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chip · Guru

the drought affect in your area???

Lone Star Phil · Senior Member

Chip:

We had our dryest period last summer. (Knock on wood!) Creeks dried up. Dead trees everywhere and wildlife, in general, took a big hit. Especially in central Texas. This summer has been better than last summer, generally speaking. But we crow hunters won't really know until the pecans open up her in the next few weeks. The few pecan trees I've seen (dozen in my yard and a few small orchards) are showing big pecans in green husks. Portends to be a good crow season.

The TCP stands ready and waiting to hear from our clients. Ammunition stocks are sufficient and gunners are ready to sortie!!!

chip · Guru

Phil When hard woods are stressed, They always over produce nuts. Its a natural way to battle possible extinction. If that brings you crows you should be loaded. Around here that is not the case. We have no pecan orchard or other farmed nut trees. It is primarily row crops, which had the smallest yields on record. I thought maybe I would get some feed back on severe drought conditions that the hunters have been thru. As bad a year as I had last year I'm worried that this drought may kill this years season. I'm hoping for the best

Low and Slow · Senior Member

chip wrote:
How do you think this drought will affect the birds in your area??? Have any of you hunted during or after a brutal drought such as this??? Deep southern Illinois was absolutely hammered!!! One of the farms I hunt had a yield of 6.2 bushells per acre. And that was a 300 acre field. Lots of the farmers just disc the corn in the field. I think that will make for some good shoots but my opinion is the birds wont hang around long cause it wont take long for them to feed out and move south. We had a super hatch here!!! I've never seen so many young crows, they are everywhere. I just can't see them staying long. The worst drought in my life time was 88 but I did not crow hunt then. They say 51 was worse than 88 but that was before my time, Any opinions, suggestions or comments????????

Chip, the ground is so dry here in parts of MN that it is almost impossible for me to shove my blind tent poles into the ground, I'm going to have to bring a hammer and stake to "predrill" the holes,corn and bean harvest is way far ahead of schedule most places in the state as well.

Big Honkers · Guru

L&S,

We recently got some rain so that helped a lot. But, I have still been bringing the cordless drill and an old bit with me in case I cannot get the blind stakes in the ground as far as they need to be. Good luck on your new hunting property.

BH

canoemac · Member

Many fields here in north Alabama were bush hogged early after qualification for crop insurance was determined. My fields near Huntsville, in the Tennessee River bottoms, are spotty. Low damp spots produced a small crop of corn, but the higher, drier portions of the same fields are still standing waiting on crop insurance determinations due to nearly 0 production. Soybeans will be better as we had late summer rains. Hopefully some of the midwestern crows will move this way later.

Low and Slow · Senior Member

Big Honkers wrote:
L&S,

We recently got some rain so that helped a lot. But, I have still been bringing the cordless drill and an old bit with me in case I cannot get the blind stakes in the ground as far as they need to be. Good luck on your new hunting property.

BH

BH,

great idea bringing the cordless, i just may have to do that as well if we dont get some moisture soon, thats all I need ,more stuff to pack in....

and thanks for "good luck", I appreciate it

chip · Guru

Another problem I have noticed with the drought,,, All the fields down here are green. Every kernal of corn that is usually left in the fields by a combine is a six inch high volanteer right now. There will be nothing to eat,,,,,,,,,,,,,NOTHING... Its gonna be tough on the waterfowl too!!!!!

SHANEDOG · Guru

Its that darn George Bush,again!!