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Cows on my lease
Posted on 12/10/23 at 6:05 pm
Posted on 12/10/23 at 6:05 pm
This week I’ve had 3 cows on my lease. Is it legal to take one out?
I don’t think I would kill one because I don’t want to piss off the owner but just wondering if it was legal.
I don’t think I would kill one because I don’t want to piss off the owner but just wondering if it was legal.
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Posted on 12/10/23 at 6:10 pm to JOJO Hammer
No it’s not legal. Call the owner and tell him to come get his cattle
Posted on 12/10/23 at 6:10 pm to JOJO Hammer
What legal right do you think you have to kill someone else's livestock?
Posted on 12/10/23 at 6:53 pm to JOJO Hammer
Do they have collars on
Posted on 12/10/23 at 7:06 pm to JOJO Hammer
If you shot one of our cows.....You're talking thousands of dollars in lost revenue depending on her age.
Now, it sucks they get out, but really, you're going to kill a beautiful animal? If it is a one-off that shouldn't bother you. When it is constant problem then I'd involve the local police. Farmers are responsible for their livestock.
Either way - it is probably the landowner's issue depending on how your lease is set up.
Now, it sucks they get out, but really, you're going to kill a beautiful animal? If it is a one-off that shouldn't bother you. When it is constant problem then I'd involve the local police. Farmers are responsible for their livestock.
Either way - it is probably the landowner's issue depending on how your lease is set up.
This post was edited on 12/10/23 at 7:08 pm
Posted on 12/10/23 at 7:10 pm to JOJO Hammer
Shooting it would cause a huge shite storm for the landowner that will almost certainly end in you losing your lease.
Posted on 12/10/23 at 8:09 pm to JOJO Hammer
I miss the "woods cows" on our property. They kept the brush in check and made nice paths along the river which made it easy to access my favorite hunting sites.
Posted on 12/10/23 at 8:10 pm to JOJO Hammer
quote:Wouldn't be a very sporting thing to do. Finding a bull and then climbing a fence to shoot him in the nuts with a BB gun might be a more sporting pursuit, especially if it's a small pasture.
This week I’ve had 3 cows on my lease. Is it legal to take one out?
Posted on 12/10/23 at 10:10 pm to JOJO Hammer
Each state may have different laws on this. In MS, I think you can charge the cow's owner x amount of money per cow.
Usually if cows are kept feed they don't roam much. I had a neighbor who wouldn't keep his cows feed during the winter. They kept getting out and on to my property so I got the sheriff involved and the cows were soon sold.
Usually if cows are kept feed they don't roam much. I had a neighbor who wouldn't keep his cows feed during the winter. They kept getting out and on to my property so I got the sheriff involved and the cows were soon sold.
This post was edited on 12/10/23 at 10:15 pm
Posted on 12/11/23 at 4:27 am to JOJO Hammer
Good friend of mine had a lease where the adjoining landowner would purposely let his horses "escape" and feed on their green fields. Local cops weren't any help and he finally just gave up and let the lease go.
Posted on 12/11/23 at 5:35 am to JOJO Hammer
It's only legal if it's truly an accident. Around dusk dark a cow/horse could be mistaken for a deer. I told that to a guy that put horses on my hunting lease during deer season. He had grazing rights lease. Needless to say he moved them off the hunting lease, when I told him that.
He had given me some trouble and he saw i was serious about a possible mistaken for game accident.
He had given me some trouble and he saw i was serious about a possible mistaken for game accident.
This post was edited on 12/11/23 at 5:36 am
Posted on 12/11/23 at 7:10 am to JOJO Hammer
It is legal but I would say unethical without exhausting all means of notifying the owner of the cows.
In other words killing another man’s cows is a serious dick move
In other words killing another man’s cows is a serious dick move
This post was edited on 12/11/23 at 7:11 am
Posted on 12/11/23 at 8:31 am to JOJO Hammer
We had some goats loose on our lease and actually asked the game warden about this a couple weeks ago. He said the owner has something like 48 hours to report the livestock missing and retrieve them. But after that, they're pretty much fair game.
Personally I wouldn't shoot someone else's animals.
Personally I wouldn't shoot someone else's animals.
Posted on 12/11/23 at 8:47 am to JOJO Hammer
Its about a legal as it is for the farmer to take you out after.
Posted on 12/11/23 at 9:03 am to JOJO Hammer
Dude that is about the quickest way to lose a hunting lease I've ever heard. You don't even own the land but you are going 'take out' neighbors cow. 
Posted on 12/11/23 at 11:28 am to JOJO Hammer
If they are branded or ear tagged you can try to contact the owner. If not call the sheriff's office and they will usually get someone to pen them up until the owner is found. After a certain amount of time if they aren't claimed they are mavericks and you can do what you want with them.
Posted on 12/11/23 at 1:33 pm to JOJO Hammer
if you killed one that would be a very very very hairy situation for you my friend
Posted on 12/11/23 at 1:47 pm to JOJO Hammer
Trust me, the deer dont mind cows..
Posted on 12/12/23 at 12:31 pm to JOJO Hammer
Wasn't there a guy here a few years ago asking what kind of license he needed to hunt cows?
If I remember the post he was going on his first deer hunt on a friend's property. The friend told him there were feral cattle that had been there for years after a hurricane and if he wanted he could shoot one.
If I remember the post he was going on his first deer hunt on a friend's property. The friend told him there were feral cattle that had been there for years after a hurricane and if he wanted he could shoot one.
This post was edited on 12/12/23 at 12:39 pm
Posted on 12/12/23 at 1:43 pm to JOJO Hammer
quote:
I don’t think I would kill one because I don’t want to piss off the owner but just wondering if it was legal.
With the price of beef, I would claim self-defense from a charging steer. But seriously, don't shoot someone else's cattle. We had some a-hole in our club last year that shot someone's wandering horse.
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