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A DAMM BIG * OUT THERE Updated X2
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I have lost a half dozen young hens over the past week, one died for no reason and I have found evidence of something eating one near the fence. I set the trap with cat food last night and closed the chickens in tightly.
A *, by the color of the hair left DESTROYED the trap cage and escaped. He ate all the cat food and STILL GOT IN THE COOP AND ATE AN ENTIRE HEN. This must be a record book * to be able to destroy a trap eat the food in it and still consume an entire adult buff Orphington hen.
Tonight, this sucker will DIE. I am heading out for a new trap, going to set the two arm traps with marshmallows and screw wood over the smallest openings on the coop.
Slept fitfully with one eye open all night, the slightest sound had me up and running for the rifle. No *. He must still be stuffed full from the cat food and chicken dinner the day before. I have two arm traps out with a new cage trap set with marshmallows as bait. He will be back, hopefully tonight so I can murder him.
Another sleepless night awakening at the slightest sound. The * has not come back, yet. He may have injured himself escaping the cage and is recovering from his wounds. I have two hand traps and the new cage trap baited with marshmallows awaiting his return. The clock is ticking down for his pending execution.
A *, by the color of the hair left DESTROYED the trap cage and escaped. He ate all the cat food and STILL GOT IN THE COOP AND ATE AN ENTIRE HEN. This must be a record book * to be able to destroy a trap eat the food in it and still consume an entire adult buff Orphington hen.
Tonight, this sucker will DIE. I am heading out for a new trap, going to set the two arm traps with marshmallows and screw wood over the smallest openings on the coop.
Slept fitfully with one eye open all night, the slightest sound had me up and running for the rifle. No *. He must still be stuffed full from the cat food and chicken dinner the day before. I have two arm traps out with a new cage trap set with marshmallows as bait. He will be back, hopefully tonight so I can murder him.
Another sleepless night awakening at the slightest sound. The * has not come back, yet. He may have injured himself escaping the cage and is recovering from his wounds. I have two hand traps and the new cage trap baited with marshmallows awaiting his return. The clock is ticking down for his pending execution.
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Put in raw fish, sardines, wet or dry cat food, marshmallows, etc,
Then set the trap, and wire everything to something solid.
It will kill your little problem instantly. Problem solved.
5 gallon bucket. Cut two half moon holes in it, near the rim, opposite each other. Get a 220 conibear 220. Hold it up against the bucket to see where to cut said bucket so the trap will slide in a few inches.
Put in raw fish, sardines, wet or dry cat food, marshmallows, etc,
Then set the trap, and wire everything to something solid.
It will kill your little problem instantly. Problem solved.
Unfortunately the cats would not learn to avoid before they got killed in it. My cats will NOT enter a trap, they have each spend a day in jail, with a through shaking towards evening before release. I was very impressed how quickly they learned to stay out of traps and leave traps for the * and possums.
Most people here that live in woods find the only way to keep them away is a big hound dog.
The best thing about * is they always go up trees when spooked and when you shine a flashlight it the tree, they give their position away by their eye shine. Between the eye shine is a perfect aim point.
The problem with * is you get rid if one and another one moves into the territory in a couple of weeks. Have ridded my property of many.... and they keep coming back.
Most people here that live in woods find the only way to keep them away is a big hound dog.
The best thing about * is they always go up trees when spooked and when you shine a flashlight it the tree, they give their position away by their eye shine. Between the eye shine is a perfect aim point.
i have heard this a few times
a friend of mine forgot to shut up his coop once before dark, then shut it up unknowingly with a * inside, next morning 22 headless chickens
my experience has been * decapitate chickens, opossums will gut them
a friend of mine forgot to shut up his coop once before dark, then shut it up unknowingly with a * inside, next morning 22 headless chickens
That is the same for me I have had both And if all you find are feathers then could be fox or Cougar.
Gave up trying to raise chickens. There is just no way to make their pen safe.
The problem with * is you get rid if one and another one moves into the territory in a couple of weeks. Have ridded my property of many.... and they keep coming back.
Most people here that live in woods find the only way to keep them away is a big hound dog.
The best thing about * is they always go up trees when spooked and when you shine a flashlight it the tree, they give their position away by their eye shine. Between the eye shine is a perfect aim point.
Most people here that live in woods find the only way to keep them away is a big hound dog.
Right about the dog.
I live where */possums are a problem and I have cats and dogs and I use a big Havahart live trap and bait it with stuff that a cat or dogs normally will not eat, such as cantaloupe rinds, watermelon rinds, tomatoes, scraps, potato peeling and I get the sneaky ones quite often. The live trap is set out by the cat and dog food area. * and possums and sometimes a Armadillor can smell cantaloupe for long ways off and really like it.
I also use a game camera to spy on the real smart ones and set the trap accordingly. I elevated the cat food into a 55 gallon plastic barrel laying on it's side and the cats have to jump to a porch to get food and the trap is set at the end of a angled walk ramp so as a * or possum will walk up the ramp and smell the cantaloupe inside and go on into the trap. Seen couple of real smart * on the game camera that decided they did not want to chance the trap and never came back, apparently after theirs buddy's evaporated after getting in the trap.
Their is some new style small pipe traps that catches a * by the foot that a dog cannot get into.
Here is one of the new style dog proof * traps on flea bay.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-Powder-Coated-Duke-DP-Dog-Proof-*-Foothold-Traps-Trapping-Raccoon-0510-/381216952599?hash=item58c24d1117:g:xN8AAOSwrklVIVsl
I've never used this type pipe trap. I think you can search online and find a recipe for making them yourself.
we had a huge rot that kept away yotes, but smaller critters would sneak around, i relocated countless opossums,*,skunks across the river , caught 2 baby twin * in the same trap once
for 5 years there was a yote den about 1/2 mile away, they left me alone, i left them alone, my dog got hit by a car and less than a week later they made my place their personal grocery store, got our pet turkey the day before we moved
we have had chickens and ducks for years . raccoons opossums skunks wonder thru and hang around never bothered the chickens .
Last fall my wife started loosing chickens a very large male * had moved in close .
I lived trapped him once carted him away a few days later he was back [:(!] I went to lock up the chickens for the night the * was having a chicken dinner [:(].
he saw me and was trying to get out but I blocked his path and closed the door , went back to the house retrieved a 22 and put a end to his chicken killing days
I bought a new trap, heavier, I have two hand traps and a fresh bag of marshmallows. Tonight all traps will be set, I am going to use screws to seal the door and fixed any small opening today with doubled/ tripled chicken wire. I will sleep with the back yard window open and the night vision scoped 300AAC ready to go.
That sumbeech is gonna DIE, DIE DIE!!!!
This sucker has to be a HUGE male he destroyed the 1/8" steel rod that triggers the trap, bent the trip plate into rubble and actually chewed the hand guard tabs off. He ripped the steel rings holding the trap together and escaped out the trap door. He left some blood but how he moved the trap six feet from where it sat is beyond me.
I bought a new trap, heavier, I have two hand traps and a fresh bag of marshmallows. Tonight all traps will be set, I am going to use screws to seal the door and fixed any small opening today with doubled/ tripled chicken wire. I will sleep with the back yard window open and the night vision scoped 300AAC ready to go.
That sumbeech is gonna DIE, DIE DIE!!!!
The way you describe how he ripped up the trap, that's not a *, that's chupacabra. And if you sleep with the window open tonight he'll suck your blood too![:D]
NeoBlackdog and I will make you a package deal and throw in a couple of wolves with the cougar shipment.
An excellent idea, Jerry! Maybe we can throw in a bi-sexual governor to sweeten the deal?
A really big * may not be held by a dog proof as they don't get enough of their paw in the trap before it snaps. We've had some big ones escape and once pinched, they don't try again.
quote:Originally posted by bpost
This sucker has to be a HUGE male he destroyed the 1/8" steel rod that triggers the trap, bent the trip plate into rubble and actually chewed the hand guard tabs off. He ripped the steel rings holding the trap together and escaped out the trap door. He left some blood but how he moved the trap six feet from where it sat is beyond me.
I bought a new trap, heavier, I have two hand traps and a fresh bag of marshmallows. Tonight all traps will be set, I am going to use screws to seal the door and fixed any small opening today with doubled/ tripled chicken wire. I will sleep with the back yard window open and the night vision scoped 300AAC ready to go.
That sumbeech is gonna DIE, DIE DIE!!!!
The way you describe how he ripped up the trap, that's not a *, that's chupacabra. And if you sleep with the window open tonight he'll suck your blood too![:D]
Might be a Yeti.
If that was a Havahart trap it was probably not a *.
A * will rip apart the Attwoods or Tractor supply live traps that are not a strong as the Havahart.
Put up a Game Camera and see what you are battling.
When you get thru with the camera outside watching your chicken house you can use it as a security camera. I try to get the cameras that have a external 6 volt battery port and connect a RE-CHARGEABLE 6 volt game feeder battery and the 6v game feeder battery will last forever (6 months or longer) before needing a re-charge instead of using the AA expensive batteries. Try to get a camera that the camera can be opened while the external battery is connected. If the camera cannot be opened to retrieve the SD card while the external bat is connected it will require internal bats to hole the programmed memory functions but the internal bats will only be used while the external bat is disconnected and they internals will last quite a while until cold weather hits. I also use re-chargeable AA 2500 MA type and they last quite a while before requiring a re-charge. Weather below 30 degrees F zaps the AA bats quite fast but the external 6 v game feeder bat just keeps on going.
Lock the camera to the post or the baby Yeti might take it as a toy or sometimes the cameras will just seem to evaporate if not secured.
quote:Originally posted by jerrywh818
NeoBlackdog and I will make you a package deal and throw in a couple of wolves with the cougar shipment.
An excellent idea, Jerry! Maybe we can throw in a bi-sexual governor to sweeten the deal?
That addition would be free, hell we might even throw in cash if you take her.
quote:Originally posted by remingtonoaks
quote:Originally posted by bpost
This sucker has to be a HUGE male he destroyed the 1/8" steel rod that triggers the trap, bent the trip plate into rubble and actually chewed the hand guard tabs off. He ripped the steel rings holding the trap together and escaped out the trap door. He left some blood but how he moved the trap six feet from where it sat is beyond me.
I bought a new trap, heavier, I have two hand traps and a fresh bag of marshmallows. Tonight all traps will be set, I am going to use screws to seal the door and fixed any small opening today with doubled/ tripled chicken wire. I will sleep with the back yard window open and the night vision scoped 300AAC ready to go.
That sumbeech is gonna DIE, DIE DIE!!!!
The way you describe how he ripped up the trap, that's not a *, that's chupacabra. And if you sleep with the window open tonight he'll suck your blood too![:D]
Might be a Yeti.
If that was a Havahart trap it was probably not a *.
A * will rip apart the Attwoods or Tractor supply live traps that are not a strong as the Havahart.
Put up a Game Camera and see what you are battling.
When you get thru with the camera outside watching your chicken house you can use it as a security camera. I try to get the cameras that have a external 6 volt battery port and connect a RE-CHARGEABLE 6 volt game feeder battery and the 6v game feeder battery will last forever (6 months or longer) before needing a re-charge instead of using the AA expensive batteries. Try to get a camera that the camera can be opened while the external battery is connected. If the camera cannot be opened to retrieve the SD card while the external bat is connected it will require internal bats to hole the programmed memory functions but the internal bats will only be used while the external bat is disconnected and they internals will last quite a while until cold weather hits. I also use re-chargeable AA 2500 MA type and they last quite a while before requiring a re-charge. Weather below 30 degrees F zaps the AA bats quite fast but the external 6 v game feeder bat just keeps on going.
Lock the camera to the post or the baby Yeti might take it as a toy or sometimes the cameras will just seem to evaporate if not secured.
It was a cheapo for sure and he tore the thing apart getting out. I hope he broke ribs and hurts for days. I am going to bed now with the window open again the traps full of marshmallows. I will not rest well until I kill him.
quote:Originally posted by NeoBlackdog
quote:Originally posted by jerrywh818
NeoBlackdog and I will make you a package deal and throw in a couple of wolves with the cougar shipment.
An excellent idea, Jerry! Maybe we can throw in a bi-sexual governor to sweeten the deal?
That addition would be free, hell we might even throw in cash if you take her.
I am shocked that you guys are trying to send our governor off all by herself. She might get lonely among normal people. Best we send the speaker of the house with her. Since Tina looks like Captain Binghamton, her and Kate ought to make a cute couple.
Nothing exceptional. Grouch Attack went to bed alone @ 8 PM and was snoring (producing sounds similar to a drowning hippo) by 8:10.
Anything happening tonight?
He lost his rifle.[:D]
quote:Originally posted by gjshaw
Anything happening tonight?
He lost his rifle.[:D]
Teeth marks in the stock and the NV device is shredded. Tied the barrel in a knot. Yessir, that is one big *![:D]
quote:Originally posted by gjshaw
Anything happening tonight?
He lost his rifle.[:D]
When I used google earth to look in on him around 3 AM, he was sound asleep and the * were having a block party.
There is no doubt that you are dealing with a chupacabra.
Well and good to shoot him with your little rifle, but you must use a SILVER BULLET!!!!!!!!!!!!
When he is laying there, gurgling, then you must drive a wooden stake through his heart.
Take lots of pics, George Noory will pay you big bucks to put you story on CoasttoCoast.
Godspeed, and, if you miss with the silver bullet, God Help You.