the yote then switched to yote pup in distress that deer stayed there running back and forth till i shut it down and got up to retrieve the caller at 7:45am. she weren't going to leave it. craziest thing you ever saw. i am very proud of my new toys and just had to share with ya'll. thanks for listining. Brad
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Congrats Brad and way to go. What a Great story too!
Ditto on the more details, such as brand name and size of bullet/distance/where hit.
Happy (cont'd) Hunting (success)
Ditto on the more details, such as brand name and size of bullet/distance/where hit.
Happy (cont'd) Hunting (success)
thanks fellas, for your replys. i didn't take pics( i'm sorry to say) just stopped off at a ranch that had been experiencing some predation on my way to work. the yote was probaly 30'-35' from me standing broadside to me concentrating on the caller. i shot him with a hornady factory load 32gr v-max. there was little or no damage to the hide.didn't fool with him much as i had to get to work but did check out the damage and other than a small bloody area there apperaed to be no damage. the yote was a young barren female(no sign of having had pups). i didn't get a chance to haul the carcas away for an autopsey as i called the land owner who was very pleased and was going to bury the carcass so as not to attracte buzzards who he believes kill some of his cattle. this was the same ranch who on an earlier post i stated had lost 7 calves and a cow to what the game and fish biologists say were yotes. i was wearing a mossy oak 3-d leaf suit and the yote never saw me but, as i said the call(that was on top of a fence post) had her full attention. i'll try to get some good pics this winter to post, as i expect to rack them up. and if today was any indication i'll have no problem on the damage to fur from this round. but time will tell. Thanks for listining, Brad
hey Q-Wagnor and jrbhunter, ya'll are correct i miss spoke. what i ment to say were new born calves. not cattle as in full grown cattle. the farmer believes that some times the black headed mexican vultures land with he new born calves and peck them to death immediatly after birth. i have heard the same from others also a man in Texas stated they maybe the main calf killer. sorry for the screw up. my bad. Thanks for keeping me on the straight and narrow. Brad
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Brad,
Congrats on the coyote. loved the story.
Your farmer is correct. The black headed buzzards can and do sometimes kill calves. This is easy to confirm for anyone that has doubts. Just call any county extention office in Texas or wherever they have black headed buzzards. They will fill you in. On one ranch I hunt they want the dead carcases of any hog or coyote I kill so they could inject it with poison to kill the buzzards. Shooting them or poisoning them is illegal but around here the ranchers just use the 3 S method on them.
Good Hunting
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Congrats on the coyote. loved the story.
Your farmer is correct. The black headed buzzards can and do sometimes kill calves. This is easy to confirm for anyone that has doubts. Just call any county extention office in Texas or wherever they have black headed buzzards. They will fill you in. On one ranch I hunt they want the dead carcases of any hog or coyote I kill so they could inject it with poison to kill the buzzards. Shooting them or poisoning them is illegal but around here the ranchers just use the 3 S method on them.
Good Hunting
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Okay I'll bite..... three S?
Thats crazy that those buzzards are killing animals, never even thought of our buzzards doing something like that! Calves are pretty helpless though so its not that hard to believe. Isn't it a federal offense to kill a buzzard? I heard someone say it was, maybe thats just around here for our specific birds or somethign. Pretty crazy to think that a buzzard would be protected like an Eagle!
Thats crazy that those buzzards are killing animals, never even thought of our buzzards doing something like that! Calves are pretty helpless though so its not that hard to believe. Isn't it a federal offense to kill a buzzard? I heard someone say it was, maybe thats just around here for our specific birds or somethign. Pretty crazy to think that a buzzard would be protected like an Eagle!
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jrbhunter,
3 S's =Shoot,shovel, and shut up.
Here is some interesting reading I found in just a short search. I found this under the "Turkey Vulture Society" page.
The Turkey Vulture is lacking strength in its tiny grasping claw and does not and cannot kill. Also, the Turkey Vulture's beak has neither the shape nor strength to tear into a fresh carcass.
The Black Vulture is often aggressive, can kill small animals, and will even attack horses, cows, and people. Raptors, including hawks and eagles, have a much larger and stronger grasping claw. Sometimes the Turkey Vulture takes the blame for the Black Vulture's actions.
Killing buzzards is against the law, but I believe there are provisions if they are causing harm. For the record I have never killed a buzzard as far as you know /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif .
3 S's =Shoot,shovel, and shut up.
Here is some interesting reading I found in just a short search. I found this under the "Turkey Vulture Society" page.
The Turkey Vulture is lacking strength in its tiny grasping claw and does not and cannot kill. Also, the Turkey Vulture's beak has neither the shape nor strength to tear into a fresh carcass.
The Black Vulture is often aggressive, can kill small animals, and will even attack horses, cows, and people. Raptors, including hawks and eagles, have a much larger and stronger grasping claw. Sometimes the Turkey Vulture takes the blame for the Black Vulture's actions.
Killing buzzards is against the law, but I believe there are provisions if they are causing harm. For the record I have never killed a buzzard as far as you know /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif .
I read recently that when the U.S. Government was trying to teach the natives in parts of Alaska to become reindeer ranchers rather than hunters the natives had a hell of a time keeping the imported reindeer alive.
The domesticated reindeer brought in from Russia didn't fair well against wolves for one. Also on the wide open tundra the RAVENS would peck the eyes out of newborn reindeer calves eventually killing them. The natives weren't real watchful of the herds and the whole plan failed.
The domesticated reindeer brought in from Russia didn't fair well against wolves for one. Also on the wide open tundra the RAVENS would peck the eyes out of newborn reindeer calves eventually killing them. The natives weren't real watchful of the herds and the whole plan failed.
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Heres is some more on the Black Buzzard.
"Black Vulture
The Black Vulture feeds primarily on carrion from city dumps, sewers, slaughterhouses and roadkills along highways. It will also kill and eat baby herons, domestic ducks, newborn calves, baby lambs, skunks and opposums. They soar in a group, alternately flapping and gliding, until one of them discovers carrion, whereupon all the others converge on the find. They are smaller but more aggressive than Turkey Vultures and will drive the latter from a carcass. Both species are often found perched in trees, on fence posts, and on the ground, or flying high overhead, especially on windy days, taking advantage of thermals or updrafts. Unlike Turkey Vultures, Black Vultures depend on their vision to find food.
The Black Vulture is black with a white patch near each wing tip that is conspicuous in flight. Its head is bare and grayish in color. Its feet extend beyond the short tail. The Black Vulture flaps its shorter and rounder wings more often and more rapidly than the Turkey Vulture.
The Black Vulture is a year-round resident from western Texas and Arkansas north and east to New Jersey (rarely to Massachusetts and Maine) and south to Florida. It prefers open country but breeds in light woodlands and thickets."
"Black Vulture
The Black Vulture feeds primarily on carrion from city dumps, sewers, slaughterhouses and roadkills along highways. It will also kill and eat baby herons, domestic ducks, newborn calves, baby lambs, skunks and opposums. They soar in a group, alternately flapping and gliding, until one of them discovers carrion, whereupon all the others converge on the find. They are smaller but more aggressive than Turkey Vultures and will drive the latter from a carcass. Both species are often found perched in trees, on fence posts, and on the ground, or flying high overhead, especially on windy days, taking advantage of thermals or updrafts. Unlike Turkey Vultures, Black Vultures depend on their vision to find food.
The Black Vulture is black with a white patch near each wing tip that is conspicuous in flight. Its head is bare and grayish in color. Its feet extend beyond the short tail. The Black Vulture flaps its shorter and rounder wings more often and more rapidly than the Turkey Vulture.
The Black Vulture is a year-round resident from western Texas and Arkansas north and east to New Jersey (rarely to Massachusetts and Maine) and south to Florida. It prefers open country but breeds in light woodlands and thickets."