BilletHead Posted January 22, 2022 Posted January 22, 2022 Deadly Hemorrhagic Disease That Kills 80 Percent of Rabbits Spreading Across U.S. (msn.com) laker67 1 "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
fishinwrench Posted January 23, 2022 Posted January 23, 2022 Yeah. Around here the rabbits have a terrible hemorrhage when the hawks snatch them out of the field. grizwilson 1
MOPanfisher Posted January 23, 2022 Posted January 23, 2022 Dang, hadn't heard if that one. Rabbits around here don't seem to have had a decent population in quite a few years. But to be fair since I don't have beagles anymore and can't get around as well I don't get deep into the brush like I used to either. I always gauged the population by how many young ones I saw on the roads in early summer, been slim pickings for a long time now.
BilletHead Posted January 23, 2022 Author Posted January 23, 2022 9 minutes ago, MOPanfisher said: Dang, hadn't heard if that one. Rabbits around here don't seem to have had a decent population in quite a few years. But to be fair since I don't have beagles anymore and can't get around as well I don't get deep into the brush like I used to either. I always gauged the population by how many young ones I saw on the roads in early summer, been slim pickings for a long time now. Same here unless you find a good rabbit patch there are not too many to see. We have a few yard bunnies, and I took two last year. I just don't hunt them like I used to. IF I was to run upon a patch though I would get after them. With predator populations at a high the ones on the lower part of the food chain suffer. "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
fishinwrench Posted January 23, 2022 Posted January 23, 2022 That last really cold day there were 4 hawks perched on power lines or in trees within sight of my porch. I don't understand why because there really isn't much at all for them to eat around here. Darn few squirrels, and even fewer rabbits, hardly any mice.....so why HERE? And they are here always, year round. They soar up high, patrolling the road I assume because anything crossing the road is easy to spot. Anything, smaller than a Bassett hound, that crosses the road, is doomed.
BilletHead Posted January 23, 2022 Author Posted January 23, 2022 1 minute ago, fishinwrench said: That last really cold day there were 4 hawks perched on power lines or in trees within sight of my porch. I don't understand why because there really isn't much at all for them to eat around here. Darn few squirrels, and even fewer rabbits, hardly any mice.....so why HERE? And they are here always, year round. They soar up high, patrolling the road I assume because anything crossing the road is easy to spot. Anything, smaller than a Bassett hound, that crosses the road is doomed. They are patrolling the road for roadkill. Vehicles take our more game than you could imagine. Grandma said they ate allot of "chicken hawk" when times were lean. Also said white meat. I cannot attest to either but makes me wonder. grizwilson 1 "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
fishinwrench Posted January 23, 2022 Posted January 23, 2022 10 minutes ago, BilletHead said: They are patrolling the road for roadkill. Likely in many areas, but not really here. The average speed of traffic on these lake roads is about 20-25. Not enough roadkill to keep a single hawk fed, much less a whole gaggle of them.
BilletHead Posted January 23, 2022 Author Posted January 23, 2022 1 minute ago, fishinwrench said: Likely in many areas, but not really here. The average speed of traffic on these lake roads is about 20-25. Not enough roadkill to keep a single hawk fed, much less a whole gaggle of them. Could be but power lines are a good ambush point along the road either for live or roadkill critters. That and are you watching them constantly? They don't just sit on the road and eat. they do like fast food grab and haul off to consume. If it is a big critter no. "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
MOPanfisher Posted January 24, 2022 Posted January 24, 2022 Watched a red tail hawk take a red squirrel once, he almost bit off more than he could chew. Was a he k of a commotion, but he did finally get it killed and up in the air with it. Was impressive to me.
snagged in outlet 3 Posted January 25, 2022 Posted January 25, 2022 27 minutes ago, MOPanfisher said: Watched a red tail hawk take a red squirrel once, he almost bit off more than he could chew. Was a he k of a commotion, but he did finally get it killed and up in the air with it. Was impressive to me. Squirrels are a highly underrated foe. Not by me though 😐 fshndoug 1
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