On 23/05/2019 00:49, mark lewis -> Ward Dossche wrote:

 WD>> Personally I don't get excited about gun-ownership but if I'd live in
 WD>> Montana, I'd have one.

 ml> i was wishing i had my rifle the other day... i removed it from the
 ml> premises when a convicted felon (son) was staying here for a few
 ml> months... glad that's over... but i was wishing for my rifle the other
 ml> day when a pack of coyotes came through and decimated my chickens...
 ml> they got 10 of them (out of 12) and removed one of my meager sources of
 ml> food (eggs)... i'm still angry and sad about that...

There I see a use for a firearm (doesn't need to be a military weapon though).

I too have chooks, but no coyotes here (or any other wild dogs/dingoes that I
can tell). There are foxes but so far nothing has bothered our fowls.

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Gang warily
David

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