I hate varments.
I try to keep the kibble cat food in the woodshed to the point of nothing left to lay around for the night. Altho day can still be an issue. Like the other afternoon when I look and there is a coon sitting in the satellite dish I use sideways for bird feeder. And it is happily chowing down seeds. Of course by the time I get around the back way with rifle..long gone.Then one night, go out to put wood on and there is an opossum eating kibble next to the cats. The week prior I shot one in the barn. Was able to shoot this one too. Deep snow out back so just toss out behind shed til thaw. Go out another night, there is another blasted possum. Shot that one, tossed into snow too.
Look out a couple days later and the last one if half eaten. Went out and tried to determine tracks. 4 toes, no 5, 4? Claws so not cat. Coyote, nah, would have hauled away. Fox?
That possum is all gone and something dug the older one out of the snow. My guy has idea...set up trail camera. Oh..yeah! Duh. And there when I looked thenext day were two coons.
I have learned that basically nothing eats possum except Southerners. And the way to prepare is to cage and feed clean food for a week since a possum eats anything, rotted, dead of any disease and more.
I also have grown up thinking of coons as a clean animal. Eats mice, chickens, eggs, fruit, veggies. Washes it food when available. Bread not tho.
But, dead possums? So researched it. They are scavengers, opportunists, omnivores. Eat anything. And to think I ate coon as a child. Tasty. Til mom refused to spend 2 hours making sure every bit of fat was off or it tainted the meat.
Set live trap. Apple and rotten egg. Both gone, trap not tripped. Blast those paws. So re-set with apple wired in a suet cage. Week and no coon. Nor sign of. Maybe smart and returned to river. But, soon snow will be gone and hens get to come out in daytime.
I know last coon was so big and smart, had to borrow trap from neighbor to catch. Bad part is cats around so can't bait with any food cats like. Did end up catching one lately before this episode. Boarder said he left her out when he did 5am wood fill. And it had sat in the shed for days with an apple. Dumb cat. They do learn tho to stay out after in once or twice.
I hate varmints!
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Cats, OTOH, recognize only Two life forms ...
1) Cats
2) Prey
rhymes with garment!
the cat is not cute,
it's them you should shoot.
I guess the gun is the answer to all problems for the weak minded.
Riz's, post near the top of the replies.
"Why would anyone want to shoot an opossum? These marsupials are already endangered. They have as much right to life as any human.
I guess the gun is the answer to all problems for the weak minded."
Oh my
Where did I say possums are endangered? Mic your lack of mental capabilities is showing you up. Try reading my post again!
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Why would anyone want to shoot an opossum?
These marsupials are already ENDANGERED.
E.G. - Wife's cat gifting her with a Dead Mouse where she'd be Sure to find it -
Like in her Shoe ...
Wife upon discovering love offering from appreciative cat
The opossum is a marsupial of the order Didelphimorphia endemic to the Americas. The largest order of marsupials in the Western Hemisphere, it comprises 110+ species in 19 genera. Wikipedia
Scientific name: Didelphidae
Neither the common Oz nor common Murkun critter are ENDANGERED.
Ken Showed Up - Here ... ON A BLOG 'BOUT SHOOTIN' VARMINTS!!!
Never saw That comin'!!
It literally scared the breath outta me - If the biker had hit that thing, it'd have killed him.
I've also had a bald eagle swoop down Very near the front of the car -
It filled the windshield & looked big as a B-52.
At night -
I've heard the howling, gnashing & wailing of deer dragged down & eaten alive by coyotes.
Absolutely blood-curdling.
Anyone thinking Nature is a Peaceable Kingdom is living in Bambi-Land
A deer/critter that dies at the hands of a Skilled Hunter is a Lucky deer/critter.
Biking during rutting season mayn't be wise.
I've heard of a doe crossing a road, a car getting between her & a buck and the buck start slashing at the vehicle with its antlers.
That situation could get kinda Grim for a cyclist!