Partridge in the yard

[1lessdog]

We have 11 Partridge in the yard now. There were 14 a week ago. A Horned Owl has moved in and has taken 3 of them. The winter of 2022/2023 we also had about 15 and a Horned Owl moved in. And in a 3 week span there were only 3 left. I like keeping them around. I was pushing snow this morning and has soon as the grass was exposed and I put my 6x6 away they were feeding in the grass.

 

[Obi-Wan]

S S S will take care of the problem

 

[riverview]

Ive read thats why hunting pressure doesn't really matter 2/3rds are going to die anyway.

 

[LBrandt]

NDA members will give you a PARDON if you get caught screwing that owl. LB

 

[luvcatchingbass]

Ya know they are making suppressors for shotguns these days

 

[1lessdog]

Ya know they are making suppressors for shotguns these days

I'm in the country, so noise is not a problem.

 

[riverview]

wy wife feeds huns and a couple pheasants every winter, one year a pair of huns nested in our farm yard. all summer i heard there warning peep, then i was pheasant hunting and heard a hun peeping wasnt fair when i knew what was getting up.

 

[MuleyMadness]

We have 11 Partridge in the yard now. There were 14 a week ago. A Horned Owl has moved in and has taken 3 of them. The winter of 2022/2023 we also had about 15 and a Horned Owl moved in. And in a 3 week span there were only 3 left. I like keeping them around. I was pushing snow this morning and has soon as the grass was exposed and I put my 6x6 away they were feeding in the grass.

1lessdog = 1lessowl

 

[Jiffy]

I wonder if owls would shoot us if we were hungry and swooped down on some partridge for a meal.

I mean owls are just doing what owls do. It's not really the owl's fault.

"We" like to shoot game birds so they're automatically more important and SSS is what the owl's get right?

Sounds about par for the course....they aren't federally protected or anything.

 

[Obi-Wan]

I wonder if owls would shoot us if we were hungry and swooped down on some partridge for a meal.

I mean owls are just doing what owls do. It's not really the owl's fault.

"We" like to shoot game birds so they're automatically more important and SSS is what the owl's get right?

Sounds about par for the course....they aren't federally protected or anything.

we eat game birds most people don't eat owls.

 

[Jiffy]

So....

 

[risingsun]

So....

WHOOO.... WHOOO....

 

[Obi-Wan]

So....

I wonder if coyotes would shoot us if we were hungry and run down on a young calves for a meal.

I mean coyotes are just doing what coyotes do. It's not really the coyote's fault.

 

[Jiffy]

That's protecting your livelihood. Not to mention coyotes aren't protected.

I knew someone would try and stretch that.

 

[Obi-Wan]

That's protecting your livelihood. Not to mention coyotes aren't protected.

I knew someone would try and stretch that.

but-but-but - coyotes are just doing what coyotes do. It's not really the coyote's fault.

Do owls not take chickens ? aren't chickens part of someone's livelihood ?

https://www.newsweek.com/invasive-barred-spotted-owls-kill-1945801

 

[Jiffy]

Are we talking about chickens you dumbass.

You really are fucken brilliant aren't you.

I don't know why it surprises me.

 

[Davey Crockett]

In the 60s-80s we had ruffed grouse in the Turtle Mountains and now they are far and few between but the Sharptails moved in and we didn't have them back then.

 

[lunkerslayer]

Two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree

 

[Zogman]

we eat game birds most people don't eat owls.

I have eaten Crow a few times. Never liked it. Kinda hard to swallow!

 

[Obi-Wan]

Two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree

Not if you have owls around