[mcneeley5]

Here in SEAZ we had the best winter rains in years! It looks like Scalies and Gambels are paired and in fair numbers. I am seeing MANY singles and pairs of roadrunners though, way worse to quail than raptors. I wonder what I can do?

 

[HSLDS]

Channel your inner 'coyote?'

 

[stokinpls]

Call ACME's hotline immediately. Sounds like a tough break, sorry for ya.

Bob Falfa

 

[wingmaster78]

Choot 'em, Clint!!

 

[bobski]

do they eat the eggs?

 

[flashmax]

do they eat the eggs?

No. They eat the new hatched chicks.

 

[waverider]

Do like the cattle ranchers and wolves. SSS

Jason

 

[BDOG22]

call ACME Anvils.. they have a road runner package.. just kidding.

can you shoot road runners - is it legal?

 

[handlepuller]

Don’t get yourself in trouble with the law. Would be unfortunate if a few of them met their demise but not worth a ticket or the like.

 

[Drew Hause]

Roadrunners fall under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA), although I'm thinkin' Mike's place has mostly permanent residents rather than snowbirds
$500 fine in AZ
Wild Wonderings: Separating Fact from Fiction: Are Roadrunners Impacting Quail Populations?

 

[handlepuller]

Roadrunners fall under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA), although I'm thinkin' Mike's place has mostly permanent residents rather than snowbirds
$500 fine in AZ
Wild Wonderings: Separating Fact from Fiction: Are Roadrunners Impacting Quail Populations?

That’s a good article. There is a similar thought that wild turkeys decimate ruffed grouse chicks but none of the research I’ve seen supports that.

 

[wingmaster78]

7 1/2's or 8's?

 

[Col. Bat Guacamole]

I just bing them with a pellet gun

 

[phatkaw]

bing them with a pellet gun

Yep with 7 1/5s or 8s !

 

[FlynLiver]

That’s a good article. There is a similar thought that wild turkeys decimate ruffed grouse chicks but none of the research I’ve seen supports that.

That's not the problem. Turkey destroy the food the grouse need to survive and not just by eating it they turn the ground like rototiller which in turn kills the plant altogether.
I hate turkeys!

 

[HSLDS]

I hate turkeys!

I love turkeys! - Well, with cranberry...

 

[FlynLiver]

I love turkeys! - Well, with cranberry...

Grouse taste better (just saying)

 

[1straightshot]

 

[Swampy16]

There were a trail cams set up on Grouse nests years ago and they caught turkeys killing the chicks. Those photos are impossible to find now, as if they got removed from the web. Maybe someone didn’t want the turkeys becoming more of a target. All I know is when the turkeys came the Grouse left, in many places.

 

[1100 REMINGTON MAN]

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