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Another bad year.

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In line with gamegetters Thanksgiving thread. I saw the 2019 brood survey today.

We tied with last year which had set a record for the second lowest on record. This makes 4 bad ones in a row .
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Need to make an earn a tag program. Check in 5 predators or egg suckers per deer or turkey tag .

Haha
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Need to make an earn a tag program. Check in 5 predators or egg suckers per deer or turkey tag .

Haha
I was 75% above my regions average . It is probably from checking out 50 egg suckers per tag.:D
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I'm going to be burning batteries in the Fox Pro soon. Need to get a decoy ( think my son has 1 I can use) . Should probably get traps. Got 110's not big enough. Couple 330's not legal for dry ground.
I'm going to be burning batteries in the Fox Pro soon. Need to get a decoy ( think my son has 1 I can use) . Should probably get traps. Got 110's not big enough. Couple 330's not legal for dry ground.
120s work good in cubbies. Dog proofs are good.
Youre late. I knew this a week ago.

One thing the MDC people made clear in the last week, conservative or liberal regs have nothing to do with it.
Youre late. I knew this a week ago.

One thing the MDC people made clear in the last week, conservative or liberal regs have nothing to do with it.
Heck, the predators population could triple and it wouldn't hurt anything! Oh wait, it has and it does!
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Heck, the predators population could triple and it wouldn't hurt anything! Oh wait, it has and it does!
Predators havent tripled.

Several areas, including the ones you say got better by trapping predators have and see great PHRs WITHOUT trapping. Just habitat work.

If theres another issue other than habitat its climate change.
Heck, the predators population could triple and it wouldn't hurt anything! Oh wait, it has and it does!
It's definitely contributing in some areas. Populations of nest predators are up a bunch. My place having production better than my regions average didn't start until I thinned them.
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When you experience a top 5 (possibly before year end #1) wettest year on record, it defies logic as to why this would be a surprise.
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Who said it was a surprise. It wasn't "if" it was going to be bad , but "how" bad. That's why the comment that it was in line with gamegetters Thanksgiving thread.
And the numbers keep falling and falling. I don't like where we are headed with the turkey population. I'm afraid they will end up like the quail.
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It's definitely contributing in some areas. Populations of nest predators are up a bunch. My place having production better than my regions average didn't start until I thinned them.
Its always "contributed". More predators arent hurting because there arent enough eggs or nests on the landscape to matter for 1. For 2, nest success isnt what is driving declines, its poult survival. We have had good nest success the last 4 years.

We had much better production that our region this year and there is no trapping.
Who said it was a surprise. It wasn't "if" it was going to be bad , but "how" bad. That's why the comment that it was in line with gamegetters Thanksgiving thread.
Weird, so I guess in a bad weather year predators eat less nests than in a good weather year?? They would certainly have to if they were the driving force behind production. Simple math problem.
Youre late. I knew this a week ago.
Tells me all I need to know about Hawk..... :rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:
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And the numbers keep falling and falling. I don't like where we are headed with the turkey population. I'm afraid they will end up like the quail.
That would be awesome. We have tons of quail on our farms. :wave1::wave1:
Tells me all I need to know about Hawk..... :rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:
"My dog has a facebook page" - Callaojoe

Tells me all I need to know about CJ...:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:
Nothing like playground nonsense!..... hahahaha
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Nothing like playground nonsense!..... hahahaha
Not hard to see who starts the playground nonsense...:wave1:
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