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You need to make a trip to the Dakota's at least once in your lifetime. You have to witness first hand the sheer amount of birds to believe it !!grant wrote:I chose quail, just because I'm in GA, but I would like to venture outside GA this year at least once to hunt pheasant.
Original Mngsp,A close second is sharptails. Just find them a neat bird to hunt and I think I might like eating them better than pheasant
Your kiddin right ? While you can make that dark meat sharpie taste ok, you might be the first person that I've ever heard that said he may prefer it over Phez. mmmmmmm good.... Let me know if you want to try a new recipe.
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Well, I should probably keep this a secret. Have hunted and eaten sharptail since the mid-80's. For the first 20 years I hated eating them. Then up at hunting camp we put some in a marinade, soaked em over night, and did not grill them to death. They were delicious. Then one day we forgot to put them in the marinade, so when we got back to camp we simply soaked them in some cooking oil for a little while, maybe a half hour, and again did not grill them to death. A little red on the inside. Again, they were delicious. So now, virtually none of our sharptail ever make it back from camp to the freezer in the house. They are all eaten up there.
When sealed with an oil coating, and cooked so they are warm inside but and cooked to medium rare, they are at least as good as phez. Unless you shoot them out of the sagebrush country. Ugh. Black meat.
When sealed with an oil coating, and cooked so they are warm inside but and cooked to medium rare, they are at least as good as phez. Unless you shoot them out of the sagebrush country. Ugh. Black meat.
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Growing up on the Canadian Prairies, I cut my teeth on Sharptail, but
if I had one day to live, I'd spend it hunting bobwhite.
So my vote is:
Bobwhite Quail,
Huns,
Ruffed Grouse,
Sharp Tail,
Pheasant
Woodcock
I'd probably have a heart attack hunting wild chukar's but would really like to go south for exotic quail.
if I had one day to live, I'd spend it hunting bobwhite.
So my vote is:
Bobwhite Quail,
Huns,
Ruffed Grouse,
Sharp Tail,
Pheasant
Woodcock
I'd probably have a heart attack hunting wild chukar's but would really like to go south for exotic quail.
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Doesn't get much better than a late December, snowy day, deep woods, Grouse Hunt, It is challenging for dog and gunner. Good to be in the woods or a field no matter what you hunt. Every bird has its quirks and is a learning experience first time around. Never have hunted wild Chuckar lookis like a tough but fun hunt.
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Kelly, I gotta tell you, I grew up hunting grouse in northern Minnesota. We never used a dog. We used to walk the logging roads and still hunt, listen for footsteps in the leaves on the quiet days, and watch the forest floor. We shot an awful lot of grouse without dogs. In fact, the first few dogs I tried on grouse were negative contributors to the hunt, just bumped em out. It takes a very special dog to make a good grouse dog, not just any dog. Breed is irrelevant I have come to conclude, although those breeds with highly refined pointing instinct seem to give you the best chance.
Alot of dogs are just along for the walk in the woods, and to warn the grouse before you get there.
Good luck.
Alot of dogs are just along for the walk in the woods, and to warn the grouse before you get there.
Good luck.
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I think it's the same porn spammer that we've been having trouble with.
The past few days, they've been hitting while I'm at lunch. Otherwise, I've been catching them.
I've deleted the post, but I can't block the user. Grant is the only person that can block them right now.
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The past few days, they've been hitting while I'm at lunch. Otherwise, I've been catching them.
I've deleted the post, but I can't block the user. Grant is the only person that can block them right now.
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I chose other and my other is doves. I'm sure some dont consider them true upland, I live in a hot area for both mourning and white wing doves and we love it.
After that it would be quail. Have only hunted pheasants once to date and really enjoyed and hope to make some more trips, but , I have to drive 12 hours just to get out the North side of TX then on to IA, or KS or wherever, it gets tough with todays gas prices.
ALso love to hunt snipe. Anyboby else here hunt 'em?
After that it would be quail. Have only hunted pheasants once to date and really enjoyed and hope to make some more trips, but , I have to drive 12 hours just to get out the North side of TX then on to IA, or KS or wherever, it gets tough with todays gas prices.
ALso love to hunt snipe. Anyboby else here hunt 'em?
Yes I do enjoy snipe hunting, we never really target them, but that is a bird that holds tight and is in my books by far the most challenging to hit in flight. My favorites in order are all of them but quail and grouse are #1. I love sharp tails, but I have never seen one that will hold tight, but it might just be where I hunt. Usually several hundred birds a day. Once i saw that many in one group, now that was exciting. Now a grouse that holds tight is a sage grouse, but they are not very challenging to shoot.
But of all birds i would say scaled quail, they are run just like a pheasant and it is awsome to watch a dog the can get the things to hold!
But of all birds i would say scaled quail, they are run just like a pheasant and it is awsome to watch a dog the can get the things to hold!
I love Phez, but I would have to say the devil bird (Chukar). Few birds are harder won, and the hike is not for the faint hearted. The big country they live in is wonderful to run AA dogs on. Dogs make gigantic casts up through the cliffs and ridge tops. The best part of the hunt is watching the dogs work and saving you thousands of step straight up. Great bird and they taste like no other.
Ruffed Grouse
I live in a city(unfortunatly, much prefer country) in Ontario, Canada that borders Michigan. I said ruffed grouse because thats mainly all we have a season for around here. Ring Necked pheasants were planted a little east of the city I live in but didnt take too well. You can still find them. but few and far between. I have a huge desire to hunt them, but unfortunatly know of no close place to hunt them, or else I may have changed my mind. I have read lots about them and the type of hunt you can have with your flushing dog, and wish that I will be able to hunt them one day. Anybody who may know of a place close to the Ontario/Michigan border(The twin Soo's) please let me know
I like phez for eating, but to hunt, bob whites or grouse of any sort.
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I voted other as the only bird I have SUCCESSFULLY hunted is dove. I have been quail hunting but never got any. I am going to be doing more quail hunting this coming season and hope to get more upland bird and possibly duck opportunities in the future. My favorite bird to eat is quail but I've never had any of the other upland birds so hopefully I will have opportunities to challenge my sitting favorite.
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I voted grouse for the same reasonBird Dog 67 wrote:I chose grouse because those no good rotten flyin' between tree pine tree perchin' blasted birds get the best of me the majority of time....................................and I love em for it. The most challenging bird, (around here) that I can chase. Also a true test for my Weim Dusty.
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Re: Favorite Game Bird
Mearns
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Re: Favorite Game Bird
Wow - this thread has been going since May 2004.
For those that don't know "Mearns" are a type of quail. Although I've never hunted them I've read that they generally do not tend to run like most other quail but hold tight for a pointing dog. They are swift flying but generally are found in spaces that allow more open shooting.
For those that don't know "Mearns" are a type of quail. Although I've never hunted them I've read that they generally do not tend to run like most other quail but hold tight for a pointing dog. They are swift flying but generally are found in spaces that allow more open shooting.
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Nothing beats a covey rise ... oh how I love them bobwhites
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The Ruffed Grouse is number one for me.
Now I haven't had the chance to hunt every upland bird in North America, but that's my favorite so far.
Now I haven't had the chance to hunt every upland bird in North America, but that's my favorite so far.
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My favorite upland bird to hunt are sharptails. I just like following a dog through open native habitat after a native bird.
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I voted Quail, but Woodcock should be on the list....
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Re: Favorite Game Bird
Pheasant...yum!
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I would say pheasants here in western WA, But I really enjoyed going after Quail and Chuckers in eastern WA
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quail better dog work
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Hungarian !!!
Snipe make honorable mention for me.....Once a pointing dog knows what they are, they can produce some great points and teach the dog alot about wild birds.
Snipe make honorable mention for me.....Once a pointing dog knows what they are, they can produce some great points and teach the dog alot about wild birds.
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Mearns have been the most fun for me. They live in open country and hold really tight and are Very rare. Bill
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Some day I am going to have to give Mearns a try.Billinsd wrote:Mearns have been the most fun for me. They live in open country and hold really tight and are Very rare. Bill
Its really a lot of fun to put your dog on different types of birds...I
I have shot BW quail, pheasants and Prairie Chicken over my setters.
BW Quail are my favorite around here. Prairie Chicken in the early season are a distant 2nd followed by pheasants.
The only other bird we have in KS to hunt is Scaled quail, and they are way down in the SW corner of the state.
But Hun and Sharptail are on the list for next season
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