Upland4Ever
New member
do you do any other hunting?
Pheasants going out
- Thread starter Upland4Ever
- Start date
do you do any other hunting?
Ringneck Redneck
New member
I do some waterfowl hunting but mainly for something to do till pheasant season starts. I used to hunt doves till they went to steel shot on public land. Steel is to costly to hunt doves with.
mustistuff
Banned
clouds
ya, those clouds are only about 3500 ft. off the ground, come to colorado for our color changing birds and the clouds are 11000 ft off the ground, saying nothing about what it does to your lungs and energy level, heck, our mountains don't even start for the most part till over 9000 ft. did hunt your yolla bolla area one time for blacktails, pretty tame hills compared to here, deer were slow too, shot two of them with the bow on that trip. got 6 wks. to go till dove, and when nothing else is around, just gotta go for em'
cheers
Or so one would like to believe.I have this spot picked out for you if you ever get out this way musti. A covey resides about a 1000ft below those clouds and we might even bump a covey of chuks on the way down.:cheers:
ya, those clouds are only about 3500 ft. off the ground, come to colorado for our color changing birds and the clouds are 11000 ft off the ground, saying nothing about what it does to your lungs and energy level, heck, our mountains don't even start for the most part till over 9000 ft. did hunt your yolla bolla area one time for blacktails, pretty tame hills compared to here, deer were slow too, shot two of them with the bow on that trip. got 6 wks. to go till dove, and when nothing else is around, just gotta go for em'
cheers
quail hound
Moderator
I don't remember ever calling those mountains, nope those are just hills but they're steep. I guess we don't know much for mountains out here except for our small string of 14ers oh and Mt. Whitney which is the tallest peak in the lower 48.:thumbsup: Maybe someday I'll see a real mountain.
Oh and my moutain quail hunting doesn't start below 8,000ft. What kind of quail does colorado have up that high?
Oh and my moutain quail hunting doesn't start below 8,000ft. What kind of quail does colorado have up that high?
Last edited:
carptom1
Well-known member
I don't remember ever calling those mountains, nope those are just hills but they're steep. I guess we don't know much for mountains out here except for our small string of 14ers oh and Mt. Whitney which is the tallest peak in the lower 48.:thumbsup: Maybe someday I'll see a real mountain.
Oh and my moutain quail hunting doesn't start below 8,000ft. What kind of quail does colorado have up that high?
How do you see the flags with all the fog?
mustistuff
Banned
flags
he don't got no flags, he uses springers to chase his birds. one thing though, he does seem to use em' and at any speed.
cheers
he don't got no flags, he uses springers to chase his birds. one thing though, he does seem to use em' and at any speed.
cheers
Upland4Ever
New member
how much water fowling do you do? What makes you like pheasants and quail more to hunt?
quail hound
Moderator
mustistuff
Banned
flags and quail
ya probably got that one right. anyway, just looked up mountain quail and now i am an expert on the birds. getting back to the altitude and mountain stuff, even in our hills almost nothing here either lives or grows at much over 12000 ft so the rest of the mountain is just there for looks. most of our blue grouse will be at 9 - 10000 feet, males maybe a little higher for part of the year. our ptarmigan are rarely below 10000 and frequently up to about 12, getting back to mountain quail, i have never seen one, but the info i have says they migrated during the spring and summer up to about 3000 ft and then in the fall walk on back down the mountain. while they seem to like brush and steep hill sides they seem to be a bird that many folks could truly get to hunt, heard they don't run very fast either, didn't run into any in the yolla bolla, did see a few blue or something like them, they were too fast for me to shoot at though
cheers
ya probably got that one right. anyway, just looked up mountain quail and now i am an expert on the birds. getting back to the altitude and mountain stuff, even in our hills almost nothing here either lives or grows at much over 12000 ft so the rest of the mountain is just there for looks. most of our blue grouse will be at 9 - 10000 feet, males maybe a little higher for part of the year. our ptarmigan are rarely below 10000 and frequently up to about 12, getting back to mountain quail, i have never seen one, but the info i have says they migrated during the spring and summer up to about 3000 ft and then in the fall walk on back down the mountain. while they seem to like brush and steep hill sides they seem to be a bird that many folks could truly get to hunt, heard they don't run very fast either, didn't run into any in the yolla bolla, did see a few blue or something like them, they were too fast for me to shoot at though
cheers
quail hound
Moderator
I think you misread your mtn quail facts. They migrate below the snow line during winter and back up to the high country for spring/ summer/ fall. I've personally never shot one below 5000ft and as far as running, well they love to run. They won't be where they lit by the time you get there, that's for sure. As for the blue ones you saw in Yolla Bolly, those were Ca (valley) quail. Our blues and ptarmigan live in the same elevation range as yours also.:thumbsup:
Bird populations cycle with conditions....always have, always will.
If the down cycles range past the span of a hunter's or dog's life, then they can appear dire.
If the game bird is of a fragile enough constitution and the greatest issue causing decline is US then dire may be a correct description.
Pheasants though are a blessed bird in that they have the ability to respond quickly to changes benefitting them, comparably quickly that is.
Simply put, pheasants and pheasant hunters be lucky.
The more important idea for a hunter may be the trend of the population cycle, up or down, as often the hunter can have a degree of impact on that level.
If the down cycles range past the span of a hunter's or dog's life, then they can appear dire.
If the game bird is of a fragile enough constitution and the greatest issue causing decline is US then dire may be a correct description.
Pheasants though are a blessed bird in that they have the ability to respond quickly to changes benefitting them, comparably quickly that is.
Simply put, pheasants and pheasant hunters be lucky.
The more important idea for a hunter may be the trend of the population cycle, up or down, as often the hunter can have a degree of impact on that level.