Week 1 Seems as if the harvest of deer is quite large this year. None on this tract, but know of at least 10 bucks killed within half mile radius of this location. Wildlife in general is in good shape this year, opposum, raccoon, field mice, (squirrel population is down since I rigged the bird feeder with an electric fence charger), fox (havent seen any, but have heard them bark, coyotes (needed to keep the piglets under control).
Week 2 Corn and vegetable scraps in the feed lot. Need to think about cutting back, getting ready for spring. Plenty of water, as the water troughs hardly have any use at this time.
Winter bird population is at a low point. Hardly see any birds except a few cardinals and lots of mockingbirds (they never used to stay here all year, but now do).
Week 3 Deer spotted were the usual 3-5 does, but did see two bucks which means they escaped the hunting season. No coyotes heard. A few, but not many, red tailed hawks showing up.
Corn and sweet feed to the deer lot on three of the five days.
Feral cat seems to show up about once per week.
Week 4 Person in charge of the community hog trap says he has caught about ten hogs so far this new year. For some reason, we never see any sign of hogs here--but on the alert nevertheless.
Vegetable scraps and corn to the feed lot on two days this week.
Reports of night hunting of hogs on the adjacent ranch to the north. From the gunfire, sounds like they had lots of targets. Planning on setting a day aside for bird count.
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