Recent content by Fishin'Rod

Thanks westksb.h.! I figured if it was a good idea, then I would have heard of someone doing it! I didn't know if the birds would scatter, or if they would all run to their momma. Certainly do not want to decrease the number of birds OR push them off of our property.

Potential stupid question. (I have a million of them.) Does anyone ever go out with their dog at this time of year (or in the next few weeks) to sample their quail and pheasant populations? I would like to sample my population to get a benchmark for the start of the life cycle, and then see...

"Don’t give up just adapt…food comes in many forms. Question may be has the corn greatly increased your deer success? If so could something take it’s place?" I think the corn has been a great benefit - but that is difficult to quantify. I do set up for some very old and limited mobility family...

Kismet, We have a pair of Great Horned Owls, a pair of Barred Owls, and at least one nesting pair of Red-Tailed Hawks. One of the hawks will come scream at me for 3 hours straight, even if I am working over a 1/4 mile away from their nest. Since I can't do anything about those predators, I...

"Excellent advice… I don’t think you could trap enough while supplying feeder corn." I didn't know if it was possible, but thought it was definitely worth asking for some expert advice! I only run still photos on my game cameras, but it appears to me that a group of coons will intimidate does...

Hi, Prairie Drifter. Thank you for your generous offer of help on the learning curve! I may take you up on that in the future, since being a poor trapper is not a very good option for a true outdoorsman. I have added some gravity feeders for deer corn. The game cameras show much more feed...

"If you're only trapping 160 acres and you're surrounded by other habitat, it feels a bit like trying to boil the ocean." That is really my main question that I was hoping to get an expert opinion about. (Either positive or negative.) If I trap 30 coons and 25 move back in over the next 45...

Thanks for the replies! Remy, I think I should probably start some light trapping, just to climb up the learning curve and determine how much work it would be to ever go hard on elimination if we decide to go that route. I have never trapped (or helped a buddy trap) so I am sure I will be bad...

We have been improving the bird habitat on our property for several years, but have not seen much of an increase in population numbers. Our Kansas property has quail, pheasants, and turkey. We have noticed lots of fat and happy raccoons thriving on our corn during deer season. I assume as...

McFarmer, thanks for all of the good advice. I especially liked the one about asking him to go out with you and define his boundaries. (If you are not a person that even asks about boundaries, then you are probably not a person that respects boundaries!) I also liked your explanation about...

Great pics, PheasantNut. I especially like how you got the two doves to pose for their picture! At the rate you are going, by December you will probably have bucks posting their own pics using selfie sticks. P.S. I like you feeder stand. 1.) Does it keep the coons out of your spinner? 2.)...

hettmoe, Your 6/2/20 pheasant photo (#947) is so perfect that it looks "unreal". You have captured all of the different patterns on each separate patch of a pheasant's plumage! If that photo was shown to people that had never heard of a pheasant, I think they would easily believe that it was...

McFarmer, "as a farmer", what is the style of request that gets a positive response from you? My father (with 2 sons along) would always identify himself and offer to lend a hand (or three pairs of hands) for a project. It frequently worked and we sometimes actually helped the farmer...

Thanks for the crop info AKP. I really think the quail I saw were getting sand. I am just so accustomed to observing the doves doing it. Last fall (before the season) there were so many doves in the middle of the county gravel roads that I had to slow down or my windshield would have "limited...

Thanks for the info guys! Conversation at local tavern: Man 1: What did you do today? Man 2: They set 8 pairs of steel I-beams on our bridge project. I got 'em all welded up to specs in one day. What did you do? Man 1: I put blinders on 400 cocks. <Stammers> ... I mean pheasants!