Has anyone bird hunted?
04-24-2007 | 04:57 AM
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RE: Has anyone bird hunted?
I wish we had some quail and pheasants in Louisiana.
04-24-2007 | 11:00 AM
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RE: Has anyone bird hunted?
I Finaly got a real answer on Pheasants from a wildlife biologist.
They can raisein the southbecause the egg shells are too hard and the chicks can not get out.
When i asked what makes the shells to hard i was told something in the soil (Minerals)
It does not seam to effect the Quail or other birds so why would it have an effect on Pheasants?
They can raisein the southbecause the egg shells are too hard and the chicks can not get out.
When i asked what makes the shells to hard i was told something in the soil (Minerals)
It does not seam to effect the Quail or other birds so why would it have an effect on Pheasants?
05-09-2007 | 04:51 PM
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RE: Has anyone bird hunted?
Interesting. I did not know that. I just read an article in American Hunter about the declining population of quail in the southern U.S. It contributed many factors to the decline: habitat loss #1, predators, fire ants. It was a lot more things than I realized. Did you know that racoons are the number 1 predator of quail. They said even deer have been known to eat quail eggs.
05-09-2007 | 09:47 PM
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RE: Has anyone bird hunted?
Quail are the chickens of the southern fields. Everything likes to eat them.
The nest robbers are still the #1 Predator followed by avain attacts from above.
I have even seen turkeys eat chicks.
Quail have so many problems
Habitat being #1Farmers just have to farm everything to make a livingand growing pine trees is very profitable.
Cotton is still King but the pesticides they use to kill boweivels kills the quail as well. Also the defol stuff to kill the cotton plant and make the bulbs open is some very toxic stuff it is just like agent orange.
Pen Raised quail will not reproduce in the wild. The Problem is the hens will not sit on the eggs.
The nest robbers are still the #1 Predator followed by avain attacts from above.
I have even seen turkeys eat chicks.
Quail have so many problems
Habitat being #1Farmers just have to farm everything to make a livingand growing pine trees is very profitable.
Cotton is still King but the pesticides they use to kill boweivels kills the quail as well. Also the defol stuff to kill the cotton plant and make the bulbs open is some very toxic stuff it is just like agent orange.
Pen Raised quail will not reproduce in the wild. The Problem is the hens will not sit on the eggs.
05-13-2007 | 07:02 AM
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RE: Has anyone bird hunted?
ORIGINAL: daleh
Quail are the chickens of the southern fields. Everything likes to eat them.
The nest robbers are still the #1 Predator followed by avain attacts from above.
I have even seen turkeys eat chicks.
Quail have so many problems
Habitat being #1Farmers just have to farm everything to make a livingand growing pine trees is very profitable.
Cotton is still King but the pesticides they use to kill boweivels kills the quail as well. Also the defol stuff to kill the cotton plant and make the bulbs open is some very toxic stuff it is just like agent orange.
Pen Raised quail will not reproduce in the wild. The Problem is the hens will not sit on the eggs.
Quail are the chickens of the southern fields. Everything likes to eat them.
The nest robbers are still the #1 Predator followed by avain attacts from above.
I have even seen turkeys eat chicks.
Quail have so many problems
Habitat being #1Farmers just have to farm everything to make a livingand growing pine trees is very profitable.
Cotton is still King but the pesticides they use to kill boweivels kills the quail as well. Also the defol stuff to kill the cotton plant and make the bulbs open is some very toxic stuff it is just like agent orange.
Pen Raised quail will not reproduce in the wild. The Problem is the hens will not sit on the eggs.
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