Finally ....
- Thread starter Outdoorsfellar
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Our resident big male is a regular on cam at all times of day and night. Hasn’t seemed to affect the small game population much despite the occasional pic of him carrying a fresh kill.
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The impact probably depends on many variables just like everything else in life.
What was the turkey/bunny population prior to their arrival? What's the habitat look like? After a few years they will reach the new balance point and then it's up to us in how we react and change things to how we want them.
It's like coyotes at my place. They are there and i hear them at least once a year. I have more success hunting then by accident when hunting deer or turkeys then when i actually attempt to hunt them. The foxes were nonexistent for a few years but now are making a comeback.
What was the turkey/bunny population prior to their arrival? What's the habitat look like? After a few years they will reach the new balance point and then it's up to us in how we react and change things to how we want them.
It's like coyotes at my place. They are there and i hear them at least once a year. I have more success hunting then by accident when hunting deer or turkeys then when i actually attempt to hunt them. The foxes were nonexistent for a few years but now are making a comeback.
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Big_Holla
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Our turkey population here is a fraction of what it used to be. I'm not saying bobcats are the main reason. I'm not even sure how much bobcats feast on turkey. I'd say the egg thieves (opossum, coons, skunks, etc...) are probably more the reason, but it does seem like rising Bobcat numbers and lower turkey numbers have a correlation.
Big_Holla
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Ol’ boy hasn’t been missing many meals lol
He was out roaming. Oddly I thought, the neighbor was out on his tractor nearby at this same time ....
Wiley E Coyote
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