the owners I've met on game farm operations were pretty good at keeping predator populations well under control. I saw some of the same sets from my youth, that I used to take fox and coons, on more than one game farm. Come on, Greg, the idea that a "scratch" bird is going to encounter predators on a game farm is pushing the envelope just a bit. I think you will see more fox and coyotes in NY city's central park than around most game farms.
Ted, I have to strongly disagree with you. Where there is food there are predators, not only 4 footed but feathered. Sure you can trap some foxes, then they get to be smart, coyotes harder to catch, they make a fox look stupid. Now take the flying killers, Goshawks, maybe even Redtails and the biggest killer, the Great horned Owl, just eats the head. They startle the birds in the pens, when they fly and their heads get into the mesh the owls tear it off.
Like I stated earlier I live now in what was the pheasant area of Pa, about 30 minutes I guess from Greg (going by his location), and in it's heyday there were considerable amounts of pheasants around. The state would let them go on open land not posted at 5-6 weeks old. By the time hunting season came, they were truly like wild pheasants. You could hunt all day and put up birds, mostly hens, and then when they came to back to roost in the alfalfa fields you would get more shooting. I considered myself a good shot but never used a .410 or a 28 ga., never used a 12 ga either. A 20 ga with 7/8 oz. #6, because I felt comfortable with it.
So maybe Greg was a little deceiteful, he did admit it.
