Geno, those damn gulls are absolutely hell on the mice and anything else than can swallow.
When the pheasant chicks hatch I carry a shotgun in the cab....
And no chicks yet which is weird. Drove over a couple nests but the eggs were fresh and appeared to be a ways away from making chicks.
Sam,
Gulls are tremendous predators/scavengers/jacks of all trades. Smarter than usually given credit for too. I've seen things at hatcheries I worked at that were pretty amazing.
Haven't seen any peasant chicks here yet either. And relatively few quail peeps too. Starting to get a bit worried that we won't have much to hunt. Saw one set of quail with their 10 or so chicks last week, saw another with only 4 chicks jut the other day, think something's been eating little quail!
I'm guessing the first broods failed and hoping they get a decent second one. I'm planning on coming back up from the retirement place for the bird season and maybe do some salmon fishing too.
Geno
PS, I've not heard anything about shotguns in the tractor if anyone asks
