Favorite LAdies and Favorite Country

TNR · 02-08-2011, 04:47 PM

...notice I didn't mention anything about birds. Great habitat and poor quail numbers. The future of bobwhite quail is beyond terrifying.

But we enjoyed our armed walk in the woods.

Bill Faulk · 02-08-2011, 04:54 PM

Where are you?
Pines look like Al.,Ga.Miss. or Carolina..
I spent many ,many happy ours huntin Gentleman Bob in SouthEast Alabama.

TNR · 02-08-2011, 05:38 PM

Eastern Carolinas!

charlie cleveland · 02-08-2011, 07:37 PM

dont know whats happening to the quail but ive not jumped 1 quail this hunting season and ive beenin the woods alot....the state of miss is also low in numbers of quail.... charlie

charlie cleveland · 02-08-2011, 11:58 PM

jent you mite be right the south is covered in fireants....in the fields at my house you have to watch were you step...as you said nothing seems to keep the fireant at bay.... charlie

Richard Flanders · 02-10-2011, 12:29 PM

Fireants eating baby quail?! Jeez. In Michigan it's just coyotes, coons, feral cats, and possums. But fire ants? I had never thought of that one. Easier to dodge the bears up here than to avoid ants. Good thing I live up here where life is 'safe'... What's next, eh?

Dean Romig · 02-10-2011, 12:46 PM

It must be easy livin' up there right now Rich, what with the bears in hibernation and all...

Big D · 02-10-2011, 01:05 PM

I dunno. Go back to Nash B's timeframe, and I suspect they didn't yet have the chemicals which have been recently used to control Fire Ants. However, they seemed to have plenty of birds. Something else has changed. Farming practices are my guess.

Bill Faulk · 02-10-2011, 01:19 PM

Saw this guy this am but was just walking around enjoying the 55 d weather..Bill

Blind Dog · 02-10-2011, 01:30 PM

Check Wikipedia. The article holds that the fire ant was introduced to the South in 1930 from a ship docked at Mobile. I thought it was a fairly recent immigrant.