Bobwhite Reintroduction!

[Joe Graziano]

Tom,

I loved reading your post. I grew up in Toms River in the 1980s. My father and I used to hunt wild quail in an old county park in Ocean County. No one I’ve told has ever heard of wild NJ quail! We didn’t know they existed until stumbling on them while rabbit hunting. Yours is the only other post I’ve ever read about someone else hunting quail in NJ. They were indeed big, and also plentiful where we hunted. I never saw another hunter back there other than our family and friends. Most of the time, we hunted stocked birds, pheasant and quail, at Colliers Mills. Brings back such memories.

Thanks and God bless!

Joe

[Mike of the Mountain]

Art, this was planned for over 10 years. The PGC had been working on quail habitat in Central PA. There will be 25 wild birds from VA, 25 from KY and 50 from FL all total that will be stocked on that Army base this year. Word is that over the past few years there has been quite a bit of predator trapping on the base too. Most of our birds need some predators removed to successfully grow the populations. That's one thing the PGC is finding while working with MO and a few other states that are actively studying turkey populations. Hard data is needed for them to make changes. Comments pro or con regarding predator removal don't cut it. Good research gets things done. We need healthy habitat and we need to take some predators out of the equation. I'm looking forward to being out and trapping again next winter. I enjoy it and it helps our bird populations on our property.

Just a happy note, we've been hearing grouse drumming here for the past month! It's the first time in probably four years!

[TOOL MAN]

"YUMMMMMMM, 100 HOT-POCKETS!!!!"

"Sure beats the starlings at the town dump.

Thanks PGC, that should feed me and my hood for at least a week!!!"

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[Mike of the Mountain]

Hawk are very tasty especially marinated and smoked on a Traeger.

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Mike Koneski

Hawk are very tasty especially marinated and smoked on a Traeger.

I’ve been told freshly dug holes like consuming Hawk carcasses

[Stan Hillis]

Originally Posted by Mike Koneski

Hawk are very tasty especially marinated and smoked on a Traeger.

When asked how hawks "eat" (meaning how do they taste, in Southern vernacular} an old guy I knew replied "Most like an owl".

[Bruce Hering]

Originally Posted by Stan Hillis

When asked how hawks "eat" (meaning how do they taste, in Southern vernacular} an old guy I knew replied "Most like an owl".

Thats from a Justin Wilson joke routine, I think. Cajun based.