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<blockquote data-quote="Coyote Shadow Tracker" data-source="post: 2656493" data-attributes="member: 116439"><p>Been hunting chucks for over 50 years in NE PA. 20 years ago there were days where we two of us could shoot 40 chucks in a day. Then the "Fracking" started 10+ years ago and chuck numbers seem to get low. We blamed it on the Drilling and Fracking making ground noise/vibrations and taking hay fields to put in Wells. Another concept was that since the Dairy Farmers were now RICH from getting leases for their land, then extra if a pipeline was put through their property and IF they by chance got a Well on their land that was producing Natural Gas they just hit the lottery. Dairy farmers sold their cows and retired. Since that happened a lot of the very nutrient rich Hay fields where the chucks lived and ate started disappearing. No more Dairy Cows, no more rich manure to make the high grade Hay. So, the numbers of chucks went down to loss of fields and food. </p><p>Some said that the Coyotes are eating all the chucks but like [USER=124873]@ohlongarmisle[/USER] stated-Coyotes are nocturnal and chucks are daytime so their paths rarely cross.</p><p>Then what I really think is that a hell of a lot more hunters became interested in chuck hunting and shot them out. At the end of the year we would always not shoot all the chucks. We would say let's leave some SEED for next year. The last time I visited PA and hunted chucks almost all our good producing fields were barren. My hunting partner had developed friends with over 100+ Dairy Farmers in 50 years. That is a lot of land and fields. The remaining Farmers said that chuck numbers were very low and that they always have other hunter asking for permission to hunt.</p><p>Next thing the Game Commission will probably get involved and put a Season and special license on Chuck hunting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Coyote Shadow Tracker, post: 2656493, member: 116439"] Been hunting chucks for over 50 years in NE PA. 20 years ago there were days where we two of us could shoot 40 chucks in a day. Then the "Fracking" started 10+ years ago and chuck numbers seem to get low. We blamed it on the Drilling and Fracking making ground noise/vibrations and taking hay fields to put in Wells. Another concept was that since the Dairy Farmers were now RICH from getting leases for their land, then extra if a pipeline was put through their property and IF they by chance got a Well on their land that was producing Natural Gas they just hit the lottery. Dairy farmers sold their cows and retired. Since that happened a lot of the very nutrient rich Hay fields where the chucks lived and ate started disappearing. No more Dairy Cows, no more rich manure to make the high grade Hay. So, the numbers of chucks went down to loss of fields and food. Some said that the Coyotes are eating all the chucks but like [USER=124873]@ohlongarmisle[/USER] stated-Coyotes are nocturnal and chucks are daytime so their paths rarely cross. Then what I really think is that a hell of a lot more hunters became interested in chuck hunting and shot them out. At the end of the year we would always not shoot all the chucks. We would say let's leave some SEED for next year. The last time I visited PA and hunted chucks almost all our good producing fields were barren. My hunting partner had developed friends with over 100+ Dairy Farmers in 50 years. That is a lot of land and fields. The remaining Farmers said that chuck numbers were very low and that they always have other hunter asking for permission to hunt. Next thing the Game Commission will probably get involved and put a Season and special license on Chuck hunting. [/QUOTE]
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