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shoot the covey rise ?
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12/13/15 06:13 PM
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A group I was with recently refused to shoot the covey rise. Do you? Why, or why not?
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12/13/15 06:30 PM
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I always shoot the rise but would be very interested in why they don't.. I shoot (at) the rise and let the singles rest. On our lease our aim is to have birds in Feb. so not chasing singles and only taking 2 or so out of the rise is just good management. But with my lack of shooting prowess I'm a one man conservation program.
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12/13/15 06:48 PM
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I believe their reasoning was that they had always hunted the singles so they could better concentrate on the individual bird. I have to say regardless of their reasoning, we seemed to have less cripples than normal.
The group could shoot!
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12/13/15 07:06 PM
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I've never heard of it. This is a first for me.
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Re: shoot the covey rise ?
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12/13/15 07:27 PM
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All of these rules for hunting bobs..... Takes the fun out of it for me
Not about bird management everything else
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12/13/15 07:54 PM
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All of these rules for hunting bobs..... Takes the fun out of it for me
Not about bird management everything else
Me too. That's the price you have to pay when you guide for others.
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Re: shoot the covey rise ?
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12/13/15 08:09 PM
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Mike Honcho
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Can someone elaborate on "covey rise". Thanks
“Two things that define an individual what you do when you have everything, and what you do when you have nothing."
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12/13/15 08:15 PM
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Jorge, what I am referring to is when the pointing dog has located the birds, gone on point, and the whole bunch explodes into the air to make their escape. The above group would not shoot at that point, instead, they preferred to mark the covey down, and then go after the singles.
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12/13/15 08:18 PM
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Jorge, what I am referring to is when the pointing dog has located the birds, gone on point, and the whole bunch explodes into the air to make their escape. The above group would not shoot at that point, instead, they preferred to mark the covey down, and then go after the singles. Hey, I'm on a deer lease where our illustrious leader prefers to skillet shoot blues.
...and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen. 1:28
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12/13/15 08:38 PM
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Jorge, what I am referring to is when the pointing dog has located the birds, gone on point, and the whole bunch explodes into the air to make their escape. The above group would not shoot at that point, instead, they preferred to mark the covey down, and then go after the singles. Hey, I'm on a deer lease where our illustrious leader prefers to skillet shoot blues.
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12/13/15 11:48 PM
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Yes, because I have usually been walking for a while. I will choose one out of the covey, two, if it is a good day. I would do the same when getting up a group of grouse or pheasants.
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12/13/15 11:53 PM
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I don't like to do singles.
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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12/14/15 12:00 AM
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I'm seeing more quail this year than the last ten together... I'd shoot the quail...
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12/14/15 02:39 AM
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Only shoot covey rise. Never pressure singles. This year our birds are so tame we could decimate a couple coveys a day. We even have a 8 bird daily limit and I voted for 6.
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12/15/15 06:51 AM
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Interesting, thanks for giving the 411
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12/15/15 01:30 PM
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I've never heard of it. This is a first for me. +1
hold on Newt, we got a runaway
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12/15/15 01:52 PM
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Not a good option in SW Kansas, where I hunt most of the time. They hit the 40mph wind, cross 4 sandhills, and the only thing you know is that they are probably in a 3 square mile area "somewhere over in that general direction."
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12/15/15 02:23 PM
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Jorge, what I am referring to is when the pointing dog has located the birds, gone on point, and the whole bunch explodes into the air to make their escape. The above group would not shoot at that point, instead, they preferred to mark the covey down, and then go after the singles. Sounds to me like they are poor shots and are taking the "easy" route on the singles.
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12/15/15 03:17 PM
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I've never heard of this either. Seems silly to me.
Yeah, don't listen to me. I'm just an idiot.
Lol. Duckbill that was funny! The dude up top has already taken lots of bone before this deer, both mule and whitetail.
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