Wildlife stress

[Mort]

How much can they take of this cold shit...this is nuts, imagine its not good.

 

[johnr]

The rest become food for the strong.

 

[Mort]

The rest become food for the strong.

Hope all is well with you John, Happy Holidays!!!

 

[johnr]

Hope all is well with you John, Happy Holidays!!!

Thanks, all is good, Merry Christmas to you too Mort.

 

[KDM]

This cold is rough on EVERYTHING!! Man and Beast and Machine!!! The deer and other critters in my backyard are already NOT LEAVING when I do chores in the mornings and evenings. They just stand up and watch me, then lay right back down. That usually doesn't happen until late Jan or Feb. They are tearing hell outta the hay bale I put out back for them. Probably need to put another one out right after the 1st. Gonna be an expensive winter for critter feed I'm afraid.

 

[db-2]

It appears from my cameras the deer have left my food plots with bait. I assume they have all moved to town. Not sure if they will come back next week. db

 

[scrotcaster]

Winter weakens,, spring kills.. Really hoping we can catch a break in Jan-Feb or things arent gonna be good

 

[Pheasant 54]

Yeah food covered up and this kind of cold will take care of a lot of birds , if it does not let up we will be back to the fall of 2017 with hardly anything around . Very tough on deer also but they do seem to withstand it better , it will take the late fawns and any weak ones for sure . Lets hope for good weather from here on out

 

[Kentucky Windage]

My favorite winter complaint from others is listening them whine about not having any snow to snowmobile on.

 

[KDM]

A noontime visitor today. The bale WAS round at one time, now....well see for yourself what deer feet can do to a bale. There is ground corn on top of the bale for the tweety birds if anyone was wondering. Enjoy!!

 

[AR-15]

There has been 50 to 60 pheasants feeding near town, this morning saw 3 birds hope the rest are just hold up waiting for weather change

 

[Lycanthrope]

I need to get out and spray my small apple trees with deer/rabbit repellent as soon as it warms a little. Id hate to loose a bunch of trees this winter.

 

[KDM]

Noon plus 45. The one brought some friends over for lunch and some roosters decided to join the fun.

 

[Big Iron]

Those critters are lucky to know ya KDM. Good work.

 

[KDM]

Well....so much for the tweety bird food. It's now 3:30 and the gangs starting to muster.

 

[BrokenBackJack]

Lots of skinheads.

 

[shorthairsrus]

Global warming - my ass.

Wonder how the teslas are doing. If you have a tesla i will race you to bismarck. I will let you start out a couple ---oh hell 5 hours ahead of me.

 

[KDM]

Lots of skinheads.

Bucks rarely roll in and when they do it's a one time deal. I guess they don't like the menu items. (Grin)

 

[Boomtakem]

KDM, as a resident expert on supporting wildlife through a tough winter, can you tell us what your regiment is from December - March. Can we over feed them? What are you feeding them? Corn/Alfalfa? My understanding is that once we start we should continue through the spring?

Wife and I recently purchased a 85 acre property on the Ottertail River in Mn. 40 acres in shoreline trees and the other 40 is going into CRP in the spring. Quite a few deer around. I would like to keep the deer healthy and well fed throughout the winter.

Thanks for your guidance!

 

[5575]

Critters are definitely going to be in big trouble if this shit doesn't let up big time and soon.
Good job Kurt helping them out.
I took this last week before the blizzard.