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A guy I used to work for had trouble with a tom cat coming over and pissing around his house. I took a box trap over and we sat in his screened in porch and waited for the cat.
When the trap door fell, that cat practically turned himself inside out and went berserk. We took him across the river and let him go, never had a problem after that.

We had a big, yellow tomcat makin' trouble on our property. I caught him in a box trap (not a Havahart, but a cheap knockoff sold by Tractor Supply).

I was carrying the trap to my truck, to take him for a looong ride, when he slammed around and actually bent the trap enough to squeeze out! It only took him a few seconds.

Unfortunately, shooting was not an option, not where I live.

Was at a buddies one afternoon shooting the breeze around the rear of my truck when his wife noticed a catch cage in the back of my truck. Asked what I did with it and I told her I was catching critters and cats from a farmers barn because they were schitting on his stack of lumber he used for wood working.

She asked how I got the cats out once I had em in there because when they accidentally had a cat in their live traps it would go crazy.

I glanced at her husband and he was just grinning. I told he no problem, just grabbed the trap by the back end, opened the door and kind of shook the trap open end down and they just kind of slid out. It took her a second but she put 2 and 2 together and said , "Oh, you're killing them them". Yep, you're right I said not turning them loose to keep schitting on everything again. Everybody had a little laugh.

I used to trap problem cats with a box type rabbit trap. Drive across a river and pull the door open. One time I did it with a big tom cat while rolling reached through the back glass. He came out. Jumped over the cab of the.truck. Slid off the corner of the hood and landed right in front of the tire.
Ran right over his head. Perfect ending.
Animal nuts here have convinced the.legislature that harming a dog or cat is a felony so you can't handle nuisance animal problems like shooting one anymore.

Yeah you can. One just has to keep their yapper shut.

Couldn't you just shoot them in the trap with a powerful air rifle?

I had a somewhat feral cat in the backyard a few days ago. Yes, I can easily shoot there. I let it be, if it hung around too much, or grabbed one of my bluebirds(in season) I’d take action.

My Cooper 17 HMR is the preferred iron for the task.

I subscribe to the last ‘S’ vehemently.

My uncle is a farmer and he told us boys to shoot all cats we see. He says feral cats are killing off all the quail in his area. They had an abundance of feral cats around his place. We started killing all we could get a shot at. He says they will kill out whole coveys of quail.

What kind of farmer is he?

Look at you, Mr logical !

People have eyes.

Quail farmer?

I am not saying to do it a your local Pride Rally.......


Pop the sum bitch in your garage and put it in a black garbage sack.

Then you go yard it in Slumlord's ditch with the mattresses and refrigerators.

I don't have an issue shooting it in the trap wherever but some may.

Oh yeah...some Karen would say something for sure.


Do it at night or in a shed or garage or something.


Releasing some problem animal into someone else's yard is kind of a dick move.

The fact that shooting cats and dogs is illegal in some areas only speaks to the level of retardation that Whitey has risen to.

An area I walked my dog, I started seeing bowls of water and cat food.
After a few weeks I see an older lady refilling the bowls.
I ask what she was doing, she said she felt sorry for the cats.
I says, you are just bringing the cats to a place where the coyotes can get them easier.
No more bowls.