So, this morning I open up the barn door, let the chickens out of the wire mesh stalls, change the water, throw down scratch, replenish the feeders with poultry grain, layer pellets and layer mash and then go to collect eggs from the nesting boxes.
It was then that I noticed a VERY large possum just sitting in one of the holes face out like he belonged there.
So, i quietly left and went and got they ONLY weapon I have, a twenty guage with long range shot shells.
Came back to the barn and he was STILL just sitting there.
I rested the barrel on the barn door edge, took careful aim and SPLAT......
I got lucky, i did not mess up the nesting boxes (they are the aluminum with the fold down wood step ins), but I sure did ruin the Possums day.
Darn, I had noticed a few broken eggs the few days before this. Thought the cats were at it or something.
I did note that Guineas were alerting during the night, but again thought it was just the cats chasing their nightly mice.
It amazes me how darn big these things get. i bet he weighed 15 pouns EASY !!
Well, shot gun one, Possum Zero.
It was then that I noticed a VERY large possum just sitting in one of the holes face out like he belonged there.
So, i quietly left and went and got they ONLY weapon I have, a twenty guage with long range shot shells.
Came back to the barn and he was STILL just sitting there.
I rested the barrel on the barn door edge, took careful aim and SPLAT......
I got lucky, i did not mess up the nesting boxes (they are the aluminum with the fold down wood step ins), but I sure did ruin the Possums day.
Darn, I had noticed a few broken eggs the few days before this. Thought the cats were at it or something.
I did note that Guineas were alerting during the night, but again thought it was just the cats chasing their nightly mice.
It amazes me how darn big these things get. i bet he weighed 15 pouns EASY !!
Well, shot gun one, Possum Zero.