Thread: Feral Cats

Originally Posted by MarkN

Also, I'd like to meet the cat, that ate a stoat.

or see the battle that preceded the dining....... maybe a very young stoat?

9.3x62 works ok on cats.

Originally Posted by john m

9.3x62 works ok on cats.

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awesome i dont feel so bad about using a 30/30 on possums now...........ahhh who am i kidding i never felt bad........

Used to shoot a lot of the bastards when I lived in Central Victoria. They were huge and aggressive, if treed or cornered they would snarl and spit. My brother warns his neighbours that he will shoot any cat on his property without a collar. They bleat, but after a couple of cats end up dead, the rest suddenly acquire bright-coloured collars. There are a couple hanging around here that are will end up as insoles in my boots, soon. I'll have my .22 close to hand, one evening...

Originally Posted by MarkN

You could be onto something there. What I'm reading from the link, is no reptiles.

Which is why it so important to know the study's frames of reference. If they are narrow, results are often unexpected.

I would assume that the Orongorongo Valley, is fairly native forested, from photos, it looks so.

No reptiles in cats? how unusual.

So my conclusions reading this are:

No reptiles, but is this natural? i.e. always the case, or have the cats got the lot?

Also, I'd like to meet the cat, that ate a stoat.

Can't say I can ever remember seeing any reptiles, but then the same applies to feral cats. Through the 70's I would have been spending over 100 days a year in the area so if they were prevalent I would expect to have seen them.

Can be hard to see

Originally Posted by Phil_H

We are personally having trouble with one here ourselves......except it is not feral as per se.....it is one of Sharon’s beloved moggies. Three times over the last week we have been presented with a headless paradise duckling left on the back doorstep, as if it is showing us its nights trophies. Personally I would like to give it the bullet but that would not bode well for a lasting relationship. That said, I am trapping ferals further up the farm.....if he should happen to turn up in a trap one night I don’t think I would recognise him as one of ours and dispense of him in the same way that others are being dealt with.......and if Sharon’s beloved moggie should disappear under these circumstances I will totally deny that I wrote this post.....

Cheers
Phil

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Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

I have heard accounts of a person shooting a cats that are a suspect pet and then laying it on the road and giving it a few belts with a sledge hammer to simulate tyre damage. Terrible person

Yip. Back in the 80's State highway 1 alongside Waiouru camp had a spate of silly moggies wandering out and getting 'run over'.

Originally Posted by rugerman

Didn't people vote for it, or did the government just choose it ?
It's definitely not a bird

It's essentially a rat with wings.

Originally Posted by john m

9.3x62 works ok on cats.

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Who was it who said "there's no such thing as overkill"? That's a pretty bloody good imitation.

Originally Posted by MarkN

Can be hard to see

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Somewhere I have a photo of the rare Taihape skink. I was moving a boulder down on the banks of the Rangitiei river, and this bloody dinosaur wizzed out and back under cover. Was fricken emnormous. As in foot long enormous

Originally Posted by Cigar

I read something yesterday about the "Bird of the Year" i.e. the long-tailed bat, it said one cat had killed something like 102 bats in a week! I'm betting it didn't eat them all.

That cat would have died of Covid quick smart?

Southwest Florida Eagles turning the tables. Birds 1, Cats nil.

Rough as. He sat on that cat for about 5 days before he moved geez

I knew cat is treated as threat to native birds said DOC and some other authorities. Also, I knew cats are good pet, many people like them since they have different quality than dogs. I do `t have a dog but I love them too, even I got bit of scared for their bites since child. In Asia, many people eat dogs, catch and kill them in brutal way, in most case dogs were beaten to death. Recently because the covid-19 zero policy, a family were taken away for isolation from home and their dog was left behind and those so called social workers broke in and killed dog using a crowbar. Think about that.
I am not judging anybody. Just talk since we are hunters and I believe we know the nature and animals better than others. Strayed cats only lives about three years. If need to shoot and kill, choose the male if possible and try make clean shot. They are no differences than your dog, just you do `t know them. Thank you guys.