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[BrownDogsCan2]

We've shot roosters that were eating the corn out of cow pies. Milo seems to be king around here but there always seems to be some corn in them. One of the cooler things I have witnessed was watching pheasants jump up out of the snow and pluck the seeds out of standing sunflowers.

I have only been to south dakota twice. The first time I showed up on the day of a big october snow storm. They were really hitting the beans the beginning of that week. Tracks everywhere leading to a blown spot out in the bean field.

 

[Wind River]

Have seen roosters in Kansas with acorns in their crop. Looked like a goiter, was a first for us and only one time.

 

[spoonbill82]

Many years ago in South Dakota we shot a few roosters and their crops were full of oats.

 

[M. R. Byrd]

At one time we had a concrete hog lot where the self feeder soaked milo in the trough. It also had a lagoon where the hogs could soak and once a week we opened the drain and flushed all the sloped concrete down. This all flowed into a furrowed crop field below. There would be quite a bit of whole milo that would go through the hogs undigested. Come sunrise the sound was deafening of pheasants flying over the hills to get to this feast. It was always quite a show and the kids on the school bus would try to get a count on the pheasants and it would be 70-100 most mornings. This was back in the years(1960+/-)when Kansas had a five bird limit, including one hen.