Logic tells me part dryness, and part the harsh climate. Animals that are infested and week will die faster in harsh climates. I regularly catch doves that get into my girls pen. Before I release them I examine them looking at their skin, at bass of feathers, look around eyes and nose, lastly their vents and meatiness of their breast. I only. Hope bugs are big enough for me to see. I know if they have worms I may not be able to tell unless it is very advanced. I figure this might give me a warning so I can take action. I probably have less then a 25% chance of helping, but even a 5% is better then 0%.
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As much as I love hunting my step son got the Remington 30.06, the .22, and a shot gun. I got the Ithaca 12 ga.. My oldest daughter told me it was stolen, I believe she pond it with the rest of my valuables. It was made in New York, 32" barrel, side by side, full and half choke. It was the one Harold's mom did an exhibition on speed shooting and loading on a hunting trip.
A guest member of the hunting party (45 day hunting trip over several states every year) go her mad when he complained about her being there. Is way 5' tall, Harold's dad was 6'7", was one of the first Rangers in WWII. She took the Ithaca, adjusted the shells, told the man that he was going to eat every pheasant she shot. She doesn't like pheasant and objects killing something that is not going to be eaten. Up until that minute no pheasants had been harmed. Members of the party knew her and unloaded and broke their shot guns. She took every pheasant that took flight, with one spectacular 5 pheasant kill. That impressed everyone. Born in Montana, raised on a ranch in the '20's-'30, . . . . .
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