Quail and rabbits.

[Quail7-08]

D13 Jumped 3 coveys. Birds are educated, busted far out and are hard to refind. Only 2. I was using number 5 and didn’t like how it performed, gonna stick with number 7. Quiet birds, No calling. Noticed rabbits like to hang out with the quail.

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[ilovesprig]

Nice going.....Quail & rabbits love the same kind of habitat.....

 

[WaterDawg]

Good effort! They do tend to make good neighbors. I’ve been using steel shot when hunting quail for that reason. Next season, of course, it’s all steel.

 

[SurfNHuntSD]

Next season, of course, it’s all steel.

Gonna be a lot of dental visits by hunters next year. If you've ever bit into steel shot, you know what I mean...



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[Quail7-08]

I have, I’m extremely careful.

 

[dhntr48]

Nice Job Q 7-08 ! Some heavy snow in that area , will bring fresh birds down .

 

[longbowhunter2]

D13 Jumped 3 coveys. Birds are educated, busted far out and are hard to refind. Only 2. I was using number 5 and didn’t like how it performed, gonna stick with number 7. Quiet birds, No calling. Noticed rabbits like to hang out with the quail.

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For rabbits and pheasants I like using 12 gauge 2 3/4 #4, #5, #6
But in lead. Tried steel shot #4 at pheasant seemed to work well.
But no one else around
I take down to #6 & #7 when lots of Hunters. Quail and dove

 

[Riverhound]

Anyone ever try using a metal detector? I'm getting back into hunting after a long break but have been metal detecting for a few years. I was thinking a pipointer would work great for finding any leftover pellets.

 

[longbowhunter2]

I have never really had an issue.
When processing big or small game, I just cut out the shot meat. Rinse well in cold water.
Never let the gut bile get on the meat. Debone solves that. But I like to gut them an inspect the innards. For disease.

 

[TRICER]

Very cool. My round of choice for quail is fiochi 7.5 high brass 1.25oz it reaches out and touches them. Now that the lead is going away I still have to figure it out for CA. Good thing I hunt a lot more upland in AZ spraying lead everywhere.

 

[TheGDog]

Gonna be a lot of dental visits by hunters next year. If you've ever bit into steel shot, you know what I mean...



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I was thinking about that. Wouldn't it be a lot easier to detect steel pellets within the game since i'ts a Ferrous metal and thus has magnetic attraction?