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Hawk on our property...took one of our cats.

Posted on 5/20/20 at 9:31 am
Posted by Dixie
2401 Tulane Ave. NOLA
Member since Apr 2009
1154 posts
Posted on 5/20/20 at 9:31 am
Any idea how to kill it or run it off? I don't even know if that is legal.
Posted by shell01
Marianna, FL
Member since Jul 2014
793 posts
Posted on 5/20/20 at 9:37 am to
It's very much not legal to harm or harass a hawk.

Keep your cats inside ;)
This post was edited on 5/20/20 at 9:38 am
Posted by eng08
Member since Jan 2013
5997 posts
Posted on 5/20/20 at 9:37 am to
Was it a really Small cat?

You likely can’t do much physically to the bird since it’s federally protected.
Posted by Dixie
2401 Tulane Ave. NOLA
Member since Apr 2009
1154 posts
Posted on 5/20/20 at 9:39 am to
Yes...small young cat. Just disappeared yesterday. Could have been something else, but, I know there is a hawk that lives in the pine tree on the front of our property.
Posted by eng08
Member since Jan 2013
5997 posts
Posted on 5/20/20 at 9:44 am to
I’m in BR in the city and we have had coyotes recently taking cats - mine got treed instead of eaten do my kids were happy.

You hearing coyotes at night? May need to lock them in a shed at night.
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
77806 posts
Posted on 5/20/20 at 9:45 am to
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Yes...small young cat. Just disappeared yesterday. Could have been something else, but, I know there is a hawk that lives in the pine tree on the front of our property.


this is why aubrey was killed.
Posted by DukeSilver
Member since Jan 2014
2711 posts
Posted on 5/20/20 at 9:56 am to
quote:

Hawk on our property...took one of our cats.



quote:

Yes...small young cat. Just disappeared yesterday. Could have been something else, but, I know there is a hawk that lives in the pine tree on the front of our property.


What?
This post was edited on 5/20/20 at 9:57 am
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
38579 posts
Posted on 5/20/20 at 10:31 am to
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Hawk on our property...took one of our cats.

thats a feature, not a bug
Posted by habz007
New Orleans
Member since Nov 2007
3686 posts
Posted on 5/20/20 at 2:33 pm to
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Yes...small young cat



Yep , he gone. Our vet keeps sending out warnings about any pets under 12lbs due to amount of hawks in the area, to not leave them unattended.
Posted by Phideaux
Cades Cove
Member since May 2008
2498 posts
Posted on 5/20/20 at 2:40 pm to
Keep them inside any outdoor animal especially a young cat that isn’t feral doesn’t stand a chance. If hawks do not get them during the day owls and coyotes will take at night.
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
77806 posts
Posted on 5/20/20 at 3:31 pm to
why you wanna go after the poor hawk? he was just out jogging and minding his own business.
Posted by Dawgfanman
Member since Jun 2015
22154 posts
Posted on 5/20/20 at 3:38 pm to
What the hell? Hawk doing what hawks do. He also eats rodents, snakes etc. shouldn’t leave small domestic animals outside.
Posted by Thunder
Western by God Vernon Parish
Member since Mar 2006
2421 posts
Posted on 5/20/20 at 4:16 pm to
quote:

Any idea how to kill it or run it off? I don't even know if that is legal.

Old fella years ago used to raise fighting cocks. Hawks used to give him hell so he put up 5 tall poles around his property with small steel traps on the top of them.... Wala... No more hawk trouble
Posted by SSpaniel
Germantown
Member since Feb 2013
29658 posts
Posted on 5/20/20 at 4:36 pm to
quote:

Old fella years ago used to raise fighting cocks. Hawks used to give him hell so he put up 5 tall poles around his property with small steel traps on the top of them.... Wala... No more hawk trouble


I'd much rather have seen him catch his head in one of those traps.
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora, Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
63729 posts
Posted on 5/20/20 at 6:17 pm to
I have no problem with a man taking effective measures to protect his animals, livestock, family, property from wild apex predators.

Posted by SSpaniel
Germantown
Member since Feb 2013
29658 posts
Posted on 5/20/20 at 6:38 pm to
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I have no problem with a man taking effective measures to protect his animals, livestock, family, property from wild apex predators.




Nor do I. Unless he's using raising his animals to fight other animals for a stupid backward arse "sport" or for money.
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
48227 posts
Posted on 5/20/20 at 7:36 pm to
quote:

I’m in BR in the city and we have had coyotes recently taking cats - mine got treed instead of eaten do my kids were happy.

Coyotes kill outdoor pets pretty often in our neighborhood. Also in BR city limits.
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
38579 posts
Posted on 5/20/20 at 7:53 pm to
birds of prey are no threat to property or family.
that they catch and eat the occasional cat is an ecological benefit
Posted by SSpaniel
Germantown
Member since Feb 2013
29658 posts
Posted on 5/20/20 at 8:18 pm to
Y'all must have some big hawks. The hawks here aren't big enough to take anything other than a week old kitten. Or am I misjudging the hawk?
Posted by Sir Drinksalot
Member since Aug 2005
16740 posts
Posted on 5/20/20 at 10:12 pm to
That hawk is just doing hawk stuff. Why would you kill it?

Keep your cat inside until it’s too big to carry off. Or just keep it inside indefinitely because it will probably start killing little birds and creatures at some point...kinda like a hawk.

The other day I was sitting outside with my dogs. One of them is a puppy. He’s ab 40lbs. A hawk flew down about 6 feet over us and checked him out. Did I want to kill the hawk? No. I def looked at him in awe and thought about how cool he was.

Hawk > cat
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