How many coyotes would it take to strip 1 150lb ram lamb to bones overnight? My guess is between 3 and 5, but would like some more input before I spend the night in the rain watching what is left (they will be back to the scene of the crime) so i know how many shells i need to have.. It was my daughters prize brown blueface leicester ram lamb - only one known to us in the U.S. I just hope it had a chance to breed the handful of ewes we put it with so we get a little of the genetics. This is the sort of stuff that makes you want to get a 9-5 job, move to the city, and pray for an early death.

There wasn't even any hide left. I was guessing 2-3 days, but my daughter was looking for mushrooms in that pasture yesterday (small 4 acres) and it was in plain view. can't completely rule out dogs - I've seen alot of dog damage (most of our local ones are overfed and just prefer the chase) -- doesn't matter which in my eyes at this point. We had a family of coyotes kill a couple lambs earlier this year - (mom,dad, and 3 pups) one pup hit on road - one picked up in trap, only one pup surviving that I know of. I am not a great coyote trapper.

I'd Say a larger pack 5 to 10

Don't some people buy Llamas or donkeys or something to put in with the sheep for protecting them from coyotes?

My daughter says it was in a single night - but I haven't personally been to that pasture in about 3 days. I am not used to the hide even being gone in our neck of the woods -- I mean even facial skin and ears gone. I am going to call one of my locals who does more coyote trapping than I do -- hope he has time.

Coyotes do sometimes cache meat. They dig shallow holes and regurgitate the chewed meat into them.

I had a beagle named Horse, which was short for Workhorse, who was excellent at finding cached meat. I sold him for what i thought was a ridiculous amount of money and years later, still regret doing so.

Keith

We had llamas for a while -- they got old -- and when I had to wait for the coyote to walk past the llama so I didn't shoot it in the scope onenight - i decided that llamas weren't that great. I haven't lost any sheep to coyotes in probably 7 years, but this makes #3 this year --- plus 1 chewed on a little.

When I only had 1 llama and it was young it did a great job. when I got a female and it got older it could care less about the sheep. I watched one time a jogger come by on the road in front of our house - with dog. the dog decided that running up and down the fenceline would be a good time. the llama kept up with that dog (step for step) even with a dividing fence in the middle of the llamas pasture. to bad it got old.

Have you tried livestock guardian dogs. I have 4 and they work very well.

My male Kangal, Thor.



Keitn

My cousin had guardian dogs - his problem with them was that they didn't know "which" sheep were theirs to gaurd. I don't need my dog harassing the neighbors.

Female lion with a couple offspring will certainly do that overnight.

A single has been spotted about 10 miles from here - but is a posibillity- hope 12ga with bb takes care of whatever it is. Would they do alot of bone knawing also?

When they are dedicated to feeding on a carcass, they will chew bone vigorously.

They are excellent at skinning their prey as well.

@ least you are getting rain. Let's look @ the bright side for once. We received a bit of rain recently but we are still short.