Cow problem

[BrandonA]

Sling shot with marbles.

[RifleBowPistol]

My experience with cattle, is they are about the dumbest animals alive. Shooting them with sling shots and BB guns never worked. Fences only work, if they are good strong, high fences. If the wire is not very tight and high, they will just push themselves right over it. The guys saying to put out hay or other feed, somewhere away from where you are hunting, sounds like about the best idea. I used to live on a large ranch. It did not matter what I did, I could not keep the cattle out of the yard. Always had about 15 of them in the yard, sometimes a lot more. There were fences most of the way around the yard, when I first moved there, but over the years, the cattle would push the fences over, over time, all of the barbed wire was on the ground and grown over. I shot them with a sling shot many times and BB guns. I would get them all out of the yard. Then 20 minutes later, there would be 30 cows in the yard. Dried cow patties are hell on lawn mower blades, bends them instantly. I had to replace many blades and the bearing hub assemblies for the blades. I was always repairing the mower, so I could mow the grass. The cattle only like certain kinds of grass, they would not eat the weeds most of the time. If they would have eaten everything in the yard, I would never have tried to run them off. But I tried for years, finally gave up, realized it was a waste of time. They ruined many water hoses, by chewing on and trying to eat them, or stepping on them. Then they would stick their heads through the porch railing, grab hold of the gas grill cover, rip it and eat the cover. They went in the garage and ate extension cords. They ripped the heavy canvas cover off of my wife's jet ski, then ate the cover, then ate the seat off of the jet ski. They pulled all of the wires out of the jet ski trailer and ate the wiring. They ate the wiring on my car trailer also. They will eat things you would not think possible. We watched them eat whole cedar trees, that were about 2" or more in diameter, same with mesquite trees. One will start eating a tree, ripping limbs off, then a few minutes later, there are a bunch of them standing around, ripping the tree apart. Within 20 minutes, there is no tree left. Seem them clean out large mounds of prickly pear the same way. One walks up and starts chewing on a leaf, the others see that one. Then you have 30 of them over there chowing down. Within a few hours, a huge clump of prickly pear, that is about 30 ft. in diameter and upwards of 7 ft. high, is almost completely gone. But they will leave the other clumps of prickly pear right next to that clump. One starts something and the rest follow. They will screw up your hunting the same way.

Giving them something else to eat, on a regular basis, that the deer won't eat also, is probably your best bet. Dump some feed off, then drive off going away from your stand, make sure you give them enough feed, that they will not finish it in 30 minutes and go looking for more. Give them enough to keep them busy for a couple of hours, then hope they don't want corn as a desert.

[deerwatcher51]

How big a place is this? I have never had a problem long term with any cows on any decent acreage. Yes they may hang around for the short term, but is has been my experience that they will usually move on after awhile.

[BrandonA]

How big a place is this? I have never had a problem long term with any cows on any decent acreage. Yes they may hang around for the short term, but is has been my experience that they will usually move on after awhile.

Most likely not very big. Our cows rarely bother us. Now the neighbors dang dog he will. Chief sees you at the stand he's gonna come visit. He a good dog and nice so we put up with it.

[monsterspike]

thanks for the reminder thread on why i will never lease to hunters. and yeah, keep chasing, and spooking cattle during your hunts. brilliant! deer love to see their surrounding environment in a running, noisy, crashing, panic.

[Bear Charge]

Id just smile and be glad that I married a woman that has a father with land

[DRT]

They eat good though.

Gary

[SaltwaterSlick]

I know cows are tough but you can kill animals with blunt arrows. I would be careful where you aimed with this technique.

THAT's why you don't use "blunts" With these hard-shooting wheelie bows, a blunt can be deadly. a 1" diameter fender washer will not deform nor penetrate the skin. Mostly used this technique with my trad gear... not so much with this new-fangled wheelie bow... it tends to mess up arras when they hit.

[mossyoak20]

ran t post around a feeder with 3 strands of barb wire and the cattle would jump the fence and still eat the corn from the feeder. then jump back over....they never cleared the fence. top wire always hanging.

[cj7zrcool]

thanks for the reminder thread on why i will never lease to hunters. and yeah, keep chasing, and spooking cattle during your hunts. brilliant! deer love to see their surrounding environment in a running, noisy, crashing, panic.

I think you've wandered into the wrong site, maybe you should try TexasCattleFanboy.com.....or something.

[Capp35]

Think cows are bad, try goats. The first place I was on they had them and they would sit and wait under the feeder. They were smart enough to know what time it went off.
And they would also jump hog panels.

[berettadave]

We own cattle and I can tell you, whatever they don't screw up, they crap on. lol

[gingib]

sell them

[SaltwaterSlick]

Ribeyes... I'm jus' sayin...

[lordvader]

Put up a fence around your feeder. Go out about 30+ yards from your feeder. All you need is about 2 to 3 strands of wire to keep the cows out. I had this same problem years ago on a lease I had. But I also had to deal with calves getting in the hog box traps. That was a PITA. Hope you get your problem solved.