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I was gonna let my dog out and noticed a kitten (what I thought) in the pasture. Dog is in heat. I thought this cat is gonna bolt when my dog runs out and she may chase it too far away from the house. I said fugk that kitten I’m getting a 22. Grabbed the Marlin 39 and first ammo in reach is subsonic . Oh well. Loaded a single round and slipped out the side garage door. Leveled the open sights and dropped the hammer. LOL. It hit the deck and twitched. I headed over to make sure it was quick. Stone cold dead . Note: there’s no houses for hundreds of yards. Shoulda kept it at home anyway . It was a solid 5 lb kitty .

Proud of yourself? Probably some little girls kitty.

Tons of feral cats out here, and DAMN do they roam far.

Shoot em all where legal IMO.

Invasive species, one of the worst threats, if not the worst, to songbirds. Kill them all.

Yup

The feral cats are thick here. They will sh it in every flower bed and garden around, tear up garbage and scratch up your vehicles. I would bet they kill more wildlife than any other animal. If they don't have a collar they should be treated like coyotes.

Pheasant eating MF'ers.

Kill 'em. Kill 'em all.

Right??!! It wasn’t mousing or I’d probably passed. It was looking up in the trees. Bye bye

I noticed cat paw tracks on my windshield this week. Channeling Shrapnel

Same way with young rabbits.

A cat, whether feral on up to a lion is a highly efficient predator. Only the damn raptors are more efficient.

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It is refreshing to see the Campfire getting some originality back!

All we need now is a good "pitbull" thread and "the right pistol for grizzlies," and we'll be back on track!

Out where I live the coyotes do a great job of keeping feral cats in check. My closest neighbor is over a half mile away and the next one is over a mile. Feral cats generally haul ass when they get close to a human or even a vehicle. If they tarry I shoot them with the 10/22 I always have with me. They are extremely hard on song birds and any bird that nests on the ground.

I used to work with someone that was always trying to give away kittens. She kept saying my wife needed one. One time I told her they are good for target practice. She never asked me again.`

When we see a cat on our farm, we send it home , to satan. Our quail and pheasant population is approaching zero.

I've told this story a bunch and will continue to tell it as long as people discuss shooting cats. I was in Scheels waiting for the ammo cabinet to get unlocked. There were two groups ahead of me, a dude solo and a young couple. The salesman is talking to the solo dude who needed some 22 ammo. What kind, doesn't matter really, well, what are you doing with it? Shooting cats. I found the situation hilarious. The salesman man and the young lady did not, judging by their facial expressions.

Killed one last week… Only two neighbors within rifle range and neither likes cats… it’s only the second one I’ve seen in the 9 years I’ve been here… probably because we have a fairly healthy population of predators.

Feral cats get the axe whenever possible. For those of you who care about things like ground nesting birds and other small land animals (Texas horned lizards/horny toads are an example here), you should also be shooting whatever raccoons, skunks, armadillos and coyotes that you can. Now that trapping and fur prices are down in the toilet, a lot of the varmints that eat things like duck and quail eggs have gotten to be much more prolific than when fur prices motivated trappers to earn their keep.