Re: The owls are worse
[Re: Gone Trappin.]
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10/18/20 05:57 PM
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Gary Benson
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Hawks are a bigger problem in these parts. If hawks were outlawed there would be a lot more wildlife of all kinds.
Life ain't supposed to be easy.
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Re: The owls are worse
[Re: Gone Trappin.]
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10/18/20 06:05 PM
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Jurassic Park
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Owls use to be a problem.
Cold as ice!
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Re: The owls are worse
[Re: Gone Trappin.]
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10/18/20 06:29 PM
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Posts: 5,433 New York border
Cragar
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Mostly red tails here , they get in some houses on occasion. I've handled 2 , capture and release. 2 sharp shinned hawks as well.
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Re: The owls are worse
[Re: traprjohn]
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10/18/20 06:30 PM
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GROUSEWIT
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Yes, but They almost taste like chicken I no I no everything tastes like chicken-rattlesnakes, chicken hawks, turtles, eagles, etc.
NRALIFER,PRPA LIFER,HUNTER,FURTAKER
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Re: The owls are worse
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10/18/20 06:54 PM
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SundanceMtnMan
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I had two friends go on a musk oxen hunt. The guides killed and ate every snowy owl they saw. They said they were pretty good when you are hungry. Owls are starting to be a problem for me. They go inside kill a hen and then drag it outside. I have to lock the hens up right at dark.
"They Say Nothing is Impossible, But, I Do Nothing Every Day."
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Re: The owls are worse
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10/18/20 07:01 PM
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Posts: 7,240 West Michigan
Getting There
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I see far more cats crossing my yard than Hawks hunting. I think cats are still the #1 killer of wild life there is. But I could be wrong.
To Old U.S. Army 60-63 SGT.
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Re: The owls are worse
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10/18/20 07:02 PM
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Getting There
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I see far more cats crossing my yard than Hawks hunting. I think cats are still the #1 killer of wild life there is. But I could be wrong.
To Old U.S. Army 60-63 SGT.
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Re: The owls are worse
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10/18/20 07:06 PM
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cfowler
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We have had a large increase in Barred and Great-horned owls where I live. Coyotes still seem to be the main chicken killer I hear about though.
I trap for fun. I skin 'em for the money! Grinners For Life-Lifetime Member, MO Chapter, Den #1 ~You Grin, You're In~
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Re: The owls are worse
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10/18/20 07:31 PM
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trappermac NY
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Its amazing to me how birds of prey are blamed for killing everything out there by folks who do not understand the diet of a hawk, owl, or falcon. When I kept chickens I made a coop and weathering yard that prevented them getting killed from above or below. If they free roamed they did when we were there, they were secure in the coop by evening. Hawks, owls, possum, weasel, raccoon, fox, mink, skunk, coyote, your neighbors dog, your neighbors cat, feral cats, .....all want to eat chicken. If you lose them to predators its your fault, not that there are "too many" of them around. Show a predator an easy meal and he'll be back. As trappers you should know that.
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Re: The owls are worse
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10/19/20 07:09 AM
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cotton
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coons here will really hurt your flock. seams they eat the ducks first tho then start on the chickens
John 3/16
ifin your gonna be dumb ya gotta be tough VTA life member
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Re: The owls are worse
[Re: SundanceMtnMan]
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10/19/20 07:13 AM
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Mark June
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I had two friends go on a musk oxen hunt. The guides killed and ate every snowy owl they saw. They said they were pretty good when you are hungry. Owls are starting to be a problem for me. They go inside kill a hen and then drag it outside. I have to lock the hens up right at dark. I have repeatedly caught great horned owls in live traps set in our chicken coop. They walk right on in for the next victim until you help them out.
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Re: The owls are worse
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10/19/20 07:58 AM
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Lugnut
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Red fox are the top predator of our chickens here followed by red tail hawks. Since we reinforced the pen and put bird netting over it two years ago we've had zero losses. We only free range when we're home and can leave the dogs outside.
Eh...wot?
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