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Unread 07-01-2015, 07:30 PM   #41
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I think grackles would make good shooting. They aren't protected as far as I know and they flock in large numbers. Anybody had a go at these things.
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Unread 07-01-2015, 10:15 PM   #42
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Me and Grackles have an understanding.......one comes in range (and that is about 300yards w/ 22-250) and he goes to crapping on car heaven....more fun when in scattergun range....
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I used to spend my evenings shooting grackles and starlings in the barnyard. Then I got neighbors! I still shoot clays in the field behind the house, but the neighbors wouldn't like me dropping grackles in their front lawn.
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I don't hunt much in July unless you count orange discs. However, this morning I ran the setters in a little patch of cover near the house. Ahhh, a nice woodcock point and back from the boys. I quit running the dogs when I figure the birds are starting to nest and do not begin again until the young should be large enough to fly well. Well, it is that time again! There is not much I enjoy more than shooting but watching the boys work birds is one of them. For me, the countdown to fall officially begins now!
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Not hunting but preparing for this dove season.Fields are staggered in planting and coming in good.Looks to be a good field with plenty of quail with young on all of them.Deer also hitting the fields hard.
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Saw lots of quail on fields along with two coveys of young about a dozen each.Birds calling all over the fields all day.
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good to hear about these quail in good numbers..i have no birds that i know of on my property..good looking field takes lots of work money and time to have a good field like you have......charlie
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Ya know I always wanted my own dove fields when I was a kid.Now that I'm in the business of hunting it was one of the first things I did.It took awhile to get the fields where you wanted.Luckily the land owner I lease from is also a friend and takes care of his cow pastures.So every year lime and fert. is no problem since he is already doing it.
I let him graze a few head of cattle that need it on the dove fields a week before season and it works great for both of us and the doves/quail.
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very nice setup and looks like by the smile on them young hunters that every thing is just fine...no better things than putting smiles on young peoples faces a hunting....charlie
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Eurasian Collared Doves, year-round, no limit! Tasty too. In Arizona you don't even need to ask permission to hunt on private land unless it's posted ! However, the dove hunting there was really poor last winter. No idea what it's like this year (I stay in WY until November at least). Too hot now anyway.
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