my phone number is listed. im not hiding. not behind a fake name or an unlisted number

I know people like that also

Low thats why I trap in other states.

Don't eat them and the lead won't hurt you. Bahaha.

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Eagle on my carcass pile at my house. A few .22 slugs in the pile, for sure. I never considered it would be a problem.

I guess you could send them all to a landfill....but my garbage man ain’t gonna like it.

Banning lead to save eagles is a solution looking for a problem. More and more eagles are dying from lead poisoning because there are more eagles and eagles have to dye sometime somehow. The fact that the eagle population has continued to grow is an indication that lead poisoning is not a significant problem. A lot more eagles are killed by cars now than we killed back in the 1960's because there are a lot more eagles now. Unless eagle numbers were declining, and they are not, these sources of mortality are simply compensatory, nothing to be concerned about.

"There was no doubt that DDT was a big culprit in the decline of many birds in the 60s-70s"
Really? I suppose in certain circles there is "no doubt".
I am not in that circle, as I have challenged anyone who espouses this notion to provide unbiased scientific proof that this is factual. I have yet to have anyone provide it.

If I remember, a while back there was info posted. Did you post anything saying hoorah for your circle? I don't remember, it's been a bit. My thing is when any apex predator is permitted to go unchecked and takes food from my table, well, I think it BS.

When I was a kid shooting hawks owls and eagles was a good thing. It was a pretty common idea of conservation to kill predators. The boy scout handbook had a drawing of a kid shooting a bobcat in it. There was a lot more small game too. A lot more.

Here in KS deer were scarce. They all got ate in the depression years. At least the ones that didn't die drought related deaths.

The fact remains nobody really knows if DDT effects bird eggs. It effects insect populations though. Just like pesticide used today. You know the pricey stuff that replaced DDT. No bugs means a lot of ground nesting birds don't eat much. Used to be real common to see scissortails , whippoorwills , prairie chickens , bob white quail and meadowlarks here in my part of KS. Over the course of the 40 years I have lived here I estimate the populations have dropped 80-90%. Rabbits and muskrats the same thing.

Hawks owls and eagles are everywhere. Time to start killing them again.

red tails are the worst here.

eagles here are unreal. Almost anyday I can look out my windows and see 4 sitting in a bald tree ,,,red tails next. Im with Danny.

Probably no changes in habitat or farming practices over those 40 years?

Just an observation from the lands I tread on. It seems the Red Tail hawks have been in decline around here. A hawk was a very common site on any given farm. There are certain trees preferred on each place that would have a hawk perched in them each morning. In the past 3-4 years they have been nearly absent. No longer do I see 4-5 at a time soaring above the chicken pens. Not sure where they went or why the decline but, am convinced there are less now at least in this area.

Eagle sightings have sky rocketed. 5 at a time soaring over my place were seen. Eagles eat hawks?

i never saw a eagle eat a hawk but i never saw an animal they would not eat either

As Clark points out there have been changes in habitat (and prey abundance) as well. Predator populations can only increase so long before there is an inevitable crash. As small game has declined from unchecked predation and habitat loss, eventually the predators that depend on that prey base (hawks) will decline as well.
Eagles are probably doing well since deer populations make roadkill quite abundant.

hawks eat roadkill too

When they have to they will, but I believe they are less prone to scavaging than eagles.

Anyway, if or when the protectionists succeed at banning lead it will be interesting to see what the next major cause of eagle mortality will be. Watching the protectionists try to eliminate all sources of mortality in an ever expanding population is like watching someone play whack-a-mole.

Folks no matter how you slice it, this is an end around to hurt, regulate, ban hunting.

https://junkscience.com/100-things-you-should-know-about-ddt/


Here is some interesting information.