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West Texas

feeds@yuku.com (patf) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:19:55 GMT

Dog and I went out West for a few days of chasing blue quail and camping. We found a couple coveys each day, shot a few birds and missed many more including three straight misses in the last 30 minutes of the trip. There seems to be a few more birds than last year, but still a tough year for quail in many areas of the state.

Friday I noticed several border patrol trucks on the ranch including a twelve passenger van (I guess they were expecting more than a few customers). That...

Two Duck Hunts, A Lot of Variety

feeds@yuku.com (LoboYZorro) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:45:43 GMT

This weekend, my wife and I invited another couple to hunt ducks with us. They are both good shots, but both are inexperienced with duck identification, in the air or on the strap. I decided that was ok because this weekend none of the ducks was off limits. Last weekend, there were several species we could not yet shoot. After five days into the season all ducks became legal, but one could shoot only one of a few species. The limit this year is 6, up from 5 last year. Each person could...

Saturday hunt

feeds@yuku.com (les becassines) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:54:08 GMT

I hunted again yesterday for the second time. I usually hunt several days the first week of the season but based on what I saw last weekend there weren't enough birds here to allow it. With so few the last thing I want to do is run all of them off the lake. I shot a twenty-eight gauge gun this time. As much time as I have spent the walking on the first two hunts I ought to carry this one the most until the habitat improves and the birds show up. It is the lightest gun I own. I have been...

Gun Control History

feeds@yuku.com (DLFL) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:56:36 GMT

Gun History
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H1N1 flu virus in pets

feeds@yuku.com (DLFL) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:01:24 GMT

IMPORTANT: H1N1 Influenza Virus Confirmed in Iowa Cat

The AVMA just released the following information:

"A 13-year-old cat in Iowa developed signs of a...

I love it.

feeds@yuku.com (DLFL) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:46:02 GMT

Email me please

feeds@yuku.com (DLFL) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:16:15 GMT

A week after I had my surgery my computer died. It has taken a while but I have replaced it. Please email me at lambertfl@comcast.net so I can put you back in my address book.

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Eating the Unusual

feeds@yuku.com (Joe Kelly) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:32:03 GMT

After seeing pictures of unusual birds being shot thanks to Chagaman, and other stuff like Aligators from the southern lads, I was wondering what are some of the unusual things ye have eaten?

I always make it a point to eat fresh roadkill. So far thanks to traffic, I have eaten

Wren, Troglodytes troglodytes

Dunnock, Prunella modularis

Blackbird, Turdus merula

Magpie, Pika Pika.... yes a rather taboo bird to eat since they are scavengers and...

How did we all find our way here?

feeds@yuku.com (Joe Kelly) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:16:55 GMT

Hi lads!

Just curious how we all found our way here to this forum? It's personally my favourite place on the net. No other place has such friendly charachters and everyone is happy to share with each other. Not many hunting forums are like this.

I found this place thanks to Skip who posted on the Hunting Life forum (a place I think ye are all best to avoid!) . I immediately took an interest in his snipe threads. So coming here was a huge relief, because on THL it is...

2 Snipe, 1 Shell

feeds@yuku.com (Long Haired Dave) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:23:07 GMT

I did a duck hunt Sunday morning but after it broke up and everyone went on their way I went to look for some snipe because I was in the area.

About 20 minutes in a large wisp bore down on me. I could have had a head-on shot but in the second I took to lock on a target they flared and then presented me with a hard, fast, left-to-right shot. I fired and two birds dropped. I was trying to mark the birds with one eye and watch the wisp with the other but by then they were out of my...

Snipe season is here

feeds@yuku.com (les becassines) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:35:34 GMT

Once I was out there it seems like only yesterday since I last hunted. Unfortunately the conditions are nowhere near as favorable as they were last year or any year prior for the last decade. Yesterday I scouted and I didn't see one snipe so at least there was some improvement. We need weather cold enough to kill the grass and no more rain. Maybe then the birds will come.

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