sluggunner Posted September 19, 2009 Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 Hey, do any of you ever encounter domestic cats while you are out small game hunting. I am not talking about bobcats, but people's pets and barn cats and the like that wander the woods hunting for birds squirrels and chipmunks etc... Do you ever think of popping them. I think about it but never have because I fiugure it would give me bad JUJU. Besides it would make someone sad if "Fluffy" didn't return home. It just makes me mad whan I see these cats roaming free and killing the small game on the land I hunt when they are not doing it for food, they just like to kill. Now I know some anti hunters would say the same thing about me as I have plenty of food without going out hunting. I just feel like I have more right to the game than these stupid cats, and besides I don't waste the game I kill like they do and I don't toy with my game and make it suffer like they do. Any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longbeardfever4ever Posted September 20, 2009 Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 Ive got an outdoors cat, and if it kills something like a chipmunk, it eats it, but it only hunts at night and we live on private property so no big deal. That much to say, i would not be happy if i saw a cat walk by me when i was hunting public land, if i didnt see a collar, it would be brainless... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted September 20, 2009 Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 No comment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike Posted September 20, 2009 Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 S.S.S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobwhite Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 I would not shoot it but thats my choice and if someone would shoot it thats up to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 I refuse to testify on the grounds that it may incriminate me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OUTSIDER Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 "A friend of mine" "A guy I know" was contracted by a little ole lady once to "Clean out her barn" of critters of the feline variety...I heard that over the course of a few weeks in the winter he may have gotten as many as 25 barn/wild/untame cats with a .22 WMR. It may be an urban legend....make that a rural legend...as the setting was in the country....:bat: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramie Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 I wont shoot. My two girls have cats they love. I wouldnt want to shoot someones pets. Besides, thats what they are. Thats what they do. Its no different than shooting any other predator just because its out there. In this part of Okieland we dont have any sort of shortage of small game other than Quail. Until I saw animals becoming a burdon on the wildlife population I wouldnt try to step in... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rem308 Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 OUTSIDER said: "A friend of mine" "A guy I know" was contracted by a little ole lady once to "Clean out her barn" of critters of the feline variety...I heard that over the course of a few weeks in the winter he may have gotten as many as 25 barn/wild/untame cats with a .22 WMR. It may be an urban legend....make that a rural legend...as the setting was in the country....:bat: Pretty sure that's a myth....a hoax... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PotashRLS Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 I just smoked one with my bow the other afternoon at one of my bear baits. He WAS a large tom cat. One less cat the ruffed grouse and woodcock have to worry about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenOfTheMarsh Posted October 2, 2009 Report Share Posted October 2, 2009 Had a very large orange cat run in front of my car and in to the corn field where it flushed a rooster and hen pheasant. I've never seen a cat jump up in the air so high in my life!! Didn't have any luck though. I won't shoot cats, there are far worse predators out there that need to be taken care of....yotes, coons, possums, skunks, etc. Can't bring myself to shoot what was once someone's pet. Do you guys shoot dogs when you come across them?! I remember when I was a little kid, a pack of 3 nasty, feral dogs came out of the woods @ the cabin...grandpa came out and shot all 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devildog Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 I had to shoot a really big tom once. Someone had dropped him off and he was attacking everything in sight even the 80 lbs Chow-Chow we had. I had 2 German Shepherds one was just a pup show up yesterday. She looked like she hadn't eaten for days. They ended up with the tree rats I shot. Its a good thing I took pictures to prove to Rem308. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganHunter Posted October 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 (edited) I'm not a big fan of people letting cats rome here and there. On the farm we deer hunt the farmer is trying to help the phesant population and he has seen and we have found the remains of phesant nests where the neighbors cats have come in and basically distroyed all of the baby birds in it.....So he (the farmer) has instituted a shoot on sight order for the cats running around and he told the neighbors and the dnr, the DNR said thank you. the neighbors were like what? The first year we and he saw 18 cats now we see 1 a year and the phesant population has never been higher. His instant shoot list 1. cats 2. coons (cause they get in his combine) 3. possom (for the same reason as the coons) 4. Yots (hard on birds and neighbors pigs) His rule is shoot first or dont come back hunting Edited October 12, 2009 by MichiganHunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patriotoutlaw Posted October 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 When I encounter "Fluffy" in the wild, I don't even think about it. I immediately put it out of its misery as soon as I can get a shot off. If people don't care enough about their "pets" or have any more respect for wildlife than to turn a killer loose amongst the lil critters, then a little "sadness" might make em think. If not there are always more where that one came from. and if they failed to learn the 1st time, he'll get the same treatment as his predecessor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalconerKitty Posted October 16, 2009 Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 Cats are non-native predators on this continent. To see the research showing the destruction they are causing our small game and songbirds. Check out the 'Cats Indoors' grass-roots program by the American Bird Conservancy. www.abcbirds.org Florida FWC, National Wildlife Federation, Audubon, among many other respected conservation organizations support the Cats Indoors program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaneB Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 lol 3 years ago got bored one day and decided hey time for some target practice.... grabbed the 22. shot 28 cats off the deck of our house...i still hold the record for most cats in 1 day around here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deerkiller11 Posted November 18, 2009 Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 I doi have seen my uncles barn cats i thought about poping one wile i was turkey hunting witht my benelli and 3 1/2 in. and No. 4 shot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camoman1 Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 I dont see many cats while Im out hunting...I see them while driving to the property, hunkered down in the ditch mousing. There are two of them that live in the farmers barn but they aint much for hunters...they are skinny...only reason they are still kickin is because they get fed by the farmer. ....now if I ever get a poke at the big fat orange fella that craps in my driveway.....he is gonna get it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TN Bucknasty Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 I would expect to find this thread under "Realtree Chuckwagon". How do you boys prefer your cat? My neighbors had about a dozen ducks, 15 cats, a couple of horses, and 8 dogs. Since they wouldn't keep their critters from destroying the neighborhood, they now have 2 dogs, 1 very lucky cat, and no ducks. The rest went to live on a farm upstate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosierbuck Posted November 23, 2009 Report Share Posted November 23, 2009 Feral cats are not good for the environment. Except as compost. HB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganHunter Posted November 23, 2009 Report Share Posted November 23, 2009 I hit one a few years ago with a 3in deer slug wile hunting, it didn't go well for the cat, it was walking on a split rail fence and then it was on both sides of the fence, and on the fence and some on the ground too....oh well. Our deer hunting property has lots of phesants and the cats are hard on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elkoholic Posted November 26, 2009 Report Share Posted November 26, 2009 I am not a fan of people who let their pets, cat or dog, run loose. Many areas of the country have depleted small game and game bird populations due to predation from cats/dogs. This does not include song birds and other non-game species. Dogs also have no problem killing fawns in the spring and some can easily take down a full grown deer. While it is true that they are just doing what comes naturally, it is not natural for a predator in the wild to go home to a warm home and a bowl of food. Shooting someone's pet may not be the best answer, but, pet owner education will have little affect, so do what your conscience feels is right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 I have eliminated a few strays to keep our cats from fighting and getting tore up by them. After all I am a standing member of a very prestigous club... http://ebayimages.rswhost.com/335763/57486A.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneshot Posted November 29, 2009 Report Share Posted November 29, 2009 BANG !!!!!!!!!!! Any other questions ?????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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