Re: Quail Control
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: Quail Control
- From: J* I* J* <j*@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 09:23:06 -0700 (MST)
Sharon McAllister wrote:
>
> Jan Hueller wrote:
>
> : We live in a rural area with lots of wildlife, which makes life
> : interesting. Our biggest concern is the Gambrel quail which have found
> : our iris babies, buds and blossems to their liking. We have tried many
> : things to discourage them, the latest mothballs, but came home the other
> : day to find our Happy New Year blooms all chewed up.
>
> If you can't beat 'em -- and quail are certainly creatures of habit -- try
> something more tempting than iris. All of the local quail, including the Gamble
> quail, much prefer whole grain milo to iris. Their feeding station is about 5
> feet from the last row of iris beds and they leave the iris completely alone IF
> they have plenty of grain.
Croftway@aol.com wrote:
>
> How about population control by eating?
>
Hmmmm, Visions of plump, grain fed, honey roasted guail stuffed with
oranges, accompanied by wild rice and mushrooms, asparagus with
hollandaise, a crisp chilled Sauvignon Blanc ...
**** POP! ***
Uh, What? Who? Where? Huh? Nope, not me! I'd never hurt any of those cut
little guys. Must have been someone else...
John | "There be dragons drooling"
| Annotation used by ancient hunters
| wondering what happened to all the flocks of
birds.
