Grouse and Skunks Advice

[Bruce Day]

xxx

[Dean Romig]

My cousin Tim, who manages his farm in Ohio for hunting, will return cats to their rightful owner (when he is able to determine who that person is) only once with the admonition "Lady, you need to keep your cat in the house." to which the common reply is "But my kitty is an outdoor cat, I can't keep her inside." whereupon Tim repeats "Lady, you need to keep your cat in the house."

His meaning is generally taken at that point and he is never concerned with being PC

[Ed Blake]

Another skunk terminated last night by a lead poisoning.

[Jim P.]

Dean - Meeting with the Covert Coordinator from UNH in two weeks at the farm in Lisbon,NH. Trying to locate reputable resources to help develop the optimum conditions for grouse. I'm only "one man, one saw." Thus far, the only cats in this neighborhood have been bobcats and lynx (winter tracks). BTW - Dad taught me to shoot a .22 using the mangy barn cats on Grandpa's farm in Richland, MI - only the ones that didn't answer to "here kitty-kitty" - those were Grandma's.

[Rod N. Gunn]

I'm always amused by how many "anti-hunters" and "environmentalists" own cats. The US Fish and Wildlife service reports the following:

Scientific studies actually show that each year, cats kill hundreds of millions of migratory songbirds. In 1990, researchers estimated that "outdoor" house cats and feral cats were responsible for killing nearly 78 million small mammals and birds annually in the United Kingdom.

University of Wisconsin ornithologist, Dr. Santley Temple estimates that 20-150 million songbirds are killed each year by rural cats in Wisconsin alone.

Cats are a serious threat to fledglings, birds roosting at night and birds on a nest. Research shows that de-clawing cats and bell collars do not prevent them from killing birds and other small animals. For healthy cats and wild birds, cats should not be allowed to roam free.

I wish I could let my Spaniel roam free to cat hunt

[Dean Romig]

To repeat something I've said here before, feral house cats are directly responsible for the EXTINCTION of at least five species of songbirds and small mammals.