How did you guys do on Upland Opener?

[SteveHazard]

Three of us ran into two coveys of chuker ten to fifteen birds each east of Ridgecrest and managed to down six between us.

Good to hear. I've been concerned some of the guzzlers out there could of been damaged from the quakes... some probably were I imagine.

 

[ilovesprig]

Three of us ran into two coveys of chuker ten to fifteen birds each east of Ridgecrest and managed to down six between us.

Pix?

 

[Deleted member 27310]

Opener... took 4 down recovered only 3, the one that was winged went into a hole on side of ditch and I couldn't get it. Took them home marinated them in Ramey's meat seasoning grilled in the afternoon and my son (7yrs) and I snacked on them while we watched Meat Eater on Netflix. They tasted so good. Think I'll go tomorrow and pick up a few more quail for Sunday football snacks. 6 shells used, 15 minutes from home... I love the IV.

 

[ilovesprig]

Congrats, Rich....Love quail on all fronts.

 

[Deleted member 27310]

Congrats, Rich....Love quail on all fronts.

Thanks Sir.. Just wish I had a dog while chasing them.

 

[ilovesprig]

Thanks Sir.. Just wish I had a dog while chasing them.

Easy fix…..

 

[davetheslave]

Took my 9 year old son “the

dog trainer” and French Brittany Gigi out for quail opener here in San Diego. Got into a nice covey and shot a bird with son by my side. He got to watch as feathers flew into the air and thought it looked just like the movies... but louder. Proudest papa hunting moment to date with my boy.

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[SurfNHuntSD]

Three of us ran into two coveys of chuker ten to fifteen birds each east of Ridgecrest and managed to down six between us.

Proooove it

 

[Driz]

I birddogged for my old man. He got 3, but we couldn’t find two of them so there was no point losing any more. We need a REAL dog


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[parkermann]

Got a few today

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[SteveHazard]

If anybody wants to kill 20 mins here are the first 11 birds I down'd and recovered from the Sat and Sun of opener last weekend in video form. Some pretty nice feather clouds between the two vids, some of my better footage for sure.

 

[ilovesprig]

Just need the music from The Good, the bad, and the ugly...Congrats

 

[Smokey58]

Steve Hazard, You the Man.... great hunting

 

[dhntr48]

Steve , Love the videos , quail are all around but spread out do to good conditions , and lots of water in the hills . Tell us about your video set up and where to buy one . Looks like a good time !!!!

 

[CTR13]

We didn’t make the opener, but yesterday was a good morning. 1 limit, 1 bunny, and 2 for my Pappy.

 

[Smokey58]

Looks like the IV, great Hunt.

 

[CTR13]

@Smokey58 you know it! The IV has been slowly becoming my go to for wing shooting, but I still love chasing those buggers in the rougher hill/mountain terrain around Kern/ Lake Isabella

 

[Smokey58]

@Smokey58 you know it! The IV has been slowly becoming my go to for wing shooting, but I still love chasing those buggers in the rougher hill/mountain terrain around Kern/ Lake Isabella

I am going to look for Chukar NE of Lake isabella this saturday. My buddy is getting his RV this week so I look forward to some IV overnighters for pheasant/quail in Nov and Dec.

 

[SteveHazard]

Steve , Love the videos , quail are all around but spread out do to good conditions , and lots of water in the hills . Tell us about your video set up and where to buy one . Looks like a good time !!!!

For a camera I'm using a Hero 7 black. But if somebody didn't have one already I'd get the Hero 8 Black that just came out and do the trade up program from GoPro for a $100 off. That's what I did last year when I got my Hero 7 they literally will take any busted up old camera that at one time cost more then $100. I sent them a broken 2011 Sony Cybershot for the trade up which was worthless to me otherwise.

Then the camera is mounted to a custom headstrap to get the nice centered lower bore angle on the gun when shooting. Basically I hacked of the existing mount and replaced it with a curved adhesive mount and ball joint mount. If you look at my channel I did a vid showing how to do it. This basically allows you to fit the camera to how you shoulder the gun.

And supposedly something is coming the the mail to improve sound but I've not gotten it yet.

 

[Driz]

Never hunted Gambel’s quail yet. I heard it’s hard to get within range of them without a dog.


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