Bankheadhunter………..Here’s really the bottom line when it comes to raptors……We cant solve the problem at this point by simply trying to get rid of them……..Yeah, one landowner could SSS but I’m talking big scale…..The reason being is the rodent issue. The overabundance of raptors is directly related to the way our land management practices have caused an overabundance of rodents…..Take away the raptors that are a big part of controlling the rodent numbers and you’re gonna be over run with rats and rattlesnakes to a plague type level…….I think the only way to really effect some kind of reasonable change would have to either come through tweaks/changes in how we manage the land or some means of rodent control, which doesn’t really sound too feasible…..Our best options are gonna come through ideas to tweak our land management practices to reduce rodent populations.

Again this is really dreaming BIG…..but modifying the way we grow cattle in this state would be a complete game changer for many of these issues.