Catch and release...Cats!!!??

[SwampDonkey]

That's just the common grackle, there is a purple and a bronze subspecies. Ours are bronze up here. The purple subspecies has a blue tail, they are in the SE. You sure it's not a brewer's blackbird? With purple gloss on head and neck, greenish gloss on body and wings?

[Peter Drouin]

Kill them all :D :D :D :D :D :D :D air_plane smiley_bull_stomp smiley_deadheader alligator smiley_turkey_hide smiley_argue01 smiley_horserider smiley_alcoholic_01

[coxy]

we use to take the cats by the back feet and put turpentine on there buts how thay would run  never came back

[isawlogs]

 :D

  I have a beaver issue out in the back forty... I'll take out the dam three times, after that beaver is open season, I can't spend all my evenings takin' a dam out.
We also live at the end of a Cul de Sac, even though we are quite far from any aglomeration, we get new cats around the barn every couple of months, where they come from beats me, we try to keep a few around the barn , but we can't be having all of them that people throw out after the kitten grows up some of them are real cute and cuddly, those get a second home, some are just wackos.... Those if cornered will go through a window if theres one to escape out of... Surely can't or would not even dream of finding a new home for them and they are not welcomed here.   

[Al_Smith]

 Starlings were introduced into the U.S. in 1890 when 60 birds were released in New York's Central Park.

The goal at that time was to bring every bird ever mentioned in Shakespearean literature into the United States.

That was a copy and  paste but boy oh boy did those people ever mess up by doing that .

Get a 22 single shot Marty .Load it full of bird shot and get the birds to feed the cats you can't seem to get rid of .Not to worry the first good wind will blow the feathers away .Maybe over on the neighbors from wence the cats came .

[red oaks lumber]

i stop and help turtles get off the road. let me guess you guys swerve to run them over.

[beenthere]

Wrong, don't do that.  :

[isawlogs]

  : : :

  I will swerve to avoid them, but I won't be getting out to help them.

Guess that being raised in the country and having to deal with animals, wild, feral and drop offs and raising them some as food we may see things in a different perspective. Culling the herd is needed at times. they can't all be left to themselves.

[Busy Beaver Lumber]

Marti

Your sign shipped today. Look forward to see it posted at your place with a pic on the forum

Fred

[martyinmi]

Thanks Fred!

You can bet I'll display it proudly 8)

If the turtles have any size to them, we eat 'em.

SD, I think that is what the birds are.
I'll wack one tomorrow and take a picture of it ;)

Uncle Al, the cats around here will not eat a Starling, especially when there are fresh sardines in my live traps! :D

[Al_Smith]

I've swerved to avoid squirrels which is kind of stupid .We seldom have a turtle on the road as the box turtles are in the southern portion of the state .

We have snappers the kind that can lop off a finger .Those BTW are pretty tastey if you fix them right . ;) Do not however point a finger at them because they are really fond of fingers .

[Claybraker]

Reading this thread reminds me of my recently departed Crazy Aunt. She loved cats, and fed all the stray ones in the area. Finally, some of her neighbors took action, and trapped out 34 of them, leaving her with less than a half dozen. When she started to notice the population decreasing, they blamed it on a smallish 4' gator that was seen infrequently.

[WmFritz]

There you go Marty... if you can borrow a guard gator and tie him up in your yard, might keep them strays scared off.  :D

[isawlogs]

 Marty, give Mooseherder a shout, his neighbour has a few in his pond that he would willingly let you have for the takin' 

[WH_Conley]

House cat= Gator=Supper. Recycling at it's finest.

[coxy]

House cat= Gator=Supper. Recycling at it's finest.

:D :D :D :D :D :D  :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[Ernie]

Turned inside out, they make great warm slippers for those cold winter nights ;D

[tyb525]

its a real shame when people have no reguard for other living creatures.

Let's start with the people who have no regard for human life, first. I think that's a bigger issue.

[Busy Beaver Lumber]

Possible devices to help Marti control the cat population on his property by returning them to point of origin, usually the neighbors house!



  

  

 

[Chuck White]

With the right bait, this might work on most any small animal!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3Ya6z-NlDo

[beenthere]

 :D :D

Looks like a "flying squirrel". ( and it's a drink)

Did the same one come back for more rides, or not your rig?

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

Hey.....now your getting on my level.  8)


Funny Beenthere!  :D

[martyinmi]

48 hours without a live capture :-\
And I don't have any new dig marks in my yard. I rolled most of it yesterday, so I'd have been able to tell.
Will Opossum and Woodchucks eat grubs?
We've assumed all along that the filthy vermin digging up the yard was a skunk, but we've not seen nor have we smelled one.

I guess I've learned through this little endeavor of mine that sardines appear to be about the best form of generic bait to catch small  furry rodents, like cats, chucks, and opossum. ;)

If I'm going to catch that larger bruin rodent that Peter showed the picture of I'll definitely need a bigger trap and a bigger container of sardines :D

[clww]

Is there anything a possum won't eat?

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

Is there anything a possum won't eat?

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