so how much trouble am I in?

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Only a couple of folks have noted that after trapping you should take it to the humane society. I can't believe the number of people advising to drop it off "in the country". Classic "not MY problem anymore"!

As the OP noted, that's probably what caused this in the first place. Someone elses stupidity.
 
.38 Special said I've got bigger problems than animal control. Yeah, I think you're right! Even after 15 years I guess there are things to learn about our spouses and kids. I'm giving the kid a break this time -- we're not hunters so this was the first time he had seen anything like this.
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I personally wouldn't have any problem shooting a cat in your situation, but my wife wouldn't understand and my kid would freak out. So I'd do it in secret. In fact, I have done such things in secret with our own terminally ill pets, rather than paying a vet to do it. Wife comes home, says "Did you do it?" and I say "Yes" and she says "I don't want to know the details." A price you pay for marrying a city gal.

FWIW, here in SoCal my brother got into some trouble with animal control for shooting rats with a pellet gun, about 20 years ago. Apparently a neighbor saw it and reported it as animal cruelty. Which just tends to support my view that Southern California is a wonderful place ruined by Southern Califnornians.

At any rate, glad to hear it didn't get too terribly ugly. What happened to the cat, BTW?
 
Was waiting for thread to be locked. Guess not, so here goes.
I once lived in a house out in the country on 62 acres. The Dadgum farmer next door would constantly have his pigs get out and run all over my yard. I frequently came home to a sow and piglets sitting on my porch and wandering around. Numerous phone calls to the farmer made no impact.
One day the sow chased my wife. Dead sow and one young pig later I made my last phone call. "Come get your dead pigs". Never happened again and no trouble with the law. This was in Alabama.
He also had an old horse wandering around my land that always got out. I would have shot the farmer before I ever shot the horse as the horse was pleasant and no trouble at all.
 
Only a couple of folks have noted that after trapping you should take it to the humane society. I can't believe the number of people advising to drop it off "in the country". Classic "not MY problem anymore"!

As the OP noted, that's probably what caused this in the first place. Someone elses stupidity..
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lol, pure genius!!!!

one guy one guy catches a problem cat and carries it out to the country, and one guy shoots it, wounds it, and calls 911, and you call the first guy stupid???

hello pot, i would like to introduce you to my good friend, mr. kettle.
 
I don't know about N.C. but here in Alabama it is illegal to abandon (relocate)an animal. It is also illegal to shoot a dog or cat and is a felony under state law. The least you would be charged with here would be animal cruelty. Hopefully N.C. is a little more reasonable.
 
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City people do this all the time. They will dump stray dogs and cats off in the country because they don't have the spine to deal with the problem.

Anyone in the city with enough spine to go chasing a cat around the block with a rifle should have that spine topped off with a brain as soon as possible.
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agreed.
 
You made the wrong decision.

You shot a domestic animal because you found it irritating. In my book that is wrong and you face the consequences of your actions.

If it were my cat you shot I would attempt to prosecute.

Sorry that's just the way I feel.
 
In NC It is a felony to steal a dog and a misdemeanor to shoot "someones dog" not a stray.Since dogs are better than cats IMHO I dont think you have any to worry about. Tell the family you are going to take it to the vet, finish it off and bury it. Tell animal control never mind. If it is still alive they might try to save it and make you pay vet bills.That would be a bummer.
 
Balrog said:
City people do this all the time. They will dump stray dogs and cats off in the country because they don't have the spine to deal with the problem. Anybody want to guess what farmers do when stray dogs show up eating their chickens?
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SSS

Shoot, shovel, shut up
 
nwilliams if your cat where on my land bothering me and I shot it .Iwould tell you to keep your cat at home. I think this thread should be made a sticky.
 
if i knew whos cat it was, i would not shoot it. (oh wait, i wouldnt shoot a cat anyway)

i have actually been amused at the amount of people in this thread who have been so terribly annoyed by cats.

i guess its understandable though with their unfortunate quirk of habitual and constant rodent control, and their intolerable tendency to bark all night long.
 
Actually I proably wouldnt shoot someones cat without warning them first. I raise chickens and cats cant help themselves around the chicks. I keep my chickens on my land. I love this thread.
 
Bryan, feral cats carry disease,they also bite and scratch. The cats around here were chewing wires on one of our vehicles.I have two small boys, you bet your ass I'm shooting a feral cat.:neener:
 
you dont get bit by feral cats. you get bit by pet cats.

if you can run fast enough to catch a feral cat, do me ma favor: call jerry jones. we need another go to receiver, and you will be unstoppable.
 
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Consider using AK or AR instead of 10/22 next time.
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You don't need a larger gun, practice your shooting for better shot placement, We used to work at a ranch and all our shoots for meat (putting animal down) from hogs on up were done with a .22
 
I have had more problems with dogs than cats. I tend to graduate force by degrees first I run strays off by yelling running throwing rocks. Next if they persist in showing back up comes the wrist rocket. I use old nuts I have laying around for ammo. It may cause a bruise but will not penetrate cause infection etc. I have always figured if they show back up after getting hit in the butt with that its shoot time but one never has.
 
I'd kill an animal before I'd drop it out on the side of the road, more humane in my book. I have never really considered cats dangerous but there was an elderly couple in Georgia killed by wild dogs not too long ago. I did know a guy that got bit by a wild cat-he wound up having to go through a bunch of rabies shots
 
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