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I haven’t heard grouse drum on my property in almost two decades. I went on an egg eater smear campaign two years ago and removed over a 100 raccoons, almost 50 possum, a grey Fox, and a bobcat with permit on my property. For the last 2 spring turkey seasons I have multiple grouse drumming every morning now. I have had them walk by me several times as well. I also have woodcock all over now. Previous to two years ago I’ve only seen a total of 2 wood cock since the early 70’s.
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08-19-2022, 10:00 PM | #14 | ||||||
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Great art and great news on the wildlife front! Particularly good since the news is usually bad.
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08-20-2022, 07:37 AM | #15 | |||||||
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And the result is that, here, the really efficient woods dwelling hawks, such as the Cooper's and Sharp-shinned, have exploded in numbers, and wreak havoc on small game, songbirds, and small gamebird populations. |
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08-20-2022, 09:39 AM | #16 | ||||||
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I have had red tail hawks swoop and hit my turkey decoys three times in the last two spring seasons. If I could legally remove them they would be gone as well.
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08-20-2022, 02:35 PM | #17 | ||||||
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I often have hawks of all flavors try to attack my Mojo dove decoys, on a dove field.
A couple years ago I was shooting a field and had a Mojo on a 10' tall piece of conduit stuck in the ground. I was in a camo blind. I saw a mature eagle coming my way and realized it was interested in my decoy. It turned away at a close distance after seeing me in the blind. |
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08-20-2022, 05:19 PM | #18 | ||||||
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Although I'm not in favor of returning to the old days of "shoot every hawk you see," I do think that some killing of hawks might be in order. I know that predator populations are dependent upon prey levels, but I think we have come too far to assume that humans don't factor into the equation. Why not harvest some avian predators? I know the reason...we have created a mindset among the non-hunting public to not kill any apex prey species. It makes no biological sense to me. That's my opinion...probably not humble enough.
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08-21-2022, 10:09 AM | #20 | ||||||
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Any good hawk recipes? They hammer our quail in South Texas.
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