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Thats mighty bold talk for a one eyed fat man rooster #6408338 08/15/16 01:50 AM
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The wife has several covey coming into her bird feeder several times a day

I thought this rooster was going to come up onto the porch


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Great picture. It's a shame to shoot them. I'm getting soft in my old age.


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I won't shoot one...enjoyed hearing them as a kid....went too many years not hearing them to shoot one....soft in my old age too... up


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Originally Posted By: SnakeWrangler
I won't shoot one...enjoyed hearing them as a kid....went too many years not hearing them to shoot one....soft in my old age too... up


I wish everyone would adopt a no shoot policy on quail. That would leave more for me.

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I won't shoot one...enjoyed hearing them as a kid....went too many years not hearing them to shoot one....soft in my old age too... up


I wish everyone would adopt a no shoot policy on quail. That would leave more for me.



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Originally Posted By: bill oxner
Great picture. It's a shame to shoot them. I'm getting soft in my old age.


agreed.

as much as I would like to hunt quail on my place this fall, I don't think the wife will stand for it
we have a healthy population , but its hard to want to hunt them when they have been so scarce in the last decade


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I won't shoot one...enjoyed hearing them as a kid....went too many years not hearing them to shoot one....soft in my old age too... up


I wish everyone would adopt a no shoot policy on quail. That would leave more for me.


You would shoot the house covey?


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I won't shoot one...enjoyed hearing them as a kid....went too many years not hearing them to shoot one....soft in my old age too... up


I wish everyone would adopt a no shoot policy on quail. That would leave more for me.



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Me too, like the bass guys catch and release. Just leaves more for me to fry up and eat.

Re: Thats mighty bold talk for a one eyed fat man rooster [Re: Sparky45] #6427254 08/27/16 11:37 PM
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Great picture! I love when hunters appreciate the animals they hunt or have hunted. Watching and hearing these birds is amazing, but I do like to eat them.

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The hawks around us don't give em much of a break either.

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Quail populations come and go, but this year seems like a banner year. Better to hunt them now, than in the off years. Get them while you can.


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Re: Thats mighty bold talk for a one eyed fat man rooster [Re: Gamblinman] #6445880 09/10/16 01:46 AM
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Cracks me up that grown men let their emotions warp reality.

Quail are a prey species. We are a predator species. If we don't kill them and eat them... a yote, cat, hawk, or worm will. I prefer me to be the apex predator.

Silly silly emotional men.


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Originally Posted By: therancher
Cracks me up that grown men let their emotions warp reality.

Quail are a prey species. We are a predator species. If we don't kill them and eat them... a yote, cat, hawk, or worm will. I prefer me to be the apex predator.

Silly silly emotional men.


You can count me as emotional. I just finished a book of fiction. I choked toward the end when the little deft girl found her daddy.


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Originally Posted By: bill oxner
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Cracks me up that grown men let their emotions warp reality.

Quail are a prey species. We are a predator species. If we don't kill them and eat them... a yote, cat, hawk, or worm will. I prefer me to be the apex predator.

Silly silly emotional men.


You can count me as emotional. I just finished a book of fiction. I choked toward the end when the little deft girl found her daddy.


But, in that situation it's not warping your reality. Silly yes, but you knew going in and accept that it's fiction. Nothing wrong with that IMO.

But, when you let your emotion trump facts and it prohibits you from doing/enjoying doing what is natural and right, IMO that's a negative side of emotion driven behavior.

To each their own of course.


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I won't shoot one...enjoyed hearing them as a kid....went too many years not hearing them to shoot one....soft in my old age too... up


I wish everyone would adopt a no shoot policy on quail. That would leave more for me.


You would shoot the house covey?


Nope, trap them.


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I won't shoot one...enjoyed hearing them as a kid....went too many years not hearing them to shoot one....soft in my old age too... up


I wish everyone would adopt a no shoot policy on quail. That would leave more for me.


You would shoot the house covey?


Nope, trap them.


See!! Proof that no matter how far down you slip on the moral totum pole, there's always someone below ya! I would NEVER trap them.

I'd just wait till they pile up under the feeder and skillet shoot them. I'm couth like that... cheers


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I only eat quail anymore to be polite when served by others. I never bring them home or cook them anymore and I was really good at it. I simply got burned out on them.


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Not feeling the need to shoot everything you can just because you can doesn't make you silly. It just makes you human. We are a notch above other predators, because we have a brain which includes reason and emotion. Sometimes I enjoy NOT shooting something and just watching it do its thing. That's not a trait any other apex predator shares. If someone doesn't understand that they are pretty stunted in their emotional growth. IMO.

It's fine to shoot what you want within the legal limits. It's also fine to choose not to shoot everything you legally can. In fact, the "limit shooters" should be grateful to the "non-limit shooters" (instead of demeaning them) because it allows limits to be as liberal as they are....


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I learned long ago you can't reason someone out of something they don't reason themselves into.


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Originally Posted By: therancher
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Cracks me up that grown men let their emotions warp reality.

Quail are a prey species. We are a predator species. If we don't kill them and eat them... a yote, cat, hawk, or worm will. I prefer me to be the apex predator.

Silly silly emotional men.


You can count me as emotional. I just finished a book of fiction. I choked toward the end when the little deft girl found her daddy.


But, in that situation it's not warping your reality. Silly yes, but you knew going in and accept that it's fiction. Nothing wrong with that IMO.

But, when you let your emotion trump facts and it prohibits you from doing/enjoying doing what is natural and right, IMO that's a negative side of emotion driven behavior.

To each their own of course.


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Originally Posted By: Nogalus Prairie
Not feeling the need to shoot everything you can just because you can doesn't make you silly. It just makes you human. We are a notch above other predators, because we have a brain which includes reason and emotion. Sometimes I enjoy NOT shooting something and just watching it do its thing. That's not a trait any other apex predator shares. If someone doesn't understand that they are pretty stunted in their emotional growth. IMO.

It's fine to shoot what you want within the legal limits. It's also fine to choose not to shoot everything you legally can. In fact, the "limit shooters" should be grateful to the "non-limit shooters" (instead of demeaning them) because it allows limits to be as liberal as they are....





That's awfully sweet. But of course, pure bs. I see game animals all the time and only shoot them when they are legal and I'm hungry or want a nice trophy.

I'm also aware of the fact that liberal limits have no bearing on quail populations. But you go ahead and believe what you want. And I'll keep enjoying thousands of quail.


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Not feeling the need to shoot everything you can just because you can doesn't make you silly. It just makes you human. We are a notch above other predators, because we have a brain which includes reason and emotion. Sometimes I enjoy NOT shooting something and just watching it do its thing. That's not a trait any other apex predator shares. If someone doesn't understand that they are pretty stunted in their emotional growth. IMO.

It's fine to shoot what you want within the legal limits. It's also fine to choose not to shoot everything you legally can. In fact, the "limit shooters" should be grateful to the "non-limit shooters" (instead of demeaning them) because it allows limits to be as liberal as they are....





That's awfully sweet. But of course, pure bs. I see game animals all the time and only shoot them when they are legal and I'm hungry or want a nice trophy.

I'm also aware of the fact that liberal limits have no bearing on quail populations. But you go ahead and believe what you want. And I'll keep enjoying thousands of quail.


Then quit demeaning others as "silly/emotional/sweet" for doing the same thing you do just so you can have some 3rd grade fun at what you perceive is someone else's expense.


Originally Posted by Russ79
I learned long ago you can't reason someone out of something they don't reason themselves into.


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Not feeling the need to shoot everything you can just because you can doesn't make you silly. It just makes you human. We are a notch above other predators, because we have a brain which includes reason and emotion. Sometimes I enjoy NOT shooting something and just watching it do its thing. That's not a trait any other apex predator shares. If someone doesn't understand that they are pretty stunted in their emotional growth. IMO.

It's fine to shoot what you want within the legal limits. It's also fine to choose not to shoot everything you legally can. In fact, the "limit shooters" should be grateful to the "non-limit shooters" (instead of demeaning them) because it allows limits to be as liberal as they are....





That's awfully sweet. But of course, pure bs. I see game animals all the time and only shoot them when they are legal and I'm hungry or want a nice trophy.

I'm also aware of the fact that liberal limits have no bearing on quail populations. But you go ahead and believe what you want. And I'll keep enjoying thousands of quail.


Then quit demeaning others as "silly/emotional/sweet" for doing the same thing you do just so you can have some 3rd grade fun at what you perceive is someone else's expense.


Lighten up sweetheart. I thought we were all grown men/women here.


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