Six Lessons learned from shopping for a new 50hp Kubota Tractor

big bubba said:

lots of airwaves getting to the point where you are, but you done good...nice touch on the rhino, I just picked up the 8' HD version of the same...but why shoot the coyotes? or did you mean Kioti, for which I forgive you.....let er rip, go from the the keyboard to the joystick...bb

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We are over run with Coyotes and shoot them on sight. My ground is surrounded by Mark Twain National Forest and they are thick here. I lost an entire litter of eight Akita pups to them several years ago. The only dog to survive was the 85 lb mother and she was injured pretty badly.

My Grandmother was also bitten by a rabid Coyote while walking from the mailbox and had to endure the multiple stomach shots. My uncle later killed the Coyote and had it's rabies confirmed when the animal came up in the front yard, showing no fear of humans.

man, sounds like a dangerous problem....is the fish & wildlife taking responsibility? maybe they should put a bounty on them.....my place (surrounded by the Ozark Nat Forest) is over run w/wild hogs...rabid coyotes sounds more challenging......good luck w/machine, feel free for any initial maintenance questions, I've broke in 4 bota's in the past 3 yrs.....I'd just stay w/dealer items & fluids (other than engine oil) good luck bb

In my area, coyotes are really bad also and will come into your yard and take your pets. I don't keep pets, but my brother has lost several.

We deer hunt in Mark Twain in Missouri and while we hear them often, never see them; very elusive.

I just returned from the farm this evening after brush hogging the past two days with the new tractor and 7' brush hog. Both work very well. I was running 6.3 mph through tall weeds and briars with no lugging.

Also, I killed a large female yesterday morning around 7 am and another smaller female this morning around 9:30 from my shooting house.







First one was a moving 210 yd shot and second was only a standing 80 yds. Two more predators that won't drop any more litters...

The Missouri Conservation dept used to offer bounty's when I was a teenager. But now they are just unrestricted. No bag limits.

It's so bad that they drop scat on the steps and front porch of the farm house at night.... and howl from the back yard just a few feet from our bedroom window.

About eight years ago I was coming out of deep timber unexpectedly late and after dark during deer season and had dominate buck scent on a drag rag. A pack of at least six suddenly "lit up" about 30-60 yds away yipping and yapping at me. It scared the ***** out of me...I stupidly had no flashlight with me but was carrying a rifle. They followed me nearly 200 yds until I fired a round in the ground and they finally scattered. It was too dark to see them but until I fired I could hear them moving behind and around me in the woods. I was VERY apprehensive the rest of the way out until I finally got to an open field where my ATV was parked.

I love dogs...of all kinds....but I will kill any coyote if given a chance.

Kerry