Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 Interested in what you use for a shotgun, gauge, and type (i.e. pump, auto loader, SXS or O/U.) Also what size shot. I prefer #8. My limited experience has been with a 16 gauge single shot as a lad, and a 12 gauge auto as an adult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacknife Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 No more quails around here to hunt. When I do get to go I use a 20 gauge LW 1100 with improved cylinder barrell, and 7 1/2 shot. Years ago when they were plentiful I liked my 1100 28 gauge skeet gun with number 6 shot. Get 4 or 5 on most ever covey rise. Sure miss shooting them little winged bombs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted November 6, 2011 Author Share Posted November 6, 2011 I don't hunt them here, but they were big fun in Missouri and Illinois back in the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cherokee Charlie Regulator #4967 Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 BMC, Shame on you for using such a big gun. Are you trying to hurt those little birds or are you trying to kill them? You know I am just kidding you. I am about to embark on quail season here. (as soon as the rattle snakes go into hibernation) I use a Beretta o/u Silver Pigeon II 28/20 combo but I have never shot the 20 ga. barrels on this set. I use skeet chokes with #8 lead pellets. We never leave our hulls in the field. I made a deal with a customer of mine to take me on a private quail hunt. Just me and the dog. It's something I have always wanted to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted November 6, 2011 Author Share Posted November 6, 2011 BMC, Shame on you for using such a big gun. Are you trying to hurt those little birds or are you trying to kill them? You know I am just kidding you. I am about to embark on quail season here. (as soon as the rattle snakes go into hibernation) I use a Beretta o/u Silver Pigeon II 28/20 combo but I have never shot the 20 ga. barrels on this set. I use skeet chokes with #8 lead pellets. We never leave our hulls in the field. I made a deal with a customer of mine to take me on a private quail hunt. Just me and the dog. It's something I have always wanted to do. And I will be awaiting reports on your hunt. Pictures also please. I have looked at that little 28 gauge on the computer but I have not been able to find one to fondle. I think a 28 gauge on Bob would just about right over a good dog. I also think #8 lead pellets are the ticket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paladin Gun For Hire Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 Badger, Last time I went (was still livin in California) I had a real nice Ruger O/U in 20GA. Just loved that gun. Hunted in the hills of the San Joaquin Valley. Used some #8 loads. Never will forget, we hunted down this one hillside, got a few birds, rested and had a bite to eat then had to hike all the way back up the hill to the car. That little Ruger must have gained 30lbs by the time we got there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted November 6, 2011 Author Share Posted November 6, 2011 Badger, Last time I went (was still livin in California) I had a real nice Ruger O/U in 20GA. Just loved that gun. Hunted in the hills of the San Joaquin Valley. Used some #8 loads. Never will forget, we hunted down this one hillside, got a few birds, rested and had a bite to eat then had to hike all the way back up the hill to the car. That little Ruger must have gained 30lbs by the time we got there. You would just love hunting chukars over in the Snake River hills. They run a little bigger than Bobwhites but the dang things fly up the hill and you get to walk up the hill, then they fly down the hill and you get to walk down the hill. Best way to do it is to hunt in pairs and one guy is on top and the other guy is below. That way you both get some shooting. A light gun and light shot is in order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubborn Dutchman, SASS # 61363 Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 My cousin's name is Bob White. He would, however, take exception to being hunted. He shoots back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G. I. Tarpicker, SASS #998 Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 When I have the opportunity to hunt quail, I prefer my 1908 vintage Parker Bros. VH 28 ga. SXS with double triggers, extractors instead of ejectors and 28" bbls. choked M/IC. 7-1/2 or 8 shot work fine for me in this gun. -- GIT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted November 6, 2011 Author Share Posted November 6, 2011 When I have the opportunity to hunt quail, I prefer my 1908 vintage Parker Bros. VH 28 ga. SXS with double triggers, extractors instead of ejectors and 28" bbls. choked M/IC. 7-1/2 or 8 shot work fine for me in this gun. -- GIT That would be big medicine for Bobwhites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backshootin beauford mcgee Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 I used to hunt them as a kid. With the number of coyotes around these days there are none left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted November 7, 2011 Author Share Posted November 7, 2011 Sadly, that seems to be the norm. Habitat degradation is another big reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shenny Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 By the early to mid 60's when I was hunting quail with my dad, he used a Remington Sportsman 58 with a Cutts Compensator on it. I believe that it has a skeet tube in it. We shot 12 GA hi brass(power) 7 1/2's. In Virginia you could only load 3 shells at a time. Dad was good enough that on the good rise, he would get 3 or 4 with the first shot, 2 or 3 with the second and 2 with the third. This was not a thing that happened every day but often enough that several game wardens liked to hunt with him just to see the show. Dad played semi pro baseball in the 40's. Sadly, as we all know those days are not more. No hedge rows, over farming, more and more homes and I'm sure there are those who would say the birds were overhunted. Yes, I still have the gun. It has not been shot since dad died in '94. I have turned down offers of $1,000 for this gun. Shenny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted November 7, 2011 Author Share Posted November 7, 2011 Those memories are worth a lot more than mere money. Hang on to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil dogooder Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 I either use a winchester single in28 or a coast to coast 410 single both with #8 shot. Works fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted November 7, 2011 Author Share Posted November 7, 2011 I either use a winchester single in28 or a coast to coast 410 single both with #8 shot. Works fine. Would that single be a model 37? I gave mine to my Grandson as his first shotgun. Great little gun. It gets the job done. In the hands of MY Grandfather that gun brought home a lot of meat. It was bored modified barrel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster Ron Wayne Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 I use a Stevens 311a sbs in a 20ga with #8 shot for all small game . It gits the job done real well ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted November 7, 2011 Author Share Posted November 7, 2011 Yeah, that would work for the most part. I would want a little heaver pellet for rooster pheasants I'm thinking, but now that we have to use steel shoot, bigger shot would be a must. Maybe 7 1/2 for quail and chukar and #2 or 4 for pheasants. Them critters run a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Pre fescue which ruined habitat, no market for Coyote skins and nobody shooting "chicken hawks" I hunted with an Ithaca side by side 20 ga, IC and Modified with #9 shot for quail and dove. The only change for pheasants, in Kansas, was to go to Winchester Double X-Super X in a 3" magnum shell with #6 shot. The only bird hunting in Missouri worth while is on various hunting preserves. Of course there are those that do hunt speckled crows and 'yotes. They use .17 cal rifles and shoot them sitting at extreme ranges. Those that do, on their own property, actually have a few quail and some rabbits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Two Feathers, SASS #58400 Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 Haven't been quail hunting in years. Used to go with an Uncle that bred and trained bird dogs. He was probably one of the best wing shots around, but wasn't worth a d..urn on skeet or trap. Some of my better memories are of traipsing around Roan Mtn with him and Dad. I carried my 1100 with 7 1/2 shot or #6 if it was grouse season. Sure would like to try it again, this time with my coach gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted November 11, 2011 Author Share Posted November 11, 2011 Never thought of using my coach gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deja Vous Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 Interested in what you use for a shotgun, gauge, and type (i.e. pump, auto loader, SXS or O/U.) Also what size shot. I prefer #8. My limited experience has been with a 16 gauge single shot as a lad, and a 12 gauge auto as an adult. I prefer Robins.. lol I understand there is still a bounty out on me in WI.. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokey Shayne Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 When we did still have a huntable population of them in these parts, I hunted them with a Winchester 1300 in 20ga. But then again, I hunted most everything with that gun...lol. I am considering trying this spring to start raising a few and releasing them into the wild around here. I know is a long shot at getting any kind of population back up.....but I sure do miss hearing their calls. Dont miss having them blasting out of the brush in front of me and scaring the crap out of me...lol....especially when trying to stalk up close to other game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted November 11, 2011 Author Share Posted November 11, 2011 When we did still have a huntable population of them in these parts, I hunted them with a Winchester 1300 in 20ga. But then again, I hunted most everything with that gun...lol. I am considering trying this spring to start raising a few and releasing them into the wild around here. I know is a long shot at getting any kind of population back up.....but I sure do miss hearing their calls. Dont miss having them blasting out of the brush in front of me and scaring the crap out of me...lol....especially when trying to stalk up close to other game :lol: But that is what they do, Smokey. I had thought about getting some eggs and hatching them and then releasing them into the woods around here, but we get so much rain and dampness that I doubt that they would survive. Besides, I am against introducing new species into a habitat. But you are sure correct that they can scare the bejeebers out of you, especially if you are intent on other things when they flush all around you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Logan #12252 Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 bow with an egg beater on the end of the arrow..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Logan #12252 Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 bow with an egg beater on the end of the arrow..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted November 11, 2011 Author Share Posted November 11, 2011 Like Flu Flu? Like Flu Flu? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hard Cash Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 When there were more of Mr. Bob, I hunted 'em with a 20 ga. Browning Superposed Pigeon grade that I purchase in Germany new for $400 in 1971. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted November 13, 2011 Author Share Posted November 13, 2011 Looks like good medicine. Lots of comments about lack of birds. Hunter numbers are going down. It has got to be loss of habitat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 BMC If the guy comes through , I have 4 cluches paid for in the spring , to put on the Mtn. 4 cocks and 12 hens , I plan to split them into , at least 2 coveys , maybe into 4 spread around the place . I like to haer them call CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Houston # 35508 Posted November 13, 2011 Share Posted November 13, 2011 Last time I hunted Quail was at my Grandpaw's ranch outside of Sonora, Tx. Walked up the side of a large stock tank and there were Hundreds of quail around the edge of the water! I let loose with both barrels in quick succession. Everyone of them flew away Just like deer hunting I gave up Cowboy Shootin' is alot more FUN!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted November 13, 2011 Author Share Posted November 13, 2011 I have to say, hitting a pop up is easier than hitting a flushing quail when you just filled your pants with mush. I have flushed probably hundreds of coveys while rabbit hunting and/or pheasant hunting. It still gives me a rush and a smile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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