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Posted by Rich Higgins (Member # 3) on July 10, 2005, 10:30 AM:
Walking down a sandy wash to a stand this morning and a coyote trotted out into the wash about 50 yards ahead of us and stopped for a few seconds and looked around . Tongue hanging out, obviously stressed. Kept looking back along the trail he came in on. Didn't see us. Took off at a lope along the trail just as a black cow came barreling down the trail. She was into that fast- forward trot with no vertical movement that eats up the ground. She was on a mission. Wonder what the coyote did to piss her off? They disappeared two ridges over and we never saw them again. Setup right there and called for 30 minutes. Ravens, small birds and cows came in. No coyotes.
Posted by Melvin (Member # 634) on July 10, 2005, 12:24 PM:
Could it be,that a coyote may have harrased the cow and took a calf from it?...(Another scenario)possibly the cow could have been attacked by coyotes at an early stage in it's life?...Good Question and hard to answere.."If only that cow could talk"
Posted by Cdog911 (Member # 7) on July 10, 2005, 01:03 PM:
What kinda cow, Rich? Regular ol' runothemill cow, or a gnarly longhorn cow? My longhorn pasture is full on one side of mature cows, and the other with yearling calves. Add in two nasty black angus bulls with overwhelming senses of territorialism and no sense of humor, and that place is "iffy, at best. Usually sneak in there, call and sneak out, more concerned that one of the cattle might see me as much as the coyotes seeing me. At least a coyote won't trample me into the ground. You gotta love those longhorns.
Posted by Rich Higgins (Member # 3) on July 10, 2005, 01:41 PM:
Lance, she was a polled Angus. Fat with short legs. She was mature, not a heifer, which means she wouldn't be leaving a small calf to run a coyote half way across the county. I see cows charge after coyotes fairly often, apparently to keep them away, never to run them completely out of the country.
Posted by Tim Behle (Member # 209) on July 10, 2005, 03:00 PM:
Cattle tend to swap off on babysitting duties. One cow will watch a half a dozen calves one day, another cow will watch them the next.
I used to have an Angus that would not tolerate dogs in the pasture if there were young calves on the farm. ( And it didn't matter if they were her calves or not ) It didn't matter if the calf was with in half a mile of the dog, that cow would run the dogs off as fast as she could. But by fall when the calves were decent sized, a dog could walk right past her and she'd barely turn her head to look.
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on July 10, 2005, 10:33 PM:
It seems to me that a cow is usually able to run a coyote off, any time she wants, but who knows when that will be?
I have not been around long horns very much at all. And, it has been a while, but we used to see brahmas down southeast of Tucson; lots of them. Not any more, for some reason? But, I wouldn't trust them animals, for sure wouldn't turn my back to them.
I can't remember a whiteface, cow or stear ever acting belligerent around me on a calling stand?
Good hunting. LB
Posted by Cdog911 (Member # 7) on July 11, 2005, 04:42 AM:
I've had two occasions where I was charged and checked out by white faces. In both instances, it was calving time. And in both cases, since each herd was a hunderd cattle strong, I felt the ground shaking beneath my butt long before I heard or saw the cattle approaching. The first time, I was in the pasture and was surrounded by the cattle. The second time, I was just outside the pasture with the fence to my back.
Posted by Curt2u (Member # 74) on July 11, 2005, 06:00 AM:
It's very common for our cows to charge coyotes that get too close even if the coyote is just mousing nearby. Heck, they will turn around and try and take on my pick up once in awhile when driving through. Seems to occur whether they are calving or not. There seems to always be a couple over aggressive ones in a herd. Many times they won't tolerate even a domestic canine getting too close. The deer do the same thing. I've watched deer chase coyotes for quite some distance many times.
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