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Alone at dusk
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04/11/21 03:12 AM
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I know some refer to them as corn buzzards but I'm hoping they make a comeback in my neck of the woods. Few years back I would regularly see 10-20. Been a few years without seeing any but the other day I saw 4. This evening out hunting hogs I came upon this girl roosting. Hated to drive underneath her and spook her but had to. She flew over a tank about 150 yards or so into a field. Hope she got back up in a tree quickly.
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Re: Alone at dusk
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04/11/21 03:26 AM
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Very cool. I have a public spot with turkeys. I will only shoot one a year, given the situation. Hope they increase in your area.
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Re: Alone at dusk
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04/11/21 03:31 AM
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We hadn't seen any in Navarro county in ages. A few years ago, we saw one. Last year we saw a few. Last weekend, My wife and I were out filling feeders and saw a gaggle of 13 of them!!!
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Re: Alone at dusk
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04/11/21 03:46 AM
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Re: Alone at dusk
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04/11/21 12:02 PM
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Nice pic Wonder if it is the hogs eating the Turkey eggs and poults?
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Re: Alone at dusk
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04/11/21 12:20 PM
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Re: Alone at dusk
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04/11/21 12:44 PM
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Re: Alone at dusk
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04/11/21 06:22 PM
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Re: Alone at dusk
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04/11/21 06:55 PM
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Re: Alone at dusk
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04/12/21 01:55 AM
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Nice pic Wonder if it is the hogs eating the Turkey eggs and poults? I think its that along with other predators not being kept in check. I trapped 34 coons this season on my place alone. I read where when the spring rains come it soaks down the nesting hens and carries their smell downwind for miles and draws in predators looking for an easy meal.
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Re: Alone at dusk
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04/12/21 03:31 AM
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Nice pic Wonder if it is the hogs eating the Turkey eggs and poults? I think its that along with other predators not being kept in check. I trapped 34 coons this season on my place alone. I read where when the spring rains come it soaks down the nesting hens and carries their smell downwind for miles and draws in predators looking for an easy meal. ^^^^^ Agreed. Hogs will certainly eat the eggs of ground nesting birds, but they are just in the 'mix' of animals that will readily do so. Just a few: Coyote Fox (red and gray) Raccoon Skunk Possum Badger Crows Several Species of Snakes It's a wonder any of them survive to hatch.
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