Recent content by dg57

For those of you wondering, Yes the quoted is a fine example of a strawman. That is where instead of honestly discussing differences, you demean the character or distort their position to one you would rather argue against. For the record, I don’t shoot cats and don’t see them as the coyotes...

If you have any evidence of a serious argument that substantially reduces the estimate, please post it because the only stuff I have seen is "My fluffy wouldn't do that".

Your land, your rules. Absolutely supportive of that. My experience on prey varies from yours. It may be prey abundance, time of year or that certain cats or groups of cats have different skill sets. I know that primary place I see cats hanging around are shrubs where birds are a lot more...

Good Stuff, particular PD and his experience in working over a larger geography. One thing I believe we haven't addressed that is important is negative factors or sinks. Lot of alfalfa is a sink or trap crop because the first cutting is generally harvested when hens are on the nest, destroying...

Are you seriously equating pheasants with an animal that kills billions of songbirds per year?

Farmers have hated weeds well before the current technologies were invented. When farmers found there were ways to do it easier and faster you couldn't stop them from adopting it. What you fail to consider is that farmers can cover a lot more acres that way. I know of a number of guys that...

Anyone that is closing an eye while shooting a shotgun can benefit from time with a shooting coach. You loose nearly all depth perception and may be dealing with cross eye dominance. A good coach will sort that out quickly.