Came that close

When i got home there was an email that caused an immediate rush to petsco for 2 hamsters. Yeah you guessed my fed license came through, my sponsor Steve Armstrong headed out looking for my first bird, we saw some that were far off and a few hags but then we came across a beautiful passage that was very very dark. She flew at the trap twice but the traffic kept bumping her off. We are going to go back again tomorrow for another go and see if she is still in the area. Never had so much fun so close to home and I'm sure ill be repeating that statement through out the year !

Been meaning to post these but these are some of the 13 pigeons i have jsut recieved.

Pigeons

Turns out my friend brought me 60 pigeons. I gave half to my sponsor and kept the rest. 13 are flying around in the mews whilst the rest are in the freezer. We had to get rid of one of the count due to a nasty looking sore on its breast. Tonight i sprayed for Mite and Lice. My step-daughter Shelby is loving every minute of this. In the next few days I'm going to build a small pigeon coop , ill post pictures when I'm done. So far i have a source of food for my hawk all year round which i am very happy about. Wont be the same as getting the old squirrels or rabbits but its a back up for when days are lean. I want to get some quail and keep a few off them too. My wife things im nuts and crazy but secretly she i loving every minute off it. At the moment all the pigeons are roosting in the mews.

My state permit arrived today, jsut waiting on the federal one. its a fed holiday on monday so hopefully it wont be to much longer after that maybe even trapping by the weekend, picking up my pigeons tomorrow

Squirrel Call

I was in academy sports today and bought one of these for 8 bucks, it sounds authentic if you have ever heard a squirrel chick, Ill try it out this weekend to see what happens. The price wasn't bad either at 8 bucks, According to the literature squirrels cant resist, we shall just have to see...

Bit bummed today, Spoke with licensing at OKWD and they tell me my permit has still not been approved yet, the delay is unfortunately due to the Wildlife expo that happened a week ago. They are waiting on the state biologist to give the nod and say it is ok.

I have a friend that keeps bee's, We got chatting on a bee keeping forum and ever since have kept in contact. Well it turns out he also keep pigeons and needs to thin his flock out. He said he would bring me 25 of them for food for my hawk. Pretty pleased about that !