Whip Poor Wills, Where Have They Gone?

[Ham]

I've heard several Whip Poor wills this year. Heard my first Rain Crow of thw year on Mother's Day.

I would love to find an active Catalpa tree. I'd do a natural bait catfish (and everything else) trip just for old times sake. I think catalpas work almost as good frozen at least I need to believe they do. Gosh, the good times I had gathering bait before the real fun of fishing.

I need to plant some Catalpa trees here on my place. Maybe I'd be blessed by the moths using my trees.

[Justin Spencer]

Down here on the NFoW the Chuck-wills-widow's keep me awake, occasionally hear a Whip-por-will but the bird noise in remote areas is something we take for granted, and even cuss when we have to shut the windows and doors at dawn just to be able to sleep. Guess that's better than listening to traffic go by.

[jdmidwest]

I've heard several Whip Poor wills this year. Heard my first Rain Crow of thw year on Mother's Day.

I would love to find an active Catalpa tree. I'd do a natural bait catfish (and everything else) trip just for old times sake. I think catalpas work almost as good frozen at least I need to believe they do. Gosh, the good times I had gathering bait before the real fun of fishing.

I need to plant some Catalpa trees here on my place. Maybe I'd be blessed by the moths using my trees.

I run across some on the Castor River last summer. We sprayed our trees one year at the farm and have not had a problem with them since. I have one coming along nice here too, I need to find some moths to get it cultured. They are great trees, the ones at the farm have been there for 60 years or better. Mine was one that sprouted up in a flower bed at the farm. The main tree at the house on the farm is mostly hollow and home to squirrels and a screech owl from time to time. I believe they were transplanted from Arkansas along with a Mimosa tree that died out many years ago.

[Ham]

We sprayed our trees one year at the farm and have not had a problem with them since.

Let me get this straight, you had worms on your trees and sprayed them with a pesticide?

[jdmidwest]

Let me get this straight, you had worms on your trees and sprayed them with a pesticide?

My Dad did not fish! They were so bad they would eat all of the leaves off the trees, so he sprayed them one year. Before, all you had to do was climb up, shake a limb, and pick up a gallon jug of the worms, then go fishing, with my Uncle.

[Ham]

Yep, the "worms" eat all the leaves and poop everywhere, but it doesn't hurt the trees and what a wasted resource. People will pay to get those "worms".

Sprayed em. That bums me out.

[Coldspring]

Heard one earlier. Of course I live out in the sticks. Went out in yard to listen to it and spooked a coon, possum, skunk, and armadillo.