What is the ultimate upland bird?????
09-02-2003 | 01:08 PM
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RE: What is the ultimate upland bird?????
I have only had the opportunity to hunt ruffed grouse and woodcock. Up here the grouse are the only bird anyone really hunts. It' s not much of a challenge though, because unless it' s a smart old drummer the birds don' t like to flush. It' s almost like they are a different species than the grouse that inhabit the more southern parts of the state.
I like to try for woodcock while I' m grouse hunting, because they taste great and are a real challenge to shoot. Their small size and erratic flight patterns make them difficult to get.
As far as pheasants go, the state used to release farm-raised birds and let hunters shoot them. Not sure if they still do that, but to me that isn' t real hunting. I' d love to hunt wild pheasant someday though, they seem to be quite a challenge from what I have read.
I like to try for woodcock while I' m grouse hunting, because they taste great and are a real challenge to shoot. Their small size and erratic flight patterns make them difficult to get.
As far as pheasants go, the state used to release farm-raised birds and let hunters shoot them. Not sure if they still do that, but to me that isn' t real hunting. I' d love to hunt wild pheasant someday though, they seem to be quite a challenge from what I have read.
09-22-2003 | 05:02 PM
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RE: What is the ultimate upland bird?????
pheasants, in either south dakota or north dakota, hunted them in nd for the first time last yr and i about crapped my pants in the first field by the amount that got up. pheasants would have to be the funnest to shoot and best to eat
09-22-2003 | 10:50 PM
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RE: What is the ultimate upland bird?????
Wher I live in Indiana (NorthWest) there is only pheasant, with the occasional covey of bobwhite quail. There is nothing like kicking up the first rooster of the season, or flushing a BIG covey of quail. Wish it was November.
09-23-2003 | 08:49 AM
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RE: What is the ultimate upland bird?????
Chukars!!!
No question about it. It isn' t a sport, it' s revenge. If you can throw in some Huns in the flats and some quail in the ravines then so much the better; but hiking cap rock and circling mountain tops to get above ' em is what it is all about.
No question about it. It isn' t a sport, it' s revenge. If you can throw in some Huns in the flats and some quail in the ravines then so much the better; but hiking cap rock and circling mountain tops to get above ' em is what it is all about.
09-23-2003 | 01:06 PM
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RE: What is the ultimate upland bird?????
For me it is the Blue grouse. They are not the smartest birds in the world that is for sure. I just enjoy hunting them in the rugged country they live in. The scenery is just awesome.
09-29-2003 | 08:42 PM
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It has to be the Ruff Grouse in the Mountains of Tennessee and Virginia , a clear shot doesn' t come often , because he will flush with a tree between you and him, so you must be quick or he is gone. It up one hill and down another all day long and if you come home with a limit of three birds you will know you earned them. It doesn' t get any better.
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