Kansas Crimson

jhawks99 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:29 am Chupacabra

ousdahl wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 8:03 am Whoa cool. Imma try to read that later today.

but til then, anyone heard from TDub?

kinda wondering if he got drunk and passed out on top of his shed again

TDub wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 8:13 am

ousdahl wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 8:03 am Whoa cool. Imma try to read that later today.

but til then, anyone heard from TDub?

kinda wondering if he got drunk and passed out on top of his shed again

Well shit...you never showed up, i had the whole case to myself....

ousdahl wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:46 am ...but now that I think about it, that might not add up either.


Sasquatches tend to swallow their chickens whole...

TraditionKU wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:28 am

TDub wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:39 pm So ive lost 2 chickens in the last 3 days. Ive been suspecting a raccoon. Then, last night I hear a chicken scream from what seems to be the neighbors place. I go check my coop, all good, but the horses freak out and i turn to see glowing eyes bounding across the pasture...whatever it is sees me and turns and goes away. Couldn't tell what it was but ive never seen a raccoon move like that. This evening at dusk my dog goes crazy and i look out in time to see something goldish bouncing in the far back pasture. Moved like a cat but too big for a housecat and was headed toward the treeline.....barncats never go to the treeline at dusk. Was too far to get a real confident look but now in guessing i got a bobcat to deal with, or perhaps a young cougar. So far its gotten 2 of my chickens, the neighbor down the roads chicken, and a neighbors barncat.

my guess would be bobcat

years ago, as a kid growing up in new mexico, we did the 4H thing and had a nice big chicken coop. in the middle of town we had a bobcat get in the coop. pops took care of it with the business end of a 4-10

TDub wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 8:20 am

TraditionKU wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:28 am

TDub wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:39 pm So ive lost 2 chickens in the last 3 days. Ive been suspecting a raccoon. Then, last night I hear a chicken scream from what seems to be the neighbors place. I go check my coop, all good, but the horses freak out and i turn to see glowing eyes bounding across the pasture...whatever it is sees me and turns and goes away. Couldn't tell what it was but ive never seen a raccoon move like that. This evening at dusk my dog goes crazy and i look out in time to see something goldish bouncing in the far back pasture. Moved like a cat but too big for a housecat and was headed toward the treeline.....barncats never go to the treeline at dusk. Was too far to get a real confident look but now in guessing i got a bobcat to deal with, or perhaps a young cougar. So far its gotten 2 of my chickens, the neighbor down the roads chicken, and a neighbors barncat.

my guess would be bobcat

years ago, as a kid growing up in new mexico, we did the 4H thing and had a nice big chicken coop. in the middle of town we had a bobcat get in the coop. pops took care of it with the business end of a 4-10

Lucky he founs rhe damn thing. Theyre pretty secretive animals.

Also, ive never owned a 410, kinda want one though. Pretty handy round for light work

TDub wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 8:11 am

jhawks99 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:29 am Chupacabra

I thought chupacabra looked more like a mangy coyote. That one is way more ancient alien style. Id run from thay if i was a goat

TDub wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 8:20 am

TraditionKU wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 7:28 am

TDub wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 10:39 pm So ive lost 2 chickens in the last 3 days. Ive been suspecting a raccoon. Then, last night I hear a chicken scream from what seems to be the neighbors place. I go check my coop, all good, but the horses freak out and i turn to see glowing eyes bounding across the pasture...whatever it is sees me and turns and goes away. Couldn't tell what it was but ive never seen a raccoon move like that. This evening at dusk my dog goes crazy and i look out in time to see something goldish bouncing in the far back pasture. Moved like a cat but too big for a housecat and was headed toward the treeline.....barncats never go to the treeline at dusk. Was too far to get a real confident look but now in guessing i got a bobcat to deal with, or perhaps a young cougar. So far its gotten 2 of my chickens, the neighbor down the roads chicken, and a neighbors barncat.

my guess would be bobcat

years ago, as a kid growing up in new mexico, we did the 4H thing and had a nice big chicken coop. in the middle of town we had a bobcat get in the coop. pops took care of it with the business end of a 4-10

Lucky he founs rhe damn thing. Theyre pretty secretive animals.

Also, ive never owned a 410, kinda want one though. Pretty handy round for light work

ousdahl wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 8:21 am It’s fun to think about.

But, same thing with grizzlies in the San Juans: how long can an apex predator go undetected without any empirical confirmation?

At some point a hunter would shoot one, or one would get hit by a car, or a hunter would shoot one, or a carcass wash up on the shore or something.

With the big difference being, grizzlies really used to be in the San Juans, and a specimen really did show up when it was otherwise not supposed to