Around the industrial park, we have a population of exceptionally large feral cats.

I don't know if they had Maine coon cat in them, or it's an island effect.

They are surrounded by large highways and very busy roads, though I guess they could cross them very early in the AM.

I had a neighbor a half mile away whose cats visited my yard. That's all I got.

I have a feral cat issue at one of my places. Rarely get pictures of the same one twice. I've probably seen 20 different ones in a year so assume they are covering some ground.

I have no idea either. My ranch manager sent this picture to me on Friday of a cat perched above a cattle oiler in the middle of one of my pastures. This cat is easily two miles from the nearest road and more than 3 miles from any structure.

I hate cats.

They wouldn't be ranging much farther from where I saw them. There is a green light on all cats on our place. No houses within 3 miles, it's not the neighbors pet. We had one on camera that hung out by a deer feeder to pick off quail. He was sent to the happy hunting grounds in the sky immediately. They are hell on bird numbers.

AnScAggie said:

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I have no idea either. My ranch manager sent this picture to me on Friday of a cat perched above a cattle oiler in the middle of one of my pastures. This cat is easily two miles from the nearest road and more than 3 miles from any structure.

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Mountain lion from 300 yards!

Wait. Cows get oiled? Is that like feeding mayo to the tuna?

Wearer of the Ring said:

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Wait. Cows get oiled? Is that like feeding mayo to the tuna?

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You didn't know that? Bet you never thought of getting the hooves rotated quarterly, either. You heartless...

Wearer of the Ring said:

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Wait. Cows get oiled? Is that like feeding mayo to the tuna?

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What? Your ranch doesn't look like this?

Old RV Ag said:

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Wearer of the Ring said:

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Wait. Cows get oiled? Is that like feeding mayo to the tuna?

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What? Your ranch doesn't look like this?

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One of my grandpa's favorite lines, "my cows do best in the shade of a pump jack."

Feral cats create a lot of damage. Here's an infographic on what domestic cats do...
https://theoatmeal.com/comics/cats_actually_kill

Old RV Ag said:

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Wearer of the Ring said:

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Wait. Cows get oiled? Is that like feeding mayo to the tuna?

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What? Your ranch doesn't look like this?

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How many acres we talking about? Gotta be careful round these parts throwing out the term "Ranch"

ttha_aggie_09 said:

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Old RV Ag said:

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Wearer of the Ring said:

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Wait. Cows get oiled? Is that like feeding mayo to the tuna?

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What? Your ranch doesn't look like this?

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How many acres we talking about? Gotta be careful round these parts throwing out the term "Ranch"

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>10,000

(and a section to me should be referred to as "a piece of land")

Cats don't take vacation cruises. They'll go as far as they need to and no farther than they need to just to forage. Tom's will range looking for female companionship. They also will scratch out and fight to dominate their own territory. Whiskey women and food, no need to cruise

OK, so something else going on to drive giant house cats in the industrial park. (Seriously, they're nearing bobcat size.)

Someone feeding them there. They'll stay as long as the food supply lasts. Whoever's feeding May think they're doing a service. They also might be wanting them around for pest (mice, rats, snake) control. The cats are going to multiply faster than highway attrition will manage the population

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Someone feeding them there. They'll stay as long as the food supply lasts. Whoever's feeding May think they're doing a service. They also might be wanting them around for pest (mice, rats, snake) control. The cats are going to multiply faster than highway attrition will manage the population

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Same thing at our old office. Lady fed the cats and birds. Not sure if she fed the birds to give the cats more targets, but they hung around and **** all over the place because they didn't have to roam for food.

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OK, so something else going on to drive giant house cats in the industrial park. (Seriously, they're nearing bobcat size.)

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Chernobyl Industrial Park by any chance?

My dad tried to get rid of our mains coon cat growing up in the 90s. Cat had a penchant for making common areas his own litter box and dad got tired of stepping in cat poop on his way out to the car early in the morning when he would go to work.

My mom forbade him from killing it, so he drove that som***** 15 miles away, stops the car, throws him out the window on some FM Road just outside of Austin, and drives away very proud of himself.

A couple of weeks later, dads headed out to the car and he stepped in cat poop again, looks around and then sees the cat.

Old RV Ag said:

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ttha_aggie_09 said:

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Old RV Ag said:

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Wearer of the Ring said:

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Wait. Cows get oiled? Is that like feeding mayo to the tuna?

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What? Your ranch doesn't look like this?

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How many acres we talking about? Gotta be careful round these parts throwing out the term "Ranch"

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>10,000

(and a section to me should be referred to as "a piece of land")

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Welp I guess I don't have a ranch then, only a few/some pieces of land.

AnScAggie said:

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Old RV Ag said:

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ttha_aggie_09 said:

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Old RV Ag said:

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Wearer of the Ring said:

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Wait. Cows get oiled? Is that like feeding mayo to the tuna?

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What? Your ranch doesn't look like this?

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How many acres we talking about? Gotta be careful round these parts throwing out the term "Ranch"

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>10,000

(and a section to me should be referred to as "a piece of land")

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Welp I guess I don't have a ranch then, only a few/some pieces of land.

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With that, you might have a chicken farm, so there's that at least.