Having an email conversation with Mike reveals he's not a hillbilly. As a matter of fact, he's a nice guy.

While some, who disagree with hunting, want to berate him and call him names, I would ask you this:
what would you do if that cat was coming in your backyard and was no longer afraid of humans? Throw rocks? Call the SPCA or PETA and have them come out and place a "humane" trap? No matter where that cat was relocated to, it still would've been unafraid of humans, and would probably seek them out to get an easy meal.
So what would you do?
Wait for it to attack a neighbor? How about a Niece or Nephew that was visiting and didn't understand that the backyard is "off-limits"?

WTF, a guy prevents a cat from stalking his kids, and he's inbred?
Do you know if the cat was rabid?
Should you wait for it to attack to find out?
Once the animal no longer acts like a wild animal, and one of the sure signs of change is a predator that is no longer afraid of humans, its time to remove them from a situation that they can do harm in.

Pat

plinytheelder,

I think you are wasting your time. Always remember..

For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. Matthew 7:2

I am a mother of 3 natural born children and 3 stepchildren. If I walked out my door and seen this animal watching my children, it would be hanging on my wall the next day!!!! No second thoughts!!

Mrs. Usahog

^

Yea show off... you got a daddy and a Son who does your Taxidermy for free!! LMAO!

Hog

O yea, nice to meet you grmcooper. Tell the wife I said Hi. You need thick skin to hang around here. Shake it off and welcome to C-bid. There are some really good people here, honestly!!

Mrs. Hog

pliny - what would others do? Why don't you ask the resident expert jbu? I think his plan includes moving from your property so the cat can have more space.

My solution would be shake some salt on pepper on the lil' rugrats and let kittycat have SNACKTIME!
Muahahahahahaha.

The weak excuses some of you are giving in support of this out and out slaughter is amazing...

What if:

The perp spotted a Bald Eagle in his yard, watching his kids the way predatory animals happen to watch things......would it be ok to blow the Eagle away to "save the kids"? I think not...enjoy telling how you saved your kids and chickens from the vicious Wildcat to your friends......do you smoke cigars? If you do, I may send you some Puros Indios to smoke while viewing and bragging about the trophy!

Charlie

This story has evolved from saving chicken to saving children.

In any case, wanna keep your kids safe from Bobcats- get rid of the chicken. Chicken call for the bobcat.

In this day and age it should be against the law to have ‘the internet’ and chicken----you must choose, g damn it!

If you had any respect for the nature, you would understand that this animal is only trying to survive. Especially if you bait it with chicken. Still, if you had to kill it, fine. You would not be parading it.!!

I had to shoot my dog, he got way out of hand. As he took his final breath I told him that he was a beautiful animal and I was sorry and gave him a proper burial. I would show pics of him hanging from his hind legs.

Jeff Foxworthy would say this……

If you post a picture of your Kill, before you post a picture of your family…..You might be a redneck.

Charlie - Please don't get offended by this question - but are you mentally challenged? Are you really telling me that your comparison is the same.

The reason your dog got out of hand is your fault. Don't blame your dog for his behavior. As a dog owner and handler you set the tone. You should have drawn a line with your dog and made sure it didn't cross the line. I have a feeling that you just kept moving the line until the dog basically said screw you.

Charlie,

Being mentally challenged and all it may take you some time to comprehend this.
You are clearly someone that identifies with majesty….A truly rare virtue….I salute you.

Hooyah think about it for a minute.

I did set the tone and draw a line.... I shot him.

But you would be even sillier to think that I shot him because of obedience reasons.

I don't care what you say... A bobcat that is not afraid of humans is bad news. My dog was attacked by a bobcat and injured to the point that my dog died. IN A THE MIDDLE OF A SUBDIVISION in the late afternoon. Tell me that it couldn't do the same thing to a small child.
But aside from that, it was a pest, though it be a beautiful pest, a pest none the same. Do you people think that we shouldn't kill mice, termites or snakes? Same principle pests that destroy property. On second thought? If we are going to think obtusely, how about the poor chickens? How sporting or fair is it for the bobcat to kill a caged chicken?
This is simply a matter of protection of property, not hunting, or sport.

hooyah1

No, but you must be to side with the "protect our children" and our precious chickens crowd...

Charlie

VFR,
One can only hope and pray that it becomes illegal to be fat in America. Until then I walk around and want to barf just looking at my fellow citizens. I sat in the food court at the mall the other day and was amazed! EVERY SINGLE person was wearing jeans and some sort of sweatshirt, and all but TWO people were seriously fat and ugly. Those two people by the way appeared to be asian. I was wearing jeans and a button down shirt with boots, and my friend was wearing a skirt, blouse and pumps. I guess women here in Illinois don't believe in looking nice to go outside anymore. Something to be said for women that give up looking presentable. Buncha hogs needed to be shot.

I went through the drive through (WTF???) at Starbucks and ordered the smallest coffee they had. It was the size of a super duper large in most countries. Impressive!

I've got a 300 win-mag in storage at my Dad's house that I'd love to walk into Wal-Mart with and start bagging trophy's. It'd be like fish in a barrel.

Sometimes I'd sit high in a tree and pop them as they walked out of Hardees or Taco Bell (have you ever noticed how "financially challenged" Americans are all fat and ALL eat pretty much exclusively on fast food?).

I did go on a nice 5 hour hike up into the woods that I grew up on. It felt good to be back in my hometown. I saw two deer and a few other small animals. That was fun.

^ the bird has graced us. But it no longer wants to taunt the cats. Perhaps the bird has realized...these silly cats will never have wings.

but your presense was noted!

I hit a mountain lion last summer. 12,600+ in damage.

Beautiful cat.

Wish someone had shot it first.

Truth be said, I've never hunted anything I wouldn't eat.

truth be told, that is the what I consider a real hunter.....

Charlie

The Mrs. and I recently drove out to Washington DC.. on our return trip we started counting the dead deer along the highways.. the one's we could see both day and night driving... we counted between 300-400 deer that had been hit by passing motorists.. most of these were in PA and OH states... I don't call that hunting.. that's called waist management... just imagine the cost of damages to these vehicles or worse... possible loss of human life.

Hog