Gophers!

[burn_baby_burn]

Originally Posted by Hevishot

That and shooting coyotes

Shooting coyotes is a lot harder. There is a lot less shooting and more ripping through fields hanging out the window with a rifle in your hands.

[Tron_fdc]

I heard marigolds keep cats away? I plant them in my planters, and in addition to driving away the neighbourhood cats they're EXTREMELY hard to kill. Perfect for a guy like me that would rather eat burgers than water flowers.

[holden]

If you're going to get a pellet gun buy a .22 cal one (I think this is what a previous poster meant for caliber, not the firearm type). The .177 is not as good, but it depends on the FPS of the rifle and whether its a head shot or not (got skillz?).

Pump action is ok depending on the quality of the rifle (read reviews), CO2 is better, but stay the hell away from spring action (useless).

[GreenLantern]

The best thing you can do when a cat is crapping in your yard is to catch the cat, crap on it and see how IT likes it.

After you have reasoned with it and explained your point, I am sure the cat will change its view.

Either that or get a dog.

[Cowperson]

Originally Posted by Azure

Yeah, that is true too.

I don't know which is the bigger problem around here right now. Coyotes or gophers.

Geez.

Saskatchewan just concluded a bounty program paying out $20 for every dead coyote . . . . . 71,000 dead coyotes later . . . . .

I hope they like the gopher problem they're going to have.

Cowperson

[Azure]

Originally Posted by burn_baby_burn

Shooting coyotes is a lot harder. There is a lot less shooting and more ripping through fields hanging out the window with a rifle in your hands.

all the while yelling and screaming and taking impossible shots will the truck is going 60km/h over a rough patch of ground.

ah, good times.

[DionPlett]

Originally Posted by Cowperson

Saskatchewan just concluded a bounty program paying out $20 for every dead coyote . . . . . 71,000 dead coyotes later . . . . .

I hope they like the gopher problem they're going to have.

Cowperson

I was reading that yesterday as well on the CBC there, I also thought that was a large number and wonder how and if it would effect the eco system.

[Hack&Lube]

Originally Posted by holden

If you're going to get a pellet gun buy a .22 cal one (I think this is what a previous poster meant for caliber, not the firearm type). The .177 is not as good, but it depends on the FPS of the rifle and whether its a head shot or not (got skillz?).

Pump action is ok depending on the quality of the rifle (read reviews), CO2 is better, but stay the hell away from spring action (useless).

And maybe get the real pellet type with pointed tips. Not the spherical BB type. .177 isn't bad if you are running over 400 FPS on C02.

A fully automatic airsoft rifle shooting over 10 balls per second over 400 FPS will also deal out death quite quickly but not humane at all.

[Cowperson]

Originally Posted by DionPlett

I was reading that yesterday as well on the CBC there, I also thought that was a large number and wonder how and if it would effect the eco system.

The program as it was announced:

http://www.agriculture.gov.sk.ca/Coyote-Control

And the result. They're apparently surprised by the "large" number of paws being submitted.

http://www.brandonsun.com/agricultur...794.html?thx=y

One prescient comment from that story:

Lorne Scott, who is a farmer as well as president of Nature Saskatchewan, said coyotes should only be killed if they're causing problems in specific areas.

"A lot of these coyotes probably were coyotes that were causing no problems with domestic animals and they were probably consuming a lot of Richardson's ground squirrels, which are a problem in some areas," said Scott.

"Biologically it's simply not a good way to manage wildlife. We still maintain that the bounty is non-selective. It removes animals that are actually the farmer's friend. Most coyotes are beneficial to landowners."

Amen. If there are indeed "hundreds of thousands" of coyotes in Saskatchewan and you're removed 71,000, it's logical to assume the rodents they consume will benefit from the absence of predation . . . . . and that the coyote population will rebound strongly within a few years as compensation.

Just a dumb idea in Saskatchewan.

Cowperson

[Azure]

That is why its Sask.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by Tron_fdc

I heard marigolds keep cats away? I plant them in my planters, and in addition to driving away the neighbourhood cats they're EXTREMELY hard to kill. Perfect for a guy like me that would rather eat burgers than water flowers.

Man. . . I simply have to party with you.

[Buzzard]

Originally Posted by Matata

My nana got the cats out of her garden by peeing in a bottle and using that to mark the boundaries. Sounds strange to us, but cats understand that sort of thing better than a fence.

Awesome.

Another incredible picture for my mental photo gallery.

[burn_baby_burn]

Originally Posted by GreenLantern

The best thing you can do when a cat is crapping in your yard is to catch the cat, crap on it and see how IT likes it.

After you have reasoned with it and explained your point, I am sure the cat will change its view.

Either that or get a dog.

I know a guy that tried that. He can't have children.

[burn_this_city]

If anyone outside the city need gophers shot, I'll bring my own ammo and everything. Just PM me.

[JFK]

Originally Posted by Cowperson

Amen. If there are indeed "hundreds of thousands" of coyotes in Saskatchewan and you're removed 71,000, it's logical to assume the rodents they consume will benefit from the absence of predation . . . . . and that the coyote population will rebound strongly within a few years as compensation.

Just a dumb idea in Saskatchewan.

Cowperson

Tens of thousands of coyotes are killed every year in Saskatchewan, it just hasn't been reported until now.

It's not like families from urban areas are making day trips out to the country, guns in hand, and hunting coyotes. The people who were killing the coyotes in the past are the very same people who killed them last year, only difference being that the paws were turned in rather than left in the field/ditch.