The last few days our chickens have been stocked and two have been killed by something in the dark. When your daughter finds out the next morning, and she cries over her pets, your fatherly instinct to protect your crying child takes over and you're filled with determination get revenge on who ever made your daughter cry. Today I shot my r10 over the chronograph and check its zero. I finally had a purpose to used the pop-up trailer and decided I would camp out all night and kill whatever made my daughter cry.
I wished I could have used my matador but I'm still waiting on a huma regulator for it.
I mounted my hog light and sat inside the camper at around 10 pm. As midnight started to get closer, I started to wish I could wait inside the air conditioned house and started looking at different baby monitors on my phone.
A few minutes later I heard our white miniature goat make a weird grunting noise. I shown the hog light on our goat and noticed his hair was standing up and he was looking to the north of the fence. I scan over to where the goat was looking, and noticed a pair of eyes just over our fence.
I stared at the glowing eyes for several minutes and figured it was the neighbors cat. As the glowing eyes silently crawled over the fence and made its way to the chicken coop, I noticed it didn't move like a cat. As it crawled on top of the chicken coop, I still couldn't make out what it was. I didn't want to shoot our neighbor's cat so I had to make sure I knew for certain what it was. I didn't want to turn up the light for fear I might spook it.
As I was watching it move on top of the chicken coop, I could clearly make out the strip tail hang over the side. I quickly lined up my cross hair just behind the eye and took my shot. I could hear the impact, and the raccoon did a 360 somersault off the coop and fell to the ground. I quickly got out of the camper and walked over the raccoon and put two more pellets in its head.
I ran inside and woke my wife. She was so happy that I got the chicken killer. She help me bag the coon by shining the flashlight while I carefully bagged it.
I had a good idea it was a raccoon that was killing our chickens but I also read skunks will kill chickens if they are hungry enough. I'm glad it was a raccoon instead of a skunk tonight.
I wished I could have used my matador but I'm still waiting on a huma regulator for it.
I mounted my hog light and sat inside the camper at around 10 pm. As midnight started to get closer, I started to wish I could wait inside the air conditioned house and started looking at different baby monitors on my phone.
A few minutes later I heard our white miniature goat make a weird grunting noise. I shown the hog light on our goat and noticed his hair was standing up and he was looking to the north of the fence. I scan over to where the goat was looking, and noticed a pair of eyes just over our fence.
I stared at the glowing eyes for several minutes and figured it was the neighbors cat. As the glowing eyes silently crawled over the fence and made its way to the chicken coop, I noticed it didn't move like a cat. As it crawled on top of the chicken coop, I still couldn't make out what it was. I didn't want to shoot our neighbor's cat so I had to make sure I knew for certain what it was. I didn't want to turn up the light for fear I might spook it.
As I was watching it move on top of the chicken coop, I could clearly make out the strip tail hang over the side. I quickly lined up my cross hair just behind the eye and took my shot. I could hear the impact, and the raccoon did a 360 somersault off the coop and fell to the ground. I quickly got out of the camper and walked over the raccoon and put two more pellets in its head.
I ran inside and woke my wife. She was so happy that I got the chicken killer. She help me bag the coon by shining the flashlight while I carefully bagged it.
I had a good idea it was a raccoon that was killing our chickens but I also read skunks will kill chickens if they are hungry enough. I'm glad it was a raccoon instead of a skunk tonight.
