Black Headed Vulture Depredation Permits

[DoggyDaddy]

Just heard this on WTHR.

INFB Announces Black Vulture Depredation Permits for Impacted Livestock Producers​

INFB Announces Black Vulture Depredation Permits for Impacted Livestock Producers

www.infarmbureau.org

 

[Hkindiana]

Per the article; The permits are only good for five birds, and there will be a maximum of 100 permits. If a livestock farmer has a problem with the black vultures attacking his newborns, killing five birds will probably not be enough, unless he SSS.

 

[phylodog]

I didn't know they would attack live prey. If it's needed I'm in favor.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Per the article; The permits are only good for five birds, and there will be a maximum of 100 permits. If a livestock farmer has a problem with the black vultures attacking his newborns, killing five birds will probably not be enough, unless he SSS.

That's what I was thinking. 100 permits, and assuming each permit holder takes 5 birds is only going to put a 500 bird dent in the population. I don't honestly know how much good that would do.

 

[Bugzilla]

Read about these attacks awhile back. Are the vultures doing this because of loss of natural habitat or easy pickings?

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Read about these attacks awhile back. Are the vultures doing this because of loss of natural habitat or easy pickings?

When I saw the story on WTHR, as I understood it, it's just black headed vultures doing what black headed vultures do (going after the eyeballs of animals). Unlike our turkey buzzards/vultures that we're all familiar with, they're not strictly scavengers.

 

[JimH]

Kill 4 and "wing" the next 200.....

 

[Mongo59]

...less mischief when all are on foot.

 

[KJQ6945]

If you guys want to practice, I’ve got two little ones back in my woods.

 

[KJQ6945]

Texas is overrun with the damn things. They are smaller than a Turkey Vulture, and twice as mean.

 

[dprimm]

it's just black headed vultures doing what black headed vultures do (going after the eyeballs of animals). Unlike our turkey buzzards/vultures that we're all familiar with, they're not strictly scavengers.

they have a big white dot on the underside of the wing. They will attack young calves. Seen it

 

[gregr]

Black vultures are eating cows alive. Now some farmers can legally shoot the protected birds.

Until this month, it was difficult for Indiana farmers to legally kill black vultures that were eating their cows alive. A new program changes that.

www.yahoo.com

 

[yetti462]

They too will eat the rubber gaskets out of windshields and wiper blades off vehicles parked at the boat ramps.

 

[Michigan Slim]

One nested in my deer blind. What a mess.

 

[JimH]

One nested in my deer blind. What a mess. View attachment 154401

Hopefully he was home for the cook out!

 

[Michigan Slim]

Hopefully he was home for the cook out!

Maaaayyybe? Ummm, no. No she wasn't. They. They wasn't. No.

 

[JimH]

Maaaayyybe? Ummm, no. No she wasn't. They. They wasn't. No.

Should have waited.

 

[Bucky623]

One nested in my deer blind. What a mess. View attachment 154401

What were they doing? Smoking in bed?

 

[Leadeye]

Never have seen one here in the GSF, maybe the Chupacabra eats them.

 

[Michigan Slim]

What were they doing? Smoking in bed?

Until the fire heated up they were smoking pretty good.