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Re: Air gun for cows?
[Re: Grosvenor]
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02/14/18 05:34 PM
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I prefer the get out of the blind and yell at them and waive my arms method...only to have them return within 5 minutes.
same here
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Re: Air gun for cows?
[Re: okietex]
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02/14/18 05:57 PM
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If it isn't going to break human skin, its dang sure not going to hurt cattle. Now, I might be pissed if someone was pointing anything at cows. Fence them out, make your pens bigger, if you don't have pens someone needs to train the humans better. but you might put your eye out ...
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Re: Air gun for cows?
[Re: Roll-Tide]
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02/14/18 06:12 PM
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Hog Heaven Ranch
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I have Hampshire pigs and the BB gun works very well with them and gets them moving
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Re: Air gun for cows?
[Re: Roll-Tide]
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02/14/18 06:13 PM
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I have personally seen deer feeding on places I hand corned. Then saw cows/longhorn chase them off.
That’s fine. The B.B. gun is for them chasing me to the stand and bumping my stand with me in it.
Even though some find that cruel and unusual punishment to a 600 pound cow. Seriously, you get chased by cattle?
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Re: Air gun for cows?
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02/14/18 07:04 PM
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If it's evening hunt with sun shining it depends how far in you walk to blind but how about just honk horn few times and have partial sack of cake handy! They hear that dinner bell and give them time and first few see you scattering it out and they will stick around there then walk to blind and happy hunting! I had a girlfriend that cleaned rig trailers for years and did some ranch road traveling, told me one day cows were in road standing around. Her being careful she eased up close to them...and HONKED! Then wondered why it got more crowded! I laughed as explaining that is dinner bell to most bovines. Just ease up to them and they move then drive on down road.
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Re: Air gun for cows?
[Re: RLoving1]
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02/14/18 07:15 PM
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If it's evening hunt with sun shining it depends how far in you walk to blind but how about just honk horn few times and have partial sack of cake handy! They hear that dinner bell and give them time and first few see you scattering it out and they will stick around there then walk to blind and happy hunting! I had a girlfriend that cleaned rig trailers for years and did some ranch road traveling, told me one day cows were in road standing around. Her being careful she eased up close to them...and HONKED! Then wondered why it got more crowded! I laughed as explaining that is dinner bell to most bovines. Just ease up to them and they move then drive on down road. We do this too, but it always seems like a few will think you have something better to offer so they follow. I think Roll-Tide has the right idea. A wrist rocket and an unlimited amount of ammo (rocks) may just do the trick. And for those who don't think a pellet gun will penetrate cowhide, I suggest you pick up a Benjamin air rifle. It will definitely punch a hole at range.
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Re: Air gun for cows?
[Re: Roll-Tide]
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02/14/18 07:57 PM
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I can tell you, getting out of the blind, walking up to them, waving your arms and calling them MF'ers only works temporarily.
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Re: Air gun for cows?
[Re: Choctaw]
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02/14/18 09:26 PM
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If it's evening hunt with sun shining it depends how far in you walk to blind but how about just honk horn few times and have partial sack of cake handy! They hear that dinner bell and give them time and first few see you scattering it out and they will stick around there then walk to blind and happy hunting! I had a girlfriend that cleaned rig trailers for years and did some ranch road traveling, told me one day cows were in road standing around. Her being careful she eased up close to them...and HONKED! Then wondered why it got more crowded! I laughed as explaining that is dinner bell to most bovines. Just ease up to them and they move then drive on down road. We do this too, but it always seems like a few will think you have something better to offer so they follow. I think Roll-Tide has the right idea. A wrist rocket and an unlimited amount of ammo (rocks) may just do the trick. And for those who don't think a pellet gun will penetrate cowhide, I suggest you pick up a Benjamin air rifle. It will definitely punch a hole at range. Pretty sure nobody is talking about shooting them with a Benjamin.
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Re: Air gun for cows?
[Re: Sneaky]
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02/14/18 09:36 PM
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If it's evening hunt with sun shining it depends how far in you walk to blind but how about just honk horn few times and have partial sack of cake handy! They hear that dinner bell and give them time and first few see you scattering it out and they will stick around there then walk to blind and happy hunting! I had a girlfriend that cleaned rig trailers for years and did some ranch road traveling, told me one day cows were in road standing around. Her being careful she eased up close to them...and HONKED! Then wondered why it got more crowded! I laughed as explaining that is dinner bell to most bovines. Just ease up to them and they move then drive on down road. We do this too, but it always seems like a few will think you have something better to offer so they follow. I think Roll-Tide has the right idea. A wrist rocket and an unlimited amount of ammo (rocks) may just do the trick. And for those who don't think a pellet gun will penetrate cowhide, I suggest you pick up a Benjamin air rifle. It will definitely punch a hole at range. Pretty sure nobody is talking about shooting them with a Benjamin. Thanks for clearing that up.
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Re: Air gun for cows?
[Re: Roll-Tide]
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02/27/18 09:39 PM
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Range cubes at the gate is the only way I have found that work. Honk 3 times and a half a bag is all it takes. I park about 400 yards from my blind and walk in just in case they want to follow the truck.
They make ammo specifically for hunting for a reason!
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Re: Air gun for cows?
[Re: Roll-Tide]
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02/28/18 03:46 PM
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pellet gun would be fine but its kinda loud. Might get a suppressor with one. Deer are used to cows but possibly not pellet gun noise.
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Re: Air gun for cows?
[Re: HornSlayer]
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03/02/18 05:41 PM
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Range cubes at the gate is the only way I have found that work. Honk 3 times and a half a bag is all it takes. I park about 400 yards from my blind and walk in just in case they want to follow the truck. Once you start to feed them, just the sight of your truck will cause them to stampede toward you even without honking.
Thursday at 12:45 PM #33 Once i learned that i didn't "NEED" to kill something, and that if i did kill something all the fun stopped and work began, i was a much better hunter.
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Re: Air gun for cows?
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03/05/18 06:37 PM
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That works for me. If they stay with the truck then they aren't at my blind.
They make ammo specifically for hunting for a reason!
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Re: Air gun for cows?
[Re: Roll-Tide]
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03/06/18 10:27 AM
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I used a 45colt round, first one was thrown by hand, second one came out of the barrel to the cows skull. I was 18 feet up in a ladder stand and she was tearing the bottom legs off the stand. I did what I could to warn her, she didn’t listen.
She produced a ton of beef for us and the family that owned her. Owner wasn’t “too” upset. I had been amazed and trampled by another one of his cows earlier in the year.
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Re: Air gun for cows?
[Re: Roll-Tide]
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03/06/18 08:49 PM
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Many of y’all sure must know some laid back LOs and cattle ranchers. I’ve been on many ranches over the years as a leaseholder and or guest...and if LO/Cattlemen even thought you were chootin their cattle with anything ....you were shown the gate immediately
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Re: Air gun for cows?
[Re: Roll-Tide]
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03/06/18 08:58 PM
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Again, a few T-posts and a couple of cattle panels will keep them off your blind. Don't understand why you'd resort to shooting them with anything.
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Re: Air gun for cows?
[Re: Roll-Tide]
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03/07/18 01:44 AM
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My friend (bow hunter) used “thumpers”. An arrow with a flat rubber tip for cattle.
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Re: Air gun for cows?
[Re: Roll-Tide]
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03/07/18 02:20 AM
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Don’t shoot a pellet at one. It will penetrate and cause an infection. It might kill the animal. Use an air soft or slingshot with small rocks.
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Re: Air gun for cows?
[Re: Roll-Tide]
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03/09/18 03:59 AM
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Slingshot with marbles or ball bearings.
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Re: Air gun for cows?
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03/09/18 12:54 PM
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I Feed Indian Corn. The deer love it and all the colors make them stay at the feeder longer.
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Re: Air gun for cows?
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03/09/18 01:38 PM
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Pull in the gate, honk and shake a feed sack.
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Re: Air gun for cows?
[Re: HornSlayer]
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03/09/18 04:47 PM
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Range cubes at the gate is the only way I have found that work. Honk 3 times and a half a bag is all it takes. I park about 400 yards from my blind and walk in just in case they want to follow the truck.
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Re: Air gun for cows?
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03/09/18 08:15 PM
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Again, a few T-posts and a couple of cattle panels will keep them off your blind. Don't understand why you'd resort to shooting them with anything. This....It's not rocket science....
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Re: Air gun for cows?
[Re: Roll-Tide]
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03/11/18 06:00 AM
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If your hunting a small place you may have to put up pens around your blind and feeder! If we are hunting where our cattle are we set the feeders 10-15 minutes apart and usually the cows swarm the one that is close to the best grazing and mill around while the deer are eating at the others and that is where we hunt. That being said anyone putting any sort of projectile towards my cattle wouldn’t be back! On a side note I loaded 12 big 1300#+ cows this afternoon and wound up on the top rail of the pens twice. I don’t think an air soft or B.B. gun will run them off if they do not want to go! One last thought if you put out cake to keep them at bay and leave your truck there the cattle will beat it to hell. Don’t ask me how I know!!!!
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Re: Air gun for cows?
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03/13/18 09:54 PM
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Arrow with a blunt rubber tip.
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