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February 05, 2009
Tip of the Day: Wait for the Singles
By Jerome B. Robinson
If you have trouble hitting quail when a covey explodes into the air at once, don’t shoot. Stand with your gun ready; then take a step or two. A few birds usually hold when the covey flushes and are easier to hit when they fly as singles, without the distraction of other targets all in the air at once. --Jerome B. Robinson
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Comments (9)
Tough to even find a decent covey around anymore.
If I find a covey in my area that is not on a "plantation" I had better be ready to shoot on the rise.
Do what my Dad taught me to do. Focus on one bird on the rise and shoot that one bird then pick another and so on. That advise has worked for me for over 30 years!
Coveys are so rare anymore you can't waste any chance for a shot at quail. I'm with Beekeeper. Pick a bird shoot then pick another. Just make dang sure you don't swing into another hunter or shoot a dog. Couple years ago a man shot and killed his father in law near our family farm west of Atchson Kansas. BTW Beekeeper One of my buds at work keeps Bees. We buy his Clover honey now and then.
Just got home with pics of the moster from Southern Iowa. He scored 242 B&C non-typ pts. Will post pics as soon as I get permission. That is one heck of a buck.
It has been a good year out here in AZ for quail. You have days when it seems like you can't miss even when you are talking on your cellphone and shooting with one hand. (I've done that twice)By the same token I've had days when I just wanted to go back to the truck and sulk over a cold one!
The trick out here is a combination of both of the above mentioned strategies, and when you are fortunate enough to have knocked down a triple, either be good at marking the birds, or remember to have brought the dog.They don't always just lie there...
Sheesh haven't been enough quail in SW MO in 15 years to hunt them. But I'll do my part to help them.
good advise, thanks.
Pick one when they rise and focus on pointing at that one. You get no time to think of course but don't get distracted by the bunch. If there's a single on the ground he'll break at your shot and then you've got another shot.
For me though I always watch the first bird until it hits the ground. It's too easy to lose them in the desertscrub without a dog to find them for you.
Quail are very tough to get.
Chris C.
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Tough to even find a decent covey around anymore.
If I find a covey in my area that is not on a "plantation" I had better be ready to shoot on the rise.
Do what my Dad taught me to do. Focus on one bird on the rise and shoot that one bird then pick another and so on. That advise has worked for me for over 30 years!
Coveys are so rare anymore you can't waste any chance for a shot at quail. I'm with Beekeeper. Pick a bird shoot then pick another. Just make dang sure you don't swing into another hunter or shoot a dog. Couple years ago a man shot and killed his father in law near our family farm west of Atchson Kansas. BTW Beekeeper One of my buds at work keeps Bees. We buy his Clover honey now and then.
Just got home with pics of the moster from Southern Iowa. He scored 242 B&C non-typ pts. Will post pics as soon as I get permission. That is one heck of a buck.
It has been a good year out here in AZ for quail. You have days when it seems like you can't miss even when you are talking on your cellphone and shooting with one hand. (I've done that twice)By the same token I've had days when I just wanted to go back to the truck and sulk over a cold one!
The trick out here is a combination of both of the above mentioned strategies, and when you are fortunate enough to have knocked down a triple, either be good at marking the birds, or remember to have brought the dog.They don't always just lie there...
Sheesh haven't been enough quail in SW MO in 15 years to hunt them. But I'll do my part to help them.
Pick one when they rise and focus on pointing at that one. You get no time to think of course but don't get distracted by the bunch. If there's a single on the ground he'll break at your shot and then you've got another shot.
For me though I always watch the first bird until it hits the ground. It's too easy to lose them in the desertscrub without a dog to find them for you.
good advise, thanks.
Quail are very tough to get.
Chris C.
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