2020 bird season

[Tex68w]

Got on a few coveys of Bobwhite today outside of Beasley, TX. We need rain and cooler weather badly.

 

[Roksliding]

Got on a few coveys of Bobwhite today outside of Beasley, TX. We need rain and cooler weather badly.

I like your wheels man!!!

 

[Tex68w]

I like your wheels man!!!

She's a hoopty but it gets it done. The Pinzgauer is down with a bad tranny and the Polaris is in the shop so the Triple T "Topless Towered Tahoe" is on deck for the time being haha.

 

[ORHunter]

Most of the big game seasons are done with so its time to hit the upland/waterfowl for the next couple months.

A couple friends and I made the 6 hour drive to chukar country last weekend. Love seeing the pups work.

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[Redwing]

Most of the big game seasons are done with so its time to hit the upland/waterfowl for the next couple months.

A couple friends and I made the 6 hour drive to chukar country last weekend. Love seeing the pups work.

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That's a great trip and good looking pups. Do you keep the golden on heel and send him for retrieves, or is he out there finding birds for you?

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[ORHunter]

That's a great trip and good looking pups. Do you keep the golden on heel and send him for retrieves, or is he out there finding birds for you?

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Thats my buddies dog. We typically hunt 100-200+ yards apart but sometimes when they get birdy the dogs get closer. My buddy has him on a collar so he can keep him in shooting range and my pup ranges farther out in front us.

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[Nate Abe]

Pretty fun season so far. Been seeing good chukar numbers here in CA.

 

[Nickziegler]

Back to chasing roosters. Really loving all the bearded beasts on here

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[2ski]

Everyone has a different palate.
Gamey really isn’t a taste. People use gamey to describe meat that doesn’t taste like beef.

To me it’s all meat. About the only meat I don’t enjoy is sea ducks. It smells.
I’m happy to hear you enjoy it and utilize it.

So any of you guys eat merganser? We shot one a few weeks ago and as soon as I picked it up, it stunk of dead fish. Fish scales around its beak. And my glove smelled like fish. My buddy hasn't eaten it yet, but we've heard they're not great.

 

[FLAK]

The upland stuff if something I could really get in to.

 

[mstahlz]

So any of you guys eat merganser? We shot one a few weeks ago and as soon as I picked it up, it stunk of dead fish. Fish scales around its beak. And my glove smelled like fish. My buddy hasn't eaten it yet, but we've heard they're not great.

I'll start by saying I enjoy duck and goose straight up: breasted, little olive oil, S&P, grilled medium rare. I've tried merganser a couple of times different ways, with gravy, etc. and couldn't get them to come out tasting like anything but fish stink. I avoid them now because I'd rather not shoot anything I won't eat (predators aside).

 

[30338]

My drahts and I had a good weekend. Getting into good bird numbers. The brown dog just turned 1 and is getting better each trip. Fun to watch.

 

[Oregon]

So any of you guys eat merganser? We shot one a few weeks ago and as soon as I picked it up, it stunk of dead fish. Fish scales around its beak. And my glove smelled like fish. My buddy hasn't eaten it yet, but we've heard they're not great.

I just threw up in my mouth a little thinking about eating one.

 

[Tex68w]

Had a preserve hunt with some buddies this past weekend where we bagged quite a few pin raised Quail and Chukar. We had some of the quail last night and a mess of Chukar nuggets this evening, those are the misses favorite.

 

[twall13]

First day of our current SD pheasant hunt.

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[RSather528]

Midweek hunt in Minnesota. T-shirt weather in December was odd but welcomed. Sloughs had just enough ice to allow the birds more room to roam in the cattails.

 

[Kawabunga]

Great pics. Here’s some Erckles Francolins from last weekend in HI. Started up high looking for Chukar but found none, trying again tomorrow. Ps. not my beer

 

[30338]

Kwabunga, How do those taste? Look like almost pheasant size.

 

[pirogue]

Not a bad day in the desert. Good year for the Gambel’s.

 

[Kawabunga]

Kwabunga, How do those taste? Look like almost pheasant size.

I would say they're similar to pheasant, a bit more gamey, we usually soak in some kind of asian sauce then do the nuggets, flour and fry, sometimes ill do a simple salt, pepper, rosemary, garlic, olive oil and throw them on the grill.