Finding quail
- Thread starter Auguie
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Only one way to find out.... Go look
No one will give up their quail spots it's like asking to sleep with a mans wife, well your wife better be hot too. Wait bad example. It's like..... Oh never mind it's just bad. Go look and report back
No one will give up their quail spots it's like asking to sleep with a mans wife, well your wife better be hot too. Wait bad example. It's like..... Oh never mind it's just bad. Go look and report back
There are quail everywhere right now. I am yet to go deer hunting this season with out busting multiple coveys in different areas.
Agreed the Quail numbers are great this year! Now... swingin' your shotgun onto 'em fast enough and singling out a single one to focus on, and then actually hitting it... yeah... that's gonna need a little more work for this shotgun n00b. But DAMN has it been challenging and fun!
And Heck, for Quail?... all ya gotta do is be listening while you've been out and about scouting pre-season. Once you learn their like 3 main sounds they do, and what they mean, you'll be hearing them all over the place as you go along about your business in your pre-season scouting. That's not to say that actually finding them and getting a shot on them will be easy, even when you do hear them. But that's what makes it fun. You WILL be doing quite a bit of walking though!
And Heck, for Quail?... all ya gotta do is be listening while you've been out and about scouting pre-season. Once you learn their like 3 main sounds they do, and what they mean, you'll be hearing them all over the place as you go along about your business in your pre-season scouting. That's not to say that actually finding them and getting a shot on them will be easy, even when you do hear them. But that's what makes it fun. You WILL be doing quite a bit of walking though!
Never been to Carrizo. Jim Mathews says when that area is good, it is REALLY good. Like others said, there are lots of quail this year.
Long hike off 166 to get to those spots, no vehicle access on those roads. My guess is you'll encounter quail far sooner then the 5+ miles it'll take you to get back that far. You could also go up into the Rock Front OHV area. Seen quail up there in the past. They might close that area though already for winter or if not they will soon most likely.
Deer picked my interest over Quail. Now that I am hunting for Deer I find Quail..lol. I was hunting Dove and I found a bunch of Quail too. I try to shoot them but little bastards are too quick and fly low.
Mountain Quail and Desert Quail seem to have different behavior. The one thing it gives them both away is their call. Not always loud, not always consistent. They can see you way before you see them, they have a spotter watching for predators.
They seem to like flat open areas with places to hide close by. If you hear them, you can't just walk to where they are, it seems you have to hide and watch first.
Auguie what part of town do you live in ? Carrizo plain is a great spot to try , I heard they had a super bloom there this year, and grass land is off the chart . I have seen Chukars there in the past . Snow also brings birds down , I'm waiting for the next low elevation snow storm , then I will walk the snow line !
