quailhunter101
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We are planning our 8th annual trip the first full week of December for 4 days. It is a 13 hour drive for us. We leave after work around 5:00. Get in around 4:00 a.m. Sleep for a couple of hours and wake for a usual beautiful sunrise and coffee.
Our first trip was in 2012 and the hunting was tough enough to leave both me and my buddy scratching our heads as to why we tried it again. The 2nd trip was a huge learning curve and were blessed to get to hunt some private ground. We rarely shoot a quail or pheasant limit, but almost always see birds all day long. Still hunt a mix of public ground too. If it looks good, hunt it, but don’t spend more than hour if no birds. Keep moving around as bird numbers could be different in as little as a mile away.
What started as a 2 man adventure 9 years ago now has us with 3 new recruits and my brother-in-law to the bird hunting passion. Two of which now have their own dogs. We hunt together some, but split up as well. Like others enjoy, we relive the same stories every year. I need to start a journal.
I have a 1-1/2 yrld male setter, Gus and 12 year old female setter, Macey. Excitement and nostalgia for me to shoot some birds over the young stud, and hopefully one more point, shoot, retrieve from my girl.
Make it a great season all. Thanks for the stories shared. I too enjoy just reading the detailed hunts(no locations!) and pictures.
Our first trip was in 2012 and the hunting was tough enough to leave both me and my buddy scratching our heads as to why we tried it again. The 2nd trip was a huge learning curve and were blessed to get to hunt some private ground. We rarely shoot a quail or pheasant limit, but almost always see birds all day long. Still hunt a mix of public ground too. If it looks good, hunt it, but don’t spend more than hour if no birds. Keep moving around as bird numbers could be different in as little as a mile away.
What started as a 2 man adventure 9 years ago now has us with 3 new recruits and my brother-in-law to the bird hunting passion. Two of which now have their own dogs. We hunt together some, but split up as well. Like others enjoy, we relive the same stories every year. I need to start a journal.
I have a 1-1/2 yrld male setter, Gus and 12 year old female setter, Macey. Excitement and nostalgia for me to shoot some birds over the young stud, and hopefully one more point, shoot, retrieve from my girl.
Make it a great season all. Thanks for the stories shared. I too enjoy just reading the detailed hunts(no locations!) and pictures.
