Hey Y'all, first time actually posting on here but I've enjoyed all the information available on here. I did a trip through Nevada in October starting in the pioche area, ending all the way up in Jackpot. We ended up driving over 1200 miles of Nevada terrain, a bunch of it after dark and never saw a SINGLE road dog. Over the three days of calling we were there we ended up only calling in 4. I also mention I only recall seeing 2 rabbits during the trip. Is everyone else seeing similar results?
What's up with Nevada?
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Fursniper
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I usually spend a couple months in Mesquite, NV in the winter. Doing that for about 5 years. I've noticed rabbit numbers decline to almost nothing. Same thing in northern AZ. The AZ Game And Fish decreased the daily limit on jackrabbits from unlimited to 2 this year. Coyotes have also been hard for me to find. I think the drought has impacted everything. The abundant precip last winter is helping, but its gonna take awhile for critters to rebound.
wow that sounds awesome. Were you doing a bunch of night calling?
Both night and day and covered about 4-5 different counties.
At night its pretty easy to "inventory" whats around you, I was shocked at how much more kangaroo rats and rabbits (both jacks and cottontails) I saw versus last year at the same time. Water was everywhere, the vegetation was way greener. We actually had a few times where we was literally eaten alive by mosquitoes, pretty wild when you are standing in the middle of the desert and nowhere near a river or lake!!
At night its pretty easy to "inventory" whats around you, I was shocked at how much more kangaroo rats and rabbits (both jacks and cottontails) I saw versus last year at the same time. Water was everywhere, the vegetation was way greener. We actually had a few times where we was literally eaten alive by mosquitoes, pretty wild when you are standing in the middle of the desert and nowhere near a river or lake!!