? about craigslist hunter

[Navotifarm]

Wow, after the Shamuu thread and questions about killer instincts and profit motives, this is probably a dull qUestion but also comprises the concept of attack and motives or even if it was an intentional attack. A post in the Charlottesville VA craigslist barter section today offers a Dell server for hunting stuff. I responded that I do not need the server but I do need a varmint hunter because I have have a huge poultry massacre.

The person responded: "and this means- "ÈI0T„ŽE€8€Ò€Ä ". I hope someone on here can please translate and explain. The motives behind what I surmise is some kind of attack. He had the name Paul Powell which I googled. Yikes, do Death Row inmates have email access to craigslist? How can. I find a REAL hunter to protect my poultry? Many questions arise from this encounter so all advice appreciated.

[blooba]

Yes some inmates have access to the internet.
All you have to do is look in the yellow pages under animal control/removal or something like that.

[fishhead]

Contact your state trapping association. What state do you live in?

[country_wife]

Originally Posted by Navotifarm

How can. I find a REAL hunter to protect my poultry? Many questions arise from this encounter so all advice appreciated.

Do you lock your poultry up at night? That would be the easiest route, rather than risk a stranger hunting on your property, perhaps getting injured, lawsuits, etc. (Face it, we live in a litigious society.)

[Macybaby]

Around here you would conact the Dept of Games, Fish and Parks. They have a list of people in different areas that are looking for opportunites to hunt varmints. Usually you don't pay them, and some times they pay you for the previlage.

Or you could go to the local gun shop (may be the hardware store) and let them know what you are looking for. Chances are good they'll know how in the area may be interested.

You don't say what State you are in. I'd have no problem doing this here in SD.

Cathy

[uncle Will in In.]

Varmits that kill chickens can live long healthy live with hunters surveying there territory daily. A mink or weasel can wipe out a flock of chickens in a couple nights, but YOU CAN hunt till you are blue in the face, and rarely ever see one away from your flock. You need to catch them in the act, either with a gun or a trap. Having your buildings varmit proof will protect them at night, but a mink can go through a two inch hole.

[Navotifarm]

I live in Virginia. I lock my birds up at night. I have a big pen covered with chicken wire. The heavy snow broke apart the wire. Something is jumping way up there and then down through the holes. Sometimes the birds are killed and mostly eaten but sometimes they simply vanish. How can a fox or whatever levitate throough the overhead wire carrying a Narragansett turkey which is really quite heavy?

I bought a big trap yesterday at Tractor Supply plus some cans of stinky cat food so maybe I will catch the fox if it IS a fox tomorrow. I hope!

My other question was, can anybody translate the message the craigslist person sent me or do you think the computer somehow scrambled it?

[EDDIE BUCK]

A bobcat will also eat birds. Are you close to a woods where one may live?If that trap you bought is a cage trap,forget the fox,hes to smart and shy.A miracle if you catch him in a cage.Hawks and owls will swoop down and get chickens,ducks,or what ever and leave no sign that they caught it.Have you seen any fox or big cat tracks around?Coons,possums,and weasels will also kill poultry.
I agree,check with your states wildlife dept.They can probably recommend a varmint hunter or pro trapper that can take care of business.In NC,you don't have to get a permit to kill game that's destroying your property.Don't know about Virginia

[kbshorts]

Howdy neighbor, I am in C-ville. You would be surprised what a determined predator will do. I responded to a ruckus one night to find a fox trying to drag off a full grown BR tom turkey. I have had several BR hens, who chose to nest outside of the electronet, just destroyed, no other way to describe it. Fix the wire and get a good spotlight and a shotgun. You may be able to trap it but I have never had much luck trapping unknown predators. There are several predators around here that like chicken and if you don't stop it now it will eat everything you have. Looks like computer stuff on Craigslist, forget about it and protect your flock.

Keith

[fishhead]

Fox are very hard to trap in cage traps.

Can you run an electric fence wire on the pen? That would be far more effective than trying to trap a fox. Even if it's a big coon there is an unlimited supply of coons and they will keep coming until you secure the pen.

[blooba]

That message is garbled computer talk that is part of their anonymizer, Some people say its a bad connaction to gmail accounts while others have problems with other accounts. You could try sending another message from another email account but you'd be better off following some of the above advice instead.

[suzyhomemaker09]

Originally Posted by Navotifarm

Wow, after the Shamuu thread and questions about killer instincts and profit motives, this is probably a dull qUestion but also comprises the concept of attack and motives or even if it was an intentional attack. A post in the Charlottesville VA craigslist barter section today offers a Dell server for hunting stuff. I responded that I do not need the server but I do need a varmint hunter because I have have a huge poultry massacre.

The person responded: "and this means- "ÈI0T„ŽE€8€Ò€Ä ". I hope someone on here can please translate and explain. The motives behind what I surmise is some kind of attack. He had the name Paul Powell which I googled. Yikes, do Death Row inmates have email access to craigslist? How can. I find a REAL hunter to protect my poultry? Many questions arise from this encounter so all advice appreciated.

So....
If you had no interest in obtaining a server why would you post to the ad at all?
I see lots of folks offering advice but, what were you thinking?
If a person places an ad offering to trade something they had for something they wanted and you had neither then leave it alone.
Hunters gather meat or trophies....Trappers gather fur-bearing animals. most predators of chickens are fur bearers.

[PD-Riverman]

Originally Posted by Navotifarm

Wow, after the Shamuu thread and questions about killer instincts and profit motives, this is probably a dull qUestion but also comprises the concept of attack and motives or even if it was an intentional attack. A post in the Charlottesville VA craigslist barter section today offers a Dell server for hunting stuff. I responded that I do not need the server but I do need a varmint hunter because I have have a huge poultry massacre.

The person responded: "and this means- "ÈI0T„ŽE€8€Ò€Ä ". I hope someone on here can please translate and explain. The motives behind what I surmise is some kind of attack. He had the name Paul Powell which I googled. Yikes, do Death Row inmates have email access to craigslist? How can. I find a REAL hunter to protect my poultry? Many questions arise from this encounter so all advice appreciated.

I had this problem in the last 2 weeks (lost 8 chickens total)but I am "Fixing" the problem. Go to your farm supply store and buy a big live catch trap----GOT TO GET THE kind that has a seperate compartment for live bate(I use a live chicken). I close my chicken house late afternoon, (I was not closing the door, but I do now), Set the trap right beside my chicken house, put a chicken in it---In the last week I have caught 2 bobcats that climbed over the top of my 6ft chain link fence(dog kennels) and I have wire over the top to but it has a few splits in it. Think I about got the "Killing" under control, But still setting the trap nightly. Good Luck

[fantasymaker]

Might be more than one Paul Powell?

[Navotifarm]

Many thanks for the helpful advice, much of which I followed. I bought a trap and set it and caught two skunks. Also have been putting all my birds in their house and securing the door which I was not doing before.

Suzy Homemaker, most of what I have comes from barter. I contacted the guy with the server I did not want because I figured he would have above average intelligence. He was looking for hunting stuff which, as you point out, I did not have. But isn't it reasonable to suppose that a person looking for hunting stuff would like to hunt? And I have an unknown chicken-killing quarry for him. Or for somebody smarter than me to hunt down and destroy!!!

[suzyhomemaker09]

Originally Posted by Navotifarm

Many thanks for the helpful advice, much of which I followed. I bought a trap and set it and caught two skunks. Also have been putting all my birds in their house and securing the door which I was not doing before.

Suzy Homemaker, most of what I have comes from barter. I contacted the guy with the server I did not want because I figured he would have above average intelligence. He was looking for hunting stuff which, as you point out, I did not have. But isn't it reasonable to suppose that a person looking for hunting stuff would like to hunt? And I have an unknown chicken-killing quarry for him. Or for somebody smarter than me to hunt down and destroy!!!

Skunks will flat our decimate your bird population....
From personal experience I can tell you that most people that you contact on CL or Freecycle about something other than the pertinent ad you will get people upset. It's an annoyance to think you may have made a deal and then open an e-mail that's completely unrelated.
Have you tried posting in the barter board section of your CL looking for someone to help remove your critter?

[GREENCOUNTYPETE]

local hunt clubs , state trapping association, rod and gun club , word of mouth at church. or learn to do it yourself

i expect if your dnr is anything like ours they are just short of useless in these types of matters more likly to figure out what your killing without a license to charge you with than find a hunter to help you they want to stay out of the buissiness of matching hunters with people who want them , think about it from thier side if they have one person with a bad experience from a hunter they matched up , there may be liability , or at least bad immage , far easier for them to do nothing.

[Auric]

Yeah, forget the WI DNR. What Pete can't hit with his shotgun or muzzle loader, I'll get with my car. Sigh!

[texican]

Get a dog or three. Any dog worth it's salt is going to bark at varmints. If it does bark at something good (or better yet, catch them, reward and praise them to high heaven)...

I definitely wouldn't be corresponding with strangers about non related subjects... I think if I were an evil son of a biscotti eater, I could make a fortune off of craigslist... advertise 'treasure' and have them pick it up at my place, and then all they have is MINE!... their car/truck, their jewels, their everything. I could have my own chain gang...! I can't believe the vast proportion of the population that had no parents........... that never instructed their offspring on to be aware of danger, and avoid it if at all possible.

I daresay, none of you will ever hear of this soul getting massacred, because he invited some psycho killer onto the place, to do something...

[seagullplayer]

Just keep using that trap and kill what you catch.

Before long you can post an ad offering your services!