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<blockquote data-quote="504RP" data-source="post: 1805652" data-attributes="member: 40335"><p>Had a friend die recently. He was 76 years old. Now that he is dead I am sure he won't mind me telling this story. He was about as a hard core cock fighter that has ever been born. He lived to fight game rooster's and if I were to say his name on here which I won't. I would be willing to bet there would be people here know of him.</p><p></p><p>Anyone who fights game cocks maintains a lot of them tied to tie cords inside of a high fenced in area to protect their fighting cocks from predators.</p><p> </p><p>One the worst predators he had to deal with was Owls. He told killed 400 and something Owls in the 30 years he had live in his last place of residence. And said he had probably killed almost as many in the other place's he had lived before he moved there.</p><p></p><p>The way he killed the owls was by setting a still trap on a post about 10 foot tall on the fence. The owls land on the post in order to pick them out a rooster, get a foot in the still trap. And my friend said you find the Owl hanging up side down the next morning.</p><p></p><p>We talked talked about the fact that owls probably kill a lot of turkeys and quail and my friend told me he guaranteed me that they do. He said the Owls had killed a lot of his roosters before he learned how to trap them. And said he still lost a lot after he learned how to trap them.</p><p></p><p>Fur trapping started becoming a thing of the past back in the early eighties. So predators like coon, bobcat, fox, coyote etc…,along with the owls, use of chemicals all played roll's in the declining population's. And the big loss of habitat as Caustic has talked about. Then you throw in human predators (hunter's) that has increased by 10 fold +.</p><p></p><p>I don't think there is a way to bring things back to the way they were.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="504RP, post: 1805652, member: 40335"] Had a friend die recently. He was 76 years old. Now that he is dead I am sure he won’t mind me telling this story. He was about as a hard core cock fighter that has ever been born. He lived to fight game rooster’s and if I were to say his name on here which I won’t. I would be willing to bet there would be people here know of him. Anyone who fights game cocks maintains a lot of them tied to tie cords inside of a high fenced in area to protect their fighting cocks from predators. One the worst predators he had to deal with was Owls. He told killed 400 and something Owls in the 30 years he had live in his last place of residence. And said he had probably killed almost as many in the other place’s he had lived before he moved there. The way he killed the owls was by setting a still trap on a post about 10 foot tall on the fence. The owls land on the post in order to pick them out a rooster, get a foot in the still trap. And my friend said you find the Owl hanging up side down the next morning. We talked talked about the fact that owls probably kill a lot of turkeys and quail and my friend told me he guaranteed me that they do. He said the Owls had killed a lot of his roosters before he learned how to trap them. And said he still lost a lot after he learned how to trap them. Fur trapping started becoming a thing of the past back in the early eighties. So predators like coon, bobcat, fox, coyote etc…,along with the owls, use of chemicals all played roll’s in the declining population’s. And the big loss of habitat as Caustic has talked about. Then you throw in human predators (hunter’s) that has increased by 10 fold +. I don’t think there is a way to bring things back to the way they were. [/QUOTE]
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