Bird Seed Bandit Strikes Again

[5030]

A game cam works for me on critters and tells you who the culprit is and how many. I blamed a coon and it was possums all along. I live trap and take 5 miles away to a stream tributary that's protected as something "scenic". OK, sure. None have ever come back. All creatures deserve to live.

Why my freezer has deer and bear in it. If all creatures deserve to live, everyone would be vegetarians. I'm not, in fact I like beef and pork and chicken and they were all alive as well, at one time.

 

[Jstpssng]

Why my freezer has deer and bear in it. If all creatures deserve to live, everyone would be vegetarians. I'm not, in fact I like beef and pork and chicken and they were all alive as well, at one time.

One reason I raised livestock was because I wanted to know it lived a good life. I'm not sure if I could raise pigs again though... something about raising an animal to trust me enough to walk into the trailer,not knowing he would come home as pork chops.

 

[wawajake]

This one tore down my timer type deer corn feeder this week , by climbing a 12ft greased 3 inch steel pipe......stubborn one !! 100 yds from our house in upper meadow.

 

[CliffordK]

Mom loves feeding the squirrels.

The birds get to pick up anything the squirrels spill out of the BIRD feeder.

 

[Jstpssng]

This one tore down my timer type deer corn feeder this week , by climbing a 12ft greased 3 inch steel pipe......stubborn one !! 100 yds from our house in upper meadow.View attachment 873360

That's a nice looking bear!!!

 

[dodge man]

This last winter we had deer eating the bird seed on the ground which I was ok with. Then they figured out how to stick there nose in the feeder and shake it around to knock all the seed on the ground.

 

[K5lwq]

Camera is up so we shall see.

 

[sixdogs]

A lot of people have that viewpoint, so take their unwanted animals "out on some backroad" to release it.

I live on that backroad, and am tasked with putting up with or killing the animals which somebody else didn't want. I just paid $27 for a box of lead free .22 wmr shells so that I can leave the carcasses for something to feed on. I even had a rat for a couple of years which I suspect arrived that way.

Taking a possum or raccoon to a many acre wetland preserve is fine and is the kind of thing they try to build the habitat for. No problem and actually welcome.
All other dumping of animals is crazy and people should be jailed for dumping domestic animals, especially pets. How dare they put a domestic animal that has been fed since day one and expect it to figure out the food chain under duress.

We used to live on a dead end road in very rural Maine and dealt with a never ending stream of cats and dogs dumped. We adopted many, cared for them, gave haircuts, trimmed nails and gave shots where needed and it worked out. I do not understand the logic of not caring for pets that you willingly had accepted into your home, likely with children, and then when the responsibility no long fits, you dump your animals in the worst possibly way.

 

[sixdogs]

Why my freezer has deer and bear in it. If all creatures deserve to live, everyone would be vegetarians. I'm not, in fact I like beef and pork and chicken and they were all alive as well, at one time.

Oh, stop. All animals deserve the opportunity to live when in the confines of civilized behavior. I bird hunt, eat chickens and undertstand animals were put here to serve mankind. My dog will chase a pheasant over lots of acres just so I can get a great shot at a rising bird. I'm no vegetarian and think those who are have other issues. No problem with hunting anything so don't go there.

But to arbitrarily kill an animal that would be no skin off your nose when letting it walk deserves a second thought. I've shot woodchucks in the yard because there was no there way to keep them out. Same for rabbits, and the supply is endless, that eat my garden. Unacceptable. Same with coyotes.
The possum in my yard is just foraging for food. He just happened to be in my yard and that won't work for the damage done. Sure, I could shoot him but the would not diminish the number dropping by. I can't catch in a trap because of dogs so I have to live trap. And then I can either dispatch and bury or spend less time and drop off at a wetland preserve which actually is easier. That is not "dumping" an animal.

We don't have any areas to dump carcasses here because every inch is farmed or mowed. There is almost zero waste and woodland and even trees to hide behind hard to find.

 

[5030]

My wife cooks the best Ground Hog stew you ever ate and she's pretty good cooking squirrel stew as well. My issue with live trapping and relocating (which is something we can do here with state game lands nearby) is, you relocate them and then they become a nuisance to people that live adjacent to the game lands. I'm charter member of PETA... People Eating Tasty Animals.