Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[Mike CHS]

The coyotes seem to have moved out because a pair of cougars seem to have moved in. They had been reported in the counties west of Nashville but no way of knowing which way they were moving. The neighbors have seen them twice.

 

[CntryBoy777]

That doesn't sound good, sure hope they just keep on moving On away from ya..........stay locked and loaded just in case.

 

[Pastor Dave]

A good caliber and a good scope puts a good distance between ya and with good velocity, a quick kill.

 

[Latestarter]

Sure wish Thor was a year older for you right now, but I'm sure he'd back up Maisy with a bark if not fight. Between the two of them it may be enough to persuade a cougar to hunt elsewhere. But you bring the sheep up close to the house at night as well don't you?

 

[greybeard]

A good caliber and a good scope puts a good distance between ya and with good velocity, a quick kill.

In some states tho, the big cats are a protected species and you cannot (legally) kill those type felines unless they are actually causing property damage or present an imminent threat to human life.
Best to dot your Tees and cross your eyes if you're going to shoot one.

 

[Pastor Dave]

Yah GB, hadn't considered that. Better wait til it's close and use iron sights. My state reintroduced timber rattlers a while ago, and now they're protected. We were better off without them.

 

[Bruce]

The coyotes seem to have moved out because a pair of cougars seem to have moved in. They had been reported in the counties west of Nashville but no way of knowing which way they were moving. The neighbors have seen them twice.

Oh my! I sure hope there is plenty of natural game around for that pair. And you have good fences so maybe if they come your way they will find easier dining at someone else's house.

My state reintroduced timber rattlers a while ago, and now they're protected. We were better off without them.

I understand reintroducing "top of the food chain" animals in places where the prey animal population has exploded once people killed off all the top predators. Not quite sure why timber rattlers would be in that category. Why did they do it?

 

[Latestarter]

From my understanding, timber rattlers are endangered (as are eastern diamondbacks), like many other animals due to loss of habitat. With the loss of the (all) snakes comes an exponential increase in rodents -mice/rats. Everything in balance... Folks out west didn't want wolves re-introduced, but the deer/elk population got so large that they ended up with CWD and that spread causing all kinds of other issues. The wolves help keep the deer in balance. There aren't as many hunters as there used to be primarily due to social issue with it. Whole nuther discussion there.

 

[Bruce]

Ah, I hadn't considered the rattlers' roll in rodent control.

 

[Mike CHS]

I finally had the camera in the truck when I was out finishing up the last few T-posts. The dogs always usually hang out near where I'm working so that's usually when I can get some candid shots. Maisy has been jumping on Thor for what seems to me to be a non problem but I'll leave them along as long as no harm is done. I didn't see what caused it this time but I'm guessing it was over a stick. Thor is teething and will chew on anything he can find. I didn't see Maisy take Thor down but after it was all done Maisy went and picked up a stick that looked like the one Thor was chewing on and walked off with it. Sooooo, either Maisy had it and Thor tried to take it away and the battle ensued. Thor is still smaller than Maisy so she can take him down but he is fighting back and his isn't just noise.

The puppy look is all but gone on the boy.