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Dog problems

bsebastbsebast Member Posts: 190 ✭✭✭
edited January 2002 in General Discussion
I still have dog problems. There's 3 of them left of the group that roams my woods and pastures. They chased one of my neighbor's new calves last week and chewed it up pretty bad. And week before last they came up to my house and jumped on my old yard-dog. Luckly I was here and was able to send one to the lands of many fire hydrants.We have several coyotes and bobcats but they never give any problems. But these dogs are a royal pain.
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  • Richie RichRichie Rich Member Posts: 439 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    have you tried to bait them in and then go for the kill?? sounds bad But I know of the problem you have.
    Remember,"your woman may not find you handsome, But atleast she'll find ya handy". I love that show..............
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  • bsebastbsebast Member Posts: 190 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Rich--I go over my place checking fences and live stock nearly every day. Lately I've been carrying my 30-06 rifle hoping to cross trails with them but so far haven't. If I could figure out how to bait them in close I would, but everything I can think of for bait, the coyotes and other critters would likely get first. Same problem with traps and poison--all I would do is kill my critters and I kinda like them.Do you have any ideas?
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  • Richie RichRichie Rich Member Posts: 439 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    do they come out in the daytime or only at night?If in daylight try putting some maet on a fence post, up so the yotes can't get it and hang out for awhile from a distance. once a dog gets the taste of fresh meat he just turns into a killer, they use to run deer to death in pa. when I lived their, even heard of them going after some people till you sttart dropping them. Good luck with this Rich
    Remember,"your woman may not find you handsome, But atleast she'll find ya handy". I love that show..............
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  • Matt45Matt45 Member Posts: 3,185
    edited November -1
    bsebast-I feel your pain. I lived and worked my uncle's place for a few years and the welfare rats who lived next door kept a pack of "domesticated" dogs. The average count on any given day was 30 or so, but I've seen it as high as 54.Long story short. The county this was in had no animal control officers. Fish and game would not get involved, nor would the Department of Natural Resources. There was no local law enforcement, only county. The sheriff's deputies who responded all 10 or 12 times said the same thing, "Y'know, there is a WA State law protecting ranchers and farmers against marauding animals." We finally took the hint.Near dusk one night, when the moon was gonna be full, we staked a calf out in the middle of a pasture, well inside of the property and waited for dark in the farm truck with the light bar a fair distance away. The hardest part was having to wait for the calf to be injured. That sucked.20 or so rounds of .223 and 15 or so rounds of .30 carbine later, no more dog problems. The nut next door called the SD about us shooting "her babies". They came out, saw the injured calf, and saw the dead dogs on our side of the fence. The deputy who responded called into the dispatcher, told them to never send a deputy to that farm on that type of of call ever again, told me to dispose of the carcasses properly, and left.Bada-bing Badaboom. No more problemo!
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  • niklasalniklasal Member Posts: 776 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Great idea MATT! Now if only I could do that with all the Meth-heads in the neighborhood that keep stealing my mail...
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  • JustCJustC Member Posts: 16,056 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    meat works but so does cheap brand dog food in 50lb bags. Put out big bait piles and patrol them from a shooting distance. After several days or so, they will find the food and they will return. Once you get them hooked, it should be easy pickins. Remember to have multiple locations so that once you drop a couple and the rest scatter, they will return to one of the other sites relatively soon, this should make the sweep and clean easy and quick. We use dead chickens from the chicken houses, just pile em up and get in a deer stand.
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  • TxsTxs Member Posts: 17,809 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    A coyote call should work on them but if all else fails, and you know the offending dogs on sight, go find you a puppy to stake out. A whining pup will draw either coyotes or dogs in a hurry most anytime of the day or night. Just be sure and take them out before they get close enough to harm him.
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  • offerorofferor Member Posts: 8,625 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    niklasal --I once had a videotape stolen. I arranged another one to be available to steal, but this one I had squeezed a tube of sticky hair gel into. So when anyone stuck it in their VCR and pressed play, the tape would carry this nice gunky stuff right into the innerds of their machine. Get the idea? Send yourself something onerous and leave it in the box until the next theft. Or send yourself a coupon that looks like a legal tender item. "You've won $1000 dollars in your local ___ club's 50/50 drawing. Just show up at ________ and cash in this coupon!" Then arrange to sting 'em.Gee, I'm feeling devious today...
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  • edharoldedharold Member Posts: 465 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    A * in heat tied in an open area might bring the males into shooting range. I think a vet can probably induce estrus.
    "They that would give up liberty to obtain safety deserve neither liberty nor safety"Benj. Franklin, 1759
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  • fatbobcatfatbobcat Member Posts: 73 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    try a 220 conibear beaver trap staked down nicely with a little bait , quick,clean and quiet
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