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South Texas quail
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12/20/14 02:46 AM
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d1a2v3
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Got a text from friend who has place near Hebbonville and said they are finding 60 to 70 coveys a day. Sounds like quail back in that part of texas
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Re: South Texas quail
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12/20/14 02:51 AM
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billyhunt
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Holy cow. That would nice to be there to hunt.
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Re: South Texas quail
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12/20/14 01:25 PM
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bill oxner
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Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Re: South Texas quail
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12/20/14 09:30 PM
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Wow. Is that common during boom years
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12/20/14 11:22 PM
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Chet
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All I can say is wow...........
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Re: South Texas quail
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12/21/14 12:11 PM
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bill oxner
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We had trouble keeping up with around a dozen coveys yesterday. How do you count 70 coveys a day?
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Re: South Texas quail
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12/21/14 12:48 PM
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hrn
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i agree with bill how? must of been several groups total amount per day no way one group.
hrn
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Re: South Texas quail
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12/21/14 04:50 PM
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danceswithquail
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Maybe if you are driving them up, driving 30 yards away and waylaying them, then back in the jeep to drive up the next covey?
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Re: South Texas quail
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12/21/14 05:31 PM
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I remember a 25 covey day back in 2005 that caused us to stay in he field later then was our normal day (the dogs did dig up a single or two). Between shooting, finding down birds and a coke or two we hunted till almost too dark to be hunting. On a 65 covey day we would have been out there all night.
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Re: South Texas quail
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12/21/14 08:39 PM
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I don't know how its possible, but back in the day, I was told by a lady who had been cooking for a hunting camp in deep south Texas, that 90+ coveys had been found one day a few days before our conversation.
Now, as was opined above, there may have been more than one truck running out of that camp. I personally don't know how one party could work that many, but wouldn't it be great to see such a thing, or be able to try?
One thing is for sure, the quail are a lot more plentiful down here this year than they have been the past three or four, and the Hebbronville area, on a good year, is quail central!
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Re: South Texas quail
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12/21/14 09:21 PM
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colt45-90
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We had trouble keeping up with around a dozen coveys yesterday. How do you count 70 coveys a day? agree++
hold on Newt, we got a runaway
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Re: South Texas quail
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12/21/14 11:08 PM
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bill oxner
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I just got a first hand report from the Jones Ranch. Paul S. found 16 coveys today, 15 of them pointed, all by young dogs.
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Re: South Texas quail
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12/21/14 11:50 PM
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I just got a first hand report from the Jones Ranch. Paul S. found 16 coveys today, 15 of them pointed, all by young dogs. Thanks for the report, Bill. I was hoping you could come forth with a story or something. Haven't been over that way yet this season, but it will come. I can't wait to try it on! My best trip over there last year netted 10 coveys by noon. That said, we were beating the brush hard for them. The day before, found seven coveys all day long...looking in more open areas.
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Re: South Texas quail
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12/22/14 02:35 PM
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danceswithquail
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Had an epic quail hunt in 2005 where we were speculating on day 1 on how many coveys each of the two groups bumped, so me and my partner kept track on day 2. There was no need to chase singles because dogs would point a covey of 50 blues that you thought were bobs because they held so good, then you keep going straight and they would point a covey of bobs before they got to the singles. Somebody is going to post this is is BS/post no good without pictures, so I will dig up the mid-day lunch pile pic tonight. 40+ coveys in a day (if you can run up 7 or 8 in the road and just drop a dog on them) is possible in the western rolling plains if you have a mule, long legs, the cover is just right, and there is a covey every 30 acres - been there, done that, got the pics, and shoulda had a t shirt made knowing that was the pinnacle
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Re: South Texas quail
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12/22/14 06:00 PM
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Have been told stories like DWQ just told several times by folks I believe completely. The story I told above (25 covey day) was hunted on foot and I truly believe if we'd have been using a mule on that hunt our covey count would have been much higher. Bring back the good old days.
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Re: South Texas quail
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12/22/14 06:09 PM
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bill oxner
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You'll find more birds on a UTV but you'll shoot more on foot.
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Re: South Texas quail
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12/22/14 08:20 PM
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I have kept quite but I have to agree with dances. One morning in 05 4 guys 1 mule 8 dogs saw 40 coveys fly. We would go in on a point, flush birds, and sometimes 3 other coveys would flush from the shooting, hollering etc. No we did not point 40 coveys we sure saw them fly though. I hosted the big texas quail hunt that year and we pointed 18 coveys the first morning. Probably would have pointed more but we did hunt singles some.
Tigger If it isn't white it is not a birddog.
KC Lying is lying. Don't bitch about one doing it and condone another. That's called hypocrisy. _________________
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Re: South Texas quail
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12/23/14 12:49 PM
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danceswithquail
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Below is pic at 11:55am with my Dad and I. We had another dad and his son with us, and had 47 birds by noon and shot into between 22-24 coveys that morning, and had shifted to one shell in the chamber by about 10am. Primarily let the kid shoot in the afternoon and was throwing rocks at pointed coveys by about 3:30pm. The picture I was thinking about the first evening with seven guys cleaning birds and a mound of birds I am kind of embarrassed about now had the ranch house in the background, so not going to post that. Key was tons of birds but the cover was just thick enough to allow dogs to stick birds but not thick as snot so the dogs could roll and you could find downed birds quickly. We had lots of double points, one dog beeper going off on bobs in the brush and one fast trailing blues out in the open and divide and conquer. Hoping it wasnt the trip of a lifetime, but might have been.
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Re: South Texas quail
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12/23/14 01:14 PM
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danceswithquail
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One other memorable thing about this trip, me and another guy were sitting in the mule up on a slight rise above a draw. My dad and his dog and another guy were down in the draw shooting away and we had limited out a couple of hours earlier so I was mainly dropping them off and picking up. At sunset, we saw five different coveys fly out of that draw and land up on the edge of the ridge we were parked on. The max distance from us was about 250 yards, had one covey fly about 20 feet above the mule. Seen coveys fly up to roost so predators cant follow their foot trail, but never in that quantity, unforgettable.
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Re: South Texas quail
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12/23/14 01:56 PM
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Memories such as the above are priceless! Thanks for sharing.
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12/24/14 04:21 AM
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My Lord I miss the days of my youth growing up in Wichita and Archer county. These pictures make me think of those days afield with my Dad. I miss him and those days.
Bobby Barnett
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Re: South Texas quail
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12/24/14 04:44 AM
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Anyone know how it looks in Sanderson this year?
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Re: South Texas quail
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01/09/15 01:12 AM
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bill oxner
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I got a great first hand report from the king ranch.
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Re: South Texas quail
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01/09/15 02:27 AM
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txdogman
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In 2005 right here in the rolling plains, one days hunt we moved 38 coveys , limited out by 2 pm. We were not shooting singles. We then saw 18 more coveys as we were traveling along the 14 miles back to the house. This past Nov. 2014 in two days we moved 16 different coveys along the South Canadian river up near Borger. That is a big jump from the last 4 years of almost zero.
I can make 'em go! and I can make 'em whoa! God makes 'em DO! I carry the gun and blow the whistle.
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01/09/15 03:19 AM
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Saw 7 covies on public land this past weekend in half a day. Total number of birds taken was about 300 between 118 hunters.
I'll take a Black Female every time.
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