V4Vendetta
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The noise was loud enough to wake my parents & I went outside to investigate with my LED light & .22 rifle*. I didn't see anything but I kept hearing that noise. I eventually went back in the house & went to bed. I had no idea what it was until this morning when my father told me that it was probably a bobcat. I didn't know bobcats were around this area.
My mother called the animal control people this morning & they said that it probably was a bobcat & that they are a protected critter & that you can only shoot one if it attacks you & you better have documentation of the attack:barf:. The animal control officer said that we'll probably never hear it again as bobcats wander a lot but if we did, we should just fire a shot in the air.
I told my mom that if it attacks us in the future to take photo's before taking us to the hospital.
My question is this. Would a .22 have been enough gun in case the bobcat attacked us? We have several horses & have a lot of money tied up in them so would it be legal to shoot the cat if it attacked the horses?
*Not the most powerful round I know but I didn't want to lose my hearing afterwards. In hindsight if there's a next time I'll take something with a little more heft to it.
My mother called the animal control people this morning & they said that it probably was a bobcat & that they are a protected critter & that you can only shoot one if it attacks you & you better have documentation of the attack:barf:. The animal control officer said that we'll probably never hear it again as bobcats wander a lot but if we did, we should just fire a shot in the air.
I told my mom that if it attacks us in the future to take photo's before taking us to the hospital.
My question is this. Would a .22 have been enough gun in case the bobcat attacked us? We have several horses & have a lot of money tied up in them so would it be legal to shoot the cat if it attacked the horses?
*Not the most powerful round I know but I didn't want to lose my hearing afterwards. In hindsight if there's a next time I'll take something with a little more heft to it.