Year's End Ups and Downs

[6pt-Sika]

That first picture kinda has that James River Basin area look to it

[mobirdhunter]

Originally Posted by CraigThompson

That first picture kinda has that James River Basin area look to it

Craig, I grew up on the Peninsula between the James and York Rivers, and I quail hunted on paper company land in the piedmont in my youth, so I can see the similarities you mention. Trust me, though, it's only the photo that makes it look that way. This part of the Mid-West is not at all like VA...except that there are quail here (and some hold-out quail hunters).

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Garry L Gordon

Craig, I grew up on the Peninsula between the James and York Rivers, and I quail hunted on paper company land in the piedmont in my youth, so I can see the similarities you mention. Trust me, though, it's only the photo that makes it look that way. This part of the Mid-West is not at all like VA...except that there are quail here (and some hold-out quail hunters).

I used to scoff at what some of the no longer with us used to say about the Old Dominion this or the Old Dominion that , and the older I get the more I find myself doing the same thing . I guess after you’ve been somewhere half a century or more it’s kinda ingrained in you .

[mobirdhunter]

Originally Posted by CraigThompson

I used to scoff at what some of the no longer with us used to say about the Old Dominion this or the Old Dominion that , and the older I get the more I find myself doing the same thing . I guess after you’ve been somewhere half a century or more it’s kinda ingrained in you .

I'm still proud to say I'm a Virginian, but I have not been home in quite some time. I know things change, but I have lots of good memories of my years there. I know we scoff at history and many work hard to revise it. In some cases it's probably good to do, but there's no doubt Virginians helped to make this country.

[Larry the Gun Guy]

2. If you look closely at this photo, a "still" from a video Elaine shot, you'll see the second bird of a double taken with my AH 16. I've had this gun since 2017 and this was its first outing. It performed well, taking 4 birds with 5 shots -- all over points -- from 4 coveys of wild Bobs on a farm with "for sale" signs posted. I assume this is the last season I will hunt this wonderful quail farm.

Not if you buy it.....

[mobirdhunter]

Originally Posted by Larry Stauch

2. If you look closely at this photo, a "still" from a video Elaine shot, you'll see the second bird of a double taken with my AH 16. I've had this gun since 2017 and this was its first outing. It performed well, taking 4 birds with 5 shots -- all over points -- from 4 coveys of wild Bobs on a farm with "for sale" signs posted. I assume this is the last season I will hunt this wonderful quail farm.

Not if you buy it.....

We have actually talked about it. It's a wonderful mix of good quail habitat, although sericea lespedeza has invaded. The real drawback is that it is 2 hours away from us.

And then, there's Thoreau's words that I keep hearing: It's not the farmer that owns the land, but the land that owns the farmer.