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Cremon · February 12, 2010, 02:24 PM

I used to shoot the wild cats with a 410 with bird shot. It didn't kill them but they NEVER wanted to come around again. The problem with that approach is that it's LOUD.

If I lived further out in the country or outside a subdivision, I would probably kill them.

But I own a cat (neutered male and he has a collar and stays close to home). I have gotten to know some of the cats in my neighborhood and I am always worried about killing someone's family pet. Yeah the wild ones tend to look beat up as hell but living in a subdivision, I don't take chances. We still have lots of wild rabbits, birds, chipmonks and squirrels (where I live, no cat ever catches a squirrel - Georgia squirrels make cats look like they are moving in slow motion) so I don't see wild cats as a problem here for now (we also have coyotes that probably keep the cat population under control anyway - we lost one cat to coyotes a couple of years back).

February 12, 2010, 02:24 PM	#19
Cremon Senior Member Join Date: August 28, 2007 Location: Marietta, GA Posts: 307	I used to shoot the wild cats with a 410 with bird shot. It didn't kill them but they NEVER wanted to come around again. The problem with that approach is that it's LOUD. If I lived further out in the country or outside a subdivision, I would probably kill them. But I own a cat (neutered male and he has a collar and stays close to home). I have gotten to know some of the cats in my neighborhood and I am always worried about killing someone's family pet. Yeah the wild ones tend to look beat up as hell but living in a subdivision, I don't take chances. We still have lots of wild rabbits, birds, chipmonks and squirrels (where I live, no cat ever catches a squirrel - Georgia squirrels make cats look like they are moving in slow motion) so I don't see wild cats as a problem here for now (we also have coyotes that probably keep the cat population under control anyway - we lost one cat to coyotes a couple of years back).