Red Lodge Critter Problems

[Sibhusky]

Billings Gazette: Mountain lion, or lions, won't leave Red Lodge.
https://billingsgazette.com/outdoor...cle_a1f99c1d-d80e-5889-92a8-cdb271c2c67d.html

 

[Bad Bob]

Good luck on getting the deer and turkey out of town. That cat (or those cats) have very short odds if they don't move on.

 

[Tony S]

Now there is a thread title.

 

[Coach13]

Critters has a different definition in the Rockies than it does in Virginia!

 

[James]

"The big problem in Red Lodge is people are feeding deer and turkeys out their back door,” Gibson said.
I thought they had more sense in Montana!

This is a funny story of a very agressive wild turkey on Martha's Vinyard that the cops had to shoot.
"Murder Most Fowl"
https://www.thisamericanlife.org/452/poultry-slam-2011/act-two-0

 

[Philpug]

Just get a laser pointer.

 

[Wilhelmson]

The turkeys around here have been going crazy. They just walk around back yards or the street with no fear. No wonder the hungry colonists hunted them to eradication. They don't really bother anyone unless they poop on your car.

 

[James]

The turkeys around here have been going crazy. They just walk around back yards or the street with no fear. No wonder the hungry colonists hunted them to eradication. They don't really bother anyone unless they poop on your car.

Not true! Listen to the story. I think @Dave Petersen had some attacking turkey stories.
What I remember is if the turkey is near coming towards you, don't look away, as that's when they attack. Almost the opposite of other animals.

 

[Wilhelmson]

Not true! Listen to the story. I think @Dave Petersen had some attacking turkey stories.
What I remember is if the turkey is near coming towards you, don't look away, as that's when they attack. Almost the opposite of other animals.

For the most part they're just dumb but they've seen me at the smoker enough to clear a wide path. My cats keep a safe distance.

Besides Edgartown the turkeys probably just take after the human inhabitants.

 

[mdf]

Not true! Listen to the story. I think @Dave Petersen had some attacking turkey stories.
What I remember is if the turkey is near coming towards you, don't look away, as that's when they attack. Almost the opposite of other animals.

Yep, a few years ago I had one harass me on a walk near my house. He came up behind me and nipped me. I shooed him away, but he kept coming back and nipping me again. I finally had to walk home backwards to keep an eye on him.