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Joined: 03 Jul 2005 Posts: 370 Location: Amarillo, Texas

Went out with my friend Ross. We hunted on the south side of the Salt Fork of the Red between Quail and Hedley. We took nine birds. This was the best quail hunting weather I have been in this season.

I shot a Syracuse LeFever 16 with Damascus barrels - I am really fond of it.
Ross shot a Remington 28 gauge auto and shot it very well. He downed 8 birds with 11 shots.

It was misty or lightly raining all day. We walked from about 7:45 until 5:00. We had a break about 2:00 for a very nice lunch that Ross brought. He had boiled shrimp, two kinds of Salami, Gouda, Parmesan, and swiss cheese. Several different kinds of crackers to boot. I forgot the dog food so Dubya and Molly had Salami, Shrimp, and shrimp tails for lunch. They seemed to be very satisfied with the fare.

Here is picture of Ross, Dubya, and Molly. Ross is going in on Dubya's point. Molly is honoring:

another (Dubya):

Another shot of the same point:

Dubya in front, Molly honoring:

Took this right before we loaded everybody up to go back to Amarillo:

Mrs. Ruth (Seond Meanest Woman in Potter County after Roberta) has grounded my bird finding rascal Beau for the last several hunts. Dubya and Molly have much benefitted from the extra time they are getting since I tend to hunt Beau a lot more than them. Anybody that has had a pointing dog puppy will appreciate this part of the story. The dogs were very birdy and were checking an 80 yard by 80 yard area over and over with a few false points. After about twenty minutesof this intense searching I looked over and saw Molly on point - facing a plum thicket. I yelled "Point" and Dubya ran in and stole the point from Molly, inserting himself upwind of her but she continued to hold. It turned out that Dubya inserted himself into the middle of the covey but they held tight anyway. We went over and flushed the birds, Ross and I both managed to each bring one down and Molly found my dead bird, and after picking it up dropped it for me if not actually retrieving it. You couldn't have traded me a 16 gauge Purdey for her right then. Dubya had lots of good finds and points and good dead bird finds and wounded bird finds. Molly did too. Molly only deliberately flushed one covey and a single. The rest of time she held point.

Another snippet. The dogs were acting birdy, a bird flushed, and my friend Ross shot it. It was a fine shot too. I know the other seven he shot were BobWhites because I checked his game bag. Now Ross claims this bird is a quail. The dogs wouldn't even pick it up. I have seen Blues and Gambles besides Bobs but have never seen a quail that looked like this:

If you want to get a closer look at the bird double click the picture.

Perhaps some of the members here would be kind enough to identify the type of quail for Ross. If it is something exotic or rare he might want to have it mounted. I will send him a link to this thread when it looks like yall are done helping him out.

Here is a link to my PhotoBucket pictures if you want to browse around:
http://s98.photobucket.com/albums/l274/AmarilloMike/Ross%20-%20Dec%202007%20Salt%20Fork%20Duby%20Molly/
Best,

Mike

That big black "V" on that yellow breast looks like a meadowlark to me.

Rooster

Member Joined: 17 Feb 2007 Posts: 497

That is a near Quail, I believe.

Joined: 09 Dec 2007 Posts: 9 Location: LaGrange, Georgia

nice photos ! Very Happy

Since my move back to Georgia in late '05, quail hunting is not available, to us since the birds were killed back... or you have to pay big bucks and drive to south Georgia and hunt on a Plantation. Crying or Very sad

Member Joined: 15 Jul 2007 Posts: 230 Location: SW Idaho

Looks like a meadow lark to me too!

My grandfather said they are better to eat than quail.

Boy's, that's the State Bird in Kansas. How close to the border were you Exclamation

Member Joined: 15 Jul 2007 Posts: 230 Location: SW Idaho

Look familiar?

Joined: 03 Jul 2005 Posts: 370 Location: Amarillo, Texas

That's it!

So yall are saying that is some kind of Kansas/Idaho quail. Very Happy

I just emailed Ross the link.

Best,

Mike

Joined: 10 Dec 2007 Posts: 1

The bird shown is an "Alouette De Pre", it is the state bird of France.
The dogs shown are French Brittanys which are notorious frog sniffers.
Ross is a well known sportsman who is used to the rock solid point of an American dog such as a Labrador Retreiver or an English Pointer who will only point American birds.

Many years ago when the quail limit in KS was 12, fella pulled into a Western KS KDWP check in to brag about how easy it was to get his limit. 12 meadowlarks in the bed of the pickup. $100 each Shocked

Joined: 03 Jul 2005 Posts: 370 Location: Amarillo, Texas

I am guessing Count De Noses is Ross - welcome to the board! I am still looking for the picture of "the well known sportsman" with the hen pheasant.

$1200! Looks like there would be a discount for such a large "purchase".

Best,

Mike

I harvested a turkey last spring on that road between Hedley and Quail with my 16 gauge S-10 Chey pickup Wink

did you get to have some B-B-Q at Miss Piggies after the hunt??

rayb

Joined: 03 Jul 2005 Posts: 370 Location: Amarillo, Texas

Hey RayB.

Nope - didn't even know of Miss Piggy's Barbecue. Funny you mention that though because as we were driving up early that morning we passed my favorite BBQ in Clarendon - Sam Hill's and they had just finished putting out the fire. It was totaled.

Best,

Mike