Clear and cold. -10F at 7 am.
There was really no wind to speak of this morning, but we got a dusting last night.
Checked the NER bait at about 10am, and there was nothing in sight of it.
Jon and I went down to Spring Gulch to try for a big capture of ravens near the cows. After getting things set up and the cows in place, we waited for about 45 min, and the birds were moving into position. Just before they got within firing range, the cows got out and started heading for the net launcher. So, we had to abort the mission and head the cattle again.
This time we thought we had the cows tied in right. Well, as it turns out; we didn't. Just as the ravens were coming back in, so were the cows. So, we had to try it a third time. This time we weren't messing around though. We really tied the gate up and reinforced it with some of the broken trap that Derek and I had out there from previous weeks.
Well, the cows didn't come in, but the wind sure picked up. And by the time the birds came in and got really spooked by some unknown force, it was already 2pm. I decided to call it because if we did catch 30 ravens, we wouldn't have enough time to process them all before dusk. We'll try again tomorrow, but maybe a bit earlier in the day.
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