So you are familar with them. The young ones are dumb and a lot of them are killed around the ponds and oxbow ponds but the old ones are super smart. We kill a lot of water turkeys, beaver,rats and otters sometimes. We don't shoot any GBH or other birds of prey. We have an eagles' nest at the top of the back pond. They are on their eggs now. They are fun to watch when the bite slows. We catch 10 or so fish every year that has healed up from the ole round hole. Since I usually fish in the middle of the ponds, the GBH will feed at the same time. Except when the fish are spawning the GBH appear to feed mostly on small fish.

Two ponds, 13 and 15 acres on the Mattaponi River.