I especially enjoy exchanging ridicule with Chuck. But it is not really fair to him as I have so much more material to work with than he does.
I agree with Stan about the hardiness of a wounded bobwhite. He will frequently run fifty or sixty yards to hide in the middle of some near impenetrable cactus patches or brush. A dog that can track and find the bird is highly valued by me as I hunt with Joe Wood so frequently.
KY Jon you were describing Joe Wood's shooting, not mine.
I baby my coveys, only hunting them two or three times a season. Almost all of my coveys are flushed very near the shooter, say less than five yards.
I have seen Gary shoot and he would be better off carrying a sling shot instead of a shotgun when he quail hunts. He would get just as many birds and save about fifty cents on every covey rise.
Pilgrim as I have never hunted Yankee quail I could not compare. But I haven't had this problem until the last couple of seasons.
Skeet that would be about right for picking them off as they scratch for gravel - while resting the airgun on the pickup window frame.
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