Grouse population in PA
11-05-2008, 08:42 PM
#3
Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 18
RE: Grouse population in PA
I think the hawks are getting the rabbits. Every year there are more and more hawks and they got to eat.
A friend told me that the deer popultion near his Alleghenny Nat Park camp is down because of locals poaching for food in this bad economy. He aslo said that he witnessed abundant apples laying uneaten under the trees and no deer road kill. Something else to think about.
I have noticed the same thing.
A friend told me that the deer popultion near his Alleghenny Nat Park camp is down because of locals poaching for food in this bad economy. He aslo said that he witnessed abundant apples laying uneaten under the trees and no deer road kill. Something else to think about.
I have noticed the same thing.
11-11-2008, 07:52 PM
#4
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: PA.
Posts: 5,195
RE: Grouse population in PA
ORIGINAL: castnblastkev
Im only sixteen and have only been hunting since i was 12 but ive noticed that each year we jump more and more grouse.
anyone else noticing this?
Im only sixteen and have only been hunting since i was 12 but ive noticed that each year we jump more and more grouse.
anyone else noticing this?
grouse are more plentiful than a few years ago BUT the predators are bad.
FOX,COYOTES,BOBCATS,RACCOONS,HAWKS and worst one of all OWLS.
owl is biggest killer of rabbits next to fox[:@]
11-11-2008, 07:54 PM
#5
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: PA.
Posts: 5,195
RE: Grouse population in PA
ORIGINAL: fastfreddie15005
I think the hawks are getting the rabbits. Every year there are more and more hawks and they got to eat.
A friend told me that the deer popultion near his Alleghenny Nat Park camp is down because of locals poaching for food in this bad economy. He aslo said that he witnessed abundant apples laying uneaten under the trees and no deer road kill. Something else to think about.
I have noticed the same thing.
I think the hawks are getting the rabbits. Every year there are more and more hawks and they got to eat.
A friend told me that the deer popultion near his Alleghenny Nat Park camp is down because of locals poaching for food in this bad economy. He aslo said that he witnessed abundant apples laying uneaten under the trees and no deer road kill. Something else to think about.
I have noticed the same thing.
11-12-2008, 02:20 PM
#6
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: New Hartford, NY
Posts: 919
RE: Grouse population in PA
Its my understanding that grouse populations run in cycles and that the cycle is about to reach its peek. I live in central NY and I have also noticed a ton of grouse, and also very few rabbits. We seem to think that the lack of rabbits has more to do with the huge coyote population...Although i did see an owl from my treestand the other day
11-12-2008, 06:30 PM
#7
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: PA.
Posts: 5,195
RE: Grouse population in PA
ORIGINAL: gmil6184
Its my understanding that grouse populations run in cycles and that the cycle is about to reach its peek. I live in central NY and I have also noticed a ton of grouse, and also very few rabbits. We seem to think that the lack of rabbits has more to do with the huge coyote population...Although i did see an owl from my treestand the other day
Its my understanding that grouse populations run in cycles and that the cycle is about to reach its peek. I live in central NY and I have also noticed a ton of grouse, and also very few rabbits. We seem to think that the lack of rabbits has more to do with the huge coyote population...Although i did see an owl from my treestand the other day
fox/coyote are next.
if you see guts laying on ground or a bunch of fur,its OWL.
OWL WILL KILL GROUSE TOO,HAWKS ARE BAD ON GROUSE, THEN FOX/COYOTE.[:@]
