After seeing the fun on Nextdoor posted here, I signed up for my neighborhood's board when we moved to Flower Mound. I didn't have to wait long for the fun to start.
I knew it was going to be good when I saw the OP:
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Now it's really getting good:
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Oh, ursus, if you want to see the pictures, I can hook you up:
It was definitely worth the time to get signed up for this.
I knew it was going to be good when I saw the OP:
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Last night one of my neighbors Goat was killed sometime after midnight. This Goat was completely cleaned of all flesh. The only thing left was a skeleton. So keep your pets in at night.
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That sounds more like a big cat than a coyote.
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I didn't think about that! There was a bobcat siting in HV last week....
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We have huge cats (mountain lion type animal) - with muscular shoulders on our game cameras.
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Feral hogs are more likely to strip an animal to the bone. Not coyotes. Unless the goat had been dead awhile I am sorry for the loss of your goat.
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The way it was eaten it could have been that same mountain lion from Argyle that almost killed a horse. The horse survived but was in pretty bad shape.
Now it's really getting good:
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Sounds like a big cat to me. Either bob or the mountain lion mentioned. I have a 29 year old mare in my pasture. If it is a large cat it really worries me for her safety.
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We escort our dogs outside day and night, have motion detector lights everywhere and an 8 foot fence. High beam flashlights and lucky for us all, a highly intuitive nature and a vigilant JRT. Last year a red tailed hawk swooped down on my 26 pound male terrier by out pond. That hawk realized he had under estimated his size but not before Gage got a mouthful of his feathers. He was highly indignant to be confused with a teacup dog! The hawk had a hard time getting a lift after that but the point is....If.Gage had been smaller, I would not have been able to get to him in time. We have aerial dangers too.
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To add to my post above about putting my mare in the barn at night, she would be trapped in the barn if a big cat got in. For those not so familiar, the barn closes up except for the ceiling so to speak. It is left open so that air will circulate. I would rather she had space to run and at least have a chance to protect herself.
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I've seen mountain lions several times and in places you would not expect them. Once in my yard when I lived off Rippy. Once right by the FM Post office walking in the road. Once walking on the road by my house. Bob Cats are prevalent but these Mountain Lions are closer 200 pound cats. You don't see them but they are there.
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Coyotes do not strip an animal to the bone over 8-10 hours. They will attempt to hide the carcass under leaves and sticks and come back over several nights to finish their food cache. Feral hogs and large cats can and will strip an animal to the bone in one night. In addition, raise the height of your fences, (we use human urine along the parameter of our fence lines), motion detector lights front and back yard, no pet food left outside overnight, escort our pets out day and night, at night use high beam flashlights,
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Oh, ursus, if you want to see the pictures, I can hook you up:
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My neighbor in CC has a photo of the mountain lion at his pond. And we have a photo of it from our game camera also in Copper Canyon. I think they probably run the creek. Along with the hogs, deer and coyotes.
It was definitely worth the time to get signed up for this.
