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anthropic #518737 04/02/20 08:02 AM
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Predators killed all our guineas. Coyotes even came up on the porch to try and get them roosting at night. Now need to rely on opossums to eat ticks. Biggest threat is Lyme disease. Our 5 German shepherds have not been able to catch any coyotes yet, but its not for lack of trying. A few raccoons have not fared as well...

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RAH....so they got your male guineas too?

He said his guineas sleep at night up in a big tree I guess to discourage predators.

I suppose that would help with the yotes, but a bobcat would go right up the tree.


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Owls are extremely hard on guineas also. They will land right next to a guinea that is roosted in a tree and kill it.


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All my guineas of both genders were taken. They actually held on for a couple years and had multiple batches of babies, but as indicated by others, lots of predators take them; coyotes, fox, raccoons, mink, bobcats, hawks, owls, weasels, etc. We do not have many turkeys either, and other ground nesting birds are equally scarce. Since wood ducks nest in tree holes, they have fared better.

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Sorry to hear about Guinea hen slaughter. Would love to raise some, but not just as raptor prey


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Originally Posted by RAH
All my guineas of both genders were taken. They actually held on for a couple years and had multiple batches of babies, but as indicated by others, lots of predators take them; coyotes, fox, raccoons, mink, bobcats, hawks, owls, weasels, etc. We do not have many turkeys either, and other ground nesting birds are equally scarce. Since wood ducks nest in tree holes, they have fared better.

Wow. Even Canada geese are careful to lay eggs on our island, not main shore. Didn't save their clutch last year, though. Raccoons


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Originally Posted by TGW1
And after seeing tracks @ my farm I now carry my pistol when bow hunting
Tracy obviously a gun helps, but I wonder if these cats stalk us from behind and we are sitting on an ATV, log, or whatever if they'd have us by the throat before we ever have a chance to draw our gun?


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Probably without a doubt

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ZEP, I'm sure u r right about them attacking from a place where they are hidden and we may not see them till after they have us. But I still feel better about having a gun rather than an arrow when it comes to personal defense. It sounds a lot like an lmb attacking a large bg. He can't eat it in the first attack but still he tears the bg up so much it may die.

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Very true Tracy....much better to have the gun....in fact in some of the attacks in Cali it seems the jogger many times sees the big cat for several seconds before the attack...i suppose the cats are pretty leery of attacking an adult human...so they size us up awhile....and really there are relatively so few attacks on adults every year....that the risk of getting struck by lightning must be far greater.


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if I was WBJ and based on his comments here, I'm not sure i would go out without having a pistol on my side. It would not be a 22 pistol but a much larger caliber. There seems to be a big cat or two around his nice place in the Mountains. I would not be scared of being around his place but I would be prepared. I also herd they are pretty good eating with mostly white meat

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Yeah I am not at all concerned about one attacking me. The first couple years I hunted out there I used to carry a pistol while hunting, but the same thing always happened. After three or fours days of hiking miles and miles everyday with 30-40+lbs on your back at 10,000' I start wanting to get rid of every bit of weight I could!! The pistol was always one of the first things to go. Elk hunting is a little different I guess. There is usually two or three of us. I feel pretty confident if a cat jumped on my buddy we could handle it and I think he could do the same for me, but again I doubt it would ever happen. I kind of wish it would happen! I bet the movie deal and $$ could be huge! Lol

My only real concern is for little kids. They can just wind up gone and I wouldn't even know what direction to look.

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interesting about Colorado mountain lion attack:



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Wonder if bear spray in eyes may work


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Originally Posted by anthropic
Wonder if bear spray in eyes may work


I don't.

I am a firm believer in ft-lbs of energy.


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