Your Favorite Gamebird

[C.O.B.]

As the winter dolldrums decend upon us and we are left only with the recollections of the past season and the ocasional story by Hill, Ford, Babcock etc I pose the question of What is your favorite game bird? Mine is Mr. Bobwhite, I like the heart stopping covey explosion, the staunch dog and a slim and quick small bore Parker. I have had the priveldge of hunting truly wild Quail as a kid when there was a season here in Michigan. I have hunted them in the heart of Dixie from a Mule drawn wagon also. Only preseve birds here now but with a 28 or 410 they are still sporty advasaries.

[10 bore]

duck as a game bird, but crow is the best!!

[Jeff K.]

Pheasant is number one, with jump shooting mallards on ditches a close second.

[gman]

65 miles per hour should put this puppy in the running

[chris dawe]

Even though I'm from a place where Ptarmigan is king,the ruff has my heart.....and to think ,to my knowledge I'm the only one up here who hunt's them over a dog...and with a Parker

[Dean Romig]

I'll let you guess.....

Maybe look to the left at my avatar photo....?

[Brush Buster]

I have to side with Dean on this one ! How can you beat a day out walking the soft loamy earth of the low lands and crabapple thickets where this little fella resides ! When the flights are in thirty , forty maybe more points on a good morning and always fast shooting at a wild game bird with a small bore Parker ,Wonderful !!

[King Brown]

Ruffed Grouse. A double, flying left and right, enough to last me rest of my life. Common among blacks and whistlers, in second and third place.

[Bill Bates]

Above all else I think of myself a ruffed grouse hunter. Someday I would love to stumble into a Parker really suitable for the task, one I can afford. Here in Utah we have another month to chase chukars but that is a sport for young billy goats. The dog wants to go for a run so I may give them a go before the season ends.

[Feathersjr]

Whatever is in season!!!!Down in the Southeast...Dove in September, then Quail, Grouse, Woodcock, and Pheasants in October. But don't forget, Ducks in November and Turkeys in the Spring. A bird dog and the will to get out and after all of these gamebirds keeps me going. They are all my favorites and as I have gotten older, they are all great sport and create memories that I only wish could be passed on to the grandsons. No, we don't have Pheasants in the Southeast, but South Dakota has plenty...