Few Pics From East County SD...6-28-17

[ilovesprig]

Took a drive around east county yesterday looking for cottontails.....Surprisingly, I didn't see all that many and my best pellet gun spot had zero.....This was at daybreak too.....Not tons of turkeys seen, but a few gobblers and poults with hens.....Only saw a couple of does and one trail cam had nothing special (small forky).....The trail cam pic in the yard is a prop in Julian. It had Ole Wily with a cat.....I hate feral cats. So, good riddance.

ps.....Shot the Beeman .22 at ground squirrels.....Seems to be right on the money....

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[SurfNHuntSD]

Cool pics as always Steve. I hate the feral cats as well.. I've been battling a few for months crapping in my yard. Good to see poults around. As for the rabbits, I feel like its hit or miss with them for some reason.. the other day I saw dozens around my spot (clear warm morning) whereas a couple weeks before that I barely saw any (cloudy and chilly).

 

[Muledeerhunter]

Nice pics. Good job on the ground squirrel.

 

[MAG 1]

Friend sent me a picture yesterday of a TOM and three hens, no chicks. question DID they loose alll the chicks or did not have any this year.

 

[ilovesprig]

Mark,

My feeling is, we lost a good portion of our poults during the snow storms in May (any poults 10 days old or less).....Like was stated before, the weather could not have happened at a worse time.....That being said, because there's such a wide dispersal of water means, there's a wide dispersal of nesting hens.....It could mean, we just can't see them....This winters flock-up will tell the tale.

Older hens that are being seen without poults?.....Probably means they tried and lost all of them.....Hens won't renest, if they hatch their 1st attempt.

5 hens together.....

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[WaterDawg]

Plenty of bunnies in the park by my house but far fewer in the huntable areas. Gonna try the local CNF areas at first light. Glad that cat got chowed.

 

[sportyg]

great photos there Steve

 

[bajaandy]

Great pics. Always good just to get out for a walk, eh? Nice seeing the poults. A lot of quail clutches this season too. Been practicing on the bunnies with my bow. So far the bunnies are safe. They're scared, but they're safe.

 

[northcountyshooter]

Thanks for sharing. I swear I saw a few feral cats running around Mount Laguna this past month.