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<blockquote data-quote="APDDSN0864" data-source="post: 2526462" data-attributes="member: 58226"><p>Glad to hear you got some moisture! Still drier than a popcorn fart here. I don't know if you've been following the wildfires situation across the country, but NM has been hit hard and there's no real let-up in the near future.</p><p>Coyote numbers are down due to the same reasons you have up there as are prey species. We made it through calving season in this area better than I had hoped, but lambing season hit just as the trapping ban was instituted, really putting a crimp on control efforts.</p><p></p><p>I've seen more snakes out this spring than last year but, so far, they are little ones. I haven't seen any big rattlers...yet. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😁" title="Beaming face with smiling eyes :grin:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f601.png" data-shortname=":grin:" /> </p><p>Howling is working OK, not great. It's been so hot that the coyotes have been really moving at night and very early morning.</p><p></p><p>I startled one out from under a mesquite bush last Thursday afternoon that caught us both by surprise and he got away in the thick brush. I was slipping along a long draw, looking for feral pig sign, walking into the slight breeze, and was more focused on the ground in front of me than out in front and he jumped up about ten feet from me. He went from zero to Mach 3 in 0.2 seconds, as did my heart rate. </p><p>Aerobic exercise for the day, check! </p><p></p><p>Rub rocks are still being worked pretty heavily, giving me an idea of coat conditions, but not seeing a lot of territory marking, so they are concentrating on hunting to feed the litters.</p><p></p><p>Due to the ranchers cutting back on herd numbers last year, some of the range has recovered a bit and this is providing food and cover for the rabbit population, but their numbers are still way low. It's going to be interesting to see how the fawn crop turns out. If we can get some rain in the next couple of weeks we might have a chance of a good crop.</p><p></p><p>NM Game & Fish is also considering cutting back on the number of deer and elk draw permits and taking a look at expanding a few hunts for other than deer and elk.</p><p></p><p>I wish they would go ahead and acknowledge that Barbary Sheep are an invasive species and deal with them as such. Having a species in place that is a direct competitor for resources for our native deer population is not a good idea, IMHO.</p><p></p><p>OK, off my soapbox...</p><p></p><p>Ed</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="APDDSN0864, post: 2526462, member: 58226"] Glad to hear you got some moisture! Still drier than a popcorn fart here. I don't know if you've been following the wildfires situation across the country, but NM has been hit hard and there's no real let-up in the near future. Coyote numbers are down due to the same reasons you have up there as are prey species. We made it through calving season in this area better than I had hoped, but lambing season hit just as the trapping ban was instituted, really putting a crimp on control efforts. I've seen more snakes out this spring than last year but, so far, they are little ones. I haven't seen any big rattlers...yet. 😁 Howling is working OK, not great. It's been so hot that the coyotes have been really moving at night and very early morning. I startled one out from under a mesquite bush last Thursday afternoon that caught us both by surprise and he got away in the thick brush. I was slipping along a long draw, looking for feral pig sign, walking into the slight breeze, and was more focused on the ground in front of me than out in front and he jumped up about ten feet from me. He went from zero to Mach 3 in 0.2 seconds, as did my heart rate. Aerobic exercise for the day, check! Rub rocks are still being worked pretty heavily, giving me an idea of coat conditions, but not seeing a lot of territory marking, so they are concentrating on hunting to feed the litters. Due to the ranchers cutting back on herd numbers last year, some of the range has recovered a bit and this is providing food and cover for the rabbit population, but their numbers are still way low. It's going to be interesting to see how the fawn crop turns out. If we can get some rain in the next couple of weeks we might have a chance of a good crop. NM Game & Fish is also considering cutting back on the number of deer and elk draw permits and taking a look at expanding a few hunts for other than deer and elk. I wish they would go ahead and acknowledge that Barbary Sheep are an invasive species and deal with them as such. Having a species in place that is a direct competitor for resources for our native deer population is not a good idea, IMHO. OK, off my soapbox... Ed [/QUOTE]
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