The scent part....Years ago as a kid I got bit by a stray cat. Animal control came out and set the live trap. The last day a older guy came and checked. This was the last day and if they could not trap the cat I was going for the old 24 shots!! The old guy went into the truck and grabbed something and sprayed the whole trap. He told me it was Pam cooking spray and it masked the human scent on the trap. Behold cat was trapped that night and I didn't have to get the shots! I thought this might come in handy for trappers.
The funny part.....Well this is how I got bit. This is the truth and I could not make this up.
The stray tomcat got into the garbage and got it's head stuck in a dog food can. It was not happy at all. My dad and I found the cat and were figuring how to the can off. My dad (really he is a smart man) got a can opener so the cat could breathe. We used the can opener just like everyone opens a can of beans. Once this was done this the cat was pretty ripe to kill anything!!! My dad says hold on to him good now. He gets some tin snips and starts cutting down to the cats head at the other. The last snip is done and you guessed it, I didn't have a good hold on the cat. The cat turned and bit me good several times between the thumb and index finger. and started scratching and receiving just general a^% kicking by a cat. My dad jumped in to help and got his a#@ worked over pretty well too!!! Once he happy with giving us a a$# kicking. He hauled a$# for the woods.
I know most would not have gone to that extent to save the cat, but for me it makes some of my childhood very interesting!
A .22 short would have been better.. As for masking the scent, before I go out in the woods, I usually eat a nice hot bowl of Campbells Bean soup.. Nothing comes my way for hours....
Just had that experence a little over a month ago, kid drug home a cat & said it was our old one that disappeard, said it had kittens (our's was spay'd) I grabbed a kennel to take it back when the dog came into the room and the stray went chainsaw on me and I was wearing my Carheart jacket & insulated leather gloves, kitty went off like a switch was flipped and same thing happenedjust trying to get a better grip it would get a even better chomp oon the gloves wasent till the last part that the cat managed to bite thrugh, did get that critter in the cage and the door closed, dident hurt my feelings that it went back under the grade school gym.
I remember as a kid we would stuff Mr Tomcat head first into a Old buckle overshoe and buckle it tight and then Dad could castrate them without getting all torn up
Vets in our area were large animal ones used to Cow's & Horses mabe few them Hog's the Farmers had.
I was talking with an old timer a few years back. He said as a kid he and his family had a problem with the neighbor's bull getting out of the pen. After several times of the bull getting out and tearing their garden up, (in the depression, the garden was their only food!) the old timer and his brother decided to play a game. The next time the bull got out, they caught a stray cat, caught the bull, and tied the cat to the bull's tail. Ever see a bull run after being switched? Tail goes straight up! Well with the additonal weight of the cat, the tail went straight to the bull's back and the cat latched on. The bull went crazzzzy and took off running into a tree. The bull's neck broke and the two bother's had to work in their garden and their neighbor's garden to pay the debt. True or not, I laughed my @$# off! Choose to believe it if you want to, I do. Its funnier that way.
Just had that experence a little over a month ago, kid drug home a cat & said it was our old one that disappeard, said it had kittens (our's was spay'd) I grabbed a kennel to take it back when the dog came into the room and the stray went chainsaw on me and I was wearing my Carheart jacket & insulated leather gloves, kitty went off like a switch was flipped and same thing happenedjust trying to get a better grip it would get a even better chomp oon the gloves wasent till the last part that the cat managed to bite thrugh, did get that critter in the cage and the door closed, dident hurt my feelings that it went back under the grade school gym.
I remember as a kid we would stuff Mr Tomcat head first into a Old buckle overshoe and buckle it tight and then Dad could castrate them without getting all torn up
Vets in our area were large animal ones used to Cow's & Horses mabe few them Hog's the Farmers had.
We did the same thing with unwanted or stray tom cats. We had one big black male when the knife started on him his big ole claws came right thru the sides of rubber overshoe. Cat didnt come back for a while.
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me and my dad got to wild cats in one of those traps that when the bait hook moves the door shuts behind them and we didnt need masking we just put a slap of meat on the hook and waited once it was caught another 2 days after placing the trap we walked up to it with a 22lr and point blank shot its head done no more cat
We did the same thing with unwanted or stray tom cats. We had one big black male when the knife started on him his big ole claws came right thru the sides of rubber overshoe. Cat didnt come back for a while.
A couple of years ago, a stray female cat decided to raise a litter of kittens under a wood pile at the edge of our property (suburbs). I pretty much ignored the cat until the mother cat decided to move the kittens into our garage. There was a lot of junk in there, so it was next to impossible to catch them even the tiny kittens. Damn were they wild little things.
Time passes and I hear a cat raising up a storm on my front porch, We had some of those Adrondak chairs on the porch and the kitten had climbed up the back of the chair and slipped a paw down the crack (which gets smaller as you go toward the seat). The kitten was stuck. Moma cat and the other kittens were there raising hello. I decide I would rescue the kitten.... what would a poor little kitten do? right?
I put on leather gloves and reached for the kitten. Meanwhile the mother cat was hissing up a storm and giving me the shivers. The kitten grabs my gloved hand and bites hard. No permanent damage.... so I decide to throw a blanket over the kitten and grab him and lift him up along the crack to free his paw. I ran the other cats off first as they were not liking my presence. Anyway, even with leather gloves and the blanket, the little thing still managed to bite me, but I got him out unharmed (scared to death, but otherwise unharmed). The lady next door later took them in and we watched that family of cats for several years until she moved away. The one I saved, actually became pretty friendly toward us but the mother cat was always wild as can be. It deserved a bullet which I threatened to provide for free more than a few times.
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After that experience, I know why I never could have captured the bobcat kitten (maybe 8-10" long) I saw along a dirt road in the woods. Saw the kitten and grabbed a burlap bag.... make an interesting pet, right? Well, that little thing raised cain when it saw me, hissing and growling and took off running. Wow was that thing wild. Probably saved me a trip to the doctor.
Growing up we had and old timer lived next to us and he told us the reason he doesnt have all the SOB cats around his house is because when he catches a neighborhood cat he rubs its butthole with a corn leaf and pours kerosene on it. Then went on to say they run off on with back feet off the ground warning all the others... of course he told us that also worked on the trailer park kids down the road too.
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The juice of a few hot as hadies chillies gently blended with a very fine super hot cayenne. add a few parts of janola (household ammonia). insert into reasonably priced (and accurate) water pistol. aim at the digit of the explanation shaped mark. open fire and get the hell out of the way. This recipe works well. neighbours don't get touchy about missing (dead)cat any more, as it never leaves more than 10 feet of the house.
The old guy went into the truck and grabbed something and sprayed the whole trap. He told me it was Pam cooking spray and it masked the human scent on the trap. Behold cat was trapped that night and I didn't have to get the shots!
I thought this might come in handy for trappers.
We used the can opener just like everyone opens a can of beans. Once this was done this the cat was pretty ripe to kill anything!!! My dad says hold on to him good now. He gets some tin snips and starts cutting down to the cats head at the other. The last snip is done and you guessed it, I didn't have a good hold on the cat. The cat turned and bit me good several times between the thumb and index finger. and started scratching and receiving just general a^% kicking by a cat. My dad jumped in to help and got his a#@ worked over pretty well too!!! Once he happy with giving us a a$# kicking. He hauled a$# for the woods. 
True or not, I laughed my @$# off! Choose to believe it if you want to, I do. Its funnier that way. 
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