She said/He said Who's right? Who's wrong? No one!

[dan26552]

45 makes a bigger hole

Don't have a 45

 

[scflock]

Owwwwwww. I've never actually killed an animal (in terms of chicken predators) but I've seen plenty being killed. Foxes, coons, possums. And snakes.

I don't really take joy in any of it, except the possums, but when you have over 100 chickens in the country, backed up to the woods, critters are coming. The one that scares me the most is coyotes. I haven't had one yet, but we are starting to get more and more in the state. DNR will pay $25 for each carcass

 

[WalnutHill]

I did a burnout on a possum

I was driving down the road, saw a dead one on the yellow line, and swerved to hit it again, but I missed. My cousin was in the truck with me. I slammed on the brakes and backed up. When I got close, I slowed down so that I could come to a stop right on top of it. I put it in first, revved the engine, and popped the clutch. There was quite a joyous noise of tires squealing and chunks hitting the bottom of the truck, but I didn't take into account the smell that would follow. My cousin was still dying laughing a mile down the road, so I said "What?"
He said, "Did you see the little old woman on her porch?"
I said "No"
He said "She was just standing there with her hand over her mouth"...

When we had our snowmobiles we'd run the trails in the woods. Quite often, we'd run across a deer carcass lost by a "hunter". The smell of a forest ripened deer carcass when cracked open by several hundred pounds of snow machine is unforgettable. It gets in your helmet and stays there...

 

[dan26552]

Let one get into your coop. Retribution is much more satisfying than being humane
I've done that with a skunk

It works

 

[scflock]

When we had our snowmobiles we'd run the trails in the woods. Quite often, we'd run across a deer carcass lost by a "hunter". The smell of a forest ripened deer carcass when cracked open by several hundred pounds of snow machine is unforgettable. It gets in your helmet and stays there...

What happened to posting pics of delicious sausages?

 

[silkiecuddles]

Owwwwwww. I've never actually killed an animal (in terms of chicken predators) but I've seen plenty being killed. Foxes, coons, possums. And snakes.

I don't really take joy in any of it, except the possums, but when you have over 100 chickens in the country, backed up to the woods, critters are coming. The one that scares me the most is coyotes. I haven't had one yet, but we are starting to get more and more in the state. DNR will pay $25 for each carcass

What about Bobcats? Or mountain lions? Last year I heard they were coming down from their Mt.s in search of food from farms

 

[dan26552]

I don't really take joy in any of it, except the possums, but when you have over 100 chickens in the country, backed up to the woods, critters are coming. The one that scares me the most is coyotes. I haven't had one yet, but we are starting to get more and more in the state. DNR will pay $25 for each carcass

Same here. I haven't seen a coyote in awhile but theres a pack that you can hear ever night

 

[scflock]

It works

It's more fun in a creek. Say the trap is 12" tall. You just find a section of creek that is 14" and you can watch

Skunks kill chickens, too

 

[scflock]

What about Bobcats? Or mountain lions? Last year I heard they were coming down from their Mt.s in search of food from farms

We don't have those so much here. Every once in a while I will see a bobcat, but have never seen one near the farm. I usually run across them riding the bike in the woods. I would have a hard time shooting a big cat. I think they are beautiful, but I would probably change my mind if one got in the pen

 

[dan26552]

It's more fun in a creek. Say the trap is 12" tall. You just find a section of creek that is 14" and you can watch

Skunks kill chickens, too

Oh I bet it is. Theres a creek behind our house too, and I know where the deep spots are..