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Was fortunate to grow up with valley quail, chukar, blue grouse, and ruff grouse in the area. For a few years mountain quail made a showing and we would find them while going after the devil bird. Huns would be plentiful some years and sparse other years. Love chasing valley quail and blue grouse....chukar is all about revenge now. Upland birds will be a priority when it comes time to relocate upon retirement. What a great picture!
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I grew up hunting quail (and squirrel, rabbit, and dove) in Arkansas. Got into GSPs after I moved to MO and hunted quail and pheasant hard several years. I worked 12 hour shift work for awhile and got a lot of hunting in both MO and KS. Had some really good hunts in both states.
As the numbers declined in both states, and as my wife's knees made trekking through the fields less tolerable for her, I finally stopped upland bird hunting maybe 15 years ago, and lost my last bird dog about 7 years after that. Deer and turkey here in mid-MO and an elk trip very occasionally out west have been the extent of my hunting since.
I did go up to the northeast corner of MT last fall with an old bird hunting buddy of mine who still has dogs, and some of his dog training/hunting friends. Hunted the week before the pheasant opener, and had a blast hunting Sharpies and Huns, for the first time ever. Ended up with 8 Sharpies and 9 huns and if I could have shot half like I should've it could have easily been twice that. Good birds, good dogs, good friends hard to beat.
Upland bird hunting behind good dogs with decent bird numbers is far and away the most enjoyable for me. Not to mention the awesome cardio workout you get tromping behind the dogs.
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I haven’t read the whole thread yet, so if Ren 50 already said it here, …”Ruffed Grouse tastes like a wet dog smells”. Hahaha! I couldn’t disagree more, but I remember him saying that at some point because it surprised the hell out of me, and, it’s one of funnier analogies I can remember anyone making.
Myself, love hunting them. Woodcock are my absolute fave.
My pals have dogs, I’ll do it without one. Fun stuff.
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I grew up hunting quail (and squirrel, rabbit, and dove) in Arkansas. Got into GSPs after I moved to MO and hunted quail and pheasant hard several years. I worked 12 hour shift work for awhile and got a lot of hunting in both MO and KS. Had some really good hunts in both states.
As the numbers declined in both states, and as my wife's knees made trekking through the fields less tolerable for her, I finally stopped upland bird hunting maybe 15 years ago, and lost my last bird dog about 7 years after that. Deer and turkey here in mid-MO and an elk trip very occasionally out west have been the extent of my hunting since.
I did go up to the northeast corner of MT last fall with an old bird hunting buddy of mine who still has dogs, and some of his dog training/hunting friends. Hunted the week before the pheasant opener, and had a blast hunting Sharpies and Huns, for the first time ever. Ended up with 8 Sharpies and 9 huns and if I could have shot half like I should've it could have easily been twice that. Good birds, good dogs, good friends hard to beat.
Upland bird hunting behind good dogs with decent bird numbers is far and away the most enjoyable for me. Not to mention the awesome cardio workout you get tromping behind the dogs. Did you hunt private or public land up there Blu and if I may ask, what towns did you hunt close to? Did you encounter pheasant?
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Sam Olsen, where are you on the HiLine? We live in town at Wolf Point. On the Rez. Not too far away, I grew up on a farm east of Circle.
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Bird shot long ago. I could walk right back to where it was shot. I've never shot one longer but I've seen one half again that long that looked like a golf tee, straight as an arrow. Wife and I will move to South Dakota in the next few years at some point. I'll work 3 days a week and chase walleyes and roosters the rest of the time. Should be a good time.
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I needed a bourbon and a deck of cards to make a bonafide Slumlord pic the other day. Close as I could get. And look at that classy GEC to clean them with.
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Kid,
do you folks eat the collared ones?
I'm letting the ones around here live as my Zombie Pockalips emergency food supply. Once nesting season is over I end up with about 40 or so coming in to eat the scratch I put out for the doves and pinyon jays (more emergency food)..
Every once in a while I get the urge to pop a couple with the pellet rifle, it would just be me eating them as the wife would prolly take a pass. The collared doves taste as good as the mourning doves. Usually a little more meat. They are fair game year around. That's the good thing here, pests are year round targets. Thanks for passing on your culinary knowledge. I may just have to "harvest" a couple Try this! https://honest-food.net/dove-jagerschnitzel/Thanks, save to the recipes folder
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Opens Saturday here. I look forward to bird hunting now more than deer...barely.
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and a BPS upland....nice choice!
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He since moved out of that shotgun into an O/U, no more BPS upland for him I guess. Nice dogs!
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Cheesy, don't make the badger angry.....🤔
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Love those rock posts out in that part of KS. Neat history.
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I've never walked up on a badger but I've shot 3 skunks at the end of my gun barrel.
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Cheesy, don't make the badger angry.....🤔 Twice now the same dog has pointed a badger, about 5 miles apart in different years. Both times he was flat on the ground, growling and snarling and hissing and just generally not in a good mood. My buddy told me after the fact that is just his way of saying he wanted scratched on the belly....who knew???
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