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Originally Posted by Chucko
It looks pretty scraggly. Maybe you need to go to the pet store and buy some mice and gerbils to fatten her up a bit and to keep her around.
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She is. But her tail is bushier than our dog's, so she has that going for her.
He got some skin ailment earlier in the year and lost almost all of his hair. Most of it's grown back but his tail is wagging, I mean lagging, behind. His tail was bitten severely by fire ants two years ago, though, and may never completely grow back.
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Originally Posted by sfshooter
It's common practice in my part of the country to shoot them on sight. I have witnessed several times of them trying to get a calf away from a mama cow. The ranchers do not like them for sure.
They are well aware of their target status and when they see a pickup they are hauling ass. They might stop 600yds out or so and see if you were really a threat, sometimes.
Eradication of ground squirrels and prarie dogs are fun sports here too.
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We have no cattle at the moment and there is not much for the 'yotes to eat so I want to keep the balance. Our pack rat, mouse, and javelina population seem to be in check so I'm OK with it. Same with 'rattlers. We don't let them live near the house but outside the fence they get a pass since they also do a good job of rat eradication.