Quote Originally Posted by Karen View Post
Do the coyotes even really kill the livestock? I didn't think they were big enough for that!
In the spring Coyotes have young. The deer & cattle have their babies in the Spring. The coyotes do kill fawns to feed their own young & they also will nab a cows calf to feed their young. We have had it happen to us. The coyotes come when it is dark & the only warning for us is when the cows moo & it is a real eyrie sound that is the warning for us to jump into action. We sleep with our windows open & when the cows make a racket we let the dogs out. The dogs bark & we yell to drive the coyotes away. Once the calves & fawns are big enough to run the coyotes can't get at them so easily as to when they are down on the ground & just born.