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Re: First wild quail [Re: Mbrock] #4266057 01/15/25 10:03 AM 01/15/25 10:03 AM
Joined: Dec 2018 Posts: 1,250 Central AL O Overland 8 point
Overland 8 point O Joined: Dec 2018 Posts: 1,250 Central AL	That is on the bucket list. Looks like a great hunt and glad to see you shooting a real shotgun. We still have several coveys on my place and I burn and try to improve the habitat but doubt I will ever have a truly huntable population. Quail in Alabama have a whole lot of things working against them.

Re: First wild quail [Re: Mbrock] #4266265 01/15/25 03:12 PM 01/15/25 03:12 PM
Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 22,110 USA R Remington270 Freak of Nature
Remington270 Freak of Nature R Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 22,110 USA	Very cool. Only thing cooler would be if this was in Bama!

Re: First wild quail [Re: Mbrock] #4266419 01/15/25 07:34 PM 01/15/25 07:34 PM
Joined: Feb 2016 Posts: 1,161 Alabama O oldbowhunter 6 point
oldbowhunter 6 point O Joined: Feb 2016 Posts: 1,161 Alabama	The first time I went quail hunting in Texas we found 18 coveys before lunch We only shot covey rises and killed 63 between 5 of us that day. I was hooked

Re: First wild quail [Re: Bronco 74] #4266470 01/15/25 08:49 PM 01/15/25 08:49 PM
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Tigger85 14 point T Joined: Oct 2015 Posts: 7,038 Pelham Al	Originally Posted by Bronco 74 I remember as a kid you could bust a covey of quail in N Bama every 300 yards. We had great bird dogs. This was in the seventies. No more row crops or fence lines anymore. Coyotes and more predators. And then they disappeared in the eighties

Re: First wild quail [Re: Mbrock] #4266522 01/15/25 10:11 PM 01/15/25 10:11 PM
Joined: Feb 2016 Posts: 9,629 Right behind you Mbrock OP Fancy
Mbrock OP Fancy Joined: Feb 2016 Posts: 9,629 Right behind you	Habitat changes are why most of AL don’t have the quail populations they used to. It’s not just a predator issue. There’s more quail in areas with better habitat. There’s plenty of predators in TX and every other state they are thriving in.

Re: First wild quail [Re: Mbrock] #4267951 01/18/25 08:36 AM 01/18/25 08:36 AM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 12,521 Sylacauga, AL poorcountrypreacher Booner
poorcountrypreacher Booner Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 12,521 Sylacauga, AL	Congrats on a great trip! The last time I got any wild quail was on a trip to OK. It wasn't nearly as good as the outfitter said it would be, but we killed a few. All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

Re: First wild quail [Re: Mbrock] #4268404 01/18/25 09:26 PM 01/18/25 09:26 PM
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GHTiger10 6 point G Joined: Mar 2014 Posts: 808 Auburn, Al	That looks like a great trip Matt. I have never seen a scaled quail before.

Re: First wild quail [Re: Mbrock] #4269160 01/19/25 10:12 PM 01/19/25 10:12 PM
Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 8,539 sj22 14 point
sj22 14 point Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 8,539	Place we turkey hunted north of abeline was covered up with quail

Re: First wild quail [Re: Mbrock] #4269457 01/20/25 10:28 AM 01/20/25 10:28 AM
Joined: Oct 2017 Posts: 1,412 Georgia howl 8 point
howl 8 point Joined: Oct 2017 Posts: 1,412 Georgia	I might be a little jelly. Closest I get is why my squirrel dog gets birdy and we ease up on a woodcock.

Re: First wild quail [Re: Mbrock] #4275748 01/27/25 09:12 PM 01/27/25 09:12 PM
Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 20,492 North AL AU338MAG Freak of Nature
AU338MAG Freak of Nature Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 20,492 North AL	Saw a bunch of quail on my last deer hunting trip to Texas. Need to bring a shotgun on my next trip. Dying ain't much of a living boy...Josey Wales Molon Labe

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