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Unread 01-05-2021, 11:28 PM   #1
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It's according to whether you want to hunt released birds or wild birds.

Wild birds are available at two or three plantations in the Albany/Leesburg, GA area. Three years ago one of them was getting $11,500 per gun for 1 1/2 days hunting, all accommodations included.

Most people who haven't hunted bobwhites opt for released birds, which can range from really good fliers to pitifully poor, according to the operation..........and are much less pricey.

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It's according to whether you want to hunt released birds or wild birds.

Wild birds are available at two or three plantations in the Albany/Leesburg, GA area. Three years ago one of them was getting $11,500 per gun for 1 1/2 days hunting, all accommodations included.

Most people who haven't hunted bobwhites opt for released birds, which can range from really good fliers to pitifully poor, according to the operation..........and are much less pricey.

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Stan is absolutely correct. Some folks who have never hunted a wild quail have not really experienced quail hunting. Not saying that is a bad thing at all, but there is no comparison really to wild bird hunting and pen raised birds.
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I wouldn’t mind going somewhere in the deep Old South , but I wanna ride a Tennessee Walker not ride a mule wagon .
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I wouldn’t mind going somewhere in the deep Old South , but I wanna ride a Tennessee Walker not ride a mule wagon .

Now wouldn't that be the coolest!?!?

That would be an absolute gas!!

Yeah - with a 34" twenty gauge straight-grip CHE - Yowza!!







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Stan is absolutely correct. Some folks who have never hunted a wild quail have not really experienced quail hunting. Not saying that is a bad thing at all, but there is no comparison really to wild bird hunting and pen raised birds.
Amen.
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For several years I belonged to a local field trial club. Most of the guys participated in the horseback trials, and although we were the "poor" participants (did not own horses), we could have a ride whenever we wanted. It was quite the experience. BTW, Missouri jumping mules are quite the thing, especially among old coon hunters. They would lay a blanket over a fence and the mule would jump it. I saw one once at a horseback trial. I was fascinated, but the others looked down their noses.
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For several years I belonged to a local field trial club. Most of the guys participated in the horseback trials, and although we were the "poor" participants (did not own horses), we could have a ride whenever we wanted. It was quite the experience. BTW, Missouri jumping mules are quite the thing, especially among old coon hunters. They would lay a blanket over a fence and the mule would jump it. I saw one once at a horseback trial. I was fascinated, but the others looked down their noses.
That’s the first place I ever rode a Tennessee Walker ! I will say of the horses I rode in my younger days a Walker had the most Pleasent gait .
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Stan is absolutely correct. Some folks who have never hunted a wild quail have not really experienced quail hunting. Not saying that is a bad thing at all, but there is no comparison really to wild bird hunting and pen raised birds.
On the bucket list- wild pheasant and quail. Nothing has made me want to hunt wild pheasant like Pheasants of the Mind by Datus Proper.
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