Wildlife & Related

[ChickNorris]

This bird showed up yesterday & has been calling & calling nonstop. I can hear it but that was the only pic I could get. It's not much to go on but curious if anyone knows what it is. It doesn't sound like any hawk I've heard before.

[ray1970]

Pretty sure that?s a dickfer.

[ChickNorris]

Ya ya Ray.

[Hummer]

It looks like a raptor, and odds are it's a Red-tailed Hawk, by far the most common. Download the Merlin app on your phone and use the sound ID. It isn't perfect but generally accurate.

[ChickNorris]

Hey Hummer! I tried twice. No luck.

[Hummer]

I want to share a photo of a yearling bull that's been in our yard off and on all summer. He has grown into a magnificent animal. On Thursday, he was stripping aspens and eating the flowers so I tried to gently encourage him to move on. From 15 feet away, I squirted him with a hose all around his face, head and body. He clearly loved the shower. He couldn't get enough and stood there for two minutes, rolling and shaking his head until I gave up. It did manage to distract him from eating a prized Penstemon barbatus. Little deters moose from what they want to do or where they want to go.

We're friends, at a respectful distance.

[brutal]

2nd day morning hunt 2023 Dove.

Day end, we limited out with 6 hunters.

Finished opening day 3 short of the total limit for 5 guys.

Morning opener public grounds, all the rest on private.

[TRnCO]

Looks like you guys had a good shoot.
I have no pictures to share, BUT I went to the family farm in Ks. and we had a great hunt as well. Lots of dove this year and I even did my part and killed 3 invasive Eurasians as well.

[buffalobo]

No pics but this has been a good year for dove at our place. With all the rain and late hay cutting, plenty of food and cover.

They cook up good on the pellet grill.

Majority of our birds are the Eurasian.

If you're unarmed, you are a victim.

[brutal]

Looks like you guys had a good shoot.
I have no pictures to share, BUT I went to the family farm in Ks. and we had a great hunt as well. Lots of dove this year and I even did my part and killed 3 invasive Eurasians as well.

Yes, we took lots of Eurasians.

We scout public/private and hunt some private land before the opener and take some then as well. For the one day's limit, I had 4 Eurasians of the total.

Since they're open season 24x7x365 no license required, kill them all.

There's an oddball in that photo, was waiting to see if anyone spotted it.

P.S. I thought it was hot AF there near Lamar, but nothing compared to the heat I've been enduring in McAllen, TX since Wed. Fortunately, it's just from the hotel-car-jobsite.