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[TexasLisa]

I shot one the other day with a air rifle he was sniffing around my Ameraucana coop

Good for you!!

I have hawks, owls, turkey vultures, and caracaras. The vultures and caracaras don't bother me. I enjoy watching them float in the sky. The hawks and I (hopefully) have come to an understanding. hahaha--I kid myself!

 

[TexasSam]

Good for you!!

I have hawks, owls, turkey vultures, and caracaras. The vultures and caracaras don't bother me. I enjoy watching them float in the sky. The hawks and I (hopefully) have come to an understanding. hahaha--I kid myself!

I'm wondering if my scarecrow is keeping the hawks away

 

[MandyJ]

Guys, be on the lookout for your fall predators. I walked into the coop yesterday morning and found this:

When I found her she was still alive.

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Here is the predator:

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Both have been disposed of by me.

We had one last winter get in with my ducks. We tried to get her and her juvenile to leave, the young one got out but the momma stayed. It took us NINE shots to kill her. One was directly to the brain and that stupid opossum was STILL alive!!! Be careful, they have a healthy set of teeth!

 

[TexasLisa]

Mandy I am glad you got her! Thank you for stating it took 9 shots. It took me 5. Here I was thinking I needed to go to the range!

My son informed me the best shot is behind the brain. I told him it was kinda hard to do that since it was looking right at me.

 

[RUNuts]

Or a bigger chunk of lead.

 

[AllenK RGV]

Or a bigger chunk of lead.

Be funny you take off the body with a .357 and it still manages to growl and snarl at ya.

 

[TexasSam]

We had one last winter get in with my ducks. We tried to get her and her juvenile to leave, the young one got out but the momma stayed. It took us NINE shots to kill her. One was directly to the brain and that stupid opossum was STILL alive!!! Be careful, they have a healthy set of teeth!

Get you a 22 cal air rifle they don't go far after that. Plus they are nice and quite so you don't scare the chickens to much

 

[TexasSam]

Or a bigger chunk of lead.

Or a axe handle the axe isn't necessary

 

[RUNuts]

Haha. Neighbor asked me what caliber I used to kill snakes. I told him only the poisonous ones get the shovel. He assured me they all were poisonous and shovels were too short.

 

[AllenK RGV]

I thought I would do another daily share of a Giant Cicada for you folks living north of San Antonio and Laredo. These things are still singing down here but I bet Fridays Cold front shuts em up. This is a cross post for me from another thread...again but since I was forced to learn how to upload a video to youtube I didn't want the effort to go to waste.