A 222 Remington

MiG25 said:
Is that from the actual regulations that they misspell common?

BC has a season and limits on Ravens. I am skeptical that they peck the eyes out of calves, fawns, etc. I see them hunting grasshoppers and mice but that is it. But, they are smart so this may be a learned behavior.
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A rancher friend down south has seen it before and will see it again.
He shoots every danged one he sees as well.
Cat
 
iron cat said:
A rancher friend down south has seen it before and will see it again.
He shoots every danged one he sees as well.
Cat
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Calves almost always seem to be born at night, or maybe it seems that way. And cows can be really protective.

Like I said, I suspect it may be a learned behavior.

I've noticed my dogs don't react to Ravens, but they sure do to Eagles.
 
Ravens can be predatory. At my work site over the course of three decades the ravens that nest there learned to hunt seagulls. They would do a speed dive into them in the sky cartwheeling them to the ground and then pounce on them and peck the life out of them. The first time I saw it happen I was incredulous, I knew that they raided nests killing chick's and eggs, and that they would kill small rodents and reptiles, but had no idea they literally hunted. I saw this many times in the years that followed and found many more seagull carcasses doing my rounds. The first thing that ravens go for on a downed game animal is the eyeball, so it really would not surprise me that they would aggressively target the eye of a newborn ungulate.
 
hoytcanon said:
Ravens can be predatory. At my work site over the course of three decades the ravens that nest there learned to hunt seagulls. They would do a speed dive into them in the sky cartwheeling them to the ground and then pounce on them and peck the life out of them. The first time I saw it happen I was incredulous, I knew that they raided nests killing chick's and eggs, and that they would kill small rodents and reptiles, but had no idea they literally hunted. I saw this many times in the years that followed and found many more seagull carcasses doing my rounds. The first thing that ravens go for on a downed game animal is the eyeball, so it really would not surprise me that they would aggressively target the eye of a newborn ungulate.
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Hornhead told me about watching them in Manitoba diving into a flock of Huns and doing the same thing!
So much for the scavenger only moniker! They are an extremely smart bird and can adapt to anything I think.....
Cat
 
Around our work area last two years were some Robin's, plenty of Waxwings, Dark Eyed Juncos.

This spring summer, the songbirds are seemingly elsewhere. Mostly just crows, the odd magpie and that's it.
Very early in the spring seen red tailed hawk just twice and what I believe was a kestrel just once. Kind of almost blue hue to it's head and underbody.

Edit: in the dead of night with the wind calm, pretty sure I can hear bats occassionally. Mild peeping sound they make
 
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MiG25 said:
Is that from the actual regulations that they misspell common?

BC has a season and limits on Ravens. I am skeptical that they peck the eyes out of calves, fawns, etc. I see them hunting grasshoppers and mice but that is it. But, they are smart so this may be a learned behavior.
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You might not want to watch this while eating breakfast....



In BC Ravens can be shot on Private Land with Permission.
In the UK there are video of guys doing lamb protection with silencers from loooong distances.
Rob
 
More 222 fun today
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I’ve thinned out my badger patch pretty good.
Found a couple more, one looked like a minefield with gopher and badger holes everywhere. Perfect. Went to ask for permission. Rancher likes badgers. They eat gophers. Well they better be hungry. Smile and wave.

Next spot. Rancher will only let me shoot badgers if I shoot the gophers too. I don’t have enough bullets for that. Off I go.
 
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