**Shooter mistook cow for coyote ** Saturday, November 24, 2007
A man says he shot and killed a neighbour’s cow after mistaking it for a coyote. Authorities and the owner are skeptical. The undersheriff in northern Michigan’s Benzie County says he doesn’t see how anyone could confuse a 1,400-pound, pregnant cow with a coyote, which typically weighs 20 to 45 pounds.
And anyway, shooting coyotes is illegal during deer-shooting season. Authorities asked the county prosecutor to bring charges. The 42-year-old man told authorities he was out to shoot coyotes near his home when he killed the cow. ap