Some moron shot a cat in the head with a crossbow.

[waggy]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: adairusmc
I have found that a .410 is much much more effective than that for dispatching strays.

I've found that a headshot from a high power rifle is very effective for dispatching jackasses who shoot other people's pets. :|

How the hell do you know they're strays? My cat doesn't have a collar at the moment. She was rescued and there is no way we can possibly keep her inside 100% of the time.

that is your problem. why should others put up with your pissing on bushes (wich can kill the bush) or having it mess up the property?

we have a wild adog and cat problem. while the cats arent as dangerous they cause a lot of problems (they will eat smaller livestock). not to mention small packs of wild dogs.

I rarely piss on my neighbors bushes.

I have a cat and a dog and many bushes in the backyard. Haven't lost a single bush yet...

If you have strays you might want to call animal control and have them rounded up.

heh oops typing to fast and not paying attention LOL.

cat piss can. it does not always though.

as for animal control they do not come into the country (at least not around here). Last year we had a cat that was attacking people. one kid was bitten twice from it. they called to have the cat picked up. they said they couldnt because they just don't have the manpower to come out here. though we did see them a week latter after someone managed to shoot the cat.

 

[TheKub]

Originally posted by: Andyb23
I did have a collar on my cat for 99% of her life. And I do sort of live in the country and I've never seen a family member or neighbor mention doing this or do it. I'm glad I don't live around such scum too... Animal problem? Call Animal Control thats the whole purpose of the agency.

Congrats 99% then, but that 1% is still YOUR negligence as an owner.

What do you think animal control would have done? Put them down. Once a cat has gone feral odds are they would not be good for a house pet any more. Animal control puts every "pet" though a behavior test and if its deamed that it is even the slightest of risk they put it down.

 

[Andyb23]

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: adairusmc
I have found that a .410 is much much more effective than that for dispatching strays.

I've found that a headshot from a high power rifle is very effective for dispatching jackasses who shoot other people's pets. :|

How the hell do you know they're strays? My cat doesn't have a collar at the moment. She was rescued and there is no way we can possibly keep her inside 100% of the time.

that is your problem. why should others put up with your pissing on bushes (wich can kill the bush) or having it mess up the property?

we have a wild adog and cat problem. while the cats arent as dangerous they cause a lot of problems (they will eat smaller livestock). not to mention small packs of wild dogs.

I rarely piss on my neighbors bushes.

I have a cat and a dog and many bushes in the backyard. Haven't lost a single bush yet...

If you have strays you might want to call animal control and have them rounded up.

heh oops typing to fast and not paying attention LOL.

cat piss can. it does not always though.

as for animal control they do not come into the country (at least not around here). Last year we had a cat that was attacking people. one kid was bitten twice from it. they called to have the cat picked up. they said they couldnt because they just don't have the manpower to come out here. though we did see them a week latter after someone managed to shoot the cat.

Oooh a cat bit some kid? What happened? got a little scratch? Its funny coming from a bow and arrow hunting tough guy, your making stray cats out to seem like mountain lions.

I can just see it now a bunch of backwoods Illinoisans running back to the shed to get their scoped out rifles.

"Oh my gawd!! Theres a 10 pound stray cat on the loose, lets go git and shoot that varmint! Git er' done!!!"

 

[Aikouka]

Originally posted by: clamum
I have no respect for people who treat animals like that. If it was my pet that I loved I'd be fscking PISSED.

I think most people would have the same reaction if it were a person that were hit. That's why I can't stand the focus that people put on pets anymore... they treat them like people when they're still just animals.

 

[Andyb23]

Originally posted by: TheKub

Originally posted by: Andyb23
I did have a collar on my cat for 99% of her life. And I do sort of live in the country and I've never seen a family member or neighbor mention doing this or do it. I'm glad I don't live around such scum too... Animal problem? Call Animal Control thats the whole purpose of the agency.

Congrats 99% then, but that 1% is still YOUR negligence as an owner.

What do you think animal control would have done? Put them down. Once a cat has gone feral odds are they would not be good for a house pet any more. Animal control puts every "pet" though a behavior test and if its deamed that it is even the slightest of risk they put it down.

That 1% was when she was sick and couldn't go out in cold weather anyways. Not to mention she was mostly an indoor cat.

 

[Luthien]

Originally posted by: mobobuff

Originally posted by: DefDC
I swear, if I caught someone doing crap like that to even a stray in my neighborhood, I'd break their arms and legs... It doesn't help that I have a cat that looks just like that one...

My Cat

Agreed. I used to have a cat that looked just like that one. . It angries up my blood.

Ditto that and a big FU to the cat haters on anandtech. Oh, no a cat is in my yard call the cops get the guns. FU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[TheKub]

Originally posted by: Andyb23
That 1% was when she was sick and couldn't go out in cold weather anyways. Not to mention she was mostly an indoor cat.

Great then. No problem! Just know that that one time your pet gets out without its collar and gets lost/in touble that other 99.99999% doesn't mean a thing.

I feel I need to clarify. We were not sitting on a rocking chair on our porch with our rife drinking moonshine waiting for any cat to come strolling on to our property. Generally if we saw a cat for several weeks and it didn't have a collar and no new families had moved in the general area then we put it down if it became a burden on us.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: Andyb23

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: adairusmc
I have found that a .410 is much much more effective than that for dispatching strays.

I've found that a headshot from a high power rifle is very effective for dispatching jackasses who shoot other people's pets. :|

How the hell do you know they're strays? My cat doesn't have a collar at the moment. She was rescued and there is no way we can possibly keep her inside 100% of the time.

that is your problem. why should others put up with your pissing on bushes (wich can kill the bush) or having it mess up the property?

we have a wild adog and cat problem. while the cats arent as dangerous they cause a lot of problems (they will eat smaller livestock). not to mention small packs of wild dogs.

I rarely piss on my neighbors bushes.

I have a cat and a dog and many bushes in the backyard. Haven't lost a single bush yet...

If you have strays you might want to call animal control and have them rounded up.

heh oops typing to fast and not paying attention LOL.

cat piss can. it does not always though.

as for animal control they do not come into the country (at least not around here). Last year we had a cat that was attacking people. one kid was bitten twice from it. they called to have the cat picked up. they said they couldnt because they just don't have the manpower to come out here. though we did see them a week latter after someone managed to shoot the cat.

Oooh a cat bit some kid? What happened? got a little scratch? Its funny coming from a bow and arrow hunting tough guy, your making stray cats out to seem like mountain lions.

I can just see it now a bunch of backwoods Illinoisans running back to the shed to get their scoped out rifles.

"Oh my gawd!! Theres a 10 pound stray cat on the loose, lets go git and shoot that varmint! Git er' done!!!"

uh cat bites are really bad. they have a high rate of getting infected. Also with a wild (if it does not have a coller or tags its wild) animal bite you should have the animal chekced for rabies.

 

[TheKub]

Originally posted by: Andyb23

Oooh a cat bit some kid? What happened? got a little scratch?

Cats can get rabies.

Besides is it ok to hurt anyone as long as its a little bit? If thats the case Ill be sure to punch you as long as it doesnt cause too much damage.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: adairusmc
I have found that a .410 is much much more effective than that for dispatching strays.

I've found that a headshot from a high power rifle is very effective for dispatching jackasses who shoot other people's pets. :|

How the hell do you know they're strays? My cat doesn't have a collar at the moment. She was rescued and there is no way we can possibly keep her inside 100% of the time.

that is your problem. why should others put up with your pissing on bushes (wich can kill the bush) or having it mess up the property?

we have a wild adog and cat problem. while the cats arent as dangerous they cause a lot of problems (they will eat smaller livestock). not to mention small packs of wild dogs.

I rarely piss on my neighbors bushes.

I have a cat and a dog and many bushes in the backyard. Haven't lost a single bush yet...

If you have strays you might want to call animal control and have them rounded up.

heh oops typing to fast and not paying attention LOL.

cat piss can. it does not always though.

as for animal control they do not come into the country (at least not around here). Last year we had a cat that was attacking people. one kid was bitten twice from it. they called to have the cat picked up. they said they couldnt because they just don't have the manpower to come out here. though we did see them a week latter after someone managed to shoot the cat.

Well, I'd probably make an exception in that case. But if you looked at the pictures in that news story you'd see that these people lived in a very suburbian upper/middle class area. Definitely not a rural area and this was clearly a pet and not a stray.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Well, I'd probably make an exception in that case. But if you looked at the pictures in that news story you'd see that these people lived in a very suburbian upper/middle class area. Definitely not a rural area and this was clearly a pet and not a stray.

oh i agree. whoever did that (the cat had a coller) is a asshole. just looking to kill anything. IF a dog or squirrel got in his way he would have shot it.

just pointint out a diffrent side of everyone yelling about "oh he shot a cat kill him!". Not all cats/dogs are loveing pets. there are a LOT of wild (even in the city. remember reading about one town that has a huge wild dog problem) cats/dogs and they do damage to property and other animals.

 

[Andyb23]

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: Andyb23

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: adairusmc
I have found that a .410 is much much more effective than that for dispatching strays.

I've found that a headshot from a high power rifle is very effective for dispatching jackasses who shoot other people's pets. :|

How the hell do you know they're strays? My cat doesn't have a collar at the moment. She was rescued and there is no way we can possibly keep her inside 100% of the time.

that is your problem. why should others put up with your pissing on bushes (wich can kill the bush) or having it mess up the property?

we have a wild adog and cat problem. while the cats arent as dangerous they cause a lot of problems (they will eat smaller livestock). not to mention small packs of wild dogs.

I rarely piss on my neighbors bushes.

I have a cat and a dog and many bushes in the backyard. Haven't lost a single bush yet...

If you have strays you might want to call animal control and have them rounded up.

heh oops typing to fast and not paying attention LOL.

cat piss can. it does not always though.

as for animal control they do not come into the country (at least not around here). Last year we had a cat that was attacking people. one kid was bitten twice from it. they called to have the cat picked up. they said they couldnt because they just don't have the manpower to come out here. though we did see them a week latter after someone managed to shoot the cat.

Oooh a cat bit some kid? What happened? got a little scratch? Its funny coming from a bow and arrow hunting tough guy, your making stray cats out to seem like mountain lions.

I can just see it now a bunch of backwoods Illinoisans running back to the shed to get their scoped out rifles.

"Oh my gawd!! Theres a 10 pound stray cat on the loose, lets go git and shoot that varmint! Git er' done!!!"

uh cat bites are really bad. they have a high rate of getting infected. Also with a wild (if it does not have a coller or tags its wild) animal bite you should have the animal chekced for rabies.

ROAR!

 

[TheKub]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Well, I'd probably make an exception in that case. But if you looked at the pictures in that news story you'd see that these people lived in a very suburbian upper/middle class area. Definitely not a rural area and this was clearly a pet and not a stray.

Yeah I'm not saying that what this person did was right. Just wanted to knock the people looking for the head of the shooter down a few notches.

Personally I dislike bow hunting as a fair number of people dont take the time to practice and know the kill zones and wind up putting an arrow in something in a non lethal area and it runs away only to most likely die a much slower more painful death due to infection/ blood loss. Not that a gun will guarantee a kill but it raises the odds.

 

[clamum]

Originally posted by: Aikouka

Originally posted by: clamum
I have no respect for people who treat animals like that. If it was my pet that I loved I'd be fscking PISSED.

I think most people would have the same reaction if it were a person that were hit. That's why I can't stand the focus that people put on pets anymore... they treat them like people when they're still just animals.

If you have a pet you live with for years it becomes part of the family. I agree there's a difference between animals and humans, but I still think this is just fscking cruel to do to anything. I guess I have a high value of life in general.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: TheKub

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Well, I'd probably make an exception in that case. But if you looked at the pictures in that news story you'd see that these people lived in a very suburbian upper/middle class area. Definitely not a rural area and this was clearly a pet and not a stray.

Yeah I'm not saying that what this person did was right. Just wanted to knock the people looking for the head of the shooter down a few notches.

Personally I dislike bow hunting as a fair number of people dont take the time to practice and know the kill zones and wind up putting an arrow in something in a non lethal area and it runs away only to most likely die a much slower more painful death due to infection/ blood loss. Not that a gun will guarantee a kill but it raises the odds.

oh yeah. that pisses me off also. i been bow hunting for years. i would piss me off listening to someone say how he took a 40 yard shot and the animal ran. then they had to track it for 200+ yards. WTF!

then every now and then someone would say they got tired of trackign it or didn't want to drag it the extra few hundred yards so gave up.

 

[TheKub]

Originally posted by: waggy

oh yeah. that pisses me off also. i been bow hunting for years. i would piss me off listening to someone say how he took a 40 yard shot and the animal ran. then they had to track it for 200+ yards. WTF!

then every now and then someone would say they got tired of trackign it or didn't want to drag it the extra few hundred yards so gave up.

I havn't hunted in years but one of the last ones I got during gun season nearly 2/5 of the meat was rotten (not infected.. ROTTEN) from what looked like an arrow wound from some time earlier.

 

[TheKub]

Originally posted by: Andyb23

ROAR!

Cute != safe.

Which is worse, dog bites or cat bites?
Dogs have strong jaws?large dogs can exert more than 450 pounds of pressure per square inch?and their teeth are relatively dull. So the wounds caused by dogs are usually crushing of the tissue bitten and lacerations or tearing of the skin rather than puncture wounds. Most dog bites do not penetrate deeply enough to get bacteria into bones, tendons, or joints, but they often do a lot of damage just from the trauma of the bite. Tissue that has been crushed, however, such as may occur with a bite to the hand, is particularly susceptible to infection.

Cats? teeth are thin and sharp, so the wounds they cause are more likely to be puncture wounds. These wounds can reach into joints and bones and introduce bacteria deeply into the tissue. Puncture wounds are very difficult to clean, so a lot of bacteria may be left in the wound. Also, most cat bites are to the hand, which makes infection more likely.

Dog bites often do more outright damage, but only 3 to 18 percent become infected. In contrast, cat bites may appear more trivial, but up to 80 percent of cat bites may become infected if proper care is not taken.

 

[postmortemIA]

the chick in the article is hot.

 

[Gulzakar]

Oh please. Advocating shooting a poor cat because it was roaming free?

That's just stupid.

 

[SirStev0]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
that's just how Jeffrey Dahmer started out. :|

i believe you are right...

 

[TheKub]

Originally posted by: Gulzakar
Oh please. Advocating shooting a poor cat because it was roaming free?

That's just stupid.

And berating those that have a legitimate reason to just because the animal in question was a cat makes more sence?

 

[adairusmc]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: adairusmc
I have found that a .410 is much much more effective than that for dispatching strays.

I've found that a headshot from a high power rifle is very effective for dispatching jackasses who shoot other people's pets. :|

How the hell do you know they're strays? My cat doesn't have a collar at the moment. She was rescued and there is no way we can possibly keep her inside 100% of the time.

Lets see, I live a good 2 miles from the nearest neighbor, and there are a lot of feral cats in the area. Raccoons are a problem too. If you have problem with it, thats just too bad, because there is not a god damn thing you can do about it. Period.

 

[waggy]

racoons are bad around here also. had some living in my dog kennal out back (dog had died due to old age). took a few days to capture it (called animal controll. they WONT come out here)

 

[manowar821]

Originally posted by: DefDC

Originally posted by: 91TTZ

Originally posted by: DefDC

If you take the matters into your own hands, you face having your arms and legs broken. And, yes, I'm willing to deal with the consequences.

Of course, another possible consequence is that the guy who shot your cat is also a better fighter than you, and then you're the one who ends up with broken arms and legs, in addition to a cat with an arrow sticking out of its head.

I wasn't being quite literal, but knowing my temper, I'd see red. I have a long fuse on most matters, but people who beat women, children, or abuse animals make me snap.

I am like you in that respect. I don't let people get away with that kind of crap. Not if I can help it.

Also, you guys saying that we can't compare cats to people, you've got some ego issues. You're not better than an animal, we're all just the same, except we've got bigger brains that allow us to be evil SOBs. If you're going to shoot animals that roam around like they're naturally going to do, then you're probably deserving of a good ass-kicking. I don't care if you feel like you're entitled to shoot trespassers, because as far as the animal knows, they're not doing anything wrong.

Realize that you don't own land, and that we're actually trespassing on their natural habitat. This is like the whole "putting down a bear that attacks someone in a reserve" situation. How fair is that?

"BUT BUT, HE DUG UP MY GARDEN." Yeah, that's what they do. Get over it. Maybe talk to the owner of the animal instead of shooting it you stupid hick.

Humans are f-ing stupid.

 

[adairusmc]

Originally posted by: waggy
racoons are bad around here also. had some living in my dog kennal out back (dog had died due to old age). took a few days to capture it (called animal controll. they WONT come out here)

I caught one of those little bastards attacking my dog just after I filled his food dish up, and messed him up pretty good. Raccoons can be very agressive. Now I just shoot them on sight, along with the feral cats that are a problem everywhere around here. The Raccoons and the cats are the main reason I have a surefire light on my AR-15, so I can light them up enough to target them with the aimpoint.

I did find some kittens for those feral cats once, and I did drive them into town and take them to the humane society, but bigger and wilder cats get the bullet treatment.

I know there is a skunk around too, because I can smell him from time to time, but he doesnt run around running my dog off for his food, and I Have not seen him near the house, so he is pardoned, for now.