I've lost chickens to eagles, hawks, and a Great Horned Owl, any of which will land you in DEEP kim-chi for shooting. I've also lost them to foxes (shot two, missed a couple more) and a weasel (dumped his fuzzy ass, daughter had him mounted) and tonight I took out a BIG female bobcat.
Maine law allows for dispatching them (and foxes among other 4-footed predators) if they're harassing your live stock. Pretty sure eating them constitutes harassment...
Proviso is you have to notify a game warden within 12 hours. Called dispatch and the warden called me back and said he'd drop off a tag tomorrow so my daughter can have her mounted as well.
Thought it was a fox at first, until I saw it jump flat-footed from the ground to a 7 foot roof on the old sheep shed. Came back in the house and grabbed the AR figuring it'd be long gone by the time I got back, but damned if it wasn't sitting right in the middle of the fenced-in chicken yard like it owned the place.
Don't want to get too graphic, but the trusty AR with a red dot took care of it from about 50 yards.
Maine law allows for dispatching them (and foxes among other 4-footed predators) if they're harassing your live stock. Pretty sure eating them constitutes harassment...
Proviso is you have to notify a game warden within 12 hours. Called dispatch and the warden called me back and said he'd drop off a tag tomorrow so my daughter can have her mounted as well.
Thought it was a fox at first, until I saw it jump flat-footed from the ground to a 7 foot roof on the old sheep shed. Came back in the house and grabbed the AR figuring it'd be long gone by the time I got back, but damned if it wasn't sitting right in the middle of the fenced-in chicken yard like it owned the place.
Don't want to get too graphic, but the trusty AR with a red dot took care of it from about 50 yards.