Quail hunting

Mills · Post by **Mills** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 11:40 am

A bunch of Parker and Fox members gathered in Moultrie, Georgia, at Morrison Pines (no relation) Plantation for a classic South Georgia quail hunt. I took my new 20 gauge Sterlingworth for one of the hunts. Mike Smith also represented Fox and a good time was had by all

Twice Barrel · Post by **Twice Barrel** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 1:59 pm

Great photos but being a Kansas flat lander there are just too damn many trees for my tastes. I would get claustrophobic.

Jim Cloninger · Post by **Jim Cloninger** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 2:22 pm

Mr. Mills, fantastic photos! I have a question: I see 3 photos with a pointing dog as the subject. In the next photo after a dog photo, all I see is a photo of the pines. Am I missing something in these photos? The next time you make a trip for Bobwhites, send me an invitation.

I will bring a 16 bore BE Fox, CYL/MOD.
Jim

Mills · Post by **Mills** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 2:26 pm

There are some photos of trees and some with dogs.

vaturkey · Post by **vaturkey** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 3:40 pm

Hopefully with those empty shells a few quail got a ride in a vest.

Mills · Post by **Mills** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 3:43 pm

We got plenty of quail. Those are RST paper spreader loads, by the way.

fullchoke16 · Post by **fullchoke16** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 7:49 pm

Any ducks on that water?

Stan Hillis · Post by **Stan Hillis** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 10:30 pm

Good photos, Mills. Like looking at home, for me. "Doo-doo-doo ............. looking out my backdoor". (CCR)

SRH

Mills · Post by **Mills** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 8:14 am

We did not see any ducks, fullchoke, but I understand there are fish in there.

Great photo Stan. Yes, I think the land up near you is the same or similar to that in Moultrie

eightbore · Post by **eightbore** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 9:51 am

"Too many trees". An interesting comment. When I was a teenager, I hunted in Southern Prince Georges County, Maryland and Charles and Calvert Counties with a friend who lived there. Speaking of trees and cover, in all the time I hunted with my friend over his setter, I don't ever remember successfully killing a single left over from a flushed covey. Never had a single that landed in a field and only rarely did we see a pointed single in the rough stuff. Saw very few, heard a few more, never shot a one.

3birddogs · Post by **3birddogs** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 5:52 pm

Mills, nice pics. Those are the first I have seen of the fabled trip. Mike usually takes lots of photos ,haven't heard from Rich yet either.
See you at Drakes in April.

Mills · Post by **Mills** » Fri Feb 06, 2015 10:18 am

Thanks Harold.

Stan Hillis · Post by **Stan Hillis** » Fri Feb 06, 2015 11:11 am

eightbore wrote:"Too many trees". An interesting comment. When I was a teenager, I hunted in Southern Prince Georges County, Maryland and Charles and Calvert Counties with a friend who lived there. Speaking of trees and cover, in all the time I hunted with my friend over his setter, I don't ever remember successfully killing a single left over from a flushed covey. Never had a single that landed in a field and only rarely did we see a pointed single in the rough stuff. Saw very few, heard a few more, never shot a one.

That's how it is here with wild birds, Bill. The photo I posted is managed quail habitat. The vast majority of habitat here is not like that. I am privileged to hunt some of it each year, tho'. Everywhere else, when a covey gets up, the singles fly just as straight and just as fast as they can to the thickest stuff nearby. If it's not nearby, they will fly as far as it takes to get to it. Tough to hunt singles like that.

Mills, ya'll let me know next time you plan a hunt down here. Maybe I could join you.

All my best, SRH

Mills · Post by **Mills** » Fri Feb 06, 2015 11:23 am

We will do that Stan. Everyone who went this year plans to come back next year. We'll try to advertise it a little better

Marcus R · Post by **Marcus R** » Fri Feb 06, 2015 4:32 pm

Thanks for your post Mills. A southern quail hunt has been on my list of hunts to do. Hopefully sooner than later.

One of the donors to the organization a close friend of mine operates has a large tract of land in Georgia that he has been managing for wildlife. After deer hunting on it the first time, my friend mentioned to me that a large portion of the property was being set aside for quail. He knows my love of bird hunting so I'm hoping there may be an invite in the future...

Stan, the Credence reference gave me a good chuckle. Thanks.

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