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african man:
Cat hunting ...... Ye .... ::)
Really nice furs and the gut is real strong , boil whats left over and feed it to the dogs , nothing going to wast
Man caused the problem , man must sort it out ...and have some fun doing it

markinengland:
Cat gut is often said to be used on tennis rackets but I think it was actually pig gut that was used.
Mark in England

Little John:
The only one here that I know has made gut strings used pig gut. I think you take the intestineand clean good then cut into strips. Use three or however many strips you think will make the string and tie all together on one end and attach to a nail then  pull them even and tie the bottom ends, then attach a weight and spin weight till string is twisted up about right. Secure weight  from untwisting and let dry. I think the guy had good luck with it and I always wanted to try it.  Back when I bird hunted a lot we Killed ferral cats with out mercy  as they are so hard on game birds. If you experiment with cats let us know. I dont know if a cat intestine would be long enough.    Kenneth

ballista:
  I heard the seminole used boar, not sure about cat though- although you hit it on the head about feral cats being damn nusiences.
I saw two just from my stand this year, the other one i drilled and tried to use as coyote bait (i got it back in november, its legal in Wn too) but they didnt even touch it, maybe its some cat killing curse  ;D

hedgeapple:
A couple years ago during muzzleloader season, I saw an orange cat stalking in front of my stand.  It was just getting shooting light.  A quail whistle across the field.  The feral cat did a 90 degree turn heading straight toward the quail.  I had a dilema: save the quail and ruin my morning hunt or continue deer hunting and hope the best for the quail.  The cat was at 40 yards when I found it in my scope.  Before I could get the crosshairs locked on it, it turned another 90 degrees and pounced on a mouse in the weeds.  The feral demon would live another day, but not many.  I took a fat doe 45 minutes later.

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