Thanks. I'm a really good shot if she'd just show up when I'm out there with the rifle. Or do me a favor and get run over.
I had one little coyote about two years ago. She was eating the dead rat snakes I'd been tossing over the fence. (Yes I tried relocating, the snake gods did not smile upon me. I stopped counting after I killed the 33 in three months, all over four feet. And I killed them because they were killing 3-6 month old Silver-laced Orpingtons at night when they were roosting.) She didn't pay the birds any mind and was very cautious. trotted off while I watched from the window in case I needed to pop outside and take care of business. I hear them but never see them.
That's interesting. Apparently locals think that this cat might be a cougar based on the amount of carnage and what it's been able to take. I personally think it's a bobcat. I don't think the pug marks are large enough to be a cougar. And I've never seen or heard one. Although that would just be my luck. lol Might explain the deer carcass or two I've seen on the neighboring land when I'm doing a prowl. But I certainly didn't see any sign of a large cat during the snowstorm. Nor did I see any of the bobcat for that matter. But we have little cottontails this year which I haven't seen until now and I know they are a food source for bobcats. Wish the stupid thing would quit eating expensive chickens and enjoy the plethora of native prey items it can find; wild birds and waterfowl, opossum, raccoon, deer, cottontail, several species of rodents, beavers, frogs, otters, etc.