Help Big Cat Stalking My Chickens And Ducks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[duckking]

I was out in the front yard when i looked to my coop and saw a big chestnut colored cat was walking around the perimeter of my coop. 2 1/2 - 3 feet from head to tail. it does not look like a bob cat because it has no spots. i saw it later on in the evening and shot at it (missed on purpose) i got scared but came back around 8. What type of cat is thi and how do i stop it without killing it?

 

[can you hear me now?]

Is it bigger than bobcat? Sounds like cougar, puma, mountain lion, or cataman. All the same cat of course, just different names. If that is what it is call the department of natural resources. I would take pictures for proof if you can get em. Sometimes, at least here, they like to deny their existence.

 

[Tommie D]

What kind of big cats do you have in your location? Here in Kansas, Bobcats are everywhere but their has been a few reports of Mountain Lions here and there, mostly along our borders with Colorado and Nebraska.

 

[duckking]

Its not a cougar it has a face like a lynx or bobcat and it looked to small to be a cougar.

 

[duckking]

i live in washington

 

[can you hear me now?]

Could be a hybrid. Good thing the hybrids are like mules. They can't reproduce. They can get rather large though.

 

[duckking]

what are the most likely combinations and how do i get rid of him or her?

 

[MMPoultryFarms]

its a Caracal sounds like probably someones pet in the area if you described it how I assume you did.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caracal there sold all over the usa as pets. http://www.kadnad.us/2161/exotic-kittens-for-sale-serval-and-caracal

 

[can you hear me now?]

Usually if it is a hybrid it would be a mix of housecat and bobcat. Do you have a livetrap big enough? If not I say shoot it. If it happens to be a pure breed bobcat bothering chickens or any other livestock in my eyes and our DNR here justifies shooting.

 

[duckking]

i really dont want to shoot it so what should i do with it if i trap it and is there any way to get rid of it without a trap?