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quail recovery?
#2176406
07/26/17 01:01 AM
07/26/17 01:01 AM
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Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 9,712 Cleburne
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14 point
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OP
14 point
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 9,712
Cleburne
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This is the first summer in 15 years I've heard & seen quail. ( Cleburne county) I listen to them whistle every day I'm at home. Think they are making a come back or did a couple just get lost? Between the cats, yotes & hawks I never thought I would see or hear them again around here.
"When you've stared down the barrel of a shotgun in your own home, 3rd & 20 don't seem too bad"......Ken "Snake" Stabler
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Re: quail recovery?
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#2176727
07/26/17 07:06 AM
07/26/17 07:06 AM
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Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 12,100 Sylacauga, AL
poorcountrypreacher
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 12,100
Sylacauga, AL
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No comeback on my place in Perry county, even though I have a lot of good habitat. I saw a covey of young birds last summer, but something wiped them out.
All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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Re: quail recovery?
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#2180542
07/31/17 04:36 AM
07/31/17 04:36 AM
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Joined: Aug 2015
Posts: 1,171 Shelby Swamps
basspro527
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6 point
Joined: Aug 2015
Posts: 1,171
Shelby Swamps
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I was fishing with my dad at lay lake a couple of months ago and we flushed up a covey.
When you just don't know what to say " Roll Tide"
Instagram @jimtaylor527
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Re: quail recovery?
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#2181031
07/31/17 02:26 PM
07/31/17 02:26 PM
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Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 14,621 Clanton
Turkey_neck
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 14,621
Clanton
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We had a lot around the house a few years ago. Damn cats started showing up and quail disappeared.
Would walk over a naked woman to get to a gobblin turkey!
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Re: quail recovery?
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#2181187
07/31/17 04:57 PM
07/31/17 04:57 PM
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Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 7,978 South of 20/North of 10
North40R
14 point
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14 point
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 7,978
South of 20/North of 10
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Mine seem to be doing great. We've done a good bit of habitat improvement and I've got several fields planted specifically for the quail.
Adopt the pace of nature, her secret is patience. Emerson
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Re: quail recovery?
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#2181192
07/31/17 05:07 PM
07/31/17 05:07 PM
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Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 18,929 colbert county
cartervj
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 18,929
colbert county
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Habitat but I think hawks are knocking them back around these parts. I had 3 coveys 2 yrs ago, none last year. I had a sharpshin move in, and he wore them out I'd bet. He since has disappeared. Have a redtail that comes thru ever so often.
I've noticed a big presence of predators in areas where we've had quail populations rebound.
“Socialism only works in two places: Heaven where they don't need it and hell where they already have it.” ― Ronald Reagan
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Re: quail recovery?
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#2181229
07/31/17 05:56 PM
07/31/17 05:56 PM
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Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 38,489 N. Bama
257wbymag
Boo Boo Head
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Boo Boo Head
Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 38,489
N. Bama
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Not to mention the eagles playing hell on them too.
Quietly killing turkeys where youre not!!! My tank full of give a fraks been runnin on empty I'm the paterfamilias
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Re: quail recovery?
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#2181997
08/01/17 03:39 PM
08/01/17 03:39 PM
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Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 3,099 Birmingham, AL
Wade
10 point
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10 point
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 3,099
Birmingham, AL
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I was fishing with my dad at lay lake a couple of months ago and we flushed up a covey. What slough were you in and what were you fishing with to flush quail?
Don't give up, don't ever give up!
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Re: quail recovery?
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#2183271
08/03/17 03:29 AM
08/03/17 03:29 AM
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Joined: Nov 2013
Posts: 5,050 Fayetteville, Tennessee
Bamabucks14
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12 point
Joined: Nov 2013
Posts: 5,050
Fayetteville, Tennessee
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Got a pretty good and huntable population here in Taft TN. I jumped a covey not too long ago and those suckers seemed like they were as big as grouse!were as
"Here, take this land mine and protect your property with it." -Ron Swanson
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Re: quail recovery?
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08/03/17 02:50 PM
08/03/17 02:50 PM
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Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 18,929 colbert county
cartervj
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 18,929
colbert county
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Flushed a covey yesterday while bush hogging, the pair had 7-9 chicks that flew about 20 yards. Always fun to see em this time of year.
“Socialism only works in two places: Heaven where they don't need it and hell where they already have it.” ― Ronald Reagan
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Re: quail recovery?
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08/03/17 03:26 PM
08/03/17 03:26 PM
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Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 8,033 Huntsville
jono23
14 point
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14 point
Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 8,033
Huntsville
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I was fishing with my dad at lay lake a couple of months ago and we flushed up a covey. What slough were you in and what were you fishing with to flush quail? 20 ga. I don't think I've ever seen quail.
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Re: quail recovery?
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#2184377
08/04/17 07:45 AM
08/04/17 07:45 AM
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Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 18,929 colbert county
cartervj
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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colbert county
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Robert Trent Jones Golf course here in the Shoals used to have numerous coveys. Haven't played golf in years but recall thinking they should have paid shoots from all the calling I heard.
“Socialism only works in two places: Heaven where they don't need it and hell where they already have it.” ― Ronald Reagan
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Re: quail recovery?
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08/06/17 05:47 PM
08/06/17 05:47 PM
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Joined: Jan 2011
Posts: 38,489 N. Bama
257wbymag
Boo Boo Head
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Boo Boo Head
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Posts: 38,489
N. Bama
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I love/live for making mine and my neighbors farms more appealing to wildlife. Glad I'm not alone
Quietly killing turkeys where youre not!!! My tank full of give a fraks been runnin on empty I'm the paterfamilias
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Re: quail recovery?
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#2186560
08/07/17 05:25 AM
08/07/17 05:25 AM
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Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 2,900 Ozark , Alabama
BradB
10 point
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10 point
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 2,900
Ozark , Alabama
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Oh you are not alone for sure. Not as much discussion on here about habitat as some of the forums but I spend way more time, money and effort feeding my critters and making nice places for them to live than hunting them. Also have gotten where I actually like watching them way more than shooting them, except in the case of a buck or so a year. Heck, if I want meat for the freezer I usually just invite someone to hunt and tax them half the doe.Just got back from almost two weeks up there and all but two days were spent on the tractor or with a sprayer, chainsaw or brush cutter in my hand. One main chore was clearing around the base, spraying, fertilizing and summer pruning 87 fruit/nut tress I have planted for them and me, not that I counted.
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