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Posted: 7/31/2017 7:14:48 PM EDT
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Owls here like to get rabbits off the hedge row running down my property. Son of a bitch is bigger than my dog. Anything he gets is flown the fuck out my yard asap. He doesn't like the exposure of my yard. |
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Posted: 7/31/2017 7:29:47 PM EDT
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Anyone who's got experience, dog or coyote tracks? Haven't seen any dogs running round, but haven't heard any yotes yipping at night, either.
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Posted: 7/31/2017 7:39:32 PM EDT
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going with bird of prey
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Posted: 7/31/2017 7:41:36 PM EDT
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going with bird of prey He's got actual tracks now. I'm changing my vote to fox now. Tracks tend to expand slightly. |
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Posted: 7/31/2017 7:43:58 PM EDT
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We lost a Barred Rock yesterday. I went to close up the coop, admittedly rather late at 10pm, and there was one missing. Not a trace - no feathers, nothing.
Neighbor with more experience said hawk. |
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Posted: 7/31/2017 7:44:44 PM EDT
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Hawks are fast and barely leave a feather behind. |
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Posted: 7/31/2017 7:50:14 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/31/2017 8:08:12 PM EDT
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Good friend at work has chickens, his coop was hit during to day while at work, Fox!
He shoot him one morning before he came to work, about 7AM. |
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Posted: 7/31/2017 8:39:09 PM EDT
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Only skimmed the first page. You birds need something to run under for shelter from elements and airborne predators.
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Posted: 7/31/2017 9:09:56 PM EDT
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owl
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Posted: 7/31/2017 9:10:41 PM EDT
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Anyone who's got experience, dog or coyote tracks? Haven't seen any dogs running round, but haven't heard any yotes yipping at night, either. Probably a nursing coyote female trying to feed the pups in this heat. |
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Posted: 7/31/2017 9:44:06 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/31/2017 9:44:24 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/31/2017 9:44:46 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/31/2017 10:14:59 PM EDT
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I'm going with a fox. We had a fox den under my neighbors shed up the road. My neighbor down the road was selling his house so he didn't care too much that the chickens were getting picked off.
One day my neighbor called me and said the fox is heading your way, I looked out the window and saw it head to the chickens and back in less than a minute. Pretty efficient, never left a trace. |
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Posted: 7/31/2017 10:37:34 PM EDT
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Lost a bird every day the last five days, and two yesterday, between 5 and. 9 pm (dusk). No tracks, no feathers/signs of struggle, no carcasses. Chickens have a coop inside a 100'x32' fenced pen. I shut them in the coop at night. In the past, raccoons and possums would always hit after midnight. It's rained, ground is muddy, and no tracks. Since the rooster got eaten they hop the fence and root around in the trees and undergrowth; I think this is where they're getting hit. Staking it out from a 26' tripod stand. Game cam is out at the far end but hasn't picked anything up the last couple nights. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/95225/IMG-2262-267080.JPG i am going with a badger if u have them in ky. we did on the farm i grew up on. killed just for the fun of it. killeda bunch in 2 days 3rd nite my dad evened the score dad 1 badger 0 they are: quick clean silent 1texan |
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Posted: 7/31/2017 10:44:34 PM EDT
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Electrifying that fence will help a lot. Premier1 solar setup and some T-post insulators and poly rope and you're in business.
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Posted: 8/1/2017 4:13:42 PM EDT
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Okay, assholes, AAA is now deployed. #4 Upland, and some 3" 0000 in case it's a fox or 'yote.
 Attached File Attached FileAlso brought my recon troop:  Attached File |
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Posted: 8/1/2017 4:24:41 PM EDT
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What round for Col Sanders? Lol Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Col. Sanders should be given a pretty good look, if you know what I'm saying. |
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Posted: 8/1/2017 5:20:12 PM EDT
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Okay, assholes, AAA is now deployed. #4 Upland, and some 3" 0000 in case it's a fox or 'yote. Also brought my recon troop: https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/95225/IMG-2275-268914.JPG  
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Posted: 8/1/2017 9:44:12 PM EDT
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My coyotes are back at night - The only verified daytime pic is the one I posted on page 2.
I've only got 2 hens now ... keep em' cooped up 24/7 
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Posted: 8/1/2017 10:51:35 PM EDT
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They usually have this tendency to leave footprints in soft soil after rainfall. J- |
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Posted: 8/1/2017 10:53:00 PM EDT
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Okay, assholes, AAA is now deployed. #4 Upland, and some 3" 0000 in case it's a fox or 'yote. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/95225/IMG-2277-268912.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/95225/IMG-2278-268913.JPG Also brought my recon troop: https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/95225/IMG-2275-268914.JPG |
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Posted: 8/2/2017 8:27:10 AM EDT
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My coyotes are back at night - The only verified daytime pic is the one I posted on page 2. I've only got 2 hens now ... keep em' cooped up 24/7 http://i.imgur.com/EWTbOCk.jpg http://i.imgur.com/nAIjjkP.jpg http://i.imgur.com/FAZ5vVX.jpg |
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Posted: 8/2/2017 8:31:57 AM EDT
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My coyotes are back at night - The only verified daytime pic is the one I posted on page 2. I've only got 2 hens now ... keep em' cooped up 24/7 http://i.imgur.com/EWTbOCk.jpg http://i.imgur.com/nAIjjkP.jpg http://i.imgur.com/FAZ5vVX.jpg ETA: Nvm... I see somebody else is already on it. 
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Posted: 8/2/2017 9:04:39 AM EDT
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We have more of a problem with feral dogs and coons than anything. I had to upgrade the pens to hardware cloth because the coons would kill the smaller chickens next to the chicken wire and somehow manage to pull some of them through.
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Posted: 8/2/2017 9:13:25 AM EDT
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Either hawk, Coyote or human. . .in that order
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Posted: 8/2/2017 9:15:12 AM EDT
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Im going with owl....
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Posted: 8/2/2017 9:15:29 AM EDT
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I approve of this message.
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Posted: 8/2/2017 9:15:49 AM EDT
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Found another pair of paw prints in the mud yesterday afternoon. I was up in the tower, had the hens (13 left) in the screened in run attached to the henhouse. Just west of the livestock pen is an old collapsed barn, its overgrown and surrounded by thistle, nettles, vines etc. something big came busting through the brush in the far side, I thought it was my Dane, but I texted my wife and he had gone back up to the house and was asleep in the driveway.
Whatever it was took off. Hung out until dinner, then went back until dusk, took my AR pistol w/red dot along on the four wheeler but didn't see or hear anything.  Attached File |
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Posted: 8/2/2017 9:41:48 AM EDT
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That is a gray fox not a coyote. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Uhhh... you sure that's a yote, chief? ETA: Nvm... I see somebody else is already on it. I just ASSumed it was a coyote after seeing the first pics.... so the yotes have a fox friend. I've only seen one fox - appears to be male. |
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Posted: 8/2/2017 11:33:16 AM EDT
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...so the yotes have a fox friend. 
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Posted: 8/2/2017 11:38:13 AM EDT
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Hawk, owl or crow. Crows have been murdering my turkeys left and right.
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Posted: 8/2/2017 11:58:05 AM EDT
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Hawk, owl or crow. Crows have been murdering my turkeys left and right. Not doubting you, just never heard of this. I know they can be assholes. |
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Posted: 8/2/2017 11:58:44 AM EDT
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Owl and Crows leave internals behind, Hawks and Coyote take whole bird in stealth mode
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Posted: 8/2/2017 12:03:03 PM EDT
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Not dogs with this consistency. Probably a nursing coyote female trying to feed the pups in this heat. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Anyone who's got experience, dog or coyote tracks? Haven't seen any dogs running round, but haven't heard any yotes yipping at night, either. Probably a nursing coyote female trying to feed the pups in this heat. Make sure it's legal in your area, but you may wish to research something called a "bucket cubby." Coyotes are smart and hard to deal with though. If you have a bitch feeding pups you will be in for a hard road, as they are extremely diligent in working a food source. Edit: This is the best cubbie set I have found.
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Posted: 8/2/2017 12:03:51 PM EDT
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Okay, assholes, AAA is now deployed. #4 Upland, and some 3" 0000 in case it's a fox or 'yote. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/95225/IMG-2277-268912.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/95225/IMG-2278-268913.JPG Also brought my recon troop: https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/95225/IMG-2275-268914.JPG |
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Posted: 8/2/2017 12:04:52 PM EDT
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My coyotes are back at night - The only verified daytime pic is the one I posted on page 2. I've only got 2 hens now ... keep em' cooped up 24/7 http://i.imgur.com/EWTbOCk.jpg http://i.imgur.com/nAIjjkP.jpg http://i.imgur.com/FAZ5vVX.jpg |
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Posted: 8/2/2017 12:07:38 PM EDT
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When all else fails
The new FLIR ThermoSight Pro PTS233 19mm 12um Boson Thermal Weapon Sight has just been released. |
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Posted: 8/2/2017 12:11:26 PM EDT
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That's funny....I have an owl that frequents my property...he sits in the top of one of my trees and it's funny because he looks about the size of my dog when he's perched up there Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Owls here like to get rabbits off the hedge row running down my property. Son of a bitch is bigger than my dog. Anything he gets is flown the fuck out my yard asap. He doesn't like the exposure of my yard. |
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Posted: 8/2/2017 12:13:01 PM EDT
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Chupacabra or carnival/circus geek (they bite the heads off of chickens and drink their own urine).
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Posted: 8/2/2017 12:19:29 PM EDT
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A few years back I had problems with a couple of Grey Foxes getting my hens. I then had a bout with hawks and owls getting access through the open run then into the coop. IMHO poultry netting is a must over open areas.
ETA: Rifle is a $89 Walmart display .22 Savage. It do good. |
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Posted: 8/2/2017 12:23:53 PM EDT
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@iasc300ia #JusticeForFelipe |
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Posted: 8/2/2017 12:34:59 PM EDT
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If its an owl your chickens heads will be missing and a hawk eats away at the breast area first. Get a few 1.5 leg traps and tape them to the "hair triggered" pan with brown feather duster feathers or chicken feathers and set them out. If its a raptor you'll get him. This reminds me of a Bobcat as they do not leave a kill site. If this be the case you'll need to learn how to trap him. Cats are tough!!
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Posted: 8/2/2017 12:41:37 PM EDT
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look for chicken heads laying around then owl
though I have seen fox take chickens in broad daylight right in front of people they run in snatch and take off with 'em |
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Posted: 8/2/2017 1:35:40 PM EDT
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Better be a good shot if you think you are taking out a hawk. They are all protected. |
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Posted: 8/2/2017 1:45:15 PM EDT
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A few years back I had problems with a couple of Grey Foxes getting my hens. I then had a bout with hawks and owls getting access through the open run then into the coop. IMHO poultry netting is a must over open areas. http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h309/oxfordethan/DA92C8E8-EDEA-41B3-B0AF-990B9CE9DBA9-526-00000081862F9764.jpg http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h309/oxfordethan/6DE876F6-74A4-4997-BAD8-53010756CF97-8622-000008C9979FE1C9.jpg http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h309/oxfordethan/FD9D6D37-F4C6-4DB5-B8D3-6042FCD62C65-9243-00000969D8C6F390.jpg ETA: Rifle is a $89 Walmart display .22 Savage. It do good.
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Posted: 8/2/2017 1:59:25 PM EDT
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OP, what you need is some guinea hens to guard the flock. Guineas are the assholes of the poultry world. If they could wear track suits and smoke cigarettes they'd be right at home. A rooster is nice to have, too. But a few Guinea Hens will just fight intruders for the fun of it.
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Posted: 8/2/2017 3:09:01 PM EDT
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I would like to see more of that shotgun. I love shooting skeet with this, it's cylinder bored but it is a holy terror at close range on clay birds. I still have the Winchester 97, plus a Chinese 97 in pieces somewhere in my gun projects stuff, and a Remington 1100 Special Field I bought from Sam's Club in 2003. The double seemed best choice for Chicken Defense, I can put a field of Upland game load in one barrel and some BB or buck inthe other barrel.  Attached File |
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Posted: 8/2/2017 3:22:28 PM EDT
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When all else fails The new FLIR ThermoSight Pro PTS233 19mm 12um Boson Thermal Weapon Sight has just been released. |
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