Abuse or acceptable?

Example: if a racoon is in your carport trying to get into your trash would you feel it OK to fire your paintball gun in order to scare it off?

At it as in hitting the animal or aiming it away form anyone/thing and letting the noise do the job? I would suggest getting an air-horn instead if it is just the noise factor. If it is actually hitting the animals as with a BB or pellet gun or a paint gun yes abuse AND against the law.

A raccoon/skunk/possum/coyote/porcupine in my yard would end up meeting 3 inch buckshot.. They carry diseases, rabies and are classified as vermin by the Department of Natural Resources and are open game. You don't need a license to shoot them.

Call me cruel...

The neighbor dog gets the paint gun.. I'd much rather use the paintball gun instead of the pellet gun, since it also sends a message to the owner that they aren't watching their dog. BBs can kill and cause infection if left untreated. I wouldn't want to kill the neighbor dog, just keep it off our property.

The cows would stampede if we used the boat horn..

I wouldn't use a paintball gun just because those are excruciating... I would yell and chase him off, or use an airsoft gun.

If it was recurring after that, I would use a real gun and shoot the fucker. My pets don't need rabies, and I don't want his ass coming back getting into the trash over and over.

I don't think it's abuse to use a paintball gun. It can scare the animal off and like leftover said some of them carry diseases. Family first animals second.

I wanted to add that I'd use the paintball gun for domestic animals. Wild, possible rabid animals would get the BB gun.

neither...Its just a racoon in my garbage...LOL I know they carry disease, but its not worth me killing it, its an animal...

We just make noise. Espically because our backyard are the woods.

paintball gun yes air soft bb no even though ive been shot with a paintball gun and its broken the skin...mostly its for the noise factor but if they dont get the point a paintball in the butt will keep them away...im from the country lol so maybe i have some twisted vision of whats ok :P

In states which have a coyote hunting season it is against the law to just shoot one willy nilly. You need a license.

Edit* Correction ALL over America their are strict rules for the shooting of coyote. The annual hunt for coyotes throughout the United States is distinctive from other types of hunting. Farmers, hunters and state wildlife agents have organized hunting seasons for recreational purposes, in addition to the purpose of protecting livestock. You need to observe hunting regulations and schedules for coyotes before you head into the wild.

Observe restrictions placed on early and late coyote hunting every day of the season. Most states allow coyote hunters to begin tracking and shooting coyote immediately before sunrise and after sunset. You may be able to use a low-voltage flashlight for hunting at dusk during special hunting periods.

coyote hunting...what is the purpose of that lol do people eat them? those are the scrawniest looking thigns ive ever seen!

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Same here!

Well - I wrote this post out of pure curiosity and then 10 minutes after posting it the kids are dropped off at the corner and the next thing I hear is kids running and screaming their heads off - one of the neighbor's dogs was loose and running wild and charging them full speed down the street. So I grab my paintball gun and run out after them - shot the freaking dog in the ass.
Charge my kids, snarl and bark and one of these days it won't be my paintball gun!

For me, when I do things like this, it's when we're in danger - I don't care who's precious dog it is - if it's in my yard and threatening my kids it's getting splattered :tu I KNOW the courts will fully understand if it comes to that.

I don't mind strays walking around and such - I can scare them off without using either of these methods but in situations just like this I'm thankful that I have something that'll put an end to a dog's nasty intentions.

This is the reason for our huge fenced in back yard - too bad money's an issue and it's not quite finished. I can't wait to be able to take the kids outside without fear of the wild and dangerous animals that roam free around here.

Sure! Why not. It's not like the animal has a soul like a human being.

I would grab whatever was handy, my paintball gun or my BB. If he was outside and destroying something, then maybe my 22.

I loved growing up in the country. :)

I'm glad your family is ok.

With that said :rofl :hystericlaugh

I can see you running after the dog..."GIT THE HELL OF MY LAAAAAND!!!"

Ah....thanks Sponge. :hugs

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I use to think that someone having a gun over their door was some stupid hick thing - but now I see the reason.

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I use to think that someone having a gun over their door was some stupid hick thing - but now I see the reason.

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YUP!!!!

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Sure! Why not. It's not like the animal has a soul like a human being.

I would grab whatever was handy, my paintball gun or my BB. If he was outside and destroying something, then maybe my 22.

I loved growing up in the country. :)

Not everyone feels that way though about animals. I know that our sweet girl Annie had a lot more love in her and a better soul then many humans in this world.

In states which have a coyote hunting season it is against the law to just shoot one willy nilly. You need a license.

Lolz@ willy nilly.... I have chickens, who are like my babies :wub Coyotes that come up here are looking for a meal, we are allowed under the law to protect our animals..

Our neighbors used to have bees, they were allowed to shoot bears out of season to protect their livelihood.. Everything depends on the situation, if you saw the neighbor's dog chasing deer you would be within our rights and the law to shoot the dog. That's one of those laws that have a gray area, depending on where you live and if you have livestock.

I'd never shoot the neighbor's dog and kill it though.

Not everyone feels that way though about animals. I know that our sweet girl Annie had a lot more love in her and a better soul then many humans in this world.

Understandable, I have nothing against them, just saying they are not as important as people or babies.

I wouldn't shoot a neighbor's dog and kill it either. But when the owner came home and saw their dog in the backyard with a green splat on their ass, they'd know their dog had been up in my shit.

Exactly - all laws about hunting waiver when it comes to protecting your family and your livelihood.

coyote hunting...what is the purpose of that lol do people eat them? those are the scrawniest looking thigns ive ever seen!

They're filthy disgusting animals and they open season on them to thin the population.. They compete with the Timberwolves for food. Some people sell pelts, that's why there's a season on them.

DH just informed me that you don't need a license to shoot unprotected species (racoons, coyote, skunk) but you still need a license if you are planning on selling what you shoot.

Lolz@ willy nilly.... I have chickens, who are like my babies :wub Coyotes that come up here are looking for a meal, we are allowed under the law to protect our animals..

Our neighbors used to have bees, they were allowed to shoot bears out of season to protect their livelihood.. Everything depends on the situation, if you saw the neighbor's dog chasing deer you would be within our rights and the law to shoot the dog. That's one of those laws that have a gray area, depending on where you live and if you have livestock.

I'd never shoot the neighbor's dog and kill it though.

I see thanks for explaining to me I understand protecting your live stock.

I see thanks for explaining to me I understand protecting your live stock.

Lemme look for a pic of my hens, they're REAL cute....:lol

Hmm, can't find the hens, but here's the pheasants...

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OH those are pretty. Do you raise them to eat yourself, or to sell or for eggs? (can you eat pheasant eggs?) My mom grew up in 4 H and all that stuff she was in FFA and everything she tells me some FUNNY stories.

I wish we had space for some chickens for the eggs (although we live in the middle of the city so don't know how that would go over very well), my mom gets fresh eggs from a friend of my Dads and i love how the eggs are all different sizes and colours she had some eggs that were a pretty pale yellow and one the nicest shade of blue.

When we retire to Vermont I will get my chickens, cow, and a couple goats.

OH those are pretty. Do you raise them to eat yourself, or to sell or for eggs? (can you eat pheasant eggs?) My mom grew up in 4 H and all that stuff she was in FFA and everything she tells me some FUNNY stories.

I wish we had space for some chickens for the eggs (although we live in the middle of the city so don't know how that would go over very well), my mom gets fresh eggs from a friend of my Dads and i love how the eggs are all different sizes and colours she had some eggs that were a pretty pale yellow and one the nicest shade of blue.

When we retire to Vermont I will get my chickens, cow, and a couple goats.

Fresh eggs are the best.

We don't eat pheasant eggs, they're perfectly good to eat, but we eat the eggs from the New Hampshire Red's... I like the Red's because they are the cheapest to feed, and don't require alot of maint. Those are the pics I'm looking for, I have one sitting on a fence post behind my hubs, and it looks like it's sitting on his head. :no

We hatch the pheasant's eggs, they are sold after we butcher them, or given away as gifts. We get about $30 a piece for a dressed pheasant. They are too valuable to eat the eggs, DH's uncle has a hatchery, he takes care of the chicks after they hatch.

I'm very against caged chickens, they have a sad life.

DH won't let me get a goat. :depressed They ruin everything. They'll stand on top of your cars, and climb everything they can if they get out. But I would love one, I think they're so darned cute..

We're taking care of a family member's mule this summer, she doesn't get along with the horses at her daddy's house, so she's going to live here for a while.. I think she's so ugly she's cute.

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LOL - my hubby wants a goat, too! but he realized that it would be the end of our roses and sanity. LOL
But they make great protection against wild animals.

She is adorable! I think farm life or at least getting some country experiance is very good for kids. I like the way you have your birds penned lots of room to strut their stuff, so do the chickens just meander around or do they have a similar home/roost?

Well I want them for the milk (the goats) So I want a nanny goat. If I could I would try for a couple sheep too (ask my hubby for them I mean) and get their woolies off them in the spring. I could get my own wool for needle felting. :)

That'd be cool!

I've never heard of someone eating pheasants. I always thought people just had them to have them...like pets.

My dad and our 90 yr old neighbor sit off the porch and shoot squirrels all day long with airsofts! We have a lady in our neighborhood who has a squirrel rescue foundation, I'm not kidding, and we are overrun with freakin squirrels. They get into your walls and die, and that is not a cool thing. So My dad and Luther just shoot em now.

HAHAHA, well in my state if a varmit (like a racoon) gets into your trashcan...u shoot it..and not with a paintball or with a bb gun, you use a .22 or 4/10. It's fair game for any racoons or coyotes in my area because there has been an outbreak of rabies. Plus, they are getting less and less afraid of humans and when you have coyote as big as a german shepherd( which my dad killed one that was that size in my sis's backyard) that's not good. If you think a racoon is a cute fluffy little animal...try cornering one...they can take down a dog. ;)

She is adorable! I think farm life or at least getting some country experiance is very good for kids. I like the way you have your birds penned lots of room to strut their stuff, so do the chickens just meander around or do they have a similar home/roost?

The guineas roam free, I haven't seen them for a few days.. It's tick season so I'm sure they're out in the woods feasting. They're a great way to control Lyme's disease. They're very territorial, and stay close to home.

The pheasant pen is alot bigger then it looks, that's only a part of it. They're too valuable to be allowed to run free, they'ld never come home. The roosters actually won't grow tail feathers in captivity, it's kinda sad, I like the tail feathers. The chickens get let out sometimes, but only a couple at a time, and they get penned up at night. We really worry about coyotes.. We only have 4 chickens right now, we'll hopefully get more for the summer.. We had a weasel in our henhouse this winter, he took two birds before we killed him. We have trouble with owls too..

I would never do it, its extremely cruel in my opinion. Personally, I would never purposely hurt an animal. I won't even kill spiders in my house.

pheasant is awesome to eat!!! So yummy!

when it comes to the choice between my family/livestock and a wild animal that is causing damage, the wild animal goes!

I have no problem with paintball gun actually being aimed. BB's I would aim close but not directly at the animal. But then again I love my meat, Im more for the Eating of Tasty Animals.....

The BB gun was my first line of defense - because it was much cheaper than the PBgun. However, it sucks - it's a pump-lever and my aim isn't that good. LOL And it doesn't make any noise...so really it's worthless as a non-permanent defense and just lays around unloved.

I love our paintball gun, though - it's saved our hide several times. We get everything around here - snakes, foxes - even stray cows.
Which, for christs sake - don't do any harm to anything but I swear that a pop in the butt is worth risking VS scooping the poo off your porch.

A raccoon/skunk/possum/coyote/porcupine in my yard would end up meeting 3 inch buckshot.. They carry diseases, rabies and are classified as vermin by the Department of Natural Resources and are open game. You don't need a license to shoot them.

Call me cruel...

The neighbor dog gets the paint gun.. I'd much rather use the paintball gun instead of the pellet gun, since it also sends a message to the owner that they aren't watching their dog. BBs can kill and cause infection if left untreated. I wouldn't want to kill the neighbor dog, just keep it off our property.

The cows would stampede if we used the boat horn..

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We used to have to use BBs or Paintball guns on the raccoons on Paw-Paw's farm because 1) the 'coons couldn't care less what you honked at them. Run at them screaming they'd just look at you like you're nuts and 2) cows would freak the hell out.

I would feel okay shooting it away from them just so that the loud sound scares them. I would never shoot an animal thought. Those BB's get embbeded into their body sometimes and sometimes in irreversible places.

My Dad's shot a coyote for attacking our dogs and we've shot a cat in the ass with a pellet rifle when it wouldn't stop shitting by our front door. The damn cat never came back.

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I'd shoot stray cats, too, to keep them away for good. :tu

We replaced the ductwork under our house last week and a lot of the rust and shredded areas were because of stray cats having kittens under the house for who knows how long. (rust becasue of their highly acidic pee, btw) ... so it stunk like a sewer under there, too.

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I'd shoot stray cats, too, to keep them away for good. :tu

We replaced the ductwork under our house last week and a lot of the rust and shredded areas were because of stray cats having kittens under the house for who knows how long. (rust becasue of their highly acidic pee, btw) ... so it stunk like a sewer under there, too.

Gross. :puke

Yeah, it was rather grotesque to the max.

i dont mind raccoons ect..they dont really do any harm here and my dogs inside most of the time...but stray dogs that come into my yard and are aggressive with my dog will meet whichever gun is closer

true story my grandpa was from alabama and the neighbors dogs kept getting out and harrassing their dogs so one day he finally shot them and threw them in the mine...that was my grandpa for ya though

my mom used to keep some cat food on the back porch, and this possum kept trying to come up and eat it, so she started trying to shoot it with a pellet gun. she did this after spraying at it with a water bottle didn't deter it. i thought it was hilarious... eventually she just gave up on the outdoor cat food.

No I don't agree with it. BUT BUT BUT BUT I'm not saying doing it was wrong. I just didn't grow up where we had to worry about such things so if I had my opinion would most likely be entirely different...kwim

we have a racoon that keeps tearing through our screened in porch for some reason. Lately we've been throwing out fire crakers at it, but the damned thing keeps comming back, so i have a feeling we will be upgrading to a more powerful method....

Do you light the firecrackers first?

You would all hate me.

I am the one that feeds the squirrels, wild bunnies, raccoons and even possums.

it's an animal love affair thing.

Well - one of the usualy racoon pests attacked my chihuahua last night when we were out for him to do his business. I need to take my dog to the vet for rabies shots, now :tears

So this damned racoon's getting caged - like it or not - I've got my trap set up outside and I'll be waiting and thrilled with I catch the fucker

You would all hate me.

I am the one that feeds the squirrels, wild bunnies, raccoons and even possums.

it's an animal love affair thing.

We feed the squirrels here

Well - one of the usualy racoon pests attacked my chihuahua last night when we were out for him to do his business. I need to take my dog to the vet for rabies shots, now :tears

So this damned racoon's getting caged - like it or not - I've got my trap set up outside and I'll be waiting and thrilled with I catch the fucker
I'm sorry :hugs

This is the way I look at it:

if a child is in your carport trying to get into your stuff would you feel it OK to fire your paintball gun in order to scare it off?

I would get arrested for that. Why should it be any different with an animal? Now if the animal gets agressive, sure...but it would be self defense which would be the same if a human came at me.

This is the way I look at it:

if a child is in your carport trying to get into your stuff would you feel it OK to fire your paintball gun in order to scare it off?

I would get arrested for that. Why should it be any different with an animal? Now if the animal gets agressive, sure...but it would be self defense which would be the same if a human came at me.

How can you compare a child to a raccoon or a coyote? A hungry child is not going to turn on you like a hungry coyote would. A child will not attack your dog and give it rabies, and in turn endanger your entire family. That is a ludicrous comparison.

Well - took my dog to the vet and we have to leave him there for observation for two days and I got info as to what to do with the raccoon when we catch him.

This is the way I look at it:

if a child is in your carport trying to get into your stuff would you feel it OK to fire your paintball gun in order to scare it off?

I would get arrested for that. Why should it be any different with an animal? Now if the animal gets agressive, sure...but it would be self defense which would be the same if a human came at me.

Children don't climb into my walls, die and rot... forcing me to cut my wall open, get them out, patch the wall again.... or call someone to do it. So we totally shoot squirrels.

And I agree with Tawny about the danger aspect as well.

Well - took my dog to the vet and we have to leave him there for observation for two days and I got info as to what to do with the raccoon when we catch him.

Aw man, sorry about your dog!

I would never do it, its extremely cruel in my opinion. Personally, I would never purposely hurt an animal. I won't even kill spiders in my house.

Thats me

My Dad's shot a coyote for attacking our dogs and we've shot a cat in the ass with a pellet rifle when it wouldn't stop shitting by our front door. The damn cat never came back.

:no

You would all hate me.

I am the one that feeds the squirrels, wild bunnies, raccoons and even possums.

it's an animal love affair thing.

me too!!


I understand being protective of your children/housepets..ect but just shooting it b/c it is in your trash is cruel to me. If it were me, I would get a better trashcan.

I understand being protective of your children/housepets..ect but just shooting it b/c it is in your trash is cruel to me. If it were me, I would get a better trashcan.

Raccoons get into anything. It's not just about "protecting" our trash. The 'coons can figure out damn near any trash can/container. They then pull the trash all over the yard, and guess what happens next, coyotes come to scavenge the rest.

Poppin a 'coon in the rump with a BB/paintball gun sends them off, and that 'coon probably won't come back.

Raccoons get into anything. It's not just about "protecting" our trash. The 'coons can figure out damn near any trash can/container. They then pull the trash all over the yard, and guess what happens next, coyotes come to scavenge the rest.

Poppin a 'coon in the rump with a BB/paintball gun sends them off, and that 'coon probably won't come back.


I understand peoples reasons to do it. I just couldnt do it.

Raccoons get into anything. It's not just about "protecting" our trash. The 'coons can figure out damn near any trash can/container. They then pull the trash all over the yard, and guess what happens next, coyotes come to scavenge the rest.

Poppin a 'coon in the rump with a BB/paintball gun sends them off, and that 'coon probably won't come back.

Yep they are smart, mean, AND have bendable thumbs. I still don't know that I could shot an animal with a bb I like my air horn idea.

My mama grew up eatin' 'coon. Not the random ones in the yard, but like from a coon farm.

My mama grew up eatin' 'coon. Not the random ones in the yard, but like from a coon farm.

:rofl Seriously? I had no idea such a place existed. Which state?

My grand and gramp always talk about hunting frogs for dinner when they were little with sticks that had a nail on the end... :puke

LOL @ the air horn.
Sorry, but that's just funny - My kids playing with the truck horn has started a stampeded will the bulls and sheep - :no Never will do that again!! No no no. If they weren't right next to my house it wouldn't be an issue, of course.
:spank

And ever since the farmer had to fix his fencing because of that stampede sometimes they get out and shit on my porch.
I guess I deserve that. :giggle

:rofl Seriously? I had no idea such a place existed. Which state?

My grand and gramp always talk about hunting frogs for dinner when they were little with sticks that had a nail on the end... :puke

South Carolina. People like to eat coon but if you just shoot one that's hanging around your house it could have rabies. So you raise them for eating. You'd go drive out there and they'd sell you one (already dead) and you'd take it home and skin it and cook it.

Now though the farm sells directly to a local meat market and they're already skinned....they're next to the chickens.

I have had bear (my grandmother brought it down with her from Minnesota) stew, and I have had deer (venison I guess) burgers and chili, rabbit, duck, and then all the usual meats. As kids the grandparents from Minnesota used to send us venison sausage and summer sausage from what Grandpa had hunted. For the longest time I could not eat pinapple chunks after watching my dad clean out some rainbow trout he had caught. SO gross.

The paintball gun has its origin as a marking device for livestock.

I've had varmits shot and killed in the past. I see no probs with using the paintball gun as a deterrant.

My dad uses a BB gun on snakes around our house.

In the garden at the front of the house there was a hole. A snake kept comming out of it and going back in so my dad got his BB Gun and started shooting it. It became like one of those games you would find at Chucky Cheese. The snake would put its head out and my dad would shoot, then the snake would go back in. This went on for about 30 minutes till the snake just didn't come out anymore.

BUT I think using it on a cat, dog, fox or anything like that is wrong. But a snake is FINE! :blush shoot I would use it on spiders to!

Children don't climb into my walls, die and rot... forcing me to cut my wall open, get them out, patch the wall again.... or call someone to do it. So we totally shoot squirrels.

And I agree with Tawny about the danger aspect as well.


Then I would patch wherever they were getting into. ;) I'm an animal lover, not abuser. And I know exactly how racoons and squirrels can be. My great-grandfather (when he was still alive) actually adopted a few as pets. They stayed outside most of the time but sometimes he would let them in. If I caught a child stealing from my home or knocking over a trashcan or digging through my newly planted flowers (it's happened) I surely wouldn't shoot them.

Those animals are just hungry and/or looking for shelter. As much of the land and their homes as we are ruining with our own greedy selfishness, I can't say I blame them.

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Lolz@ willy nilly.... I have chickens, who are like my babies :wub Coyotes that come up here are looking for a meal, we are allowed under the law to protect our animals..

Our neighbors used to have bees, they were allowed to shoot bears out of season to protect their livelihood.. Everything depends on the situation, if you saw the neighbor's dog chasing deer you would be within our rights and the law to shoot the dog. That's one of those laws that have a gray area, depending on where you live and if you have livestock.

I'd never shoot the neighbor's dog and kill it though.

I grew up with chickens too.... my dad wouldn't hesitate shooting the damn coyotes with a pellet gun to get them the hell away. Same with raccoons... those things are MEAN.

Lemme look for a pic of my hens, they're REAL cute....:lol

Hmm, can't find the hens, but here's the pheasants...

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Awwww :wub my grandpa used to raise pheasants. I wanna come visit, Lindsay!! :giggle You remind me of Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. :giggle I LOVE that movie....

My dad and our 90 yr old neighbor sit off the porch and shoot squirrels all day long with airsofts! We have a lady in our neighborhood who has a squirrel rescue foundation, I'm not kidding, and we are overrun with freakin squirrels. They get into your walls and die, and that is not a cool thing. So My dad and Luther just shoot em now.

:giggle That's funny.... Luther sounds adorable.

My Dad's shot a coyote for attacking our dogs and we've shot a cat in the ass with a pellet rifle when it wouldn't stop shitting by our front door. The damn cat never came back.

I don't blame you for shooting the coyote.... I know my dad wouldn't hesitate if something was attacking our dog.

I was raised in BFE Texas so we have to defend the dumbass sheep and goats,(The show cows were always about 20ft from the house) but if a rodent (armadillos carry the leper(sp) disease) comes in my yard and endangers my family, or my pets I have a 22 ready. Now if a damn coyote comes in my pasture and my shotgun and I spot his ass... his ass is grass... IF I ever lived in the suburbs and a stray or someones pet endagers my family or pets I will shoot a paintball at his ass...

I have had bear (my grandmother brought it down with her from Minnesota) stew, and I have had deer (venison I guess) burgers and chili, rabbit, duck, and then all the usual meats. As kids the grandparents from Minnesota used to send us venison sausage and summer sausage from what Grandpa had hunted. For the longest time I could not eat pinapple chunks after watching my dad clean out some rainbow trout he had caught. SO gross.


Where'd they live?

I wish I had the nerve to shoot the damn dogs next door. But I have found that a water bottle with amonia and water mixed up works wonders at keeping them away. They dont even come in my yard anymore.

I remember when we first got married, we were stationed in North Carolina.
I had never seen a possum in my entire life until one showed up showed up in my back yard, I would put food out for it and everything, I thought it was fascinating.

At the same time DH could not figure out what was making a mess with the trash, until the evening I thought him shooting my possum with a bb gun, I swear we almost got divorced, I thought I had married a monster. He was shocked when he found out that not only was I feeding it I was trying to befriend it.

I honestly had no concept of "vermin" and with him being raised on a farm, you matter of factly did what you had to do.

But just for me, he left the possum alone as long I agreed not to feed it anymore.

Even now 17 years later he says I have a "Snow White" complex, all the animals in the forest are your friends and all that crap.

I remember when we first got married, we were stationed in North Carolina.
I had never seen a possum in my entire life until one showed up showed up in my back yard, I would put food out for it and everything, I thought it was fascinating.

At the same time DH could not figure out what was making a mess with the trash, until the evening I thought him shooting my possum with a bb gun, I swear we almost got divorced, I thought I had married a monster. He was shocked when he found out that not only was I feeding it I was trying to befriend it.

I honestly had no concept of "vermin" and with him being raised on a farm, you matter of factly did what you had to do.

But just for me, he left the possum alone as long I agreed not to feed it anymore.

Even now 17 years later he says I have a "Snow White" complex, all the animals in the forest are your friends and all that crap.

:lol that is cute. I am the same way about animals, i think they are awesome

I see no problem with it. Pests are pests.

I'm okay with it. That's about all I will say before people might lose respect for me :lol

i'm an animal liker, not lover. i would love for those freaking things to stay in the woods and not my yard or garage. but in south alabama we would just shoot them with BB guns or regular hunting guns. (i don't know exactly, i don't shoot) if you don't deter them or kill them in some cases, then you will have a rabid dog or missing chickens. Or worse, a child hurt or killed.

Omg all I can say is that I'm sooo glad I don't live in the south :whew

I've only experienced pigeons and mice in the city. I don't even kill them, I move lol