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<blockquote data-quote="rjbrooks7" data-source="post: 2936635" data-attributes="member: 4294"><p>If he's got any for sale, call Danny at Rush Creek in Wheeler, TX. For the money, you can't go wrong. He's cheaper than most breeders and his bloodline is as good as any for birds in Ok and TX.</p><p></p><p>I've killed a lot of birds so far this year, but as of about 10 days ago, they've all seemed to be holding really tight and not wanting to move or fly. I think there's been an awful lot of out of state people hunting. Especially out at Black Kettle. I usually go hunt the public land more than my land because there's just more land and birds, but Black Kettle has been hunted hard. I've seen a ton of out of staters with dog boxes running up and down the highways.</p><p></p><p>The birds at my farm were hard to get up 2 weeks ago. I haven't turned the dog out on them for 2 years and the birds ran like they'd been hunted multiple times. The birds in the panhandle have behaved the same way. I can't explain it. All I can say to anyone that's hunting this year is go slow and be ninja quiet. Gently shut your pickup door, don't talk, don't yell at the dogs, don't slam your tailgate shut and for God's sake turn your dogs beeper off. </p><p></p><p>Quail are feeding on green grass from under locust trees (that's a given for anytime) and acorns. I haven't banged down a pheasant yet to know what they've been eating. All I've got up so far have been hens. Another bit of insight for beginner bird hunters-hunt around tank batteries!! Quail and pheasants eat the fine gravel to help digestion...</p><p></p><p>I limited out on Sunday of opening weekend. Just me and my GSP. We got up 12 coveys in 5 hours. I thought it was going to be the best year ever. Since then, the hunting has been slow. I've had to work at it. The birds are there, but they're holding. When your dog gets birdy, just stop. Smoke a cigarette, balance your checkbook, reply to an email. What I'm saying is wait and let the dogs find the birds. The birds are running and if you don't slow down, you'll walk right by them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rjbrooks7, post: 2936635, member: 4294"] If he's got any for sale, call Danny at Rush Creek in Wheeler, TX. For the money, you can't go wrong. He's cheaper than most breeders and his bloodline is as good as any for birds in Ok and TX. I've killed a lot of birds so far this year, but as of about 10 days ago, they've all seemed to be holding really tight and not wanting to move or fly. I think there's been an awful lot of out of state people hunting. Especially out at Black Kettle. I usually go hunt the public land more than my land because there's just more land and birds, but Black Kettle has been hunted hard. I've seen a ton of out of staters with dog boxes running up and down the highways. The birds at my farm were hard to get up 2 weeks ago. I haven't turned the dog out on them for 2 years and the birds ran like they'd been hunted multiple times. The birds in the panhandle have behaved the same way. I can't explain it. All I can say to anyone that's hunting this year is go slow and be ninja quiet. Gently shut your pickup door, don't talk, don't yell at the dogs, don't slam your tailgate shut and for God's sake turn your dogs beeper off. Quail are feeding on green grass from under locust trees (that's a given for anytime) and acorns. I haven't banged down a pheasant yet to know what they've been eating. All I've got up so far have been hens. Another bit of insight for beginner bird hunters-hunt around tank batteries!! Quail and pheasants eat the fine gravel to help digestion... I limited out on Sunday of opening weekend. Just me and my GSP. We got up 12 coveys in 5 hours. I thought it was going to be the best year ever. Since then, the hunting has been slow. I've had to work at it. The birds are there, but they're holding. When your dog gets birdy, just stop. Smoke a cigarette, balance your checkbook, reply to an email. What I'm saying is wait and let the dogs find the birds. The birds are running and if you don't slow down, you'll walk right by them. [/QUOTE]
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