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Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry
Preadtors are up, thus quail are down. Most of the farmers in my area do a pretty good job but we just have too many varmits right now. Of course these things go in cycles.
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Originally Posted by Iowanian
high turkey numbers, hawks, coyotes and bobcats....
Here, even the turkey numbers are dropping because of the growing bobcat populations.
Pheasant numbers have been down, really since 93. Wet conditions in spring and other factors are also affecting hatches. Once they hatch, there is alot of competition.
I haven't jumped a quail very often in the past few years, and on some of the farms I bow hunt that used to have pheasants....nada.
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To me it seems like SOME of that may be attributed to the fact that there are not near as many trappers, coyote hunters and the type anymore. Partly because pelts were hardly bringing anything....I heard that prices have gone back up a bit so maybe it will turn around a bit. Coyotes are so thick in one area that I hunt that they aren't as scared of humans as they should be....I plink them bastards every chance I get.