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More grackles than normal #8618034 05/28/26 05:05 PM 05/28/26 05:05 PM
Joined: Jun 2007 Illinois foxkidd44 OP trapper
foxkidd44 OP trapper Joined: Jun 2007 Illinois	Have you guys been noticing more grackles than usual lately?? They have seriously swarmed our feeders this year. Stand by your principles, Stand by your guns, and victory complete and permanent is sure at last. Abraham Lincoln

Re: More grackles than normal [Re: foxkidd44] #8618037 05/28/26 05:09 PM 05/28/26 05:09 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Northern Illinois M MChewk trapper
MChewk trapper M Joined: Dec 2006 Northern Illinois	Think 22 rat shot John.

Re: More grackles than normal [Re: foxkidd44] #8618055 05/28/26 06:08 PM 05/28/26 06:08 PM
Joined: Nov 2014 Utah foxhunter52 trapper
foxhunter52 trapper Joined: Nov 2014 Utah	I'd never seen them in Utah until the last few years. Must have seen 20 of them on the golf course this morning. They Just look like long tailed blackbirds to me.

Re: More grackles than normal [Re: foxkidd44] #8618059 05/28/26 06:13 PM 05/28/26 06:13 PM
Joined: Aug 2012 Blackduck Minnesota B Big Sam trapper
Big Sam trapper B Joined: Aug 2012 Blackduck Minnesota	Originally Posted by foxkidd44 Have you guys been noticing more grackles than usual lately?? They have seriously swarmed our feeders this year. Pour a little feed on the ground and let them get used to eating there. Set yourself up with a shotgun and a cool beverage at a distance of about 30 yards. When you figure that there's enough grackles on the bait pile, send them a load of #8 lead. We've got plenty of them around here. I'm not even sure if they're legal to shoot.

Re: More grackles than normal [Re: foxkidd44] #8618074 05/28/26 06:35 PM 05/28/26 06:35 PM
Joined: May 2009 Champaign County, Ohio. K KeithC trapper
KeithC trapper K Joined: May 2009 Champaign County, Ohio.	Grackles are protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty. You can pretty easily get a depradation permit for them if you have fruit or other crops. My maternal grandfather used to hunt and eat grackles and robins, back after the Depression. One of my maternal great uncles was known for shooting them out of the air with a .22. Keith

Re: More grackles than normal [Re: foxkidd44] #8618082 05/28/26 06:54 PM 05/28/26 06:54 PM
Joined: Mar 2023 WI WI Outdoors trapper
WI Outdoors trapper Joined: Mar 2023 WI	Seen 1

Re: More grackles than normal [Re: foxkidd44] #8618137 05/28/26 08:42 PM 05/28/26 08:42 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 South shore L.I. N.Y. G gcs trapper
gcs trapper G Joined: Dec 2006 South shore L.I. N.Y.	We have a lot, but no more than usual, we've always had a bunch...They can go through a feeder quick, lol

Re: More grackles than normal [Re: foxkidd44] #8618143 05/28/26 08:54 PM 05/28/26 08:54 PM
Joined: Nov 2012 Frazee, MN B backroadsarcher trapper
backroadsarcher trapper B Joined: Nov 2012 Frazee, MN	Haven't seen many yet. Starlings are giving me a itchy trigger finger though.

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