Kirwin national wildlife refuge

mustistuff said:
pastie's, use to see them at the carnival on certain people.. never shot a goose that had fat, so therefore, no grease and that was part of the problem i think. as far as jack rabbit goes, tried them a number of times, tough deal, just couldn't hide the taste, don't care if they did keep people alive during the dust bowl days, they are horrible. other rabbits are tasty. poppers sound pretty good especially with lots of pepper jack

good eating

cheers
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pasties? like a calzone,a turnover with stew in them
 
geese

no bucko, they are canada's, canadian geese don't exist, been chasing quail too long and not looking up at the sky. you in pintail country? snows? wouldn't give a hoot. can't eat em' anyway. pretty to look at is all. besides, who would eat snow poppers anyway???

cheers
 
Tons of Canada's :confused: around here this time of year, they're hell on winter wheat. Mostly teal, green heads and woodies around here as far as ducks go. Could've had a nice pair of woodies while quail hunting Saturday. Someday I may just buy my duck stamps but then I'd gave to shoot non tox while quail or pheasant hunting.:(
 
quail hound said:
Serms odd. If they are from Canada aren't they Canadian?:confused:
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not trying to sound pedantic but their official name is canada geese.
years ago ,my waterfowling mentor was adamant i get the name right,fussy i guess.

i suppose we could say that many canada geese are canadian but not all canadian born geese are canadas(snow,white front).with the population explosion of geese the last 30 yrs many canada geese arent canadian because they dont migrate any more.
to musti stuff's comment on there being no grease,alls i can say is add it to a soup, stew or whatever and it sure seem to thicken the broth and add rich ness. i would probaly try to eat a couple a few different ways before passing up a chance to hunt them.its dark meat not pheasant or quail
to each his own
 
I guess you're right a lot of local non migratory honkers around here. I knew they were officially called Canada geese but its kind of weird to say. It bugs the hell out of me when people say "quails" lol. I say "Quails? What are quails?".:cheers:
 
quayles?that was the man and his family that used to be vice president
it doesnt bug me what you call em,just thought i respond:thumbsup:
 
Are you familiar with Ben O Williams? He has written several books of on bird hunting.

The title of the one about quail is "Hunting the Quails of North America."
 
SetterNut said:
Are you familiar with Ben O Williams? He has written several books of on bird hunting.

The title of the one about quail is "Hunting the Quails of North America."
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Hey its not my fault you pointer guys don't know quail is both singular and plural.;)
 
I'm with you Quail Hound! My skin crawls when I hear someone say "Quails". It's like saying "Deers". How about Geeses???
 
SetterNut said:
Actually, Quails doesn't sound correct to me. But surely the editor for Ben O's book would not get the title wrong :eek:
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I looked it up. Both quail and quails are accepted plural forms but man, quails just sounds dumb.:cheers:

I was actually going to order that book once but didn't because of the title.
 
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hair

ain't no diff. while you are at it ya might just as well while you are getting your hair cut to get all of them cut, same price i think
 
Actually:) if You were to quote something like.

Weed seeds are an important part of a Quails diet.

You would be using the word "Quails" properly.:thumbsup:

Or if You were to say "Quails Hound" that would mean that Hound belonged to Quails.
SO, Quail and Quails both are needed. Geez and I have not even had a snort yet?
 
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I'm no english major but wouldn't it be quail's? The apostraphe s is used to show ownership or possession as in "quail's hound". I guess it's a matter of context. I have no problem saying "That is the quail's water source" but would not say "Did you see how many quails were in that covey?".:cheers:
 
All do diligence to the author, who is a teacher by trade, The shakepeariesk "Quails" was probably an English term from across the pond, They don't have any, so I guess they can call them what they want! I guess we can call the quail here what we want. We have them, barely. The truth is "quail" belong in the traditional sense to "bobwhite" quail, to them all other birds which have to same habits and forms are determined to be "quail" of a different sort. Bob whites live in bevies/bevy not coveys as we in the midwest say. in the south you say "birds", because nothing else qualifies. I want to stop here, because It this makes us sound like the infernal hide-bound ruffed grouse hunters! You know about them right?
 
quail hound said:
I'm no english major but wouldn't it be quail's? The apostraphe s is used to show ownership or possession as in "quail's hound". I guess it's a matter of context. I have no problem saying "That is the quail's water source" but would not say "Did you see how many quails were in that covey?".:cheers:
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OR, "how many quails did you come across today"

Sounds a bit weird.

Now that I've had a snort:eek: I'm thinking better:p

Why would there be a apostrophe in quails:confused:

AND it is spelled apostrophe not apostraphe, and I knew that before my snort.:)
Hey!! we had a high of -7 today I'm by the fire.:cheers:
 
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