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Shanghai McCoy said:
As I remember back 30+ years ago,"slow elk" was a term for the free range cattle you would see on public land around New Mexico.
"Legend" had it that many a load of firewood brought down from the mesa had a "slow elk" under it. 🙄
;)
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One common usage was on the ranch shoot them butcher them. Right there. Used as on the farm also. At least in red leg border country.
 
earlthegoat2 said:
No different than a blind that looks like a round bale of hay in the middle of a cut hay field
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Or one of these:
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Wife and I successfully used an old grain drill (left out beside a hay field) as a "blind" while we were deer hunting on our friend's ranch last fall. I don't know how long that thing had been left sitting there, but I remember it being there when we were shooting ground squirrels in that same hayfield last spring. Apparently, the deer that walked out into the hayfield to feed in the evenings last fall had just accepted the grain drill as part of the landscape, and they didn't seem to notice my wife and me scrunched down beside it. :thumbup:
 
A moo cow decoy as shown actually works great on antelope for bow hunting as mentioned. They also work surprisingly well for hunting deer and elk in open range country.

I always worry that I’ll attract the wrong kind of bovine affection from the herd bull. That’d be a hell of a way to die! 🤪
 
I've watched videos of night hunting for coyotes and the coyotes will run right into a herd of cattle thinking no one will shoot at them for hitting a cow.
A couple of cow decoys would be really handy for that kind of hunting.
 
I’ve witnessed this. The loggers move into a parcel and start clear-cutting it. After a few days of this the deer rush into the area shortly after the logging stops for the day. When they turn off their saws, you change your position to the cut area.

The deer eat the tender leaves of the crown of the tree.
 
Having worked on a farm in Vermont and seen the number of Jersey cows shot on opening day of deer season....nope.
 
I figure that decoy would work in an area where mule deer & pronghorn see livestock on a regular basis. Once read a gun writer story about two guys antelope hunting in that sort of environment. One guy behind the other, both bent over at the waist, guy in the rear held onto the belt of the front guy. Both walk forward and despite their superb eyesight, antelope usually think they are just seeing another 4 legged critter and don't spook. It was said that can sometimes get you into range to use rifles. I've only harvested a few antelope in my life and every one required a lot of hiking followed by a lot of crawling from me and a guide. If I ever get to do it again I'd like to see what my guide thinks of that two person idea. Or what he thinks of cow decoys. If your quarry thinks you are a cow, you can probably get close enough to fill a tag.
 
A little trick that works good with Antelope is to use a horse. You can lead it staying on the back side right up to antelope sometimes. Of course you’ve got to have a horse for that to work.
 
snowman357 said:
Looks like a good way to get shot by some idiot kind of like the lucky deer hats with antlers
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....as with using any decoy, there is a certain amount of risk from other hunters. With tungsten shot the turkey hunting the rage now, the risk has increased a little. Still pretty low where I hunt as I hunt private land where no-one else has permission to hunt at that time period. Really don;t see it as any more dangerous than sitting in a blind behind a standard turkey decoy setup. FME, I'm probably more at risk from a coyote attack, than getting shot by another hunter.....idiot or not.
 
H&Hhunter said:
A little trick that works good with Antelope is to use a horse. You can lead it staying on the back side right up to antelope sometimes. Of course you’ve got to have a horse for that to work.
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:rofl:
Yeah, as much as I love antelope meat, having and taking care of a horse in order to better my chances of killing a speed goat (IF I was lucky enough to draw a tag) is a lot more than I'd want to do for a few chops. ;)
 
Scooter22 said:
Thats what a farmer puts out in the field by the road for the "city" hunters. Keeps his real cows safe. ;)
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Yeah, and have you heard the one about the farmer that painted the word "COW" on the side of each of his cows to keep them safe from "city" hunters? Someone put a bullet right in the middle of the "O" on side of one of the cows - or so I heard. ;););)
 
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jmr40 said:
I kind'a thought a mirror ground blind would be a good thing. Might even attract deer when they see their image in the mirror.

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The Cardinals would go after it, they must really not like birds that look exactly like them.
 
jmorris said:
Cows are not the only ones that follow food. If there is food left at the places a vehicle stops, they are following you.
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Yep.....back when baiting was still legal here, I watched deer several times, react to the sound of the neighbors 4-wheeler as he went to dump another 5 gallon bucket on the empty pile. They would generally stand off a hundred yards or so and would not approach it till they watched him drive off. Yet if he approached the bait on foot to hunt it, they would run off and not come back. Same when he would ride the 4-wheeler out to the bait to hunt it. They would never come in til the 4-wheeler was gone. I always told him to ride out with someone and have that person drop him off and drive away. Now that baiting is illegal again, the deer pay no mind to the 4-wheeler.
 
Just animals being smart.

One of the Hawks that have been trained to flow shredders around just this last weekend. He followed me in circles for hours, I was kind enough to mow to the center for him.

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Most animals are the same, if humans hurt their lives, they tend to shy away, if they help them, they hang around more often.
 
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