My favourite cat.

SPEEDY · 04-17-2006, 02:16 AM

This is the biggest cat that I have shot yet, I got it last year near the quarters I stay in on a property in QLD.
We had been trying to get these !!!! cats that had moved into the nearby sheds and we were asked to try get this big bugger that the property owner said was getting around he said it was really big and we would know it by its bob tail.
Well after 3 days of squealing in small cats and kittens I just couldn’t get a shot at this cunning bugger when after getting home after going for a stalk I saw it 100m away from the back of the Ute I was on. I banged on the roof and jumped down grabbing my gun and making my way around some cover to sneak up on it. I removed my gun from its case and dropped a couple of SSG’s into it and when I cleared the cover it took of running right past me at about 60m I took aim and fired and it did the best cartwheel I have ever seen a cat do. As the saying goes when it comes to skill and luck I will take luck every time.

jerry · 04-17-2006, 06:04 AM

Nice kitty. I have to be a bit more discrete here and use the bow.

Johnny_Revolver · 04-17-2006, 06:30 AM

The feral cat.... I read a number of books written by a fella called Len Beadell who is sadly no longer with us. Len surveyed and made the Gunbarrel highway and other famous out back roads after WW2. While in Western Australia, an Aboriginal Elder told him of the feral animals that inhabited the area. He said: ` !!!!! cat came first` long time later, pig came. before White fella.. It is quite possible cats were there 400 years ago, from Dutch shipping ( or even Portuguese as well ) travelling close to the Western coast.
I`m sure Speedy will verify this, there are some truly sobering sized feral cats out in the sticks. I don`t mean anything you`d mistake for a panther- cougar or puma. Just boof headed, big shouldered things. They are HARD to shoot, the real deal ones way out. Not fluffy the part persian suburban escapee. There have been some really diabolical decisions made here over the years, in the late 1800`s early 1900`s. After rabbits were released ( they were brought over to give the early settlers a touch of home ) and soon got totally out of hand, some bright spark decided to take several cats ( I forget how many, a bloody lot anyway ) out west to Cobar and let em go! Argh! They have gone through our native wildlife like a dose of salts.
I have nothing against cats as pets, but I won`t hesitate to drill one like Speedy has, dogs either if they shouldnt be there where I am shooting. Its rare to arrive at a western property and not get instructed by the owner: `See these dogs ? ( an arm swept over his dog pens or dog troop on his landcruiser ) any dog other than these, shoot.....

Oxford · 05-08-2006, 12:18 PM

I've got a neighbor's cat I wish you guys would take care of for me.

I've got my new pellet gun loaded and almost sighted in for the next opportunity I get to pop that cat on the arse with a hot load.

Ach Du Liebe · 05-10-2006, 01:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Oxford

I've got a neighbor's cat I wish you guys would take care of for me.

I've got my new pellet gun loaded and almost sighted in for the next opportunity I get to pop that cat on the arse with a hot load.

hahaha Its just funny the way wrote that

oliver1800 · 04-09-2007, 08:58 PM

i have cats on our farm that we feed but are wild. thay are really quick and sneaky but is allegal to shoot. so thy think.

billy · 04-09-2007, 10:52 PM

they used to use the skins for banjo heads

Midas · 04-10-2007, 02:17 AM

Good lookin feline

tbonecpk · 04-10-2007, 03:28 AM

oh god ox that reminds me of a story my father told me lol. he and a friend got a wicked crossfire goin usin 22's. a cat was passed out in the middle of the back yard and my father and his friend shot at its corn hole (both intentionaly missing) got a nice puff of dust and the cat just ran like a bat outa ****.

Sav .250 · 04-10-2007, 07:15 AM

One less kitty.............

ArkansasHunter · 04-10-2007, 09:15 AM

Amazeing 6 weeks ago a stray cat had a litter of 5 kittens in my shop, to be honest I was afraid she might attack me if I got close to them.
So I let her raise her babies and as the days went by she got use to me and I got to where I could pet her.
By the 5th week I was ready for them to leave, but short of killing them I didn't know how I was going to get rid of them.
About the middle of the 6th week they left, vanished I don't know where they went but I am releived there gone.
I guess I'm tender hearted. I could'nt displace them. And it was cool watch'en the little one's play.

oliver1800 · 04-11-2007, 10:32 AM

i no what you mean but you gota do what you gota do

04-17-2006, 02:16 AM	#1
SPEEDY Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NSW Australia Posts: 73	My favourite cat. This is the biggest cat that I have shot yet, I got it last year near the quarters I stay in on a property in QLD. We had been trying to get these !!!! cats that had moved into the nearby sheds and we were asked to try get this big bugger that the property owner said was getting around he said it was really big and we would know it by its bob tail. Well after 3 days of squealing in small cats and kittens I just couldn’t get a shot at this cunning bugger when after getting home after going for a stalk I saw it 100m away from the back of the Ute I was on. I banged on the roof and jumped down grabbing my gun and making my way around some cover to sneak up on it. I removed my gun from its case and dropped a couple of SSG’s into it and when I cleared the cover it took of running right past me at about 60m I took aim and fired and it did the best cartwheel I have ever seen a cat do. As the saying goes when it comes to skill and luck I will take luck every time.

04-17-2006, 06:04 AM	#2
jerry Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 11,213 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 1	Nice kitty. I have to be a bit more discrete here and use the bow. __________________ Joe the plumber is screwed

05-08-2006, 12:18 PM	#4
Oxford Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gladstone, Missouri Posts: 13,110 Blog Entries: 4	I've got a neighbor's cat I wish you guys would take care of for me. I've got my new pellet gun loaded and almost sighted in for the next opportunity I get to pop that cat on the arse with a hot load. __________________ "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right".

04-10-2007, 02:17 AM	#8
Midas Troll B' Gone Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Springdale, Arkansas Posts: 3,907 Images: 2 Blog Entries: 6	Good lookin feline __________________ "Recoil lasts for a second, gravity lasts forever"

04-10-2007, 03:28 AM	#9
tbonecpk Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: San Diego Cal Posts: 1,590 Blog Entries: 2	oh god ox that reminds me of a story my father told me lol. he and a friend got a wicked crossfire goin usin 22's. a cat was passed out in the middle of the back yard and my father and his friend shot at its corn hole (both intentionaly missing) got a nice puff of dust and the cat just ran like a bat outa ****. __________________ "Speak softly but carry a big stick" -Teddy Roosevelt

04-17-2006, 06:30 AM	#3
Johnny_Revolver Gun Liker Join Date: May 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 1,222 Blog Entries: 6	The feral cat.... I read a number of books written by a fella called Len Beadell who is sadly no longer with us. Len surveyed and made the Gunbarrel highway and other famous out back roads after WW2. While in Western Australia, an Aboriginal Elder told him of the feral animals that inhabited the area. He said: ` !!!!! cat came first` long time later, pig came. before White fella.. It is quite possible cats were there 400 years ago, from Dutch shipping ( or even Portuguese as well ) travelling close to the Western coast. I`m sure Speedy will verify this, there are some truly sobering sized feral cats out in the sticks. I don`t mean anything you`d mistake for a panther- cougar or puma. Just boof headed, big shouldered things. They are HARD to shoot, the real deal ones way out. Not fluffy the part persian suburban escapee. There have been some really diabolical decisions made here over the years, in the late 1800`s early 1900`s. After rabbits were released ( they were brought over to give the early settlers a touch of home ) and soon got totally out of hand, some bright spark decided to take several cats ( I forget how many, a bloody lot anyway ) out west to Cobar and let em go! Argh! They have gone through our native wildlife like a dose of salts. I have nothing against cats as pets, but I won`t hesitate to drill one like Speedy has, dogs either if they shouldnt be there where I am shooting. Its rare to arrive at a western property and not get instructed by the owner: `See these dogs ? ( an arm swept over his dog pens or dog troop on his landcruiser ) any dog other than these, shoot.....

04-09-2007, 08:58 PM	#6
oliver1800 Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: North East Wisconsin Posts: 39	i have cats on our farm that we feed but are wild. thay are really quick and sneaky but is allegal to shoot. so thy think.

04-09-2007, 10:52 PM	#7
billy spiritual counselor Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: a secret lab on the shores of lake titicaca Posts: 14,347 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 154	they used to use the skins for banjo heads

04-10-2007, 07:15 AM	#10
Sav .250 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Central Fla. Posts: 176	One less kitty.............

04-10-2007, 09:15 AM	#11
ArkansasHunter Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Arkansas Posts: 10,998	Amazeing 6 weeks ago a stray cat had a litter of 5 kittens in my shop, to be honest I was afraid she might attack me if I got close to them. So I let her raise her babies and as the days went by she got use to me and I got to where I could pet her. By the 5th week I was ready for them to leave, but short of killing them I didn't know how I was going to get rid of them. About the middle of the 6th week they left, vanished I don't know where they went but I am releived there gone. I guess I'm tender hearted. I could'nt displace them. And it was cool watch'en the little one's play.

04-11-2007, 10:32 AM	#12
oliver1800 Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: North East Wisconsin Posts: 39	i no what you mean but you gota do what you gota do