Quail is still open!

[mbiewer]

Has any one been out lately. (yeah i know Chrismas is next weekend, and priorities have shifted)...

 

Just wondering if any one has been having any luck or knows where the hot spots are.

[Red Rabbit]

Waiting for rain to help with scenting conditions. Mearns are on hold as Thanksgiving weekend was tough. Might try for some Gambels this weekend for the first time this year as it is raining today.

[mbiewer]

ive been out three times (the last three weekends in fact)...but those were my first three outings for quail, and all three trips were dual purpose. (javelina scouting x2, and "guy time" with my buddy who lost his mom to cancer).

 

Not really knowing what im doing, its been fun, but not very succesful

[Perkele!]

Been out for Gambels often this year.

I don't have a bird dog so it's labor intensive and for some reason this year they don't like to fly until you almost step on them.

 

On December 8th I took a friend and his brother who was visiting from AK to my favorite spot. We didn't get there till 10:00 AM but it was OK because the birds there must be snobs, they don't get moving till 10:30-11:00. It's the same place I've been going for the last 18 years and although I can see the decline, the area still produces decent numbers. Not once did I return home empty handed.

 

Within 15 minutes of parking the truck I got the first bird, afterwards I let my guests do the hunting and I enjoyed the look in their eyes everytime I walked them to a large covey. We stayed out there till 3:30 PM and got our limit . My buddy is a transplant from NE and his brother is an outfitter in AK, neither one of them expected the number of birds they got to see and shoot. As a matter of fact they were sceptical when I told them that I'd be able to walk them to birds.

 

Any day in the field hunting birds beats the tar out of a day in the office.