best way to hunt over dead cows

[madcow41]

The land owner I hunt for has a couple dead cows in his pastures, what is the best way to hunt over them for yotes

[Mfowl]

With a nose plug!   

[vandeman17]

From a distance.... 

[Blacktail Sniper]

If they are laying side-by-side, wedge yourself in between them with just a knife and wait for them to come to you...more challenging that way!!!  Then you will have some stories to tell.......

[bobcat]

I think I might try setting up a ground blind, a good distance away if possible. Maybe around 250 yards if you can get that far and still see it. Then just get comfortable and wait them out. You might try at night with a spotlight too.

[Blacktail Sniper]

     Maybe throw out a challenge howl or two, especially if you have sign of them hitting the groceries already.  May bring them out in the open to protect their grub.

[Blacktail Sniper]

But Dude!  If you did the knife thing.....

[bobcat]

I would also try to put up a trail camera to get an idea of when they're coming to visit.

[madcow41]

Getting a knife kill would be cool but.... I dont have a 22-250 for nothing. also I was thinking about popping them at a distance with my .300 win mag

[Gringo31]

Have they already started feeding on them?

A dead cow treated with Penicillin they won't touch.....(that's my experience anyway)

IF, they are feeding on them, the perfect scenario for me is if I can ambush them.  I'll check it every couple hours (maybe in the night as well).  Don't touch the carcass and shoot straight!

[madcow41]

so normally you give the cow a shot and if he isnt better within 30 days you put them down, there is a dead cow that has been up there about 5 days already with fresh scat all around it. there is now a new cow that got a 30-06 to the dome piece yesterday. I was going to hunt it wednesday and if I couldnt see anything then go to where we suspect that there is a den and pop them with some normal challenge howls or pup distress

[Gringo31]

If it were me, I wouldn't call it and I wouldn't start to really watch for an ambush until they started feeding.

so normally you give the cow a shot and if he isnt better within 30 days you put them down

I'm not sure what you mean by that......Sometimes drugs don't fix the problem. 

[Blacktail Sniper]

Getting a knife kill would be cool but.... I dont have a 22-250 for nothing. also I was thinking about popping them at a distance with my .300 win mag

 

[madcow41]

Checked out the carcasses today. Looks like they are getting torn into.  What sorts of calls would work during daylight on them. I kinda have a good vector on where their den is

[VarmintVentilator]

Do what Gringo says.  Don't waste your time calling during the day, unless you are really bored and have nothing else to do.  Chances of calling one in is slim to none.  (at least in this area.)  Early morning ambush right at daylight or evening just before dark.  This is the times when they active.  You can even spot light them at night.  (if you can't sleep.)    

[madcow41]

Let it be known that calling during the day did nothing, I shot one early morning. But nothing else. I didn't get a picture because I couldn't get an angle where a dead cow isn't in the shot. And the farmer lost a heffer last night, the coyotes even went as far as to drag the fetus out.


So I had 1 moment of excitement and a day of boredom the rest of the day seeing nothing.

[Boss .300 winmag]

they went nocturnal on you, looks like a night stake out job! 

[Becky]

If they are laying side-by-side, wedge yourself in between them with just a knife and wait for them to come to you...more challenging that way!!!  Then you will have some stories to tell.......

LOL... this cracked me up.

[Blacktail Sniper]

Let it be known that calling during the day did nothing, I shot one early morning. But nothing else. I didn't get a picture because I couldn't get an angle where a dead cow isn't in the shot. And the farmer lost a heffer last night, the coyotes even went as far as to drag the fetus out.


So I had 1 moment of excitement and a day of boredom the rest of the day seeing nothing.

What did you use to as a call sound?  I would not expect a food type sound, dying rabbit, etc. to be very effective.  But If there hasn't been anything come in while you are there, before giving up for the day I would try a challenge howl or maybe even what sounds like coyotes fighting. 

If the locals think someone new has wandered into the area, it may bring them out to see what's up and defend their territory and food supply.   If you are giving up for the day, I don't think it can hurt anything really if you don't over do it. 

How about the trail cam idea that was mentioned?  If you don't have one and you are in the Thurston Co area, I have one you could borrow...

[Evil_EdwardO]

Use bovine distress on your Fox Pro. 

[Blacktail Sniper]

Now that's funny       I don't care who ya are!!!

[h20hunter]

Do not mistake track number one (bovine distress) for track number two (cows with guns theme song). You will get very different reactions to both.

[madcow41]

Every morning im there there is alot of them walking around the pile. I counted 5 saturday.