9 Feral Cats, Do They Have 9 Lives (Secret - No They DON'T)

For those wondering, no these feral cats are not pets. If you're confused why in Australia we hunt these invasive killers please google "feral cats in Australia".
Here's a extract from an Australian government study and report if you feel like more information, or using Google is too hard.
"Cats continue to drive population decline in Australian native animal species. Predation by cats is a recognised threat to over 200 nationally threatened species, and 37 listed migratory species (of which nine are also listed as threatened) . Feral cats in Australia kill over 1.5 billion native mammals, birds, reptiles and frogs, and 1.1 billion invertebrates each year. Pet cats kill over 500 million native vertebrate animals each year. Although their overall toll is lower than that imposed by feral cats, because pet cats live at high density, their ‘local’ impacts are much higher than that of feral cats."
Source: Threat abatement plan for predation by feral cats 2023
All this shooting is with my custom 308Win rifle, which I will soon share all the details properly in a rundown video.
Action is a Defiance Machine Tenacity, Triggertech Special trigger, 18 inch Carbon Six Barrel, Wedgetail Industries Suppressor, all in an MDT HTN26 Carbon Fibre Chassis. I'm running Fiocchi factory ammunition with 150 grain Hornady SST projectiles and a subsonic rounds, which are reloads using 190 Sub-X projectiles. My thermal scope is a Pulsar Thermion 2 LRF XG50 and for the scanner I'm a Pulsar Merger LRF XL50 which is 1024x756 resolution !!! Daylight scope, I'm using a Japanese made Zerotech Trace Advanced 4-24x50mm.
If you are interested in a thermal or night vision device in Australia, have a chat with Ben from Hunt the Night. He generally has the best prices anyway in Oz.

[@rojanyldrm6173]

İf one feral cat kill 740 animals per year that mean you save 6660 animals congratulations

[@dadadanya_subzero]

YOU FUCK? CAT BEST

[@stephendalleywater8791]

They're capable of doing 20 a night, so the statistics are even greater!

[@jamesh2368]

They have studied it and the figure is around 1500 times a year, times that by the estimated 8 million feral cats and that’s a lot.

[@THERIAN_Kai_3097]

Мне кажется что лучше усыплять не животных а людей!

[@paulgermano7837]

Also that no new generation of feral cats was brought into Australia.

[@TheBigGaloot]

Thank you for what you do for the environment, especially our native wildlife.

[@liliansoledaddiazrufasto]

malooos cacas

[@Jon-da-bad]

We need to legalize this in the USA they are distorting our game birds.

[@CensorCipher]

Excellent content! Feral cats are among the most destructive, worst invaders that you target. I love that you’re getting rid of them and saving the birds and other wildlife they would otherwise be decimating. Please keep the cat content coming!

[@liliansoledaddiazrufasto]

malos son 💩 a 💩 a y ñaños

[@maxpower1337]

😭😡

[@Nicolas-zw5ex]

​@@maxpower1337sad because it isnt killing wildlife?

[@redlock4004]

It's not the damage that they CAN do - It's the damage that they ARE doing!

[@marcmarc9374]

Thank you for helping the biodiversity survive in Australia 😊

[@nobeltnium]

Thank you for including the study report in the description. As a cat person, i'm glad these animal was put down quickly and don't have to suffer

[@EDGEoftheOUTBACK]

Thank you

[@frostycools1315]

did you look at who wrote the report ?? i did this is a scam

[@EDGEoftheOUTBACK]

@@frostycools1315 scam in what way? I'm pretty sure there's more than enough science to confirm feral cats are a terrible thing in Australia and have no place.

[@frostycools1315]

@@EDGEoftheOUTBACK pretty sure or sure ? its 2023 its a matter of asking your cell phone. down under has been fcking up nature for the last 100 years this is no different and if you actually did some research we would not even need these conversations

[@derekrulez390527]

​@@frostycools1315it is not a scam! Feral cats are insanely destructive and not just in Australia. Hawaii, Florida, New Zealand, and many other places all suffer from ferals. I personally like cats but they are nowhere close to being extinct unlike the animals they are killing in these areas. Gotta protect native wildlife and prevent extinction as much as we can.

[@antonoat]

There are some people who think because they like domestic cats that qualifies them as wildlife lovers, bizarre!

[@ricpr]

I don't understand how in the US feral cats are looked at as an animal to protect when it's clear that based on the Australian experience, the US is headed in the same direction. In urban environments, all four-legged animals of equivalent size are seen as a nuisance with the exception of feral cats. Possums and racoons get re-homed and foxes and coyotes are shot, but for cats there's this Herculean effort to assure no harm comes to them in the form of spading as if the effort does anything to reduce populations of feral cats. Add to that the population of outdoor pet cats and it's a recipe for a future full of cat issues. They're invasive, but as long as there are unreasonable and irresponsible cat owners, there's no way to avoid the issue. It's just a matter of time.

[@uselesshumanbeing6962]

Cats on their way to be the cutest, yet the most awful little creature

[@oldmate6327]

I think it was Roy & HG that came up with this line "If its feral, it's in peril". Well done and may there be many more feral animals removed.

[@bandmanjason9479]

If it lives outside it is not a pet. If you let your cat outside, you are an irresponsible pet owner. If you want a cat, fine. Keep it inside

[@GeorgWilde]

It is stupid to own a cat there no matter how "responsible" you are. The odds that it will escape or breed with other cats is always there and it matters.

[@grantmctaggart9942]

Do you even know Australian law kunt? If it’s been fixed a cat can roam as it likes if it’s a pet. Doesn’t make one an irresponsible owner.

[@bandmanjason9479]

@grantmctaggart9942 yes it does. Just because it's law, doesn't mean it's good. Kunt

[@mattcarr2050]

this is helping so many native species with a chance at survival

[@svwallen]

Forget the haters, keep up the great work👍👍👍👍👍

[@jamiegodwin9051]

Maaaaate…… how could you??? I mean, how could you let that murdering little bastard get away!! 😂You do more for the environment than any greenie I’ve ever come across!! Well done brother!!!

[@patrickwilliamson29]

Mate not all "greenies" are whiney bitches who hold up traffic, protest meat and do all that cringe worthy shit you see and hear. The big issue is those dickheads are usually the loudest and often know nothing about the environment. Most of us who work in the field know what's necessary but don't waste our time fighting battles with self-righteous armchair conservationists

[@vrediana]

They are invasive in Poland too, but the government does nothing about it :(

[@MJAY-yf3kb]

Same here in the USA

[@simjuk4764]

Love your work brother. Thanks for your service

[@alanwilliamson2259]

Absolutely magic job Nathan ! That's one hell of a haul of marauding pests out of the system. Awesomeness !!

[@JohnWilliams-iw6oq]

Don't stop now, keep going! Well done mate, that must be a record in anyone's book.

[@errolmeulen6127]

My Vet told me last week that the NSW law is changing on Cat ownership requirements at night and that councils will also be offering FREE de sexing and micro chipping. He mentioned also the exponential breeding and in breeding of cats compared to Canine / Equine etc. birth rate in moggies is a huge problem - furry cane toads with prey drive

[@padwock2294]

I love cats so very deeply. It breaks my heart to see them deceased but it's an action that needs taking to keep all our other lovely critters alive and thriving. Behind every comment saying "YOU'RE EVIL AHHHH!" is just ultimately just a person wanting to support wild animal life just like yourself. Only difference is they're yet to understand the difficult reality that to keep our ecosystem from being destroyed any more than it already has, this needs to be done. It's sad yes but it'd be a lot sadder if everyone just casually let these cute buggers continue to destroy our ecosystem because many of us have or have once had a cat as a domestic pet/companion.

[@stevesutton6093]

Bloody awesome to watch, excellent content as always!

[@rodgeorge7244]

Love your work Nathan .

[@MYeahman]

I felt a great disturbance in the force... as though a million idiots cried out in anger, and were suddenly silenced

[@juakoazy]

Come to Spain to clean up. The people is so blind with this problem

[@mrpeddlethesealion]

concuerdo

[@infiernorojiblanco3809]

Yo también estoy de acuerdo, los gatos son lo peor

[@mdluk199]

I thought the Spanish were too busy torturing every other animal to bother with cats .

[@mrpeddlethesealion]

​@@mdluk199 here idiot i think you dropped this 🧠

[@michaelcauser474]

Excellent work as usual Nathan. I like cats, but only in the right place. Indoors.

[@EDGEoftheOUTBACK]

You and me both!

[@KlunkWheatley]

Any footage of feral cats getting dispatched gets a like before viewing 👍🏼

[@falconcowboy9995]

It still seems weird seeing (cats🐈) hunted Guess that means I need to watch more 😅😂😅😅😂😅😂😅 Keep up the great work

[@boogerdog5247]

Back in 71' in Tampa, at an apartment complex, at night no one could sleep due to a female in heat and half a dozen toms were keeping things going...neighbors never said a word as I patrolled the parking lot doing the cull...I soon figured out the key to quick n quiet was locate and i.d. the female, dispatch, and retire early for the evening. Now, if media heard of that these days in USA, I'd be doing 6 months in county lockup. I went from hogs and deer in Gainesville at Un. of Fl., to Tampa and USF where the hunt kept going on. Still have the Remington 22 lr single shot bolt action. It was my grandfather's.

[@falconcowboy9995]

@boogerdog5247 that's crazy😂😅🤣😂🤣😅 Because he's the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So we'll hunt him. Because he can take it. Because he's not our hero. He's a silent guardian, a watchful protector. A dark knight.

[@stephendalleywater8791]

Looks like you managed to remove them before they were able to make too great a mark on the world. Excellent work!

[@ianparkinson7039]

Love ya work Nathan

[@MrRebar15]

*EDGE of the OUTBACK* Bravo well done, thank-you sir taking the time to bring us along. GOD Bless.

[@JD-ip4fs]

Mate.. brilliant work. Continue to keep Australia’s wildlife safe!

[@williamgaines9784]

The "haters" don't like your solution, yet make no effort at a different one. Those subsonics likely zip right through the cat chests without any expansion, lethally wounded, but still able to scamper into a tight spot before expiring. You had the lost one's hit on video, the flies and beetles will find it.👍👍

[@zenonsplawinski9436]

Nathan, thanks for the outstanding work you do protecting our environment. Don’t worry about the caterwauling haters as there is no point trying to reason with most of them. They’re too emotionally driven and incapable of that cognitive function. These aren’t people’s pets, these are an extremely destructive and introduced pest. Doing nothing about this issue is not an option. Control of the feral cat population in Australia is essential to protect our unique environment and must continue. Send it!

[@philhatherell3711]

Doing a great job mate. Keep it up!

[@EDGEoftheOUTBACK]

Thanks, will do!

[@emiltheone9284]

your face popping up at 00:11 was a HORRIFYING jumpscare hahaha

[@EDGEoftheOUTBACK]

😂

[@peterryan6097]

Fantastic work Nathan. Yoohoo!!

[@RTC057]

What a great start to my day, I just couldn’t wait till after work to watch this video 😂. Thanks

[@jeroen6176]

The only thing wrong with the video Nate, is that I wasn't there helping you get rid of these feral pests! Keep up the good work mate, let me know if u need a hand! 😉

[@michael-fb7ps]

Great stuff mate

[@user-fb6rd3tx4m]

This is amazing, outstanding work my man!

[@mixtaperadio]

Thank you from New York. Merry Kittymas

[@EDGEoftheOUTBACK]

Same to you!

[@michaelbarrett2346]

Well done, conservation right there

[@sticustom]

Love a good cat video. Bye bye puddy tat

[@ronjeremy6128]

Great job Nathan. I spent a day at the range today with an instructor going over my rifles and doing some range work, breathing, trigger pull etc etc. Was such a great day. I mentioned your channel and he follows you as well. Love you're channel. Respect!

[@phillipmcfarland7098]

Love it mate, mittens wont be on the prowel tonight 😂. Keep up the good fight.

[@xwhite2020]

Imagine how much destruction 9 cats in one area can do. Awful stuff.

[@r.d.sandman6474]

Anywhere in Australia. The varmints breeds year round. Cats are not native & they are responsible for many species quickly running to the extinction line. A cat new to a neighborhood alone is similar to a minor ecological disaster. They kill all they can-for sport.

[@nigelmayer8061]

Thank you 4 your service

[@deandewey5584]

Good job Nathan. Let the Muppets rant and rave to their hearts discontent

[@martypolderman6937]

Awesome stuff 👍

[@ck5326]

Hey mate, I'm not a hunter but absolutily love you and your mates videos. What's the reason you don't use a semi auto weapon...just figured it would be quicker and more effective on a re-load. 🤔 Keep up the awesome work on the feral animal control that you do. 👍🏼

[@EDGEoftheOUTBACK]

Owning a semi auto in Australia is a hugely restricted thing. Even as a professional pest controller the hoops to jump through are immense.

[@ck5326]

@@EDGEoftheOUTBACK yeah ok...thought that may have been the case. Cheers 👍🏼. Hearing the sound of a bolt reload isn't the worst thing after all 🤪. Keep sending the lead down range mate and happy hunting.

[@dlmsarge8329]

@@EDGEoftheOUTBACK It drives me nuts to see the videos of you guys having to shoot hogs with bolt or pump guns when semi autos would be so much more effective. Daft government policies! "Yea we have a huge invasive species problem !!" "So you're allowing citizens who want to help solve the problem to use the right tools?" "Naaa"

[@arronjohnston742]

love it!! great work Nathan!!

[@reddo84]

you are going to create some extreme emotional disturbance with this upload :D Nice shooting sir Jim

[@jadethom7908]

"Have a Google"...just like the eyes on that little bastard! Keep up the great work, thank you!

[@user-ou5jr5nh6g]

thanks for your work man

[@dilligaf2818]

thats golds !!! thanks again.

[@OneStone1377]

Domestic cats are the #1 most successful and populous invasive species in the world , and have destroyed songbird and small mammal populations over the world... " Cats do NOT belong in the wild " This is a man made problem and needs to be dealt with . Huge support and respect 🙏, I applaud the efforts of those who are aware of this issue do something about it.! PLEASE COME TO CANADA 🇨🇦!!

[@bishopkinlyside8477]

Hi, good on ya keep knocking on the head and not worry about the haters. Don’t know what they’re talking about. They need to go out and live in the bush for a while and see how they go. Keep up the good work. Love your videos Cliff from Logan city, Queensland Australia from the big island 🧑🏾‍🦽🦘🐨🏝️🇦🇺🌏🏝

[@supernimo739gaming7]

Great work. I love how you almost never miss, great precision munition

[@g_force3857]

Great job… don’t worry about the haters buddy….

[@trevormustey4418]

It really is a shame!!...it's a shame that I can only hit the like button once!!.

[@Robbik]

Vsboy what a pinhead do your research. Excellent work my friend keep up the clean up! 💪

[@danielbrown4133]

Good one there Nathan - GOOGLY EYE 😂😂😂. Cheers mate.

[@xxxneoxxx]

Good stuff, protecting the native fauna. More needs to be done honestly. Foxes strolling alongside Parmalat next to the Brissy river.

[@arisaka9963]

That’s a lot of rifle for a cat, lol

[@EDGEoftheOUTBACK]

That's because I was actually on a pig cull contract 👌

[@user-hz6uw1yb1r]

Wow now that’s an awesome outcome for our native species in that neck of the woods thanks for sharing.

[@tanfosbery1153]

That number of feral cats in such a small area must have had a huge impact on the native wildlife

[@rustymotor]

Best video! Nothing better than watching feral Cats getting wiped out, I have been trapping Cats in my place as they have mown down my lizard population, got one large solid ginger Cat but there is another one snooping around. This one is very hard to get, must be trap shy. Keep up the great work!

[@thebigdogsmac11]

Thank you for your service

[@donkeytits1]

How do cats manage to run like that being so thoroughly pegged?? Excellent work. Worth the rewatch

[@bust3dstr8]

Lung shots are like poking a hole in a fuel tank. It takes a bit before the gas to runs out.

[@SPC1972]

Young rabbits do the same , even with a head shot

[@shanetrent8799]

Overactive nervous system.

[@mfromaustralia1]

Conservation to save our native animals. Thank you !

[@jo300hn]

I'm nearly as happy as you are, I have zero tolerance with cats on my property, if they are on my land they are not someone's pet, all treated as feral here.

[@ronaldtrask3444]

Nice Bit of Work! What loads are you using for subs?

[@EDGEoftheOUTBACK]

I'm running 190gr Hornady Sub-X projectiles and Trailboss powder 👌

[@ronaldtrask3444]

@@EDGEoftheOUTBACK Thanks! Keep up the good work.

[@lukechapman41]

Great night to remember, now lets see ya top it for a new P.B!!

[@TheKittyClink]

I like cats but like here on hawaii cats do kill natvie animals. We domt have many cull measures other that people whoev taken it into thjer owm hands which sadly leads to the killing of many pets. But thats on the state for not stepping in and properly regulations. We dont let pur cats live outside, responsible cat ownwrs shouldnt if you live in places like this. Cant handle that dont get a cat, goldfish are 2$ have at it.

[@EDGEoftheOUTBACK]

100% 👌

[@masonjarhillbilly]

Nice "wind chimes" hanging off your rifle. Great shooting.

[@hdconley]

If anyone is in doubt of the impact these things can have. Google the following "feral cat stomach contents" and you will find an image (there are several) that shows dozens of animals found in the stomach of one cat. Outback champion and bloody legend "Ken Lamb" owner of Olympic Dam Transport shot that cat many years ago now, at a place called Red Lake not too far north of Roxby Downs in South Australia. Yes I know him and his wife Val. Typical idiotic and hypocritical mentality that an introduced species has more right to life than the little native animals it is "killing and eating".

[@luckymike3065]

Doesn't get any more truthful or enlightening. Feral cats are extremely destructive to native species.. Cat laws are required.. 100% support cats are great pets. If you own one or want one then you should follow the same laws as gun owners. Be responsible, have a license to own one and a secure location to keep them.

[@seanbooth1408]

Brilliant. You are a true hero. Continuing the good work that Steve Irwin started... Keep it up bro

[@deanwaring6100]

Great work 👍🏻 👏

[@colski7542]

Good work mate!

[@EDGEoftheOUTBACK]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@karloz83]

Nice work. Ads a new meaning to kitty litter.

[@Tk-ou9ec]

It’s not the cats fault. Blame the humans for introducing them. Same goes for foxes. And rabbits.

[@EDGEoftheOUTBACK]

Same goes for most issues unfortunately

[@Tk-ou9ec]

@@EDGEoftheOUTBACK agreed

[@scooby2435]

Great job your doing there, keep it up .

[@garudajaya3051]

They said cat has 9 lives, so is it bullshit? 😮

[@michaelhume1207]

Must have felt like Christmas 😅

[@tmc4825]

Don't listen to the haters, keep up the good work! 😊

[@gold-diggersanonymous1085]

Ohhh...I thought I thaw a puddycat... I did, I did see a puddycat! JUHU Puddycat.... Boom! Awesome Nate!!!

[@baobo67]

Any calibre even if you have to use nine rounds just get them. 12 Guage 00 buck has nine pellets. Ideal.

[@gregbrown9647]

Very interesting video...I am learning....Some viewers will hate and some will be ok with the videos and some will not be either way.. and so on..

[@paulmartin3340]

Stuff the haters. Bloody good stuff. Cheers from Penrith again.🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈

[@Gravattack]

Good on you, nothing worse than people that protect our native species, who have few native predators. 13 dislikes, from people who don't have a clue

[@user-iq6cy9yn2w]

Any thoughts about why there were so many, so close together.? A bit worrying actually. Makes you wonder how many more are out there.

[@EDGEoftheOUTBACK]

I think it was a big litter and a few Tom cats

[@user-iq6cy9yn2w]

@@EDGEoftheOUTBACK the buggers were in good condition. Obviously getting plenty to eat.

[@PumaGuy]

Cats don’t live like other felines. Cats live in colonies and will have multiple males and females. Bobcats have territory’s and don’t overlap.

[@stuz32]

Thousands of native animals spared a horrific death. Thank you

[@Amanda-iz6mx]

Oh No not the black panther 😂

[@craigtomkinson2837]

Cracking Ep My goodness a cat got to be worth 3 or 4 pigs hay.

[@ronsamborski6230]

A very cooperative cat at about 1:10. If only they were all so cooperative! 👍🏽

[@fairwind8222]

So you don’t like cats?…your probably not cooking them right!🤣😂🤣

[@chrisyeager1042]

Nathan, Great content and editing. I'm new to you channel and now i have subscribed to it..Looks like i have tons of videos to catch up on. Keep it coming an ill definitely kee watching. 😊