You make it sound like you shoot a cat quite often.
Used to get more of them in the past. They are tough to get when your range is limited to bird shot.
I see them quite frequently while deer hunting but I’m not about to blow a hole through one with my 7MM-08. They get a pass in that situation.
He seems to catch and release
I think it should be “crotch and release” 
Might be worth trying catnip in the traps.
I certainly don’t hate animals, but I lose my mind when a kid comes in the house with cat crap on their shoes and pants. I mean I hate it. We have a guy in town that feeds them all. No kidding you can smell his house over a block away. There’s cats in my yard, in the shed if the door gets left open and under my deck everyday. I choose to not have them, but somehow I still have to deal with them. And I also have plenty of mice around. Not a fan.
I might have to look into a really nice quiet pellet gun.
CZ model 457 with Dead Air Mask. Fun, but with purpose
Or a possum, as they’re another un-needed nuisance.
I try my best to live and let live, and shut up when it ain’t my business, but you’re out here killing opossums too? Why, if you don’t mind me asking.
Why don’t you start baiting them? Get them comfortable to start coming over by your house for a couple days and then a good pellet gun will take care of them easily, but I’m a big fan of those silent CCI’s also. I have a springer and an air compression pellet gun and I think the CCI‘s are quieter than my springer.
These things are prolific breeders. If unchecked they can double their population easily in a year. Australia has a big problem. Ferals have driven a number of bird and small mammal populations into extinction there. There are plenty U Tube vids of these guys hunting and shooting lots of cats at night. It’s not only a sport but a necessary tool to try to check the population.
The small bird population has been struggling for a number of years. When we first purchased our lake property I couldn’t believe the lack of small birds. The Superior National forest comes to within fifty feet of the back of the cabin. Should be birds fluttering everywhere but there is not. My neighbor up there has two cats on his property for mouse control. While they catch plenty of them they catch more birds. If I sit at his place for a couple beers those cats can catch three birds in that time. I’ve suggested he put bells on his cats but that won’t happen.
I never knew how many feral cats were out there and not seen until I started raccoon trapping as a young lad …
Careful with this post. A guy in a neighboring town to mine shot a cat with a pellet gun. They charged him with a felony. It was plead down or something, but still not a headache I want or wish on you.
Stray or feral cats are a serious problem in many urban areas, and this thread is an example of it. People need to be responsible for their pets. Keep the cat inside please.
I pick off every single one I see when I’m upland hunting. I prefer to see pheasants, grouse, quail, and turkeys on the landscape. Not feral cats.
Good luck with the infestation.
How could you break the law. You preach every rule all the time bud. Now you pick and choose what laws to follow ? Killing stray cats is not a legal thing to do.
I never knew how many feral cats were out there and not seen until I started raccoon trapping as a young lad …
This. I’ve trapped more cats than I care to remember. Hundreds, and it never seemed to make a dent in the population on my trap line.
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>gim wrote:</div>
Stray or feral cats are a serious problem in many urban areas, and this thread is an example of it. People need to be responsible for their pets. Keep the cat inside please.I pick off every single one I see when I’m upland hunting. I prefer to see pheasants, grouse, quail, and turkeys on the landscape. Not feral cats.
Good luck with the infestation.
How could you break the law. You preach every rule all the time bud. Now you pick and choose what laws to follow ? Killing stray cats is not a legal thing to do.
You’re not wrong. Our legal advisor suggesting illegal activities is a little concerning. You could see it as hypocritical even.
That being said, I’m with Gim on this one. Kill them all.
I certainly don’t hate animals, but I lose my mind when a kid comes in the house with cat crap on their shoes and pants. I mean I hate it. We have a guy in town that feeds them all. No kidding you can smell his house over a block away. There’s cats in my yard, in the shed if the door gets left open and under my deck everyday. I choose to not have them, but somehow I still have to deal with them. And I also have plenty of mice around. Not a fan.
I might have to look into a really nice quiet pellet gun.
Cats have been known to carry the Toxoplasmosis parasite which can cause all sorts of terrible conditions in humans. It’s transferred and spread in their crap. This is a major concern in cats using sandboxes as their personal $hitter where kids are going to play in it. I advise you to cover the box when not in use to keep the cats out. I won’t have a sandbox for this reason alone for the grand kids. Boils down to this for me. I do not want cats. Period. But I now have somewhere between 10 and 15 that are on and off my property day and night. I had to adjust the security cameras to a lower sensitivity as they were alerting my phone all night from cats wandering within their range.
Today I have seen no less than four crossing the yard and into the woods. I have reset the trap as they haven’t seen it for a couple weeks and I might get one or two before they figure it out again. Also picked up some CCI Quiet ammo. I get no particular pleasure killing cats but this is a multiple issue problem that can’t be ignored.
Its awesome when you kneel down in your own garden to pull weeds and end up with cat crap on you knees. And you dont have a cat.
Cats have been known to carry the Toxoplasmosis parasite which can cause all sorts of terrible conditions in humans. It’s transferred and spread in their crap.
That’s why pregnant women shouldn’t clean a litter box if the cat is an inside/outside cat. Toxoplasmosis can be passed on to the fetus.
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>lindyrig79 wrote:</div>
You make it sound like you shoot a cat quite often.Used to get more of them in the past. They are tough to get when your range is limited to bird shot.
You must be blasting them in the ditch, cuz that’s the only place I see em pounding gravel in the fall. Can’t say I’ve ever flushed a kitty cat in the field chasing Roosters..
I see alot of cats hunting. Unfortunately i see to many dogs also. Im yet to shoot a dog because they always have collars on them. Could care less about their stupid owners its their kids. Have fired a few warning shots when they get to close growling. If they would run up on me with one of my girls along for the walk I wouldnt think twice.
soo……. how many of these so called “feral” cats are just maybe farm cats looking for dinner??????
serious question!!!!!!!!
soo……. how many of these so called “feral” cats are just maybe farm cats looking for dinner??????
serious question!!!!!!!!
Not sure, but there aren’t much for farms around here anymore. Any farm cat should be able to find mice to eat around the hay or straw. I don’t think our farm cats ever got to far away from the barns
It was a question for most that posted here not directly aimed at you Jeremy! 
How could you break the law. You preach every rule all the time bud. Now you pick and choose what laws to follow ? Killing stray cats is not a legal thing to do.
I recall you starting a thread about this a while ago and whether or not it was legal to remove a feral cat. Did we ever get to the bottom of that?
Just for the record, the ones that I try to remove are not anyones pet. They are wild free roaming invasives. I would never remove someone’s pet, even though I think pet owners should keep track of their animals. Same with a stray dog.
And how do you know that for certain????
I just have to laugh a little bit. Maybe I’m lucky I’ve just never had such problems. I don’t blame you for protecting your property. Just crazy the different experiences for some.
I’ve never had to urge to shoot a cat or a dog.
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>isu22andy wrote:</div>
I never knew how many feral cats were out there and not seen until I started raccoon trapping as a young lad …This. I’ve trapped more cats than I care to remember. Hundreds, and it never seemed to make a dent in the population on my trap line.
Yep – in the middle of freaking no where too . Sections without a house on it . Boom cat .
Go buy a .22 pellet gun and be done!
soo……. how many of these so called “feral” cats are just maybe farm cats looking for dinner??????
serious question!!!!!!!!
When I catch cats in my live trap – I have yet to get within 20 yards and they go bat crazy, fangs showing and hissing. They are feral. If they are mellow / docile – I let them lose and give them a pass and I never see them again. Coons are really out and so far two in a week.
so then that pretty much answers my question. some are some not amd Jimmy has a valid point……but unless you trap it and see its behavior you dont really know!!!!!!
No chance any are farm cats in my area. I’m in a residential area and I see six or more in a pack leaving the old lady house after feeding time. Leave her house cross the road and into the woods. Then I see them individually or sometimes two or three at a time during the day. I see different ones all the time that’s why I’m guessing a population of fifteen or more. And these are from small kittens to adults.
Feral cats look like they have been living and surviving on the street. They don’t look like the neighbors FiFi. There is not much of a distinction between feral and stray imo. If you are letting fifi out to run all night with the ferals and then come dragging her ass home in the morning I will make no distinction.
If I trap one with a collar and contact info on it I will call you to come and get it with the understanding next time you get no phone call. Most bad behavior or bad things that befall pets can usually be traced back to the owner. As far as it being illegal to dispatch a stray or feral I could find no distinct state law. From what I can tell it is up to the local authorities who have the jurisdiction. Local police or sheriffs as they are the ones responding to any issue. I know a couple of local cops and from what they tell me is as long as I’m not discharging a firearm in city limits do what I need. The cats are a big issue and they are getting calls all the time. There is no local shelter or animal control here. Closest animal shelter is a half hour away and they are not accepting anything and have never accepted ferals in any case. The local authorities consider it a service thinning them out.
a little off topic but still cat related….on the news some brilliant politican 
just introduced a bill here in Mn to make declawing a cat a crime!!!!!!:???: 
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