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Post by batman on Oct 16, 2019 18:15:05 GMT -6
Get my white lab in there, aint no runnin gonna happen after she gets on them. You would be surprised, they run as soon as they sense pressure, including from human voices. They act like they have been hunted hard even on opening day. When I enter the preserve they often bail over the fence corners. They fly up and over - hit the ground running. Might be one or 2 and sometime 10 or 15 bail out the corners. When I see mature birds from the road we try sneak in on them and rarely get the dog to flush them. Cagey bastards! Human voices destroy the hunt for most animals where they do not here them on a regular basis. Kiss of death on a rarely frequented 40.
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Post by biglakebass on Oct 16, 2019 18:29:25 GMT -6
I got so sick of my buddies screaming at dogs going through fields in SD..... Lets alert every animal for hundreds of yds we are coming. I realize you cant hunt em with no noise/disruption of shots fired. But constantly screaming is another thing.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Oct 17, 2019 8:00:21 GMT -6
Pheasant hunting has become a sneak attack, quiet approach, and play the wind so they can't hear you as easy. Most of the birds we get are in heavy cover, or tree lines...the birds love the cedar and spruce tree rows... it is rare to get a bird in anything but heavy cover.
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Post by Catscratch on Oct 17, 2019 8:57:54 GMT -6
Bat, you have a 40 acre enclosure. I've always wondered about land predators vs flight predators when it comes to game birds. We have some quail around but nothing like we used to. I've often thought about what would happen if a person built a predator exclusion fence that allowed deer to jump, but not yotes, coons, or fox. Might even be the next marketable venture for someone who likes to build fence. You could call if "free choice refuges's". Anyway, what do you guys think... does keeping land predators out of an area really help bird population?
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Post by batman on Oct 17, 2019 10:08:48 GMT -6
Bat, you have a 40 acre enclosure. I've always wondered about land predators vs flight predators when it comes to game birds. We have some quail around but nothing like we used to. I've often thought about what would happen if a person built a predator exclusion fence that allowed deer to jump, but not yotes, coons, or fox. Might even be the next marketable venture for someone who likes to build fence. You could call if "free choice refuges's". Anyway, what do you guys think... does keeping land predators out of an area really help bird population? i trap coon and possum hardcore during nesting season. Works better in a fence. My wild hen reared 10 young and left a week ago. Rabbits and striped gophers abound. Pheasants abundant. When we do deer plans where they run dogs we recommend 1/2 acre circles if 4 foot fence. Deer learn dogs and coyotes don’t come in the circle. And I have Lots of hawks eagles and owls on my place.
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Post by Catscratch on Oct 17, 2019 10:31:02 GMT -6
Thanks Batman. That tells me a lot!
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Post by biglakebass on Oct 17, 2019 10:57:16 GMT -6
Bat, you have a 40 acre enclosure. I've always wondered about land predators vs flight predators when it comes to game birds. We have some quail around but nothing like we used to. I've often thought about what would happen if a person built a predator exclusion fence that allowed deer to jump, but not yotes, coons, or fox. Might even be the next marketable venture for someone who likes to build fence. You could call if "free choice refuges's". Anyway, what do you guys think... does keeping land predators out of an area really help bird population?100% absolutely it does. There have been many studies done with predator exclusion fences around nesting habitat. Fences to protect colonies and habitat patches Foster (1975) and Patterson (1977) used electrified fences to improve recruitment in sandwich tern (Sterna sandvicensis) and eider (Somateria mollissima) colonies by excluding foxes (Table 1). Foxes avoided the fences and rarely trespassed within them. Similar fences proved valuable when predator removal was impossible or undesirable. In North Dakota, Mayer and Ryan (1991) fenced out mammalian predators from 4 beaches where piping plovers nested semi-colonially. Birds nesting within the enclosures had 71% greater nest success than those nesting outside them (60% versus 35%, respectively), even though the exclosures did not restrict mink (Mustela vison) and gull access. The cost of fence material was $1.20/m and fence construction required 48 hours/fence in labor. Once built, the fences required little maintenance
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Post by Bwoods11 on Oct 19, 2019 12:28:10 GMT -6
Three more birds today. Beautiful morning!!
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Post by batman on Nov 16, 2019 16:03:42 GMT -6
Flushed 3 roosters today and knocked down 2. 10 year Old dog gets tired pretty fast. May have to smuggle a replacement home despite what momma says.
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Post by biglakebass on Nov 16, 2019 22:16:19 GMT -6
Why is there a gun in the pic? U cant own a gun as a felon.
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Post by Sandbur on Nov 17, 2019 4:41:22 GMT -6
Flushed 3 roosters today and knocked down 2. 10 year Old dog gets tired pretty fast. May have to smuggle a replacement home despite what momma says. You weren’t able to keep up with the dog, eh?
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Post by Sandbur on Nov 17, 2019 5:40:00 GMT -6
Flushed 3 roosters today and knocked down 2. 10 year Old dog gets tired pretty fast. May have to smuggle a replacement home despite what momma says. Is that a Browning humpback?
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Post by batman on Nov 17, 2019 8:22:30 GMT -6
It is a Browning A5 Light?. First time I ever hunted with a semi auto shotgun. Flushed 3 roosters in 1 spot and killed the first 2 when the low brass I accidentally put in did not cycle.
Thinking I may start shopping for one. Worked good on the trial run.
And BigRakeGrass should know I borrowed the gun so its okay I think?
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Post by Bwoods11 on Nov 17, 2019 16:34:26 GMT -6
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Post by leexrayshady on Nov 18, 2019 13:30:35 GMT -6
Now that rifle is done, I can finally get out and chase some birds
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