Never scene or heard of red headed buzzards getting after calves. Black headed is a different story. Typically they are just wanting the after birth but can get aggressive after a fresh calf.
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Originally posted by Sika View PostYou can get a depredation permit for them. Our friends raise Beefmaster cattle and they have one.
Last year, right before dove season opened the GW rolled up and asked if they were shooting dove. Nope! Just buzzards. Got permit, no problem.
If you do I think you should find out where they roost and put the sneak on 'em at night with a .22 and a flashlight. Then shoot coyotes and other stuff off their carcasses. Then shoot more buzzards off of theirs. I betcha you could get things to smellin real nice around there.
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Originally posted by EarleyBird View PostNot true. You can do what's necessary, just don't go telling everybody. Dang sure don't go crying on the internet.
Or you can sit there wringing your hands, worried about the gov't and whether or not you have the proper permission to be a free man, while your newborn calves die.
Appreciate the info on the black headed buzzards and permits. I have some bird watching environmentalists on one side of me, and they would be calling a warden in a New York minute if they seen me busting a buzzard. Looks like there are ways to make sure my rear is covered, and not just using "being a free man" lol.
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Originally posted by .243 WSSM View PostIn fannin co I see the exact opposite. The red headed turkey vultures are the aggressive ones and I have seen them push the black headed ones away from a fresh kill and take it over. I have heard that the turkey vultures are very aggressive on newborn calves
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Apparently, the National Cattlemen's Beef Association has an active lobbying effort ongoing to get the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to issue broad open season on black vultures. Here's a link to an article, suggesting contacting the acting USFWS director and U.S. Representatives and Senators.
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