YOT 3,743 Posted May 14, 2016 Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 It wasn't there four days ago. I won't be shooting there for a month or so. And yes, it is right behind the dinger. Stupid Robin! 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Heartbreaker 1,085 Posted May 14, 2016 Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 What an eggsasperating problem. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
james lambert 3,059 Posted May 14, 2016 Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 Blue eggs and......Ham? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gunfun 3,931 Posted May 14, 2016 Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 I saw that on facebook. Looks pretty cool. Robins like living on the edge, I guess. But private range owner problems are the kind of problems I envy. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HB of CJ 1,263 Posted May 14, 2016 Report Share Posted May 14, 2016 (edited) Oh Gawd! If it were just me, I would not even want to even subject those Robins to any kind of gunshot noise. Edited by HB because this may enter into it. We are lucky to have our own private shale quarry range. No nests. Edited May 14, 2016 by HB of CJ 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
netpackrat 566 Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 I'd probably have shot them just to see them splatter. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sim_Player 1,939 Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 (edited) I would leave them alone too. It sucks that it closes the range. Move the nest when they hatch. They will keep nesting there. I have a nest, in high brush, on year two (not problematic). Momma chirps at me when I go out to my shed. I found an egg this spring that must have fallen 100+ feet. It landed in a pile of leaves, intact. Flashlight showed a yoke. Edited May 15, 2016 by Sim_Player Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sim_Player 1,939 Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 (edited) So, why are they blue? Gun range habitat! We are pro-environment! Edited May 15, 2016 by Sim_Player Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gunfun 3,931 Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 Ever seem womens' things described as "robin's egg blue"? -that's why. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
YOT 3,743 Posted May 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 So, why are they blue? Gun range habitat! We are pro-environment! https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120514122838.htm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
james lambert 3,059 Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 I frequently have antilope hanging around at our 5 and six hundred yard steel. Just ring the 400 and they leave pretty quickly. Cows on the other hand have to be chased off with the ranch polaris Quote Link to post Share on other sites
YOT 3,743 Posted May 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 (edited) Very often I have deer on my firing line. They become accustomed to the noise and don't liken it to a threat. Deer will also come out in the same fields as the tractors when the corn harvesters are running. That's the dinner bell. I have between 8-13 deer that use my lawn and the fields in front and behind the house as bedding every night. It's very common to wake up to something like this every morning. Edited May 15, 2016 by YOT 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
james lambert 3,059 Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 You have lots of white tails....very cool. We rarely have deer on the ranch, but lots of speed goats, a few lions bears and bobcats 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
netpackrat 566 Posted May 16, 2016 Report Share Posted May 16, 2016 I win. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tatonic 159 Posted May 16, 2016 Report Share Posted May 16, 2016 I closed my home range two weeks ago due to simular scenario as the Robin eggs. A duck was nesting in a cable reel I use for holding targets. Mother Nature reopened the range last week when a snake found the duck eggs. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HB of CJ 1,263 Posted May 16, 2016 Report Share Posted May 16, 2016 We are so lucky here in SW OR USA living in the woods. All sorts of critters. Some years ticks. Pesky bastards. This year it seems to be squirrels and white tail deer. All the very knocked up mommy-to-be deer hanging around. Very wild but will eat out of your hands if they know you. Not good. But ... this would save time if we needed the meat. Squirrels practically the same if you feed them peanuts more than 3 times. Lots of forest shooting ranges here have signs saying please do not shoot the animals ... and please examine the butts first. JDeko: Some B29s have returned. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
El Cabron 91 Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 This farm yard have deer around a lot. I think he feeds them, because they sure make themselves at home, and don't feel threatened. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
storm6490 2,768 Posted May 19, 2016 Report Share Posted May 19, 2016 I have one under my deck. It's aggressive even if we are just walking near the nest. Unfortunately, my daughter gets along with the bird and wants her to live there. Oh well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Capt Nemo 882 Posted May 20, 2016 Report Share Posted May 20, 2016 The dive bombing redwings become targets. The muskrats play sink the sub with the pellet gun. The geese play battleship with the slingshot. The ducks (mosquito control) get food. And the mice go to Thunderdome! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.