Home Forums Birds & Dogs Upland Game Preserve quail and chukar hunting in NC

I haven't hunted quail since the very early 90s. Those were wild quail on paper company land clear cuts. Nowadays, quail are few and far between.

Recently I got an invite to hunt a preserve in NC. I learned it was sort of a put-n-take sitation like some some trout fishing here in the state where I live. I was a little hesitant. Thought it would be kinda lame. I've changed my mind. It was actually pretty exhausting and the dogs worked hard to find the birds. The chukars and some of the quail were all released birds that apparently get released into the fields, and then the dogs and hunters have to find and flush them. We did flush two coveys of about 6-8 quail each that were wild, according to our guide, and got a couple of those. Anyways, it was a pretty neat experience and got a few birds with my Ithaca Model 37. This was me and my buddy's morning take, each of us getting about half of these birds. We had an afternoon hunt, too, and got about the same number.