cat hunting

[Art Eatman]

Dale, feral cats in town or near town oughta be caught in a HavAHart and taken to animal control. I don't think any of us cat-shooters have any problem with that.

But out in rural country, none of the objections you have raised are pertinent to the problem or to our solution. Between buzzards and coyotes and ants, a cat carcass lasts maybe an hour or so--if that.

And where I live, a dead cow is dry, white bones in under two weeks. There's nothing left at all except bones. No meat, no skin...Not even hooves. Call it "Desert re-cycling".

, Art

 

[switchkid0]

Cats, Skunks, Groundhogs

I work for a "Ranch" in a suburban area. We provide facilities for corporate events and private parties. We keep horses for hayrides, ponies, and a small petting farm. We're on 40-some acres, and there's literally a WalMart and an apartment complex in our backyard. By my estimation, I have taken approximately 30 cats, 6-8 skunks, and a dozen groundhogs since spring. My boss pays a bounty for whatever I get, and he prefers not to see the "trophies" . I usually toss the carcass into the closest treeline or dumpster, so as not to offend the "delicate sensibilities" of our city-folk customers. Most of the cats were trapped, but the more wily ones had to be dispatched by rifle. Our local animal control prefers not to take the cats, and personally, I'd rather see their resources spent trying to find homes for strays, than euthanizing ferals.
Skunks and hogs go the way of the rifle. The polecats have been eating lots of eggs, and the hogs are undermining the barns.

 

[Byron Quick]

How many here bury your gut piles after field-dressing a deer? A hog? A bear? A moose? Yep. That's what I thought. [Zero.]

Matt, I leave gut piles in the tree line. The piles are gone by morning.

These people wanting to dispose of animal carcasses are just buzzard bigots.

Poor buzzards going hungry. That's what they want.

 

[Tinker2]

My cat’s ready