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Rolling Plains report the last couple weeks
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02/06/13 10:22 PM
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Double 6
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Anyone go or know anyone who did go lately? Report in.
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Re: Rolling Plains report the last couple weeks
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02/06/13 11:07 PM
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I have been hunting twice up in Young county in recent weeks. I have seen and worked wild birds (as many as 3 bevies) real early in the morning between 7:30 a.m. and 9 a.m. After that, we have been pretty much been just running dogs. I have not pointed a bird in the afternoon since late November.
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Re: Rolling Plains report the last couple weeks
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02/17/13 02:35 PM
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I have been hunting twice up in Young county in recent weeks. I have seen and worked wild birds (as many as 3 bevies) real early in the morning between 7:30 a.m. and 9 a.m. After that, we have been pretty much been just running dogs. I have not pointed a bird in the afternoon since late November. 4 healthy covies in 2 hours Saturday morning. Notta Saturday afternoon.
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Re: Rolling Plains report the last couple weeks
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02/18/13 01:25 PM
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bill oxner
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I have been hunting twice up in Young county in recent weeks. I have seen and worked wild birds (as many as 3 bevies) real early in the morning between 7:30 a.m. and 9 a.m. After that, we have been pretty much been just running dogs. I have not pointed a bird in the afternoon since late November. 4 healthy covies in 2 hours Saturday morning. Notta Saturday afternoon. Bevies/covies/coveys?
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Re: Rolling Plains report the last couple weeks
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02/18/13 01:39 PM
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I guess it all means the same. Dad always said Coveys and I say bunches. Guess its just what County you are in. Anyhow there are not many of them left and thats a shame. I just want to cry.
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Re: Rolling Plains report the last couple weeks
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02/18/13 10:40 PM
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I have been hunting twice up in Young county in recent weeks. I have seen and worked wild birds (as many as 3 bevies) real early in the morning between 7:30 a.m. and 9 a.m. After that, we have been pretty much been just running dogs. I have not pointed a bird in the afternoon since late November. 4 healthy covies in 2 hours Saturday morning. Notta Saturday afternoon. ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms Noun 1. bevy - a large gathering of people of a particular type; "he was surrounded by a bevy of beauties in bathing attire"; "a bevy of young beach boys swarmed around him" assemblage, gathering - a group of persons together in one place 2. bevy - a flock of birds (especially when gathered close together on the ground); "we were visited at breakfast by a bevy of excited ducks" quail - small gallinaceous game birds flock - a group of birds Bevies/covies/coveys?
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Re: Rolling Plains report the last couple weeks
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02/18/13 11:54 PM
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bill oxner
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I have been hunting twice up in Young county in recent weeks. I have seen and worked wild birds (as many as 3 bevies) real early in the morning between 7:30 a.m. and 9 a.m. After that, we have been pretty much been just running dogs. I have not pointed a bird in the afternoon since late November. 4 healthy covies in 2 hours Saturday morning. Notta Saturday afternoon. ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms Noun 1. bevy - a large gathering of people of a particular type; "he was surrounded by a bevy of beauties in bathing attire"; "a bevy of young beach boys swarmed around him" assemblage, gathering - a group of persons together in one place 2. bevy - a flock of birds (especially when gathered close together on the ground); "we were visited at breakfast by a bevy of excited ducks" quail - small gallinaceous game birds flock - a group of birds Bevies/covies/coveys? How about covies?
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Re: Rolling Plains report the last couple weeks
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02/19/13 12:29 AM
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Why don't you expand your literary acumen?
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Re: Rolling Plains report the last couple weeks
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02/20/13 05:46 PM
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tigger
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Ran dogs for 4 hours Saturday morning and found 4 nice coveys, and a friend also found 4 coveys Saturday morning. We both ran for 3+ hours Saturday afternoon and he found 2 coveys and I found none. He also ran Sunday morning and found 1 covey. None were the same coveys.
It was real nice that my year old pup got to smell a wild bird. We had some ok dog work considering how long it had been since my dogs had had a chance to work real birds. Sure do not kill many with blank pistols.
Last year he ran for 2 days and did not find a bird.
I an encouraged because cover is good, covey size was at least 10 birds, and birds flew real well. The pastures are showing little weeds coming up. I never ran last year and he ran 2 days and never saw a bird.
With a little luck we might be on the upswing. I certainly hope so. We have not hunted birds since December 2010 and lost 15000 acres to fire in 2011. The areas that burned looks better but we still need a good wet year.
Whiskey and steaks were excellent.
Last edited by tigger; 02/20/13 05:51 PM.
Tigger If it isn't white it is not a birddog.
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Re: Rolling Plains report the last couple weeks
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02/20/13 06:04 PM
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Tigger what area were you hunting.
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Re: Rolling Plains report the last couple weeks
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02/20/13 06:56 PM
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tigger
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Kent county south of 380 west of 70 east of 208
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: Rolling Plains report the last couple weeks
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02/21/13 03:20 AM
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coonie
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what kind of whiskey are you drinking?
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Re: Rolling Plains report the last couple weeks
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02/21/13 12:11 PM
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tigger
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what kind of whiskey are you drinking? I don't remember
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: Rolling Plains report the last couple weeks
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02/23/13 02:31 AM
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beatarmy
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5th and final outing of the season was today. nothing in 3 hours. In my 5 trips my covey counts were 0-2-2-1-0. I probably averaged a covey every 3-4 hours of hunting. Pretty bad. Even last season, after that extended dry spell, I averaged a covey every 1-2 hours. My best day last season was 6 coveys.
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Re: Rolling Plains report the last couple weeks
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02/25/13 04:28 AM
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Tigger you should have called things are looking up, but we got a long long ways to go.
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