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albatross

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How to deal with caged vultures?
« on: January 28, 2012, 11:07:42 am »
They set off some of my cage traps. How do I butcher them? Do I have to drown them in their cages first or what? Won't they fly away as soon as the cage door is opened?
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Re: How to deal with caged vultures?
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2012, 11:19:28 am »
Quote from: albatross on January 28, 2012, 11:07:42 am
They set off some of my cage traps. How do I butcher them? Do I have to drown them in their cages first or what? Won't they fly away as soon as the cage door is opened?

AFAIK you can only butcher tame animals. so taming them might be necessary. I don't know if caged animals can drown, the last time I tried it didn't work.
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Re: How to deal with caged vultures?
« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2012, 11:31:09 am »
Quote from: Terra_Inc on January 28, 2012, 11:19:28 am
AFAIK you can only butcher tame animals. so taming them might be necessary. I don't know if caged animals can drown, the last time I tried it didn't work.

Live tame animals and dead non-tame animals can be butchered; the inverse states can't be.

Consequently you could arrange for the vultures to be 'struck down' in some fashion; rigging the cages up to levers in a sealed, 1z high trap chamber/drowning chamber/archery range might work.
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Re: How to deal with caged vultures?
« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2012, 11:32:22 am »
Just let them out in the middle of your military!
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Re: How to deal with caged vultures?
« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2012, 11:34:27 am »
Easy/safe way: Build a kennel and tame the vulture, then have it butchered.

Other method: Open the cages in a room where the only exit is a locked door. Have a armed and armored soldier in the room. Instruct the soldier to kill the vultures. USE A BLUNT WEAPON SO YOU HAVE FEWER PIECES TO BUTCHER.
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Re: How to deal with caged vultures?
« Reply #5 on: January 28, 2012, 12:15:44 pm »
Quote from: Urist Da Vinci on January 28, 2012, 11:34:27 am
USE A BLUNT WEAPON SO YOU HAVE FEWER PIECES TO BUTCHER.

Or, use sharp weapons so you have more pieces to butcher.  Fewer pieces takes less time and uses up less stockpile space, but more pieces gets you more leather (since each piece gets you one unit of leather) and more, smaller stacks of bones (better if you're decorating with bones, since each job uses one stack).
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Re: How to deal with caged vultures?
« Reply #6 on: January 28, 2012, 01:20:17 pm »
Quote from: Urist Da Vinci on January 28, 2012, 11:34:27 am
Easy/safe way: Build a kennel and tame the vulture, then have it butchered.

Other method: Open the cages in a room where the only exit is a locked door. Have a armed and armored soldier in the room. Instruct the soldier to kill the vultures. USE A BLUNT WEAPON SO YOU HAVE FEWER PIECES TO BUTCHER.

And 1 z lvl between roof and floor. HA HA WHERE YOU GOING TO FLY NOW UGLY VULTURE
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Re: How to deal with caged vultures?
« Reply #7 on: January 28, 2012, 01:57:42 pm »
Quote from: greatorder on January 28, 2012, 01:32:09 pm
Quote from: Loud Whispers on January 28, 2012, 01:20:17 pm
Quote from: Urist Da Vinci on January 28, 2012, 11:34:27 am
Easy/safe way: Build a kennel and tame the vulture, then have it butchered.

Other method: Open the cages in a room where the only exit is a locked door. Have a armed and armored soldier in the room. Instruct the soldier to kill the vultures. USE A BLUNT WEAPON SO YOU HAVE FEWER PIECES TO BUTCHER.

And 1 z lvl between roof and floor. HA HA WHERE YOU GOING TO FLY NOW UGLY VULTURE
Urist Mcsoldier cancels kill vulture: interrupted by vulture.

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Squad order: Station outside door: Move through door: Chase vulture: Curb stomp vulture into fine paste
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