You just can't win!

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by Caddy2000

12ftlb is more than enough! I can kill a rabbit stone dead at 60 yards with my air rifle. At 100 yards a 12ftlb air rifle has more power than a 12 bore! Treat them with the respect they deserve!

Cats do an enormous amount of damage to ecosystems, but that doesn't matter because they are cute!

The problem with cats is that not a single species in Britian has evolved with the domestic feline as it's predator,

Ballistics geek in me says that depends entirely on the load! I don't think I'd want a 00 shell in my direction, 100 yards or not!
Should be plenty power for 40 yards then, maybe I make conservative estimates. Or I could just use the crossbow...

Which is why you'll get such responses from people on here "how can they be annoying, they're so cute". My favourite cats are the one's I have after 15 pints of a weekend wrapped in a pitta bread with some soggy salad and hot sauce.

Dunno, my mates greyhound will kill and eat any cat it sees. Solution? More wild greyhounds.

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by -Ralph-

20 miles?

But you wouldn't know until you opened the box whether it was still alive

[yorkie_chris]

Of course because you could not know it would be simultaneously alive and dead.

I have mixed feelings about this,

Scaring cats is easy, as for using an airsoft, its one way but wouldnt be my prefered.

I keep my two cats in at night to lower the risk of being struck by cars in the night.

They both hunt as we live in the country and I am very greatful that they do.

I love my cats a lot and its not that I need a pet but I want one and take very good care of it, so if I heard that someone at it i woudl expect them to be ok with me shooting them in the ****.

seems fair.

Dont forget if someone sees you with a rifle out of the window, they migth get entirly the wrong idea, then we would see your nakes ass on police camera criminals ruint he world one night being arrested by the ARU.

hey hum

[yorkie_chris]

So by that logic if your cat was fishing in my pond, I could stab you with some pointy things and drown you?

Of course the police and CPS would not approve, but I doubt I am breaking any laws by shooting the cat. Which is quite nice actually.

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

So by that logic if your cat was fishing in my pond, I could stab you with some pointy things and drown you?

Of course the police and CPS would not approve, but I doubt I am breaking any laws by shooting the cat. Which is quite nice actually.

Not nice - animal cruelty/mistreatment laws would get you.

And it could be argued that a pet = property, so criminal damage.

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[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by Bluewolf

What about birds..? If they don't flap their wings does that mean they're fish..? If a cat flaps its tail does that mean it could be both..? Or does it just mean someone has shot it..?

Heres one for you then...

unborn or newly born rabbits, which are called “Laurices.” (Laurice was officially classified as “fish” in 600 A.D. by Pope Gregory I, and thus permissible during Lent.

Gotta love those crazy Popes....

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by SoulKiss

Not nice - animal cruelty/mistreatment laws would get you.

And it could be argued that a pet = property, so criminal damage.

Cruelty being deliberately causing pain, being shot in the head won't be painful for long!

Pet might = property, but if it was a dog on "moy laaand" damaging livestock then that would be fair game.

(and since people here are prepared to argue that cats are a natural part of the ecosystem then I am quite happy to call decorative koi livestock!)