chicken thief (caught)

[Zookeeper9000]

Well I am glad it ended good for you. But I was wondering did you find out what he was doing with the chickens. I am guessing he ate them.

I too have my neighbor problems his dog just killed 18 out of 19 of my 11 week old chickens. Went thru the electric fence (has one of those fence collars so guess she is use to it). Of course I couldn't catch her so the not my dog, even with feathers out of her mouth, came into play. I let everyone know who is on the road that I hooked up my fence directly to 110, now let her come visit, I am hoping for a morning visit with the dew on the ground. She visits then and she won't be leaving.

All of my neighbors are mad they all had orders in for fresh eggs. One neighbor even got 3 hens and a roo for his own yard. They are all on the look out for this dog and it won't be going home if they find it.

I for one thank you for sharing the post. I wouldn't be able to do this but I am sure glad it worked for you.

 

[CritterHill]

If you need backup for your "don't try this at home" plea, I'll share the fact that I took a fall rock climbing from about 10 or 15 feet up onto soft, flat ground and shattered my L1 vertebra.

It is sheer, dumb luck that I am walking today. I was one false move from completely paralyzed for life.

I took that fall HUNDREDS of times with no problem. Just took one bad twist and I nearly crippled myself for life.

So yeah, 12 feet, especially when you aren't expecting it, really can mess you up. And I can vouch for the fact that it was the UNEXPECTED fall that broke me. You can maneuver when you expect it, but with the surprise, I didn't have a chance to think before I was down with a broken back.

 

[Wolf-Kim]

I still wish I could see that thief's face once he hit the bottom of that hole!

A 12' hole couldn't be worse than the pack of 6 Doberman(yes, trained attack dogs) the man several miles down the street has..

-Kim

 

[HnkyDnkyZZFarm]

Judging from panner's previous posts, I doubt this was a joke...

I'm more amazed that he didn't have any sharp spikes at the bottom of the hole...

That showed some real restraint on his part, since he seemed pretty P'O'd about the 2 legged preds in the first place...

I know this is an old thread, but it cropped up on another thread, and I've been reading along laughing like crazy because I can so see myself doing this and having the same exact thought.

I think I would put something that would give the fallee the *impression* that they were about to be or had nearly missed being skewered but broke harmlessly on impact.

I would have a serious problem on my hands once the perp was IN the hole though. People are scary. I don't think I'd want to see them. I think I might be tempted to just fill the hole back in. Kidding kidding...lol

 

[BBQJOE]

I love this story.

I had someone break into my house while I was living somewhere else for awhile.
They completely trashed the place and stole everything of value, including most of my rather expensive tools.
Probably the worst part was they left all the doors open. Mice, bats, rats, and birds all moved in making matters even worse. My clothes were all chewed up, or were covered in mouse pee and poo.
My bed was ruined. I had to throw everything away. Almost everything!

I then had to take a powerwasher to the place to clean the walls and floor. I was absolutely sick about the the whole thing, and you can just imagine how my wife felt about throwing out all her clothes and chewed up shoes.

My tools were worth thousands, the clothing and antique furniture equally valuable. Except for the missing tools, everything now resides in a hole I dug with a rented back hoe.


It took me a few years of thinking about it, but I finally figured out who it was by a few certain missing items. It turns out it was a crazy neighbor. A guy who I used to give jobs to, invite over for dinner, etc.

I came to find he moved to another state, and eventually blew his brains out. I just hope he used the gun he stole from me.


The whole thing upset me so much though, that I thought about setting up some serious booby traps. Things that shoot, or go kaboom, or destroy cars coming down my driveway.
After doing some lengthy research, I found that there is no such thing as a legal booby trap. Just setting one up can land you in prison whether it goes off, traps someone, or not.
And to me, that sounds so screwed up. But in today's society, it appears criminals have more rights than property owners,

The only thing us self providing, prepper types can do is shoot, shovel, and shut up.
Don't call the cops for anything. They're not leaving until someone or something gets shot.



Don't get me started.

 

[Ole rooster]

If I might ask, pray tell what did you dig a hole large enough for a man to fall into and not be able to get out with?