quail report
 

as the days of summer has been slipping by ive been outsdeworking in the garden and fields...ive been hearingmore bobwhite s whistling than ive heard in several years...so maybe just maybe trhe quail are making a comeback...been a few years since there was a huntable population around my house...ive planted food plots for them but it didnot seem to be doing anygood but maybe ive been wrong...would be nice to throw up that old parker 20 and sight in on a quail in my neck of the woods...i hope to see the return of the quail in the south again..... charlie

Charlie, I got up 5 pair of quail on a trip around the farm the other day. They are whistling morning, noon and late evening. It's a beautiful sight and sound.

sounds good john...i too really enjoy the sound of bobwhites and hens whisiling...as the quail in gergia held there own these last sevaeal years...our quail here almost but disappeared....lots of discusion over there demise but to no avail...what gun do you hunt quail with.... charlie

Quail..days gone by..
 

I really miss the call of ole Gentleman Bob..your posting reminded me of my home in Alabama where quail were just refered to as "birds" an everyone knew what you were talking about.I was fortunate to be a boy and young man when birds were plentiful and seasons were long.I hunted off of a mule drawn wagon with my dad and uncles.I was in charge of the dogs untill my 12th birthday ..thats when I moved to the front wagon.Shot my first flushing bird with a 20ga model 21 that my Uncle Charlie gave me (shot some others with a 410 Stevens before but they were in trees).
I woke up many a morning to the call of a lonesome cock bird looking for company...miss those days so much..still have memories...
Thanks,
Bill :smiley7:

Controlling the predator population would help bring back quail. Use that long barreled, tight choked Parker 12 ga to reach out and touch that coyote.

Charlie, the answer to your question is, it depends. If I'm walking, I use a Parker BHE 16 gauge, 26 inch barrels, open chokes. If I'm on horse back, 20 gauge Trojan with 26 inch barrels.

Quail have been in steep decline here in middle/south Georgia for some time. But the planting of long leaf pine and native warm season grasses seems to be paying off. Not to argue Bruce's point but I gave up on predator control as it costs too much (time and money) for the return. IMHO habitat is the key. But that means more than food plots. You've got to provide it all, and that ain't cheap either. I burn, harrow, plant, leave fallow, spray, chop, mow, thin and supplement. It's a full time job.

Don't know about that coyote Quote ol coyote gets a lot of blame. Haven't seen the baby phesants cutting wheat suppose thats coyotes fault also. I think its wheather. Now if you run sheep it's a different story.

Been hearing ol Bob round here also.

John's point is well taken for habitat.

Out here we have fellows who like to set up calls and wait for coyotes and whatever may come along. Giving a fellow like that entry privileges on your land has helped friends considerably after they had the habitat and at least some small coveys. But if a person is a landowner, he generally doesn't have the time to sit out there with a rifle waiting for varmits.

Speaking of predators, yesterday I zipped by a lynx sitting by the road watching 3 fuzzy gull chicks swim around a dredge pond, waiting no doubt for them to get close to the bank on his side. He ran off when I went by and the gulls harassed him for some time. I sure ruined his dinner plans! There's an Arctic tern nest on the pond also but I don't think it's hatched out yet. Most of the birds are hatched and out and about already, including the baby horned owls in this pic.

Charlie ,That nice little 20 Ga.GH Grade of yours would be PERFECT !!!!!!!!!! Good Shooting To YOU ! Russ:)