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I just killed a thief
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My labs alerted me to a possible coyote out back by the chicken coup and when In stepped outside my chickens were doing the death sqwauk so I grabbed my shotgun loaded with 3"magnnum T shot and snuck out to where the commosion was and lowered the boom on this young male chicken thief. One down, hopefully the others wont gamble their lives over my chicken.
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He was probaly 0ne year old and to lazy to hunt wild rabbits which I can see all over the place with my night vision.
if i believed the same way PETA and liberals think, it would have sounded like that.
but i dont, good kill[^]
that poor animal had a chance to live a fullfilling life until you brutally and mercily cut it short. you horrible man.
if i believed the same way PETA and liberals think, it would have sounded like that.
but i dont, good kill[^]
If PETA wants to stop the coyote killing they need on convince the coyotes to be vegetarians.
I hate killing any canine, even foxes, coyotes and wolves, but it is something that has to be done.
All he needed was some counseling!
I am sure with some sincere reasoning on your part he would have understood he was acting outside the boundaries of proper animal behavior and complied with your wishes to cease and desist.
Wulfmann
"Fools learn from their own mistakes. I learn from the mistakes of others"
Otto von Bismarck
be bothering you for the rest of the summer.
I made the mistake of useing #8 bird shot the first time which knocked it on its side for about 6 seconds before it rolled over onto its feet and ran off into the woods.
I was ready this time with big enough shot to anchor it.
From the amount of chicken feathers scattered around I thought for sure he got another chicken, but they are all present and accounted for, just scared.
Mr Yote made the mistake of venturing into my domain[}:)][}:)]
Where I possess the upper hand.
Hey man nice shot. Wait isn't that a song? looks like he was pretty much facing you when you took the shot.
Yep, Head on shot.
I got as close I as could and still have cover. My chicken house has a 8'x12' chain link dog kennel on one end where the chickens can get outside and still be protected from animals when I am not here.
I let them out to free range when I am around. I just havn't been letting them out in the mornings because of the coyote that got 3 of my chickens a couple sundays ago at dawn.
So anyway, when I snuck out to see the commotion this morning I got as close as I could without the coyote seeing me and I spotted it on the other side of the dog kennel paceing back and forth with chickens inside the kennel freaking out so I just watched and waited trying to figure out how to kill the coyote with out hitting a chicken.
The coyote then was coming around to my side of the kennel and jumped up on about a 2 1/2" diameter maple log I had laying there to be cut into firewood. Thats when I raised the shotgun, coyote saw movement and faced me and I pulled trigger. He was about 20 yards from me when his eyes locked onto me.
Here, I have the luxury of leaving the coyotes alone, since we have no chickens, we keep our cat indoors, and we confine our dog in a chain-link pen. I keep hoping the 'yotes will clear out the rabbits and gophers and such, but they never get rid of them all. The yodeling can be right entertaining, so coyotes' music alone almost makes it worth tolerating their bad habits.
I came in one evening and told my wife I had just been outside listening to a whole coyote oratorio. She said no, not enough magnitude for an oratorio. It was a cantata. She was undoubtedly right, because she majored in music in college.
I do keep a firearm handy at the back door for animals that eat stuff in the garden. Not many woodchucks in this area, but when they show up, they usually pick a den site next to the garden. Had to do one in there three days ago. With any luck, no replacement will move in before next summer.