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[johnson1942]

this has nothing to do with shooting or muzzle loaders but what it is like to live in the remote west. i have 2 outside tom cats that are my buddies, jigs and sweaks. i really love these guys, they are like dogs and follow me every where on my place. well 5 golden eagles were just trying to make my cats their next meal. no we didnt shoot the eagles. we just blew a lot of noise into the air not near the eagles into empty space. they didnt go as far away as i like but moved about 1/2 mile down the pasture. i like the eagles but i hope they forget about my cats. just a side bar from regular muzzle loader things.

[HARRYMPOPE]

Zeke and Smudge are my kids cats and they get rid of the hantavirus carrying rodents around our place. They follow me around the place like dogs. Good buddies.

George

[dondiego]

When I was a kid growing up in east Texas, my grandmother had a cat, Miss Kitty, that would follow me around the farm. Why, because I carried a Daisy wherever I went and was good with it. I would pop a sparrow out of a tall tree and Miss Kitty would be on that sparrow like a chicken on a June bug! She could never get too many. Don't ever try to take one away from her either! She could growl like a mountain lion! You didn't want to get too close to her kittens under the porch either.

[johnson1942]

it turned out ok yesterday, the eagles caught a rabbit about 150 yards from the house and were satisfied with that. they roost about 3 miles from here. hope they stay their. they also love the sparrows that my son shoots for them out of a old .22 with birdshot. they dance around him untill he get them one. liked hearing about your cats as cats have always been my kind of pet.

[Omnivore]

Here along the Washington/Idaho border, there are what seem like millions of hawks, a few bald eagles and tons of owls including great horned. Kitty cat had better keep under cover night and day. Our one cat is a good mouser but he sticks close the house. He was interested in tree squirrels for a while, until one took a chunk out of him. Squirrels have razor sharp teeth.

That's a neat story - with the bb gun and the cat.

[CastingFool]

We used to have a cat that was good at catching moles. One day, I heard a funny little squeal, and as I looked around, I saw the cat with a mole. It was the mole making the squeal. I went over, got the mole and killed it. The next few times I heard the squeal, I would look for the cat, go over and kill the mole. One time, apparently the cat had enough of me killing her toys. I had heard the squeal, headed for the cat, the cat looked at me, grabbed the mole, and ran off! I don't think I was ever able to get another mole away from her!