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Originally Posted by beam2050
yeah I have guns and traps. just don't leave food out at night and baby sit the food during the day if you can. they will move off. but as long as it does not get to be to many and they don't leave a mess its kind of fun watching them.
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I wasn't leaving food out. The possums would knock the chicken feed bucket over & lid off to eat the feed. I found 2 at the bucket trying to get the lid off. ... If they can't get to the feed, chickens are missing the next day. I think they would climb the tree and knock the chicken off her roost. The possum and/or bobcat don't mess with the chickens in the pens. I have an electric wire around the top. ... I can't use a trap because of my cats. They would be in it.
The reason I got the 410 shotgun was because of a hawk getting the young chicks during the day. This past summer I found 3 different piles of feathers in mid-morning and no dead chicks. I also noticed when a large bird flew over all the chickens ran for cover.
My problems are hawk, possum, bobcat, coyote, and the neighbors dogs. The dogs I shot in the ass with a BB gun, They don't come back any more. ... For the coyotes, a AR15 is on stand by. I saw fresh coyote tracks yesterday. And the 410 is double duty on the possums or bobcats at night.
Oh. The neighbor is a County Animal Control Officer. It was his dogs I shot in the ass in my yard. He called the Sheriff dept in April. So me & 3 Deputies had a serious discussion. (I'm a retired Georgia Cert. reserve Deputy of 20 years) Seems I scared the hell out his 8 year son when I tried to shot the dog with the BB gun. ... this is a long story, but the deputies left to have a discussion with the neighbor about his underage son riding an ATV on public roads and unable to control the large nuisance dog.