The trouble with cows:

One of the local DNR ranges has a real problem with ground squirrels. Unfortunately the range officers won't let the shooters take care of the problem. Apparently they don't want to clean up the mess.

While shooting last summer, I had a sparrow sit on top of my target stand for about 10 minutes.

ive got to go we've got cows
~the movie twister

A roll of duct tape................................................


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Profit!

I've had cows ruin several good turkey hunting outings. They are very curious and apparently my blind and a turkey decoy are better the HBO.

A Salty old friend of mine named "Slug" ....no sh*t everyone called him "Slug"--anyway one time we were going fishing and some farmers cow got out on the highway and we tried to help the farmer corner the cow and get it back into the pen...long story short the cow got away and my friend hopped back into the car and serious as can be say's, "you know why you'll never see a cow in the circus?" My reply was no and he continued, " because they're too F*cking Dumb!" Truer words were never spoken.

Beware of the cows eating the old apples on the ground...

How about a pellet gun?

Two pumps of pressure with a pellet gun and zap each of them in the ass, or in the shoulder might not cause any infection.
Would this make them change their plans to socialize?

They would probably think it was just a fly biting them.

Just carry a sack of corn next time ... leave it in the bag .... watch the cows figure out how to get in ... by the time they have got in and fought for who is going to eat first... you'll have time for a good shooting session.

Cows ain't dumb either! We had two Guernsey who could turn the water faucet on to drink fresh water. Both could open the latches on the barn door and the pasture gate.
That was no problem... the problem was that they would not turn the water off after they finished drinking and the well would run dry. If they were in the barn they wanted to be in the pasture... if they where in the pasture ...they want to be in the barn. If they went else where... it was always in Moma's flower bed, so we knew where to find them. The problem with the gate opening was that they let all the other cows out and they were not as smart. So I had to chase cows! We finally took all the handles off the faucets and put them on a nail next to faucet. We put chains with snap locks on the gates to stop the gate openings.

Jimmy K

I often do my shooting on a 7000+ acre cattle/feed farm (I know most of you farmers have heard of CPC).

They can indeed get annoying. I was out doing some coyote hunting this winter and came back to see my truck licked from top to bottom for the salt. Durn cows. I have had them follow me around while I was on a coyote/ground hog hunt. They get annoying when deer hunting, when they make you think there is a deer coming up through the woods and it turns out to be a cow. Some of them will get quite aggressive as well, I have been chased several times.

Good times though, in fact I am leaving in a few minutes to go for a weekend on the farm.

I have had to deal with the cow issue in both Montana and Arizona. It can be pretty frustrating.

These days, if I am going shooting in a free range area, I just bring my dogs. they push the cows about 50-100 feet and then happily come back to the jeep. They do a good job keeping them away from my targets and out of the line of sight.

From above:
"How about a pellet gun?
Two pumps of pressure with a pellet gun and zap each of them in the ass, or in the shoulder might not cause any infection.
Would this make them change their plans to socialize?"

Only if you like finding pellets in your next steak!
You could also be thrown off that farm or even charged with a crime, think of all the negative publicity that would cause. Wrist Rocket with paintballs might do the trick.