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Bad timing for right of way mowing.
#2100559
04/28/17 11:40 AM
04/28/17 11:40 AM
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Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 1,892 south of hills, north of plain...
RareBreed
OP
8 point
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OP
8 point
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 1,892
south of hills, north of plain...
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So I go to the camp last weekend to get a little hunting in. I ease down the power line to a hill I like to set up and hunt. The power line hasn't been maintained it seems like 3 years. I bush hogged me a little spot here earlier in the season to give them a place to do their thing. Anyway, as I'm walking down the line a come across two nesting hens about 1/3 mile apart from each other and also get back to our gate, which runs right under the power line and there is a third nesting hen. See's literally nesting 15 yards from the gate. Long story short I noticed the right of way contractors a few hills over and knew they'd be ruining these 3 nest, hoping the one by the gate would get spared since it was literally 3 yards from the edge of the black top. NOPE, drove by yesterday and it was cut clean. I don't know who to mention this to and if they even care but this seems to be terrible timing for maintainance. Of the 3 nest one had 11, one had 12 and the one by the gate had 15 eggs. So 38 eggs in about a 3/4 mile power line. My math is fuzzy buts that's A LOT of negative impact over many many miles of power line. Worse than nest raiders I'd imagine because if they lay under the line it's 100% chance of a ruined nest. Seems avoidable if we can get together and have a conversation about this. I'm not sure they are but I wish they did and I sure there are 100's of land owners who do as well. BEFORE: AFTER:
"I didn’t mean to kill nobody, I just meant to shoot him once in the head and two times in the chest. Him dying was between he and the Lord." Legendary bluesman R.L. Burnside
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Re: Bad timing for right of way mowing.
[Re: Highlandhomeboy]
#2100581
04/28/17 12:18 PM
04/28/17 12:18 PM
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Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 1,892 south of hills, north of plain...
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Yeah, I guess I may need to give that a try next time this happens. It can hurt. I wish I knew who to call that is in charge of the maintance. Heck, I'd keep it mowed if they would allow me to do it and for free. I'd do it in the middle of summer or Fall or just as deer season wraps up. Save them that 3/4 mile. Just wondering if anyone else has approached them about this or even a contact. It's south Perry county.
"I didn’t mean to kill nobody, I just meant to shoot him once in the head and two times in the chest. Him dying was between he and the Lord." Legendary bluesman R.L. Burnside
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Re: Bad timing for right of way mowing.
[Re: bwhunter]
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04/28/17 12:44 PM
04/28/17 12:44 PM
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Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 1,892 south of hills, north of plain...
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True and good points. I hope they do and should find good nesting and have a successful hatch.
"I didn’t mean to kill nobody, I just meant to shoot him once in the head and two times in the chest. Him dying was between he and the Lord." Legendary bluesman R.L. Burnside
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Re: Bad timing for right of way mowing.
[Re: RareBreed]
#2100691
04/28/17 02:41 PM
04/28/17 02:41 PM
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Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 2,921 Huntsville
buckbrush
10 point
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10 point
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 2,921
Huntsville
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They won't hold off mowing but if you flag it next time they will go around that spot if you let them know about it. Not sure if the hen will come back or not with that much going on around the nest or if it would even do any good since that little brushy patch would stick out like a sore thumb to predators roaming by.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. Edmund Burke
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Re: Bad timing for right of way mowing.
[Re: RareBreed]
#2100742
04/28/17 03:34 PM
04/28/17 03:34 PM
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Joined: May 2015
Posts: 1,050 Jackson County
NEbamahunter
6 point
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6 point
Joined: May 2015
Posts: 1,050
Jackson County
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Yeah, I guess I may need to give that a try next time this happens. It can hurt. I wish I knew who to call that is in charge of the maintance. Heck, I'd keep it mowed if they would allow me to do it and for free. I'd do it in the middle of summer or Fall or just as deer season wraps up. Save them that 3/4 mile. Just wondering if anyone else has approached them about this or even a contact. It's south Perry county. I know some folks who have worked with local utilities and do just that... they maintain and plant foodplots, etc. You should contact whoever is in charge if you're willing to keep it up, likely to pay off for you.
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Re: Bad timing for right of way mowing.
[Re: RareBreed]
#2100845
04/28/17 05:23 PM
04/28/17 05:23 PM
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Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 4,231 Central Alabama
Yelp softly
10 point
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10 point
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 4,231
Central Alabama
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It's worth a shot. I sure wouldn't accept it as fact without trying to do something. If you bushhogged it every February, they might be able to skip your section of powerline entirely and still get paid for it. It's a win-win.
"When there was no fowl, we ate crawdad, when there was no crawdad, we ate sand."
"YOU ATE SAND!" - Raising Arizona
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Re: Bad timing for right of way mowing.
[Re: RareBreed]
#2101179
04/29/17 09:01 AM
04/29/17 09:01 AM
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Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 16,018 Hartselle Al.
n2deer
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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If it bothered me that badly I would just mow it when you felt like I doubt you would hear any complaints.
Do you want to hear him gobble, or do you want to kill him.
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