Hill Country - was Re: [thechat] Joel's Ireland photos, round 1 of 367

Bob Davis bob at bobdavis.org
Fri Feb 18 09:42:11 CST 2005


On Feb 18, 2005, at 2:58 AM, Martin Burns wrote:

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> On 17 Feb 2005, at 22:27, Bob Davis wrote:
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>> I know someone who raises sheep, and it looks pretty easy. Keep the 
>> fences going, and the coyote population in check and it doesn't seem 
>> too much like work.
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> Isn't there some kind of federal grant/compensation for 'sheep taken 
> by coyotes'?
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That is for wolves in areas where they are trying to reintroduce them 
into the wild. We've been pretty effective at annihilating the 
indigenous predators...

I do know that this farmer's got a $60/head bounty on coyotes though... 
Heather would flip if I shot one - there isn't anything $60 would buy 
that would make amends for that!

bob



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