Samssimonsays: Blazing Acres journal

samssimonsays · Dec 4, 2015

Just wanted to share what happened only around 2 hours from us. We know we have one within 5 miles one way and 8 the other way. If it was the same one then our home lands RIGHT in its territory. :ep

But that is one BIG CAT!

I am just glad the cat got that beautiful Buck and not the wolves :hide

Latestarter · Dec 4, 2015

wow, that IS a big cat. Hey now, let's not be prejudiced against wolves... They deserve to eat too. Coyotes I don't much care for, but wolves... well... I LIKE BIG dogs! Either one (cat/wolf) can destroy your animals. And 1 LGD against a determined cat that size might not work out well. Was that recent?

Poka_Doodle · Dec 4, 2015

Coyotes have been deadly to my animals, so let's hope your goats stay safe

samssimonsays · Dec 6, 2015

We have a lot of bad wolf issues around us. MAny many livestock is lost and we have no deer tracks anywhere, the wolves moved in and wiped them out and are now causing issues with cattle folk.

As for being recent, it was this year before hunting season started in November.

I'm concerned about my goats but that's why I am locking them in my rabbit barn where we made them their own stalls. I would keep a "team" easily. But my husband is another story lol. My goal is to work on it and potentially add a team come the next couple years and get our dogs used to staying out in the goat pen with them while we are gone. That way they are outside, able to have fun and be an added team to protect them? Still trying to convince my husband we need another dog lol!

Ferguson K · Dec 6, 2015

I'm glad you're healing up from your wreck!!! Nothing quite like being sore and stiff to make evening chores so much better.

That cat is huge! I rber seeing that circle around a month or so ago. Glad it was a deer and not someone's livestock.

samssimonsays · Dec 7, 2015

Ferguson K said:
I'm glad you're healing up from your wreck!!! Nothing quite like being sore and stiff to make evening chores so much better.

That cat is huge! I rber seeing that circle around a month or so ago. Glad it was a deer and not someone's livestock.

Yes! Very glad. Sadly it is mostly livestock that are getting taken now. We don't have Coyotes anymore which is not a good sign. Usually that means something bigger and badder is out there. I always carry my husbands 45 with protection rounds in it (hollow points hehe) while going out to the barn for chores and both dogs are out marking and patrolling the grounds while I am out there. Our neighbors have a little pomeranian that my dogs love to play with and we have already warned them on the large amount of wolf tracks that leave the back of our property and go right to theirs which their house is further back than ours so they are closer to their house.... I am already looking into hot wire for the tops of the fencing for next year LOL.