Pratt’s Wayne Woods is full of them. They prey on the geese and the occasional Sandhill Crane.
A friend of ours had her little dog picked off in her backyard while she was standing about 10 feet away. The people across the street nearly lost their Teacup Chihuahua to an owl not long ago.
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“A friend of ours had her little dog picked off in her backyard while she was standing about 10 feet away. The people across the street nearly lost their Teacup Chihuahua to an owl not long ago.”
We have lot’s of wildlife where I live in Montan. Years ago we had a BIG fox come by for a few days...It was after our cat, Oslo, but he was a BIG boy himself and he was staring down the fox. I ran outside and the fox went away. He came back everyday for a few days and then - poof, he was gone. I know someone shot it. I had my rifle at the ready for several weeks and missed him twice.
As far as owls go, the same cat, Oslo, would not come in one evening and I knew where he was in the field so I began walking down to him. It was 10:00 PM and just had turned dark. I was 150’ from him when he let out a scream and a Great Grey Owl had tried to grab him. He had a cut on his back and hid under the porch for 1/2 hour before letting me take him in.
We keep our cats in now days until we go outside with them for a walk.