Went quail hunting for the first time!

FrontSight · October 3, 2006, 10:58 AM

Wow, had no idea it would be so much fun. These suckers fly hard & fast & low, it was amazing. I used the same guide as I did for the goose hunting, he's great, and the dogs were amazingly well trained, he didn't have to say a word to them. I'll be going again with him for pheasants, and maybe Sea Ducks.

We got a couple of pheasants, too...

The cover was sooooo thick & thorny, a real, true, earn your game hunt, not at all like I expected. Been watching too much ESPN...

As a side note, not saying Cheney was not to blame, as everyone knows, but I can see how clearly it could happpen that he shot his buddy. These things fly so low & fast & thru cover that you have only a split second to react, and I can see how an accident like that could happen. Scary. Of course, as I said, it's no excuse.

springmom · October 3, 2006, 11:59 AM

Yummmmmm.

So who plucked and cleaned all those little critters?

Springmom

FrontSight · October 3, 2006, 12:15 PM

Yours truly did mine!

FirstFreedom · October 3, 2006, 01:07 PM

Sweetness! Quail aren't too easy hit, but still easier than doves!

Where were you hunting?

FrontSight · October 3, 2006, 04:25 PM

This was in Putnam County, NY, on state land. The state raises/buys and stocks em, but they sure know how to stay alive, in the thickest cover ever seen...

October 3, 2006, 10:58 AM	#1
FrontSight Senior Member Join Date: September 9, 2005 Posts: 1,711	Went quail hunting for the first time! Wow, had no idea it would be so much fun. These suckers fly hard & fast & low, it was amazing. I used the same guide as I did for the goose hunting, he's great, and the dogs were amazingly well trained, he didn't have to say a word to them. I'll be going again with him for pheasants, and maybe Sea Ducks. We got a couple of pheasants, too... The cover was sooooo thick & thorny, a real, true, earn your game hunt, not at all like I expected. Been watching too much ESPN... As a side note, not saying Cheney was not to blame, as everyone knows, but I can see how clearly it could happpen that he shot his buddy. These things fly so low & fast & thru cover that you have only a split second to react, and I can see how an accident like that could happen. Scary. Of course, as I said, it's no excuse.

October 3, 2006, 11:59 AM	#2
springmom Senior Member Join Date: October 26, 2005 Location: Houston area Posts: 1,823	Yummmmmm. So who plucked and cleaned all those little critters? Springmom __________________ I will not be a victim home on the web: www.panagia-icons.net (my webpage) www.nousfromspring.blogspot.com (Orthodoxy) "I couldn't hear you. Stop firing the gun while you're talking!" Frank Drebin, The Naked Gun

October 3, 2006, 12:15 PM	#3
FrontSight Senior Member Join Date: September 9, 2005 Posts: 1,711	Yours truly did mine!

October 3, 2006, 01:07 PM	#4
FirstFreedom Junior member Join Date: May 31, 2004 Location: The Toll Road State, U.S.A. Posts: 12,452	Sweetness! Quail aren't too easy hit, but still easier than doves! Where were you hunting?

October 3, 2006, 04:25 PM	#5
FrontSight Senior Member Join Date: September 9, 2005 Posts: 1,711	This was in Putnam County, NY, on state land. The state raises/buys and stocks em, but they sure know how to stay alive, in the thickest cover ever seen...