I have a few questions:
First a little background info. I am in Texas(Gulf Coast), I have a large flock of chickens that free range daily.
On Monday morning I went out about 10 min after the auto door opened to find 3 chickens dead. Bodies left right where they were attacked.
I cleaned up the bodies, and had to leave for an appointment. I returned about 2 - 3 hours later to another 4-5 bodies left exactly where they were killed.
I then sat out there with 2 different guns, assuming it was stray dogs causing this.
About 4:30 pm, out of nowhere this animal shot out at such great speed it was shocking. It grabbed a hen, and I shot right at it. It ran around the corner of another shed we have with feathers hanging out of its mouth, and I shot at it again and again.(yes, clearly my aim sucks badly considering I missed it every darn time)
It didn’t look like a dog, more likely a bobcat, however it had very rounded ears.
I am still trying to figure out if my mind is playing tricks on me because no bobcat I know of would behave like this.
It kills for fun like a dog, however it is so silent and stealthy like a cat. It had this wild,crazy look about it, something I have never seen before.
It seems to go against what I know about these creatures, but I am pretty sure this was no ordinary animal.
It almost seemed like a hybrid of something.
It’s face looked like something similar to a hyena.
That night turned the auto door off, so they stayed inside all the next day.
When I went out the next morning, I spent hours out there with the gun again, and nothing.
I realized I would have to bait this thing in, because it was probably watching for activity from its hiding place.
I decided to use some of my more wild roosters to bait this thing in.
After about 3 hours, I needed to run to the house.
Well guess what, in the 10-15 min I was gone, it came and went and killed 1 of the 3 roosters I let out.
I spent the rest of the day pissed off and sitting out there, and not a darn thing.
My question is:
Is it a possibility that a bobcat would kill over and over and never come back to eat?
First a little background info. I am in Texas(Gulf Coast), I have a large flock of chickens that free range daily.
On Monday morning I went out about 10 min after the auto door opened to find 3 chickens dead. Bodies left right where they were attacked.
I cleaned up the bodies, and had to leave for an appointment. I returned about 2 - 3 hours later to another 4-5 bodies left exactly where they were killed.
I then sat out there with 2 different guns, assuming it was stray dogs causing this.
About 4:30 pm, out of nowhere this animal shot out at such great speed it was shocking. It grabbed a hen, and I shot right at it. It ran around the corner of another shed we have with feathers hanging out of its mouth, and I shot at it again and again.(yes, clearly my aim sucks badly considering I missed it every darn time)
It didn’t look like a dog, more likely a bobcat, however it had very rounded ears.
I am still trying to figure out if my mind is playing tricks on me because no bobcat I know of would behave like this.
It kills for fun like a dog, however it is so silent and stealthy like a cat. It had this wild,crazy look about it, something I have never seen before.
It seems to go against what I know about these creatures, but I am pretty sure this was no ordinary animal.
It almost seemed like a hybrid of something.
It’s face looked like something similar to a hyena.
That night turned the auto door off, so they stayed inside all the next day.
When I went out the next morning, I spent hours out there with the gun again, and nothing.
I realized I would have to bait this thing in, because it was probably watching for activity from its hiding place.
I decided to use some of my more wild roosters to bait this thing in.
After about 3 hours, I needed to run to the house.
Well guess what, in the 10-15 min I was gone, it came and went and killed 1 of the 3 roosters I let out.
I spent the rest of the day pissed off and sitting out there, and not a darn thing.
My question is:
Is it a possibility that a bobcat would kill over and over and never come back to eat?
assume this critter is tawny colored like a bobcat? Was it solid color or mottled, grizzled, brindle or otherwise marked in any way? And as for size, is it closer in size to a Golden retriever or more like say a cocker spaniel? Did it make any noise during the attack? What kind of tail did it have? Long, short, upright, flowing? When it grabbed the chicken, did it shake it like a dog does or just crush it and drop it? What else can you tell us? Did it leave tracks of any kind? I'm asking in order to try and trigger your memory.
