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Deer Feeder Quail Counts #7336398 11/03/18 12:52 PM
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What are you guys seeing? Please list what county you’re in.

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Re: Deer Feeder Quail Counts [Re: scalebuster] #7336432 11/03/18 01:28 PM
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0 Erath county. We used to be covered up. Couldn't walk a couple hundred yards without bustin' a covey. Sad.

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No bugs ='s no birds

Re: Deer Feeder Quail Counts [Re: scalebuster] #7338120 11/05/18 02:50 PM
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I saw a dozen Saturday night at the feeder in Fisher county. I ran my Brittany for an hour Sunday morning in front of the mule and found two small coveys. Last year there were three very large coveys on the same place, and we only hunted them one time.

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I saw a covey on the road last week driving to the blind in Montague.

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8 Saturday evening in King County. They may be the only 8 birds on 1300 acres I hunt.


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Re: Deer Feeder Quail Counts [Re: scalebuster] #7339136 11/06/18 02:56 AM
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0 Childress county

Re: Deer Feeder Quail Counts [Re: llbts1] #7339429 11/06/18 01:59 PM
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I let my Brittany work for a bit Saturday which only resulted in him getting bitten by a rattlesnake. I'm convinced there isn't one bird on our 650 acres.

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Haven't see quail on my place in Wise county for 14 years, have heard them a couple times tho.


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Re: Deer Feeder Quail Counts [Re: scalebuster] #7339468 11/06/18 02:36 PM
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Quail were plentiful most of the year. Saw a few coveys open weekend of dove season that were coming into tanks for water.

Drove around, 2 weeks ago, 320 acres in waist high grass looking for a lost calf and didn't see a single bird. Drove around 1500 acres spreading wheat seed for quail at the water tanks this past weekend, and didn't see a single bird. Haven't heard any either. Plenty of bugs and a ton of wild grass seed. Weird.
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Re: Deer Feeder Quail Counts [Re: scalebuster] #7339904 11/06/18 07:22 PM
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SW most corner of Coleman County. Saw 0 but did hear a few every morning. Numbers are definitely down this year.


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Re: Deer Feeder Quail Counts [Re: scalebuster] #7341297 11/07/18 09:39 PM
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North Concho County. 0 birds. Only heard one or two calls. Last year every feeder had a large covey

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0 Schliecher Co haven't heard any in several months

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No dove either. Tons of Mallards.

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In NE Motley I flushed one covey in camp about 40 feet from my camper and two others driving to and from the stand.

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Re: Deer Feeder Quail Counts [Re: scalebuster] #7341779 11/08/18 04:23 AM
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I only saw 2 quail in 3 days of deer hunting. Including feeder and roads. Not good. Val Verde.

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0 - Mills county, north of Goldthwaite

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Re: Deer Feeder Quail Counts [Re: scalebuster] #7343772 11/09/18 09:31 PM
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Dickens County 2 different feeders of 4 one has 8 one has 10 occasionally. Based on what I see here I must be over run. Very sad as 2 years ago each feeder had 15 to 20

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