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Archer City
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08/22/17 08:41 PM
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Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 13
CDADDY
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Light Foot
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Did anyone quail hunt around Archer City last season? How was it last year? Any reports on that area for this year?
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Re: Archer City
[Re: CDADDY]
#6865378
08/22/17 09:53 PM
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Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 818
danceswithquail
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Tracker
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I called a rancher I use to season lease 10 years ago north of town to see if he would day lease last Dec, and he said the birds were better last year but not quite built back to where he wanted to allow hunting. Thought we might could push 7 or 8 coveys a day kind of thing was his estimate (he used to bird hunt a lot 20 years ago so pretty knowledgeable). I watch rainfall in that area pretty close and they have gotten quite a bit from early June on
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Re: Archer City
[Re: danceswithquail]
#6865456
08/22/17 11:35 PM
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Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 8,285
bobcat1
THF Trophy Hunter
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THF Trophy Hunter
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Grew up in Archer and Wichita County. When I was a kid you didn't even need a dog most of the time. Love that area though. Hope it gets back to where it was long ago.
Bobby Barnett
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Re: Archer City
[Re: CDADDY]
#6865548
08/23/17 12:55 AM
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Joined: Mar 2011
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NorthTXbirdhunter
Pro Tracker
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Pro Tracker
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I hunted just south of Holliday last season and when we finally found the pattern, there were plenty of birds. Creeks and ditches in thicker area were the ticket.
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Re: Archer City
[Re: CDADDY]
#6865567
08/23/17 01:04 AM
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68rustbucket
THF Celebrity
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Early July I drove through the country south of archer city, it was in really good shape. Lots of green. There was a Texas tech quail alliance sign at one of the ranch gates
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Re: Archer City
[Re: CDADDY]
#6867941
08/25/17 02:22 AM
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Joined: Aug 2014
Posts: 866
Catch Dog
Tracker
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Tracker
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I've heard the same thing from several ranchers, "Quail are making a come back, but not where I want to hunt them" I can't wrap my head around that comment.
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Re: Archer City
[Re: CDADDY]
#6869020
08/26/17 01:33 AM
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Joined: Nov 2016
Posts: 618
nate33
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""Quail are making a come back, but not where I want to hunt them"------- people that say that have no understanding of how quail breed and multiply. Leave 3 or 4 birds per covey and you will have the exact same amount next year as the ranch that killed none.
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