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I may be one of the most anti-gun people frequenting this board.

You can see it here: It was part of a "Be More" campaign. This one was "Be More...Open-Minded". You go through the commercial thinking this is a Dangerous Wild Animal Invading A House.....and then you find out something different.

Hey Jim -- I love your avatar! Did you ever see the commercial with a pet skunk that ran on PBS for awhile?? That was a great commercial!

Quote: I'm a retired vet. I have killed many animals in my life, including my own pets. I am not squeamish about killing, WHEN IT IS NECESSARY. In most cases, definitely all I want to do is scare them off. Thus the paintball gun -- or the rubber shot. But I do recognize that I am moving To...

Quote: Oh, have I got the dogs for you! My mom, in Nashville, is currently fostering two little "terrorists" that are probably Norfolk terrier mixes. One could maybe be pure Norfolk, but the other, who appears to be a litter mate, seems to be something like chi-Norfolk or some such. Anyway, I...

Quote: Ahhh, thanks! I wouldn't have thought to look for those. I'll check em out. Hold the weapon correctly and the recoil doesn't hurt as much, keep the stock tight against your shoulder. Just to be clear, because of this and an earlier comment made by someone else -- I'm not concerned...

Quote: One thing I've never been accused of is being wishy-washy. GO with the 12 ga, for all the reasons I've already mentioned. Don't look consider the 20 ga. until you have mastered the 12 bore. That's my 2 cents. Your gomna move to a farm an all that you can handle the 12 ga. You may be...

Elderoo, I agree with most of your post. I still think that most criminals are neither determined nor well-prepared -- nor especially intelligent -- but there's no use in getting into a debate about the demographics of criminal society. And I completely agree with you about dogs being a "first...

Quote: And He gave humans BRAINS, not guns. We gave ourselves those. Quote: I pretty much agree with you there. Any determined, well prepared criminal can get by a dog -- or, as in my case, dogs. Fortunately, most criminals are neither well-prepared nor determined. For what its worth...

Quote: I've only got a neighbor on one side. I've already been over to talk to them twice, even though I haven't even moved in yet. They seem like nice enough people, and I've told them I may be bringing them eggs once I get settled -- but I don't particularly WANT to have them coming to my...

Quote: Oh, absolutely. And believe me, these dogs KNOW who the alpha is. I am moving FOR the dogs, I chose this particular property FOR the dogs, I just got through spending an extra $7000 in order to put up additional fencing (700 feet of 5 foot chain link) FOR the dogs, trust me when I...

Quote: But again, you and Plamondin are assuming that your choices are to either kill the predator, or to let it do whatever it wants. This is a false dichotomy. I have nothing against non-lethal methods of control which make attempted predation quite unpleasant for the predator, as with...

Thanks Kentucky! I have been doing some reading, and will be doing more. I may ask you some questions once I learn enough to ask intelligent ones!

Quote: I *am* still thinking about paintball guns and pellet guns, especially as deterrents for any neighbors' dogs that might come by. However, the adaptability of the 20 gauge shotgun appeals to me -- you can determine its lethality simply by reloading. Play guns also do NOTHING to deter or...

Quote: Good thought. OTOH -- when I was shopping for my new property, we went to see another property for sale just down the road from what I eventually bought. This other property was owned by a local sheriff's deputy. He had two beagles out back in a tiny pen -- with only very foul water...

Thanks for your opinion, Spook, but that's not the approach I'm going to be taking -- except for the live trap part, of course!

Quote: Yupyupyup, I'm with ya here. At the new place I've already got a secure coop and completely enclosed chicken yard, which I'll be expanding. I've been thinking about the electric fence option as well, but I'm not sure I want to deal with it. Maybe I'll ask about electric fences in my...

Quote: Ah-hah, thanks for this info! Right now I am thinking about a 20 gauge shotgun -- but of course this is subject to change. I started to think this way because, although I am plenty large enough to deal with recoil, I DO have two bad shoulders. I spent about a year dealing with very...

Quote: I checked both the TWRA (TN Wildlife Resources Agency) and NRA sites, and they don't appear to be offering any classes in my area. However, I did send an email to the prez of the local gun club, so perhaps he'll be able to give me further info. Thanks again for all the ideas!

Quote: GOOD idea. I just looked it up after you mentioned it, and there's a gun club not far from my new property. I actually think skeet shooting might be a lot of fun. Thanks guys! I think ratlummountain is right -- I really should take some classes before deciding what's right for me...