I hate poachers..

[turnkey4099]

I have pics somewhere of over 40 Turkeys sitting in my horse field. They are quite numerous in my parts.

Big ones too!

Was at the breakfast club this morning, neighbor about 5 miles away had a pic of about 2 dozen he took this morning. I used to have a flock here but haven't seen even one for about 25 years.

 

[riptides]

Was at the breakfast club this morning, neighbor about 5 miles away had a pic of about 2 dozen he took this morning. I used to have a flock here but haven't seen even one for about 25 years.

It's sad and strange how wildlife comes and goes. When I moved here I found a freshly rotting trout in my creek, and the beavers were quite active up stream. Over the years I have seen the beaver maybe twice. No fish, sadly. We have two pairs of eagles that have showed up about two years ago. Too many deer to speak of. A coyote seems to be around too. Snapped his pic the past summer. Lots of foxes, had a bunch of little ones in the back this past year.

We have tried to buffer the creek and property lines with more trees. And we leave some areas un-mowed for wildlife with stacks of branches and tree limbs thrown about.

I think it helps a little, and unfortunately so does the occasional poacher.

 

[zzvyb6]

I believe I've solved a local poaching problem by drawing our deer herd away from 'their' properties. They usually would kill deer in August and September (gunshot). Oftem on my side of the fence despite Posted: No Hunting, Trespassing, Smoking, Fishing, Jacking Off or Camping. One guy had his house searched by the DNR but they didn't find anythng. Next day a mountain of deer flesh appeared dumped at the end of our dead-ended road. Girlfriend suggested I start drawing the deer away from their usual track using cracked corn piles and trails. This seems to have worked. Now they prance up at the front of the property and even behind the barn, no longer in the back where they were being picked off. She also suggested spraying deer repellant along our trails at the back to shoo the critters away. (Can you tell who the deer warden is in the family ?). This year we had a few 'survive', are well fed (prefer cracked corn to kernel, sugar beets, carrots or lollypops).

I still get to yank some deer stands out of my trees every year. They sell well on Craigslist. I tarnish them a bit now because I swear we wondered if a neighbor bought his own stand back TWICE !

 

[hawkeye08]

Lol, good times