Posted By: BradyBuck
Enough? - 12/26/15 04:12 AM
Enough Birds? Enough Land?
A property that I routinely hunt dove and duck on also has some quail.
The ranch is approximately 2000 acres. It has 12+ tanks and a large 35-75 acre lake depending on water level. It is a mix of rolling hills with mesquite and oaks. It also has two large fields each about 100 or so acres. One is hay grazer and the other wheat.
We have been routinely jumping coveys with 20+ birds while driving to scout tanks and while dove hunting.
I have very little experience hunting quail. It's been really nice to see them on the property. How do you know or decide that you have a large enough population to hunt and then how do you know how many you should take?
We don't want to over hunt it when we do decide to try and hunt them.
Land owner isn't wanting to hunt them just yet but mentioned maybe hunting them next year.
Thanks
A property that I routinely hunt dove and duck on also has some quail.
The ranch is approximately 2000 acres. It has 12+ tanks and a large 35-75 acre lake depending on water level. It is a mix of rolling hills with mesquite and oaks. It also has two large fields each about 100 or so acres. One is hay grazer and the other wheat.
We have been routinely jumping coveys with 20+ birds while driving to scout tanks and while dove hunting.
I have very little experience hunting quail. It's been really nice to see them on the property. How do you know or decide that you have a large enough population to hunt and then how do you know how many you should take?
We don't want to over hunt it when we do decide to try and hunt them.
Land owner isn't wanting to hunt them just yet but mentioned maybe hunting them next year.
Thanks