Quote from: ungeheuer on December 17, 2011, 02:12:00 PM
score is still 5:1 in favour of the foxes....  but I'm patient 

with what caliber rifle does one shoot a varmint in OZ?

or do you use a bow?

I dont have a gun licence, so I rely on my neighbour's .22 

But in this case...... I used a Ford.

Quote from: ungeheuer on December 17, 2011, 04:47:09 PM
I dont have a gun licence, so I rely on my neighbour's .22 

But in this case...... I used a Ford.

The opportunities to use a Ford are severely limited.

I'd forgotten about the issues involved for you to own a firearm.

If you are truly intent on evening the score...

I'd get the licence if'n I were you.

Quote from: ungeheuer on December 17, 2011, 04:47:09 PM
I dont have a gun licence, so I rely on my neighbour's .22 

But in this case...... I used a Ford.

Quote from: mofo on December 17, 2011, 05:12:21 PM

Fords are better than Chebies...

Absolutely gutted about my chickens...came home from work today to find a scene of carnage in my chicken house.  A weasel got in (I saw the little bastard but it was too quick for me to kill) and killed ALL of my birds.      My little banty rooster (Little Jerry) had been pulled halfway under the coop, and most of the birds were headless.  Seven years of chickening and never lost a single bird to a predatory animal until today. 

That sucks...

time to wrap the coop in hardware cloth.

Any eggs survive?

Quote from: cokey on February 10, 2012, 11:56:55 AM
Any eggs survive?

Nope   It's winter here, and my girls don't lay during the short days so I am totally dead in the water. 

Liz

So we're down to just two hens, and AM & I are undecided on whether or not to start more chicks (the teen is a junior, the dog and cat are advancing in age... and we're starting to imagine life without any other living beings that need care & feeding within a year or two). The two remaining chickens are infrequent layers in their advanced age; I know where the Rhode Island lays, but I was pretty sure the Wyandotte had found some secret spot to lay her eggs. Today I found it:

Nice.. how many days did that take?

Over the weekend I heard 2 loud bangs. When I looked outside there was a police cruiser with a door open. I went out to see WTF was going on. A neighbor had called about a fox creeping around in broad daylight and the cop had tried to shoot it because it looked and acted sick. It got one of the hens, one of our original flock from a few years back.

Effin' foxes.

Quote from: mstevens on April 02, 2012, 09:14:01 AM
Over the weekend I heard 2 loud bangs. When I looked outside there was a police cruiser with a door open. I went out to see WTF was going on. A neighbor had called about a fox creeping around in broad daylight and the cop had tried to shoot it because it looked and acted sick. It got one of the hens, one of our original flock from a few years back.

Effin' foxes.

Bad boys, bad boys, whatya gonna do when they come for you, bad boys..................................... 



Only in New Hampshire, Cops have to shot foxes.  I wonder if he had to write a report? 

Sorry to hear about your old gal.    F'n foxes! 

I'm wondering if he hit it.

Quote from: ducpainter on April 02, 2012, 01:12:53 PM
I'm wondering if he hit it.

Nope. My wife was out in the field with him. She said he muttered "Look at him just staring at me. He knows he's safe from a pistol at that distance".

Edit: He came back the next day to have another go. The fox looks worse, but hasn't been hit yet.