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They are California. Perhaps one person's California quail is another's Valley quail though.

Malheur County is the place. There are quail along the Owyhee River along the canyon (BLM land) all the way up to Owhyee Reservoir. There are also Chukar up on the slopes of rocky cheatgrass along the canyon as well. Additionally, there are a lot of quail along the Malheur River between...

The much awaited upland gamebird surveys for Oregon are out. As expected. The hunting for pheasants will be better than last year, although not many adult pheasants to work with from last year their chick production and survival are amazing. So we should see a lot of young pheasants this year...

I've been loading shells, cleaning guns, sharpening knifes and talking to landowners. It has been over 90 for as long as I can remember here so I am playing racquetball inside just to keep the lungs and legs working. Other than that, I have been reliving last year in my mind. Lots of great...

I rand across these two videos that are pretty entertaining to watch. These folks are hunting 15-20 miles from where I hunt. If you ever get a chance, try this one time in your life. It's a ton of fun.......bring lots of shells. It will turn an inexperienced dog into a professional quickly.

Have you tried in the Portales, Clovis area? There used to be a good number of blues and bobwhites there and I’ve been thinking about making a trip back there to relive my glory days.

One time I went hunting in Broadwater Nebraska on a friends farm. He just purchased a new truck, which we took hunting that day. He had "ordered" a herd of goats that specialized in eating wild hemp and thistles. They showed up as we were getting out of the truck to hunt. To save the guys...

You are right Birddude, I will regret it. I’ve had several plans to go get it done. I even have a couple of likely spots picked out. I just need life to provide a little spare time to get it done.

I will try to do better.

No, I use a skeet or improved in the cattails and russian olives (quail and pheasants)and then a modified or full in the sage and rocks for quail and chukar) I started using the modified and full because I was knocking chukar down and they weren't quite dead so they would run into rock rubble...

Below are estimates only Pheasants 80%, this includes all shots.......I will take a shot at a rooster at 60 yards because you just never know. Quail perhaps 30%...this is completely dependent on the type of cover that I am hunting. I hunt a lot of russian olive and cattails and birds get up...

I made an exchange with Citorri 16. I would accompany him on a sharptail grouse and Hungarian partridge hunt and he will accompany me on a December eastern Oregon pheasant and quail hunt. Who knows, if this works out perhaps there are other folks who might want to swap experiences in future years.

Citorri 16 are I hope that my response wasn’t taken incorrectly. I might shoot poorly and need a gun adjustment…….and then, perhaps it’s the habitat . It would be extremely fun and provide me a good perspective of my own shooting, if a hunter from a different type of habitat would...

All good questions birdman2. I would like to invite a trusted member of this forum……who is deserving and can keep a secret to an eastern Oregon bird hunt with me this next fall. You won’t believe it until you experience it.

Oh yea, I had a late season cow elk tag and due to really horrible luck with weather, I didn't fill the tag. As a matter of fact, I never saw an elk, so that I would rate as horrible. I did go on an awesome buck pronghorn archery hunt. I saw lots of pronghorn, several good bucks every day and...

One additional admission, I suck, absolutely suck at a 40+ yard passing shot at quail. That said, even though I suck at it I can’t pass it up either. I just keep sending lead down range. I might knock 1 bird down in 20 tries. I shoot skeet and you would think that would help, but nope.

I shoot well sporadically at quail for sure. Russian Olive thickets and cattails do not help my shooting at all. I shoot well in grass and brush. So all that combined I might shoot 30%. Saying it here is very embarrassing.

I would rate my hunting experience this year as very good. Chukar in Utah and eastern Nevada were more numerous than I have ever seen. Quail numbers in eastern Oregon were higher than I have ever seen. The pheasant numbers were lower this year than any year in the last 12 years. There were...

One other thought to throw in the mix. It also helps to have earned the respect and trust of other landowners in the area. That seems to carry a lot of weight.

I am curious Lointer.......where are you crappie fishing? Morels make you a westerner!