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First of the year #3652783
04/15/22 10:04 AM
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Morgan Co.
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Heard a bobwhite this morning. Brings back a lot of memories when I was young and had bird dogs.


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Re: First of the year [Re: Dixiepatriot] #3652789
04/15/22 10:08 AM
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What is this unicorn of which you speak?


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Re: First of the year [Re: Dixiepatriot] #3652851
04/15/22 11:14 AM
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Don't remember the last time I saw one


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Re: First of the year [Re: Dixiepatriot] #3652866
04/15/22 11:37 AM
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Flushed a covey of 8 or 10 this morning while turkey hunting. First wild covey I’ve seen in years.Really enjoyed seeing them😊

Re: First of the year [Re: Dixiepatriot] #3652873
04/15/22 11:45 AM
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Hear and see them every once in awhile here at the house we got one covey of about 7.

Re: First of the year [Re: Dixiepatriot] #3652892
04/15/22 12:04 PM
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Lee County, Alabama
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Got several coveys on a couple different leases. See them pretty regular. One place was managed for them in years past the other just got lucky and grew some locals.


What you do today, you have to sleep with tonight.
Re: First of the year [Re: Dixiepatriot] #3652895
04/15/22 12:08 PM
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Right behind you
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I hear and flush Coveys often on our place. Love to know they’re around.

Re: First of the year [Re: Dixiepatriot] #3652920
04/15/22 12:49 PM
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What happened to them? I know when I was a kid, they were everywhere. What we didn't see a lot of were birds of prey. Now, birds of prey are everywhere and quail are rare. Hmmmm......

Re: First of the year [Re: Dixiepatriot] #3652923
04/15/22 12:51 PM
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I’ve been hearing a covey of them the last few mornings at one of my listening spots. I love that sound

Re: First of the year [Re: Dixiepatriot] #3652924
04/15/22 12:51 PM
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I have some on my lease and did hear one this am.

Re: First of the year [Re: Dixiepatriot] #3652937
04/15/22 01:02 PM
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Heard a bunch of them a few days ago listening for turkeys.

It was nice hearing them.


Do you want to hear him gobble, or do you want to kill him.
Re: First of the year [Re: Dixiepatriot] #3652938
04/15/22 01:03 PM
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I do still see a lot of them in South Texas in the Rio Grande Valley.

Re: First of the year [Re: Dixiepatriot] #3652949
04/15/22 01:21 PM
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Fayetteville TN Via Selma
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I hunt on a place that is intensely managed for quail and birds are released every year. I still see one, big covey of wild birds once or twice a year in the same general area. We also have a lot of big, fat, and happy hawks.


Lord, please help us get our nation straightened out.
Re: First of the year [Re: daylate] #3653025
04/15/22 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by daylate
What happened to them? I know when I was a kid, they were everywhere. What we didn't see a lot of were birds of prey. Now, birds of prey are everywhere and quail are rare. Hmmmm......



Fire ants

Re: First of the year [Re: Dixiepatriot] #3653032
04/15/22 03:38 PM
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Old Mossy Horns
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Ever time we tried to let one of our Bantam hens hatch out if we didn't find the nest first the ants would kill the chicks in the egg as soon as it pop that risrt hole trying to get out

And Bantam chicken just damn sure wont raise in a pin. They got to free range . Also so there be two or three hens lay and try to set the same eggs . Damned chicken we ever had

Re: First of the year [Re: daylate] #3653075
04/15/22 04:39 PM
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Originally Posted by daylate
What happened to them? I know when I was a kid, they were everywhere. What we didn't see a lot of were birds of prey. Now, birds of prey are everywhere and quail are rare. Hmmmm......

Herbicide. Quail basically need grass and trashy woody areas to survive, and as we got better with timber management, keeping it clean, extensive site prep, and got away from fire and mechanical clearing they quickly lost any suitable habitat. It explains why it's been a statewide issue because timber is treated the same all over. And they are such a localized bird that can't just pick up and fly when you knock out hundreds or thousands of acres of habitat via cutting and spraying they have zero chance of recovery. Doesn't take much of that over and over again to wipe out a species.

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