[Ford-ferguson] Protection from big cats while working on my farm

[David]

We have the same problem up here in Northern Ontario Canada only with black 
bears ever since they stopped the spring bear hunt a few years ago. I tried 
taking the rifle with me a few times but it was such a pain in the @ss I 
just learned to ignor them and not listen to too many of the stories. I 
can't imagine a wild critter ever challenging "Fergie" or a chainsaw or any 
other opperating peice of equipment. Now black and deer  flies, that's 
different story and I don't have an answer for them... David 
.............Lavigne, Ontario, Canada
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <cwi813 at mchsi.com>
To: <ford-ferguson at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 3:42 PM
Subject: [Ford-ferguson] Protection from big cats while working on my farm


> Hi.  I need your creative help.  My local DNR says I need a golf cart with 
> a bench seat so if/when a cougar comes my way (they are everywhere in my 
> farming area, have "taken" a dog from between two adult men coming out of 
> their kitchen during the day directly across the road from me, etc.) I can 
> simply slide over on the seat in the other direction so it won't bother 
> me. (And the moon does not exist out there either according to them.) Not 
> practical, I've got a 60-acre CRP with waist-high to shoulder-high grass 
> and will sell it if the wildlife gets even a sliver more bold.  A golf 
> cart isdesigned for mown grass.
>
> What options are there for me to be on my Ford-Ferguson 9N (a metal "cage" 
> over me and my tractor seat") so I can get home safetly at the end of my 
> day? It's top speed is about 8 MPH, I'm always by myself and home is 200 
> miles away (one way).  This last Fall was the first year in Iowa's history 
> that there has been a Bobcat season, too.
>
> Thanks.
>
> CJ Wilhelmi
> cwi813 at mchsi.com
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