The three items you mentioned are right on target. Fox and house cats really raise heck with all birds and with the farming practice the way it is we will never see large numbers in SD like in the late 50's and early 60's. Support the CRP program as this is about the only thing keeping these birds and other game birds going. The Soil Bank Program of the 50's was a great thing for the pheasant and we had tons of them.

February 2003 = tired and Re-tired cop