Never been a cat guy, but quickly realized they are a necessity after moving out of town and in what is basically the middle of a pasture. Gotta admin the dang things grew on me.
Coyotes got one not long ago. Took me a week to go back and really comb through footage after she went missing. They stayed back in the dark that I don't monitor at night except for about 15 seconds worth where one ran up after another cat that got away. Missed it while combing through at 32x, found it later. I didn't get the actual kill of the cat on camera, it was in what I know is a night blind spot that I've been meaning to cover, but I got the audio of the kill on the cameras.
Anyway, the expensive part is me, going out and buying a thermal scope so that retribution (justice?) may be served. Then me realizing that oh, a coyote call might be helpful, but I'm lazy and don't want to take the time to learn a manual one, better get an E-Caller. Dang, this AR gets heavy after a while scoping back and forth to see what's out there, better get me a thermal monocular.
Probably wouldn't go through all this, but waddles (she waddled when she walked by the time she was here long enough for me to name her, I feed them well) was my best hunter, and a good kitty. Plus I have more to protect. 2 would be fine staying locked up at night, but that defeats their purpose, and one is having none of being locked up. I think it kills her soul a little each time. So this is what it's come to.
Coyotes got one not long ago. Took me a week to go back and really comb through footage after she went missing. They stayed back in the dark that I don't monitor at night except for about 15 seconds worth where one ran up after another cat that got away. Missed it while combing through at 32x, found it later. I didn't get the actual kill of the cat on camera, it was in what I know is a night blind spot that I've been meaning to cover, but I got the audio of the kill on the cameras.
Anyway, the expensive part is me, going out and buying a thermal scope so that retribution (justice?) may be served. Then me realizing that oh, a coyote call might be helpful, but I'm lazy and don't want to take the time to learn a manual one, better get an E-Caller. Dang, this AR gets heavy after a while scoping back and forth to see what's out there, better get me a thermal monocular.
Probably wouldn't go through all this, but waddles (she waddled when she walked by the time she was here long enough for me to name her, I feed them well) was my best hunter, and a good kitty. Plus I have more to protect. 2 would be fine staying locked up at night, but that defeats their purpose, and one is having none of being locked up. I think it kills her soul a little each time. So this is what it's come to.