Welcome Jazz
I'm more of a pistol person but I do have a couple of revolvers for my wife.
I did learn a few things about revolvers from this thread so thanks for starting it.
As far as the hawk thing.
I am a licensed wildlife rehabilitator but I work only with mammals. I am also on the advisory board for our state rehab assoc.
Yea--the Migratory Bird Act is not some whacky enviro thing. It was first enacted in about 1918--revised in 1932 and again in 1972.
Shooting any bird of prey is a big no no. Big fine and possibly jail time.
Before Bush left office he pardoned a dude who was serving time in a Federal prison for killing several owls and hawks accidentally as secondary kill when he was poisoning coyotes.
Hawk attacking chickens--need to build a better coup--can't kill them.
I know it happens a lot though. My friend Segrid runs a bird of prey rehab facility here and she gets shot and poisoned hawks , owls and eagles all the time.
It is also illegal to be in possession of the feathers from these birds. All dead birds of prey are sent to a USF&W repository which happens to be at the Rocky Mtn Arsenal here in Colo. The feds will sometimes give dead birds or the feathers to native Americans for rituals or ceremonies but other than that it is illegal to be in possession of any body parts of a bird of prey.
Glad you missed the hawk. Scaring them away is ok (as long as they're not nesting with eggs or young) but killing them is a major federal offense.
I really understand about wanting to protect your squirrel though. I have nightmares when I release my raccoons in Mt Lion country but what can you do. The earth is nothing more than a revolving buffet table
I'm more of a pistol person but I do have a couple of revolvers for my wife.
I did learn a few things about revolvers from this thread so thanks for starting it.
As far as the hawk thing.
I am a licensed wildlife rehabilitator but I work only with mammals. I am also on the advisory board for our state rehab assoc.
Yea--the Migratory Bird Act is not some whacky enviro thing. It was first enacted in about 1918--revised in 1932 and again in 1972.
Shooting any bird of prey is a big no no. Big fine and possibly jail time.
Before Bush left office he pardoned a dude who was serving time in a Federal prison for killing several owls and hawks accidentally as secondary kill when he was poisoning coyotes.
Hawk attacking chickens--need to build a better coup--can't kill them.
I know it happens a lot though. My friend Segrid runs a bird of prey rehab facility here and she gets shot and poisoned hawks , owls and eagles all the time.
It is also illegal to be in possession of the feathers from these birds. All dead birds of prey are sent to a USF&W repository which happens to be at the Rocky Mtn Arsenal here in Colo. The feds will sometimes give dead birds or the feathers to native Americans for rituals or ceremonies but other than that it is illegal to be in possession of any body parts of a bird of prey.
Glad you missed the hawk. Scaring them away is ok (as long as they're not nesting with eggs or young) but killing them is a major federal offense.
I really understand about wanting to protect your squirrel though. I have nightmares when I release my raccoons in Mt Lion country but what can you do. The earth is nothing more than a revolving buffet table