Fox skeleton
I think it was last year, a fox was trying to get our chickens in the middle of the day. Kelli had scared it off but, I took my 20 gauge shot gun out just in case it came back.
It did come back but, as I got close enough to pull off a shot at it, the varmint took off. By the time I reacted it had gotten a long way off, but I took a chance and pulled the trigger anyway. I saw the thing jump but, I figured I had only scared it. I hoped I had hit it but, it was along shot and scaring it was the best I figured for.
A number of days later, our daughter was out for a walk with one of the retrievers and they found the fox and it was indeed dead.
I went out and confirmed it to be the same fox I had shot at. Boy was I glad to have dispatched that varmint because it was going to do some damage to our birds if I had not. I prayed hard for that animal to be gone.
I never got around to removing the remains until just a few weeks ago and here are some pictures of it to illustrate my story.
My policy is if they don't bother me then I won't bother them. Hopefully with our new Livestock Guardian Dog I won't have to shoot many more varmints.
The new puppy is now 40 lbs. and growing fast.
It did come back but, as I got close enough to pull off a shot at it, the varmint took off. By the time I reacted it had gotten a long way off, but I took a chance and pulled the trigger anyway. I saw the thing jump but, I figured I had only scared it. I hoped I had hit it but, it was along shot and scaring it was the best I figured for.
A number of days later, our daughter was out for a walk with one of the retrievers and they found the fox and it was indeed dead.
I went out and confirmed it to be the same fox I had shot at. Boy was I glad to have dispatched that varmint because it was going to do some damage to our birds if I had not. I prayed hard for that animal to be gone.
I never got around to removing the remains until just a few weeks ago and here are some pictures of it to illustrate my story.
My policy is if they don't bother me then I won't bother them. Hopefully with our new Livestock Guardian Dog I won't have to shoot many more varmints. The new puppy is now 40 lbs. and growing fast.
posted by RL at 10:55 PM
3 Comments:
I have lost several chickens this year to foxes etc. I have two German Shepards, but I beginning to think the foxes have worked out some kind of deal with them to look the other way lol.
Tim
Hello Tim,
Sorry to hear about your losses. Yep, must be some kind of deal. :)
Once those varmints get a taste for chicken it's awful hard to dissaude them. But, lead sure does the trick if it finds the right spot.
You deserve to die of lung cancer, your wife deserves to die of breast cancer, and your offspring deserves to die in a car crash.
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