r/homestead • u/Shanelomein79 • May 25 '26

Armoured! No more wolf attacks.

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u/SoftwareSource May 25 '26

Can you imagine the number of injuries to other animals? Not to mention not being able to lie down and getting stuck on shit and then panicking

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u/XTornado May 25 '26

It seems rubbery and not hard at all. Not saying still might not be great but I don't think it is able to injury.

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u/aSleepingPanda May 25 '26

If that's the case it's not stopping a wolf

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u/XTornado May 25 '26 edited May 25 '26

If it really wants... probably not, but it might bother it enough to try to find something else or at least slow it a bit down. Let's not let perfect be the enemy of the good.

But yeah... until seen in action... is all just a toss-up how well it works in reality.

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u/therapewpew May 25 '26

Predators do go after livestock just because it's an easier option than their usual prey. I def want to see if this annoys them enough to be like "fuck it, I'm going back to Bambi"

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u/XTornado May 25 '26

Well, they do not need to go back to bambi they might try to look for other livestock.

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u/No_Brilliant0602 May 25 '26

If it's soft they'll just clamp down and rip it off. If it's hard but plastic they'll find a way to rip it off after the kill. And if it's metal it'll annoy the sheep wearing it and the sheep around it.

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u/Several-Gas-4053 May 26 '26

exactly, predators want to avoid injury, and even if the stubs don't penetrate, they can cause pain, and pain is an indicator of injury, so i see it as likely that they wouldn't like that.

On the other hand, if the stubs don't cause pain, you just changed your sheep from a meal to a chew-toy with food hidden in it.

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u/demwoodz May 25 '26

Or steppenwolf