Owls, Hawks, Coyotes, Bobcats, Gophers are the Biggest Threat to My Food Supply

Lost another chicken to what I am pretty sure is the owl(s) that have been stocking them. Same owl is under suspicion of killing our cat as well about a month ago. Another chicken has survived an attack by a Hawk and a Coyote. In both cases I came up on the scene while it was in progress. Hawk had stripped all feathers from the neck and was getting ready to grab and go when I got there. About two months later the coyote was chasing this same chicken Benny Hill style around the pen and tore off most of its tail feathers. I couldn't get to my gun quick enough so I shouted it away.

Now the gophers are back to tear into our root vegetables. We got traps everywhere but they have eluded them so far.

Nature does not relent.

Update: Turns out it was a Bobcat. Was woke up this morning by chicken ruckus at approximate same time. Looked out the window, and he/she was standing on a pile of rounds staged for splitting that were too close to the fence. He was going to jump in the pen, but it stopped when it saw/heard me. It paused a good 15 seconds and then took off so I got a good look. It was a big one, for a bobcat.

Last Edited by BeelzeBob on 07/10/2022 12:13 PM