Any (bird) hunters on here?

[Watrdawg]

Talk about Montana birds. I was elk hunting in the Beaverhead National Forest below Butte 6 yrs ago and during the middle of the day I shot 4 Franklin Grouse with my bow. They were pretty easy to get within 20 yards of before they ran away. Unfortunately that is all I shot on that hunt.

[M4Fundi]

I have to say many of my friends come home from bow hunting elk with more Blues than elk

[CRAMBONE]

With opening weekend of dove season around the corner, I used to always find myself torn between the first Razorback game and shooting dove. After getting a Boykin pup my mind has been made for me. Last year he picked up every bird I shot, plus two that he nosed out after friends thought they'd lost them in the field. Definitely looking forward to a successful repeat and his first duck hunt this year.

Its usually the same for me and Miss State. Unfortunately I will miss both this year. But you better believe Im gonna blast the hell out of some bushy tails and ducks.

[Watrdawg]

I have to say many of my friends come home from bow hunting elk with more Blues than elk

Now that I think about it they were Blues and not Franklin's. Good eating birds either way.

[tmanker]

I hunt pheasants and ducks, among other things, with my draht, Bruno. Pheasant hunting here in Iowa has been crap the last few years so I've been doing a lot more waterfowl hunting.

[Artos]

Now that I think about it they were Blues and not Franklin's. Good eating birds either way.

We call scaled quail blues down this way and have 50/50 mix on the ranch I hunt along w/ bobs of course.

frustating critter to retrieve off the senderos...even for the dogs.

[amac]

Duck hunting here. Living in NOLA, I'm pretty close to some good marsh land. I plan to make my first trip into Arkansas this year. I'm dying for an all out mallard hunt.

[tpd223]

I go out every year to western KS on the opening day of pheasant season.

Good times.

[Confed-rifleman]

Got a new spot for waterfowl we found while hunting turkey. Found a small lake set back in the woods with corn nearby that's great for mallards, woodies and canadas. Got new decoys. Got a few boxes of shells. Practicing calling a little. October seems so far away.

[Watrdawg]

We call scaled quail blues down this way and have 50/50 mix on the ranch I hunt along w/ bobs of course.

frustating critter to retrieve off the senderos...even for the dogs.

Here in NC we have a poor quail population. Farming practices have really decreased their habitat. Farmers have changed a bit and are leaving a belt of cover for them along the edges of the fields and it's helping. The only quail hunting I've done is on game farms. It's been fun though. I've used my lab as a flusher working along with the game farms pointers. He loves the flushing part. That's the only time he gets to charge into the birds and bust them up. When we're duck hunting he has to watch his manners in the blind or boat.