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JeepURE

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So, I went to my dad's house in Asheboro yesterday to pick up a ladder so I can finally clean out my gutters. We walked outside to get ready and strap the ladder to the roof of the Explorer and something caught my eye from above. Buzzards. Looked like a hundred or so, flying right over the house. I was speechless! I'd never seen so many flying together. Usually you'll see like 5 or 6, but this was just ridiculous!
 

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^you must not come down to biscoe much......damn things are everywhere in groups like that...they even had to put some kind of electronic deterant on one of the towers..
 
best word rat shot in a .22

Tough to reach normal buzzard heght with a shotgun
 
I say .22 LR with careful aim. Sniper style, more challenging, but more rewarding.
 
I'm not sure how many of you are joking or what, but you all do know that it is illegal to kill a bird of prey in NC...right?

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FishHunt said:
I'm not sure how many of you are joking or what, but you all do know that it is illegal to kill a bird of prey in NC...right?

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Not only that but the do provide a service.
 
FishHunt said:
I'm not sure how many of you are joking or what, but you all do know that it is illegal to kill a bird of prey in NC...right?

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But I thought we were put on this earth to kill everything gross! :p

Kidding. Seriously, though, and not trying to argue, but isn't a buzzard considered a carrion animal or scavenger, not a bird of prey? Even so, I'm sure it's still not open season on them.
 
a buzzard is NOT a bird of prey.there is no "legal" season for them . but im pretty sure that you wouldnt be arrested for it either. now a hawk,eagle,osprey...thats different.buzzards and vultures are scavengers
 
jcl said:
a buzzard is NOT a bird of prey.there is no "legal" season for them . but im pretty sure that you wouldnt be arrested for it either. now a hawk,eagle,osprey...thats different.buzzards and vultures are scavengers
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Buzzards and Vultures ARE birds of prey. They are in the same family as Hawk's, eagles, harriers and kites.

But in the US, we dont call them that, because they are annoying and they are ALL over the damn place.
 
jcl said:
a buzzard is NOT a bird of prey.there is no "legal" season for them . but im pretty sure that you wouldnt be arrested for it either. now a hawk,eagle,osprey...thats different.buzzards and vultures are scavengers
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Hawks, eagles and osprey are also scavengers. All the birds you list above are also birds of prey. Maybe you should read up on them and get outside more.

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FishHunt said:
Hawks, eagles and osprey are also scavengers. All the birds you list above are also birds of prey. Maybe you should read up on them and get outside more.

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On top of that, alot of so called "buzzards" are actually Hawks. They belong to the genus Buteo

And to be honest, from the picture Id be more inclined to say thats a Red-Tailed Hawk, AKA, the Chickenhawk
 
Gotta have something to eat the carcasses I leave behind during deer season. Its either them or the coyotes. And you can shoot howlers ALL THE TIME!
 
whats up with people leaving deer carcasses behind? I find them on the side of the road in clover all the time. Isn't there a better way to dispose of them?
 
99ncxj said:
whats up with people leaving deer carcasses behind? I find them on the side of the road in clover all the time. Isn't there a better way to dispose of them?
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unfortunately no.
SC used to take them at land fills and has since made that illegal. There is no legal place to drop a deer carcass. You can bury it or leave it to rot which works well down at my grandads farm but not so well if you live in a neighborhood.
 
SkyHiK5 said:
unfortunately no.
SC used to take them at land fills and has since made that illegal. There is no legal place to drop a deer carcass. You can bury it or leave it to rot which works well down at my grandads farm but not so well if you live in a neighborhood.
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local rescue mission. or...actually, most places may have stopped taking them too. they used to use them to feed the homeless, but now that im typing this i seem to remember too a news story that covered this no longer being the case.
 
BigRedB2 said:
local rescue mission. or...actually, most places may have stopped taking them too. they used to use them to feed the homeless, but now that im typing this i seem to remember too a news story that covered this no longer being the case.
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So they used to feed the homeless with road kill and rotting deer carcuses? Thats messed up! LOL
 
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